To get the most from them, you should try to use them in sentences, or discuss them with friends. Writing something on Twitter or Weibo is a great way to practice!
- Science: hormones: chemicals made by the glands in the body. They are "messengers" telling the other organs what to do, and when.
- Language Study: phrasal verb: verb + adverb or preposition, making a single verb with its own meaning. "Get up" is very different from "get," etc.
- Business: regulator: person or group (often from the government) that controls the way an industry does business, like banking regulators.
- Literature: "The Divine Comedy": Dante's 14th-century poem describing Hell (Inferno), Heaven (Paradiso), and between them, Purgatory (Purgatorio).
- New Words: babe: attractive person, usually of the opposite sex. Also a form of address. "Look at that babe!" or "Hi, Babe." But may be rude.
- Slang: As they do: (mainly British) joking agreement, says "That's how they are (he is, etc.)" A: "Mike and Kim came late." B: "As they do."
- Modern History: I have a dream: a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., given in Washington, D.C., in 1963. Key moment in the civil rights movement.
NOTES:
- Except for the Slang words, all the words in these Mini-Lessons came from lists either on the Oxford University Press site or in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Slang words are from my own list, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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