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!
- Tip: Make your own mnemonics. Learn ways to remember new words, lists, etc. "Go, went, gone" isn't enough. Make associations!
- Proverb: Familiarity breeds contempt: When we get too close to someone or something, we lose respect for it.
- Academic Vocabulary: minimum: the smallest amount possible. Also "minimize" (make as small as possible) and "minimal" (adj.)
- Literature: Groundhog Day: Feb. 2 US holiday (not a day off) when legend says a groundhog (a rodent) wakes up from his winter's sleep.
- Art: genius: once, a spirit that inspired artists and others. Now, a very intelligent person. Once "He HAS a genius"; now "He IS a genius."
- Slang: to wash up: clean up before dinner. "Kids! Dinner's ready! Come in and wash up!" Also, to do the dishes after dinner.
- Geography: Mid-Atlantic states: a description of the US region containing New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
NOTES:
- Academic Vocabulary is the Academic Word List from Oxford University Press. This is "a list of words that you are likely to meet if you study at an English-speaking university."
- The Proverb, and the Literature, Art, and Geography words are from lists in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Tip and Slang words are from my own lists, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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