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!
- Link: Listen to the news (with exercises): http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
- Ancient History: Constantine the Great: (272-337CE) first Roman emperor to become Christian, gave religious freedom. Moved capital to Constantinople.
- Irregular Verbs: I grow tomatoes. I grew 20 this year. I have grown hundreds in the past.
- Idiom: fly-by-night: not trustworthy or respectable. A: "Should I buy from XYZ Company?" B: "No! They're a fly-by-night operation."
- Pop Culture: Home on the Range: cowboy song. "The range" is the open spaces where cows live. Begins: "O give me a home where the buffaloes roam..."
- Slang: to get one's licks in: to have an effect. A: "Susie is small, but she often makes goals in soccer." B: "Yeah, she gets her licks in!"
- Government: take the Fifth: claim rights under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution; you don't have to be a witness against yourself, etc.
NOTES:
- The Idiom, the History and Government words, and some of the Pop Culture words, are from lists in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
- The Link was found online; the Slang words, the Irregular Verbs, and some of the Pop Culture words are from my own lists, and I wrote the definitions and examples myself.
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