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In memory of Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, who died this past Sunday, we're featuring a Doris Lessing Vocabulary List as our List of the Week. Continue reading...
Celebrate the Gettysburg Address sesquicentennial with two learning resources: A Gettysburg Address Vocabulary List and a "Comprehending The Gettysburg Address" worksheet on Lincoln's language. Continue reading...
We all know the old fairy tale: Goldilocks enters the house of the Three Bears and samples their porridge, their chairs, and their beds. Each time she finds one item that's "just right." In recent years, the familiar story has been making the rounds, with the word "Goldilocks" showing up in some unexpected contexts, from astronomy to economy. Continue reading...
Anyone seeking out a rich and unusual vocabulary need search no further than the pages of an old book. It doesn't have to be dusty volume shedding its leather binding into your coffee like so much unwanted nutmeg. Vocabulary-rich literary classics are rife with words that used to be part of everyday speech and now we encounter much less often. Continue reading...
Writing about the upcoming BBC "The Day of the Doctor" special being released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the original "Dr. Who," Jill Lepore, of The New Yorker used quisling in a curious way. Continue reading...
As we read the horrifying details of two million Filipinos in need of aid, we're encountering vocabulary such as potable, impassable, and even placard that define this crisis. Continue reading...
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of the best-loved of Shakepeare's plays and now you can learn the vocabulary you need to know to read it fluently or see it performed. Continue reading...
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