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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Vocabulary: abacus - frame with balls for calculating ( EnglishH 0309 r1w )

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Word: dipsetic - causing to be thirsty ( EnglishH 0308 d7n )

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Word: lochetic - waiting in ambush ( EnglishH 0306 d7n )

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Paragraph: Sometimes that's just the way it has to be. Sure, there were probably other options, but he didn't let them enter his mind. It was done and that was that. It was just the way it had to be. ( EnglishH 0305 t0f )

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Paragraph: Stranded. Yes, she was now the first person ever to land on Venus, but that was of little consequence. Her name would be read by millions in school as the first to land here, but that celebrity would never actually be seen by her. She looked at the control panel and knew there was nothing that would ever get it back into working order. She was the first and it was not clear this would also be her last. ( EnglishH 0303 t0f )

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Idiom: Down For The Count - Someone or something that looks to be defeated, or nearly so. ( EnglishH 0301 f8t )

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Idiom: Son of a Gun - A person, usually one who is behaving badly. ( EnglishH 0259 f8t )

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Quote: here are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say - Cyril Connolly ( EnglishH 0258 u4b )

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Quote: I knew a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself. - Johnny Carson ( EnglishH 0256 u4b )

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Business Word/Phrase of the Day: CRUNCH NUMBERS - to do mathematical calculations. - Our accountant loves to crunch numbers and he is one of the top managers in the company. ( EnglishH 0255 h7d )

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Idiom of the Day: kick the habit - If you kick the habit, you manage to stop doing something that has become a bad habit. - I wish I could stop smoking cigarettes but I just can't kick the habit. ( EnglishH 0253 y0n )

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Sentence: I'd rather be a bird than a fish. ( EnglishH 1531 g4v )

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