Topics: In the News: The Nobel Effect, dangerous bicycle helmets; to talk someone out of something vs. to have it out with someone; Ill wait for you vs. Ill be waiting for you; mixture Words: Nobel Prize to stick around bragging rights to be buffeted...
Topics: How to ruin your computer, how much things cost in the US, secret vs. confidential vs. private, clich vs. touch Words: laptop to ruin versatile to spill fried to take something in (for repair) to salvage to back up model spies secret private...
Topics: Current Movies: Stomp the Yard and Dreamgirls, vibe, sick vs. ill. vs. cold, to hold someones hand vs. to hold onto someone Words: to stomp to clap dance steps cohesion pride to open Motown vibe sick ill cold to hold (someones) hand to hold o...
Topics: Studying abroad in college, Americans and gun control, come and eat vs. come to eat, in spite of vs. despite Words: abroad junior year to count humanitarian to have a long way to go firearms amendment to bear (arms) to conceal to carry fronti...
Topics: Ask an American: Raising a large family criteria vs. standard, through vs. throughout, to call it quits Words: installment to go into (something) lack of (something) allergies to be up for (something) to play ball chore laundry to want for (s...
Topics: In the News: pretexting, stay the course, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, if thats anything to go by, color vs. hue, contribute vs. attribute, the die is cast Words: pretextting stay the course to mock satire parody political pundit lo...
Topics: Ask an American: College Life in the US, all but, specialty vs. speciality, to cut someone off, Dont be a, moonshine, to cut someone off Words: class size roughly As a matter of fact vast majority ghetto arena military base student loans to p...
Topics: Native rate of speech, to preach to the choir, common sense, though at the end of a sentence, possess vs. own, allow you to vs. allows you to, pronouncing twenty and ninety, picking a suitor, a make-out scene Words: native rate to preach to t...
Topics: There you go! vs. There you are!, estimate vs. determine, bump vs. dip, opposite vs. in front of, mudslinging, shade vs. shadow, assure vs. ensure vs. insure, definitely vs. exactly Words: There you go! There you are! estimate determine bump...
Topics: Dates for dogs, Me, too!, Something 101, Im game, to hover over, travel vs. trip vs. journey, up to vs. until, Word up! Words: to bound into play date a dog of (something) to be pampered empty-nesters Me, too! (Something) 101 to be game to ho...