Sunday, November 25, 2007

Blonde And Blue Eyes

Words and Expressions Used
1. freckles
- small brown spots on someone’s skin

2. greener pastures
- better opportunities
- a new, better, and more interesting place, job, or activity

3. diaspora
- a large group of people who come from a particular place and are now living in many different parts of the world

4. hybrid
- a mixture of different things or styles

5. dispersal
- the process of spreading things or people in different directions over a wide area

6. take advantage
- to use a situation or opportunity to get what you want
- using or showing the best features of someone or something


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Are You Going For Dogs? Or Cats?

Words and Phrases Used
1. companionship
- the relationship you have with a good friend who spends a lot of time with you

2. contrary to popular opinion
- against common belief
- opposite of what most people know

3. grooming
- the activity of animals cleaning themselves or one another

4. maintenance
- the process of continuing something or keeping it in existence

5. characteristic
- a particular quality or feature that is typical of someone or something


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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Men's Health

Words and Phrases Used
1. annually
- once in a year

2. overpower
- to defeat someone in a fight or competition
- to affect someone so strongly that they cannot think or behave normally

3. publication
- a magazine, newspaper, or book


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Fashion Addition

Words and Phrases Used
1. share a piece of good news
- deliver good news

2. altruist
- a person who cares about other people and their interests more than themselves

3. take pride
- be proud of

4. stepping forward
- progressing
- moving on

5. warm round of applause
- welcoming reaction through clapping

6. all walks of life
- consists of all types of people with different backgrounds

7. shaped and molded
- to influence someone so that they will have certain qualities or behave in a certain way


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