INTRODUCTION
This section dissects the complete readings and vocabulary from the book “504 Absolutely Essential Words,” with my own approach as an Indonesian person learning English. Readers of this blog no longer need to bother opening an English-Indonesian dictionary like I used to. Just explore all the notes I have made here. For every word I marked, a link to a more detailed note is included.
Gulliver’s Travels
Vocabulary Focus: *** You’re doing great! Here are explanations and examples for those words, focusing on their meanings and nuances: Biography A biography is a…
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Lesson 37 *** You’re doing great! Here are explanations and examples for those words, focusing on their meanings and nuances: Heir An heir is a…
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Youth workers Bill Nash and Jim Boyle are house hunters, not so much for a house as for a concerned family willing to house and…
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Lesson 35 You got it! Here are explanations and examples for those words, focusing on their meanings and nuances: Vague Vague means unclear, imprecise, or…
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Vocabulary Focus: You’re doing great! Here are explanations and examples for those words, focusing on their meanings and nuances: Candidate A candidate is a person…
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The kibitzer is a person who volunteers useless information, especially in card games, causing the players to be prejudiced against him. The name comes from…
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