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.
How Our Language Grows
Many popular expressions in our language have interesting backgrounds. When we refer to a person’s weak spot as his Achilles heel, we recall the story…
Read MoreRecord Holders
Lesson 31 The Guinness Book of World Records is full of fascinating facts. For example, the champion commuter is Bruno Leuthardt of Germany, who traveled…
Read MoreBible Zoo
Lesson 30 One of the most popular tales of the Bible depicts the great flood that destroyed every mortal except Noah and his family and…
Read MoreCamp Safety
Lesson 29 For years, a furniture salesman from Connecticut, Mitch Kurman, has toiled ceaselessly for the passage of a youth summer camp safety bill. Why?…
Read MoreWhat Did You Have for Breakfast?
Vocabulary Focus: What Did You Have for Breakfast? A parents’ organization to protect children’s health appealed* to a Senate committee to outlaw television commercials that…
Read MoreProblems We Face
Vocabulary Focus: Problems We Face Despite wars, disease, and natural disasters, our world is experiencing a population explosion (boom) that threatens to change or disrupt…
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