Perlsreading

Online English #Reading &Vocabulary Course. High interest graded reading, with assessment that will place you from GR1-14 #English 2nd language. #adultlearning

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Thought:
All women become like their mothers, which is their tragedy. No man does, that’s his. Oscar Wilde... http://t.co/hrGBOMvrHS

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Catch Phrase
I’ll eat my hat! This expresses surprise at something achieved and has been used since 1920.

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Vocabulary enrichment of the day
Fastidious
Pronunciation: Fass-tiddee-uhs
Meaning: adjective
1Very attentive... http://t.co/IvZyslTZYp

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Thought:
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to change it every six months. Oscar Wilde... http://t.co/jUZPEhHdla

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Catch Phrase
I’ll drink to that! Used since c1950 to indicate assent.

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Vocabulary enrichment of the day
Lugubrious
Pronunciation: Luh-goo-bree-uss
Meaning: adjective
Looking or... http://t.co/QTyhEma85M

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Thought:
Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
Irritating Utterances: ‘At the... http://t.co/hkVZWlwuk2

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Catch Phrase
Well, I’d be a monkey’s uncle. Originally Canadian and used since 1945 to express surprise.

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Vocabulary enrichment of the day
Epicentre
Pronunciation: Eppy-senter
Meaning: noun
1The point on the earth’s... http://t.co/ri6bw36Vdx

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Thought:
I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving.... http://t.co/eIMpswNKYJ

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Catch Phrase
I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China. I’d like to have enough time to influence you.

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Vocabulary enrichment of the day
Zeitgeist
Pronunciation: Site-guyst
Meaning: noun [in singular]
The defining... http://t.co/gC66prX4hO

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Thought:
I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. Steven Wright.
Irritating Utterances: ‘We going to... http://t.co/yHhuHzTwK9

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Catch Phrase
I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him. This applied to a spectacularly unreliable person and dates from 1870.

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Vocabulary enrichment of the day
Pithy
Pronunciation: Pith-ee
Meaning: adjective (pithier, pithiest)
1(Of a... http://t.co/ZWzZSkj4Ap

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Thought:
I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes.
Irritating Utterances:... http://t.co/BwpnYxQtYa

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Catch Phrase
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. If you cannot handle the pressure, leave.

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Vocabulary enrichment of the day
Druther
Pronunciation: Druther
Meaning: noun
(usually one's druthers)
One’s... http://t.co/yjtwFN1bcq

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Thought:
For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier. I put them in the same room and let them fight... http://t.co/aM6NIj8j0V