Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Improving your spelling

notorious (adjective)
if something is notorious, it is well-known – but for a bad reason

patchwork (noun)
usually used to describe a bedcover made of many different pieces of different-coloured cloth. Here, it describes the different languages which have been used to ‘make’ English.

mnemonic (noun; /?eµ????/)
something which you use to aid your memory of a word or idea

to jog your memory (verb)
to make you remember something

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