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The Word on Wednesday for July 26th, 2006 is “regicide” (REJ-ih-side). MEANING: The killing of a king or queen; one who kills a king or queen USAGE: The pope cut off communications with regicide Queen Elizabeth I for executing Mary Queen of Scots in 1587.
I came across this word in the book (The Holy Blood [...]
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With our impending move coming up, we have been doing yard/garage sales during many of the weekends this summer. It has been a good start at getting rid of the 16 years worth of stuff we have accumulated since we came to Inuvik.
A couple of weeks ago [...]
The Word on Wednesday for July 19th, 2006 is “fratch” (FRACH). MEANING: squabble, bicker, argue, quarrel, a disagreement, a dispute USAGE: This was the second day in a row that the kids have come home for lunch, mad at each other over some fratch that had broken out between them. I just turned an ear [...]
After a 4 week layoff, Word on Wednesday is back to help you to enrich your English language skills.
The Word on Wednesday for July 12th, 2006 is “indurate” (IN-dyur-ate). MEANING: Physically or morally hardened; unfeeling; stubborn; to establish; to fix firmly USAGE: During the World Cup game on Sunday, Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi in [...]
Today’s final announcements disgraced what was a pretty good world cup. The games were decent, the Germans did themselves proud with the venues and they made a whole lot of money to boot. But today’s announcement of the Golden Ball winner for the tournament MVP was a disgrace.
Let’s see how FIFA runs things. First there [...]
Well it is time to get back to the blog. I have had a bit of time to recharge the batteries and make some big decisions. Holidays takes a lot out of you. I will still be finishing the escapades from our holiday and posting them as well as getting back to Words on Wednesday [...]
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