child care

Word of the week: child care
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cheerful

Word of the week: cheerful
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bored

Word of the week: bored

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caring

Word of the week: caring
The word is used in the phrase be past caring.
I'm past caring what he does (= I don't care any more).
I'm past the point of caring about what everyone thinks. I couldn't care less now.

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background

Word of the week: background
The word became popular in the second half of the 20th century. The pic is from www.wordnik.com

 

anxious

Word of the Week: anxious
It has been used in English since 1620s.
From Old French *anxios, Latin anxius "uneasy, troubled in mind", from angō “to choke, cause pain/distress”.

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It's scary that kids in other countries know English better than many US adults, huh?

As in "My Fair Lady"
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I’m working on a school project along with Julia, one of my students. The project went public yesterday.

We discuss active vocabulary of New Millennium English textbook for 10th grade students in Russia http://nme10.tiddlyspace.com/

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