Poetry vocabulary

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An expanding vocabulary is so integral to a life that is growing, but so often overlooked in our modern world!When I was a kid- and admittedly a weird kid- I would wait for the New York Times magazine to arrive late on a Sunday and flip open to William Safire's column 'On Language.' The endless array of witty entries were woven with very precisely picked, but little-known words. I would sit with a dictionary and figure out what he was saying week after week. I loved to write fiction at a…

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You can try this if you are in other levels, for example B2. Have a go! How confident do you feel? Read the definitions of the words below then answer. 1. How many did you know? 2. Write sentences ...

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