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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Make it a point, to get it firmly, active vocabulary
You know, making it a point to use new vocabulary is the best way to get it firmly into your active vocabulary. I remember one time trying to use a new German word I'd recently looked up. My German friends looked at me as if I had three heads and asked me where on earth I'd heard that word. (As I recall, they were also doing a lot of eye-rolling when they asked...lol) At any rate, I told them I'd found it in the dictionary. I was promptly informed that nobody ever used the word and that I should forget it ASAP, because I would only sound weird if I used it.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
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I know the meaning of each and every single word that I marked here but I cannot understand them as a whole expression.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
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I know the meaning of each and every single word that I marked here but I cannot understand them as a whole expression.
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e. new vocabulary) to become a solidly established part of "active vocabulary" = vocabulary that you can comfortably use in real-life situations
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- new vocabulary) to become a solidly established part of "active vocabulary" = vocabulary that you can comfortably use in real-life situations
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"making it a point to" = making a special and particular effort to
"get it firmly into" = cause it (i.e. new vocabulary) to become a solidly established part of
"active vocabulary" = vocabulary that you can comfortably use in real-life situations
"get it firmly into" = cause it (i.e. new vocabulary) to become a solidly established part of
"active vocabulary" = vocabulary that you can comfortably use in real-life situations
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