September 27, 2010
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Which Means:
The act of selling, buying, and exchanging goods.
As In:
Every weekend they go to the farmer's market to trade their goods.
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The E at the end of 'trade' makes the A long.
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Which Means:
Industrial science, the science of mechanical systems, computer science.
As In:
The telephone is a piece of technology that changed the world and made communication easy.
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The CH in 'technology' is a hard K sound.
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Which Means:
Related to the entire earth, the whole world; worldwide, universal.
As In:
Reggie is a global traveler. He has visited every country on the earth!
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The word 'global' is spelled with an -AL, not -LE.
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Which Means:
Small hail, pellets of frozen rain.
As In:
The sleet forced everyone inside the house until the storm passed.
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The two Es in 'sleet' make a long E sound.
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Which Means:
A business person who arranges the business deal for you.
As In:
Mother hired a real estate agent to find us a house to buy.
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The word 'agent' has a soft G.
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Which Means:
That may be accepted, received, or used.
As In:
Mary Martha, that is not an acceptable excuse!
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Two Cs are acceptable in acceptable.
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Which Means:
The backbone of an animal.
As In:
Mike had his spine X-rayed for any injuries.
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All vertebrates have a spine.
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Which Means:
The name of a book, article, magazine, or other work of art.
As In:
The title of this book is "Nursery Songs".
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What is the title of a book you are reading this fall?
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Which Means:
To debate, and give reasons for or against a certain topic, sometimes in an angry way.
As In:
In speech class, we had to plan a debate to argue a certain topic, such as should homework be banned?
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The U sound in 'argue' is spelled UE.
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Which Means:
To fence in, to wall off an area.
As In:
The family decided to enclose their farm with a fence.
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The word 'enclose' means to close in.
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