Category: Grammar Bomb

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“The girl at the bazaar sold rare finds

and some bizarre antiquities from festivals.”

 

bazaar {noun} [THINK: fundraising sale of goods; market]

bizarre {adj} [THINK: very strange or unusual]

 

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“He will give the note to the fourth

man in the wedding party;

that man will go forth and tell the others.”

 

forth {adv} [THINK: out from a starting point]

fourth {ordinal number} [THINK: number four in a sequence]

 

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“She paid the fare herself; she said it was only fair, since he paid for dinner.”

 

fair {adj, adv, noun, & verb} [THINK: legitimate; not outstanding in size; in accordance to rules]

fare {noun & verb} [THINK: money paid on public transportation]

 

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“If you move forward, and take the next step,

I will ask her to write the foreword of your book.”

 

foreword {noun} [THINK: short piece of writing at beginning of literature]

forward {adv, adj, noun, & verb} [THINK: toward the front; facing the front]

 

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“The assessor will appraise the desk, and then we can apprise the owner of its worth; the owner will then apprize the value of the desk.”

 

appraise {verb} [THINK: assess the value or quality of]

apprise {verb} [THINK: inform or tell someone]

apprize {verb} [THINK: put a price upon]

 

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“It has been a while since

I went to the country;

maybe this time we will go

and be able to stay awhile.”

 

a while {noun} [THINK: a period of time]

awhile {adv} [THINK: for a short time]

 

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“The rules of drama club are based

loosely on Shakespeare canon.

The battlefield was littered

with cannons and other artillery.”

 

cannon {noun & verb} [THINK: heavy piece of artillery]

canon {noun} [THINK: general law, rule, principle, or criterion]

 

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“The winter climactic event occurred

when climatic conditions changed

from tropical storms to hurricanes.”

 

climactic {adj} [THINK: exciting or thrilling and acting as a climax]

climatic {adj} [THINK: relating to climate]

 

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When I joined the corps,

I felt like I was part of the core solution,

able to move mountains;

I didn’t expect to face the volume of enemy corpses.

 

corps {noun} [THINK: main subdivision of an armed force]

core {noun} [THINK: central or most important part of something]

corpse {noun} [THINK: a dead body]

 

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“He visited the construction site

and found the dangers were out of the line of sight;

he would cite all his findings in his report.”

 

cite {verb & noun} [THINK: quote or mention]

site {verb & noun} [THINK: a place where an event is occurring; website]

sight {noun} [THINK: power of seeing]