by Dwane | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have written a book on goal setting. I am now in the editing process. As I edit, I will post most of the book here, for free. This is from the introduction. ================================================= Your Potential If you do not know me, I should warn...
by Dwane | Jan 10, 2023 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Criticize: to find fault; to point out flaws real or perceived I took some time off for Christmas and New Year. No one criticized me. Pretty impressive, guys. You could be nicer than you think you are. Criticize comes from the Greek word χριτιχός (kritikos)...
by Dwane | Jan 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year, everyone! Live classes on this site will resume next week on January 9, 2023. All previous classes are available 24/7 of course. If you are trying to catch up, you still have almost a week to do so.
by Dwane | Dec 17, 2022 | Education, English, Vocabulary
This week, one of my students translated egg nog into French. She ended up with the phrase: lait de poule. Lait is French for milk, and poule is French for hen. Put the two together and you get, “hen milk”. Um. This threw me for a loop. I started wondering,...
by Dwane | Dec 15, 2022 | English, Vocabulary
Truckle: to yield out of weakness Most of us know what a trundle bed is. In case you don’t, a trundle bed is a low bed on wheels. When not in use trundle beds slide beneath other beds. Evidently, in some places, trundle beds are truckle beds. Truckle comes from...
