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aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 13 Mar 20

My mom ask me what is the meaning of the word vulnerable. It is use to pertain to people who are vulnerable to the corona virus. It means at risk, susceptible or even weak and sensitive. I love this word in English. I like saying...

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Looking at Someone with Fawning Adulation

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98106) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Feb 18

It was interesting to discover that certain word relate to animals. All dog owners know that they often experience adulation from their pets in the form of wet, slobbery doggy kisses. In word terms, adulation means having “excess...

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reference to animals

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Difficult English Words

pahak627 @pahak627 (5347) • Philippines 27 Sep 15

For me, a non-english speaking person, I find some of the words used here in mylot difficult. There are words that seem familiar but the way it is used in the sentence made me confused. There are also some which I have just come...

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How Can We Improve Pronounciation Of English Words .......?

Ganesh44 @Ganesh44 (5547) • India 6 Feb 13

Dear Friends In todays fast life sometimes we only have time to think what we are going to say and no time to listen to ourselves and in such situation we do not pronounce the words correctly ....... I sometimes find...

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Internet spell checker not efficient

zandi458 @zandi458 (28102) • Malaysia 17 Jan 12

I am a regular user of the net dictionary as they have all the English words stored in their memory bank or what ever they call it for the benefit of those who are unsure or inadequate proficiency of English. It sure is a great...

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How many English words have you learnt?

qianyun6 @qianyun6 (2066) • China 12 Nov 10

Hi, my friend! I'm very curious about this problem because I found its too difficult for my bad memory to remember so many English words. It is said that there have been 3 million English word now, I think nobody can learn them...

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too many

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Do you use dictionary on your computer?

phillip_shiny @phillip_shiny (2330) • India 29 Aug 09

Hi Mylotters, Do you use a english dictionary on your computer? Is it easy to grab the terms from many of the foreigners here in mylot? Or will you use a dictionary in your system to view the meaning of these terms.. I...

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What is the difference between FILL-OUT and FILL-UP?

Theresaaiza @Theresaaiza (10487) • Australia 8 May 09

...or are they one and the same? Which is more appropriate to use? "Fill-out a form." or "Fill-up a form"? Do you even put a dash in between or are they separate...

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Funny English Words! ^_^

ottosun @ottosun (51) • China 16 Dec 08

When I started to learn English, I found many English Words very funny! There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in...

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English words makes me crazy...

Margarit @Margarit (3676) • Philippines 22 Nov 08

Have you ever ask your self about this? Hotdog doesnt come form dogs meat. Blacboard is not actually black. There is no egg in the eggplant, no ham in the hamburger, and neither pine nor apple in the pineapple. French fries were...

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pineapple

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has mylot improved your english and your speed on typing words?

se7enthbird @se7enthbird (8307) • Philippines 8 Jun 08

i have big fingers and my wife bought a small keyboard now i am having a hard time typing words for sometimes i press two letters at the same time. but mylot is a good place where we can practise english. well practising english...

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Do You Have Some Good Ways of Remembering English Words?

Bluestream @Bluestream (235) • China 14 Feb 08

I like English, but I hate to remember some difficult English words, especially some long words without any forming rules or regularities. Do you have some good ways of remembering English words? If you have some, we can share...

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Real meanings of English words

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 4 Jan 08

ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people. CHICKENS: The only animals you...

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Do you look for the meanings of new words in dictionary ?

er_gagandeep @er_gagandeep (261) • India 1 May 07

hey friends i dont know about you but i am not having a very gud english .There are no of times that whenever i am reading some article on net or reading newspaper or even while watching movie i encounter no of words the meaning...

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thesauras

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In English,which word you feel difficult ,to pronounce.

sreejithsreenivas @sreejithsreenivas (10200) • India 20 Apr 07

I think every one feel some words,difficult to pronounce in English.For me the world Deliberately is very difficult to pronounce.

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SILENT SOUNDS in English words... what's the reason behind it?

mylesnarvaez @mylesnarvaez (5450) • Philippines 31 Mar 07

My 9 year old niece and I are reading some books and we encountered some very simple words like "should" and "would", which I explained to her that we should read it with the silent "L". And she asked me, "how come?". I was at...

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Why are American English words like 'color', 'favorite', 'savor', etc, missing t

ArienKing @ArienKing (4647) • India 17 Jan 07

Is it because Americans are so self-centered?

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Write beautiful words you know in english. Criteria is , it should sound nice

sachinbhinge @sachinbhinge (502) • India 31 Oct 06

Write beautiful words you know in english. Criteria is , it should sound nice musical. Every language has set of this kind words..

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