(MA) We've probably all wondered how a new word gets into the dictionary. Take the word doofus, for example, spelled d-o-o-f-u-s, meaning a stupid or incompetent person. This word, which has been around since the late 1960's in a slang sense, made i

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As a collegiate university, the University of Oxford is considered as a federation which comprises more than forty self-governing colleges and halls, 作为一所联合大学,牛津大学可以说是一个联盟,它拥有40多个自治学院和学堂

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Topics: Daylight Saving Time, March Madness, to solve vs. to resolve, She smells good vs. She smells well Words: Daylight Saving Time March Madness to spring ahead to fall back collegiate office pool to be favored winning record Sweet 16 opponent sem

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耶鲁大学(Yale University),旧译耶劳大书院,是一所坐落于美国康乃狄格州纽黑文市的私立大学,始创于1701年,初名大学学院(Collegiate School)。今为常青藤联盟的成员之一。耶鲁大学是美国

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Topics: Ask an American - Asian Immigrants; to note versus to notice versus to notify; assessment versus appraisal; to be full of (oneself) Words: professionalized immigration brain drain working class folks pre-collegiate multiplicity national origi

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 10, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on WORDMASTER -- a look at some of the ten-thousand new words and meanings in a popular American dictionary. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary co

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