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FEATURE
Crib notes, copying
and dictionary use

Lindsay Clandfield explores
the difference between
self-teaching and cheating

COLUMNS
Metaphor
What we talk about
when we talk about
honesty and dishonesty

Focus on Language
Study:

Introduction
Collocation

Less fixed combinations
and functional expressions
UK version ¦ US version

New word of the month
Proper nouns and new words

Top Tips for the CD-ROM
Using MED CD to explore
background information

onestopenglish.com

Top Tips for the CD-ROM
Using MED CD to explore background information
by Mairi MacDonald

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Activity 1 Where do these words come from?

Answers

Greek mythology
folk tales/literature
the Bible
popular culture
Adonis
Cassandra

 

Cinderella
Falstaffian
Jeeves
Kafkaesque
Lilliputian
Orwellian
romeo
Armageddon
babel
Damascus
Job
Judas
Samson
Batman
Bollywood
Hitchcockian
Motown
Star Wars

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