Topics: The Graduate; Patty Hearst; embarrassed versus ashamed versus awkward; people versus persons; talk to the hand Words: to give (someone) a ride to seduce to have an affair to set (someone) up with magnate notorious to kidnap urban guerrilla fr...
Topics: Ask an American: Sleep-deprived teenagers; to buy versus to purchase versus to acquire; to burn the candle at both ends; Lets versus shall we? versus why dont we? Words: out of it period to stay awake sleep-deprived cranky depression astonish...
Topics: American Presidents: Richard Nixon; off-the-grid; on-the-spot Words: partner combat speculation close inauguration ceremony peacemaker to overshadow to cover up crook impeachment hearings pardon comeback off-the-grid on-the-spot...
Topics: Famous Authors: Harriet Beecher Stowe; Death Valley National Park; idiom versus slang; a chunk of rural wilderness; the rest of (something) Words: abolitionist slavery livelihood fugitive to prompt cabin stereotype to set aside valley arid ha...
Topics: The English-Only Movement; Famous Songs: The Yellow Rose of Texas; kinda; to drink the Kool-Aid Words: movement to date back to to assimilate cohesive blow symbolic folk song mulatto to seduce soldier to break (ones) heart to march kinda to d...
Topics: Famous Americans: John Dewey; the X Games; phrases used to talk about peoples jobs; for the lack of; be that as it may Words: reform progressive education theoretical posthumously medal extreme sport parachute to snowmobile steep to flip spec...
Topics: Ask an American: Commuting; start versus begin versus start off versus start on; a place to live versus a place to live in; might-have-been Words: congestion central public transportation to switch over to gradually rush hour peak in excess a...
Topics: American Presidents: George Washington; SeaWorld; power versus force; The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds; How bad can it get? Words: colonel to resign to boycott unanimously to set precedent hatchet dentures sea ride roller coaster attra...
Topics: Famous Authors: Emily Dickinson; the Lindbergh kidnapping; sure versus of course versus certainly; either; Imma be Words: poet to rhyme prolific recluse eccentric ahead of (ones) time to kidnap ransom sensational fingerprint to be sentenced t...
Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy Words: unselfishness fraud to take (one's) anger out on (someone) to commit suicide guardian angel inspirational cape year-...