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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Word of the Day Winner!
Word of the Day Winner!
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MoodyMoody
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Word of the Day Winner!
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The word was nudiustertian. The definitions mostly involved undress and the number three. Maryse_pey� had the undress but cleverly included a reference to the Cistercian (in English) monks. So I have declared her the winner. It is now her turn to select a word for us to define. Congratulations!
For those of you wondering what "nudiustertian" means, it has the esoteric meaning of "day before yesterday," a technical concept which I am sure you must cogitate thoroughly to get your heads around. (I am indulging in my warped sense of humor here; obviously no one has difficulty understanding day before yesterday. No insult intended.) |
6 Jan 2014
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joy2bill
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Day before yesterday!!! This concept can be tricky. So many of my students insist on saying "yesterday night" instead of "last night". I wonder what they would say for the night before yesterday!!!
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7 Jan 2014
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MarionG
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In Hebrew there is a word for the day before yesterday and it is in common usage, as well as a word for the day after tomorrow � so for students here it makes sense. They always find it funny that English needs so many words to explain something so simple... |
7 Jan 2014
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