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The blog aims to improve the English vocabulary of the users by means of reading comic strips. In order to achieve this objective, comic strips will be posted together with definitions of keywords that appear in the dialogues to assist the users in u
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English in comics - Wizard of Id - Parker and Hart
Glossary:Swill - A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slopSame - Being the very one; identicalReferences:http://www.thefreedictionary.com ...
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English in comics - Peanuts - Charles M. Schulz
Glossary:Kind of (informal) - rather; somewhatTo wonder - to think about something with curiosity or doubtWarm - moderately hotOwnership - right of possession or proprietorshipSleeping bag - A large, warmly lined, usually zippered bag for sleeping, ...
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English in comics - The perrybible fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch
Glossary:To realize - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; understandClown - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavio; buffoonReference:www.wordreference.com ...
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English in comics - Liberty Meadows - Frank Cho
Glossary:Research - Scholarly or scientific investigation or inquiry.To bring home the bacon (phrasal verb) - To earn a living, especially for a family; to achieve desired results; have success.Glad - experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasureTo st...
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English in comics - Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Waterson
Glossary:Own - of or belonging to oneself or itselfOught - should, used to express a natural expectationPower tool - device powered by an electric motor, a compressed air motor, or a gasoline engine. Ex: drill (furadeira), electric chain saw (serra-e...
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English in comics - The perrybible fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch
Glossary:Guys (informal) - fellows, persons of either sexTo check out - to look atLenses - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form imagesReferences:http://www.wordreference.comhttp://www.thefreedictionar...
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English in comics - Momma - Mell Lazarus
Sort of (informal) - somewhat; ratherIdly - in an idle manner, lazilyTrapeze - a swing used by circus acrobatsReferences:http://www.wordreference.com/...
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English in comics - Peanuts - Charles M. Schulz
Glossary:To behave - to show certain behavio, to conductor to comport oneselfTo hear - to perceive sound via the auditory senseReferences:www.wordreference.com...
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English in comics - Momma - Mell Lazarus
Glossary:Broad - of vast extentAwareness - having knowledge ofOutlook - a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situationsReferences:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/...
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English in comics - Liberty Meadows - Frank Cho
Glossary:Withdrawal - the termination of drug takingExpired - having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of timeCheese whiz - a thick processed cheese sauce or spread sold byKraft FoodsTo brew - to prepareThorazine - is a drug wit...
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English in comics - Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Waterson
Glossary:Careful - exercising caution or showing care or attentionBrand new - conspicuously new and unusedTo pretend - To give a false appearance of; feignTo rub in - To harp on, to keep on talking about (an unpleasant matter)References:http://www.w...
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English in strips - The Perry Bible Fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch - 5
Glossary:Truth - conformity to reality, sincerityKind of - to a certain extent; looselyScared - a condition or sensation of sudden fearTo become - to come to beTo mean - to have intentions of a specified kind, to have in mind as a purposeReferences:h...
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English in strips - Liberty Meadows - Frank Cho - 6
Glossary:Butt - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit onDisgusting - Arousing disgust, repugnant, revolting .Glass - any of a large class of materials with highly variable mechanical and optical properties that solidify from the molten stat...
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English in strips - The Perry Bible Fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch - 5
Glossary:To suck - to draw something in by or as if by suctionFreaking (slang) - used as an intensiveDay off - a day when you are not required to workTo crash-land - to land (an aircraft or spacecraft) under emergency conditions, usually with damage ...
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English in strips - Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson - 2
Glossary:To nail (slang) - to detect and exposeTo stew (informal) - to be in a state of anxiety or agitationGuilt - remorseful awareness of having done something wrongTo figure (informal) - to conclude, believe, or predictTo mean - to have as a purpo...
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English in strips - The Perry Bible Fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch - 5
Glossary:To rise - to return to lifeTo pledge - to offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promiseServitude - a state of subjection to an owner or masterReferences:http://www.thefreedictionary.com...
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English in strips - Liberty Meadows - Frank Cho - 5
Glossary:To try out - to test or use something in order to see how good or effective they areOutfit - a set of clothes that you wear together, especially for a particular occasion or purposeTo tally - to reckon or countAin't (vulgar contraction) - is...
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English in strips - Cyanide and Happiness - Rob - 2
Glossary:Guess - to try or give an answer or make a judgement about something without being sure of all the factsStrap-on (vulgar) - is a dildo (a fake penis) designed to be worn, usually with a harness, during sexual activityYep - derived from "Yes...
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English in strips - The Perry Bible Fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch - 4
Glossary:Intruder - a person who is somewhere where they are not wantedTo unleash - to release from a leash (control, restraint)References:Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionarywww.thefreedictionary.com...
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English in strips - Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson - 1
Nuts (slang) - testiclesWheel - one of the circular objectts under a car, bycicle, bus, etc. that turns when it movesStrut - a long thin piece of wood or metal used to support or strengthen part of a vehicle or buildingTo snap - to break something su...
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English in strips - Liberty Meadows - Frank Cho - 4
Dirty - not cleanTo scrub - to clean something by rubbing it hard, perhaps with a brush and usually with soap and waterFilthy - very dirt and unpleasantOCD (acronym) - Obsessive-compulsive disorderTo piss somebody off (slang) - to make somebody anno...
