My dictionary lists ‘dawn’ as an English translation for ‘la madrugada’, but I learned this word in Mexico, in the Yucatán, where I was told it was ‘pre-dawn’. This is a special, lovely time of day in a hot, humid latitude; people rise early to enjoy the cool shadows and s...
WordNet - Free urban Dictionary is a large lexical database of English.WordNet - Free urban Dictionary is a large lexical database of English. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept. WordNet superficially ...
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Of course, just because a word is well-accepted in one dialect doesn’t mean it’s appropriate for use in something written for work or school. I should note that even on the Urban Dictionary website (5), “conversate” is ridiculed and condemned. As with all your writing, know what ...
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