Words of the Week

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Words of the Week

• January 20 January 23, 2009

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Words of the Week

• trace
• contrast

Idiom of the Weekbite your tongue
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trace

• trace treys verb, noun
• to follow the course, development, or history of
  to trace a political movement.
• to ascertain by investigation find out
  discover The police were unable to trace his
  whereabouts.
• a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former
  existence, influence, or action of some agent or
  event traces of an advanced civilization among
  the ruins.

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trace

• We had to trace the development of political
  parties in Social Studies.

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contrast

• contrast kon-trast verb
• 1. to compare in order to show unlikeness or
  differences note the opposite natures, purposes,
  etc., of Contrast the political rights of Romans
  and Greeks.

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contrast

• Our assignment was to compare and contrast the
  economies of the thirteen original colonies.

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Idiom of the Week

• bite your tongue
• take back or be ashamed of something you said
  struggle not to say something

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Idiom of the Week

• bite your tongue
• After I yelled at my mom, I wanted to bite my
  tongue. I was so ashamed.