Tag: Diligent
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Get-go
Word of the Day: Get-go From the get-go, working hard is essential for success in any endeavour, whether it be a job, a project, or a personal goal. The term get-go refers to the very beginning of something, the starting point, when you take the first step towards achieving your desired outcome. When you start…
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Prodigy
Word of the Day: Prodigy I’ve chosen to discuss the word prodigy because, just like today, February 29th, they don’t come around very often. Prodigy is a term frequently used to describe individuals who possess an extraordinary talent or ability in a particular field at a young age. These individuals are revered for their exceptional…
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Put the genie back in the bottle
Idiom: Put the genie back in the bottle Right off the bat, let me tell you that if you are trying to put the genie back in the bottle, you are trying to stop a situation from developing further and even go back to the way things were. The idiom is always used in the…
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Cut some slack
Word of the Day: Cut (someone) some slack When we do things by the book, we know they’re done right. However, we all need someone to cut us some slack occasionally. We all bend or even break the rules. No one can follow the rules perfectly all the time. When we do break the rules, we need a…
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Fall into place
Phrase: Fall into place I don’t know if you remember a TV show named The A-Team from the 1980s. That show had a character called Hannibal, and during almost every show, there was a line that he said, “I love it when a plan comes together.” The meaning of the phrase fall into place is very similar…
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Sine qua non
WotD: Sine qua non Here it is again, Latin. A Sine qua non is something essential for something else to be possible. You can’t make a hamburger without beef. Therefore beef is a sine qua non for making burgers. Now you’re not going to see this term every day. Heck, you may only see it once a year if…
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Dawdle
Word of the Day: Dawdle Sundays were made for dawdling or at least they used to be for dawdling. These days any day of the week could be your day off and a perfect day for dawdling. “What does that mean?” you ask? Well to dawdle means to take more time to do something than you…
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Peruse
Word of the Day: Peruse Today’s word is a nice little one with which to enhance your vocabulary. Peruse can have two opposite meanings. First, it can mean to read something very lightly or to look through something quickly. When I was a high school student, one of my teachers would assign reading for English…
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Diligent
WotD: Diligent Yesterday I introduced the meaning of aptitude. If you do not have a talent for English, don’t worry. By working diligently, you can increase your English language skills. So, what does that mean? Diligent means being careful and using a lot of effort. Rome was not built in a day, and there is no such thing…
