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TOPICS

AskanAmerican:WatchinontheInternet;tosearchversustolookfor

versustoseek;pushingupdaisies;doyouhaveanyidea?

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GLOSSARY

dominant–strongestormostpowerful

*Thedogsarefightingtoseewhichmaleinthegroupisdominant.

programming–anythingthat’sonatelevisionchannel,likesports,TVshows,

movies,andthenews

*DoyouprefertheprogrammingonABCorNBC?

toturnto(something)–tobegintodoorusesomething

*Tosavemoney,they’returningtohome-cookedmealsinsteadofrestaurants.

asopposedto–incontrastto;ratherthan;aphraseusedtoemphasizethattwo

thingsaredifferent

*Theresa,it’stimeforyoutoreallystartstudying,asopposedtoaskingyour

friendstodoyourforyou.

tocutacrossgenerationallines–toappealtopeoplewhowerebornat

differenttimes,eventhoughtheyoftenhaveverydifferentinterests

*The’smessageabouttheimportanceofvolunteerismcutacross

generationallines,andsoonpeopleofallagesbeganvolunteeringintheir

community.

tech-savvy–knowingalotabouttechnologyandcomfortableusingcomputers

andothertechnology

*Doyouknowanytech-savvypeoplewhocanhelpuscreateanewwebsite?

Ican’tsay–aphraseusedwhenonedoesn’tknowtheanswer,ordoesn’thave

enoughinformationtocommentonsomething

*-WillMarshaagreetomarryKelvin?

-Ican’tsay.She’sneverreallytalkedtomeabouttheirrelationship.

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