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Best Speeches: I Have a Dream

Important: 931-2110-1-PB Analysis MLK-analysis   Analysis Youtube Aside from its enormous place in American and world history, it is an oratorical masterpiece, and aside from its social impact and its spiritual lineage of principled leadership for nonviolent resistance (Christ, Thoreau, Gandhi, King, Mandela), it is – from a leadership communications point of view – one […]

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Word Roots: O

EYE, shape of eye OB: EYE + BOX obliv (unaware, forget) O-eye, B-shelter, block, L-goad, I-dot, V-waw oblivion, oblivious, obliterate, obliteration,  ob- (against, in the way): obstacle, obvious, obstruct obloquy, obverse, obviate, obsolete, obsolescent ob- (thoroughly) obtain, obtuse, obscure obdurate, obfuscate, obstreperous ob- (to, toward): observe, obliged, obliging, ostensible, ostentatious, ostentation, objective obtrusive, obtrude, obstinate,  […]

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Word Roots: I & J

I – Iota, arm in/im (否定), incorrect, impossible, inactive, irregular, infamous in/im (使): impel (im+pul), [motivate], incite, intone, inspire (in+spir),  [breast/breath], irritate (ir+rit+ate) 点: ice, ink, inch, idea, item, issue, initial, iterate 人:I, in, ill, idol, idiot, idle,  im: not importune: beg persistently and urgently importunity importunate= im + port (harbor, port) + un + […]

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Word Roots: dis-, un-, in/im/il/ir-, non-

youtube: english lessons with Adam dis- (dif-): Not, away, apart dis: be apart of or away from, separate dislike (v., n. more active than don’t like)  unlike (prep.) disclaim (gainsay = say against) discover: to find by accident uncover: you are looking for something (investigation) and you found it. disorganized: a person unorganized : an […]

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Word Roots: A

ox. an animal’s head with antlers or horns 牛头, 头, 开头 头在上面,在高处: Alps, Alt 高音, altitude, altimeter 尖锐,箭头-指向 ️: Ace, acid, ache, arrow, acupuncture 强烈的, 灰烬: ash, dash, lash, hash, cash The tested tutor: the economist  The Fed will probably need convincing that the latest labor market report was an aberration before tightening policy. These daily […]

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Word Roots: G

G gamma 矛,  工具: go, get, gib, gig, gun, good, groom, garage, garnish, guide, gel, gain, gird, geek, gear 生长:grow, grass, green, gene, genius, gender, genital, generate, generation, gradual, graduate 大: God, good, ground, grand, galaxy, great, glow, gang, glad, gate, grain, giant, general, global, German, gallon, garlic (leek, onion), geo, geode, geology, geometry, geography […]

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Word Roots: D

D: Delta — fish or door 门-door: dog, dam, damp, dock, day, dawn, dusk, dust, 外层:dome, derma, dress, deck, dent, desk, decorate 低: dig, down, deep, dim, diss (my friends), drop, drip, drain, drool, drink, dine 快/弓: do, drive, deer, die, death, dice, dodge, drift, dance GRE daunting dearth demeanor: disruptive ~, cheerful ~ demean: […]

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Word Roots: B

Flip “B” on its belly and you see a home — complete with a door, a room and a roof. “shelter“ 闭环,闭, 口: bag, box, bank 和房子有关,木头: board, branch, bar, barbell, burn, boil, brew, broom 带弧度的形状:back, breast, belly, belt, bare, bald, ball, basket, bell,  状态与动作: 空间和时间的存在,在。。。之间: be, by, before, become 破土,新生,生机: burgeon, bud, born, birth, […]

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