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A Simple Way to Learn — and Remember — Vocabulary Words

Increase your vocabulary every week, and retain the new words

A Simple Way to Learn — and Remember — Vocabulary Words

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Are You a Fluent English Speaker?

When do you really become fluent in a second language? It’s complicated.

Are You a Fluent English Speaker?

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Jul 13, 2025

‘I’m a Different Person in English’

Learning a new language may require adjusting how you think about the world

‘I’m a Different Person in English’

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Jul 4, 2025

That’s Not the English I Learned in School

Languages rarely match the simplicity and precision of the lessons from your teen years

That’s Not the English I Learned in School

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May 27, 2025

Sleeping Well at Night

Advice that’s resonated for me through the years

Sleeping Well at Night

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BKLYN — poems for walking

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Apr 21

closed in, far away

despite her youth, malinda walks the cobblestone street like an elderly beggar

closed in, far away

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Feb 26

wind, ever silent

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Feb 21

aware, stillness

with each passing cloud i felt my heart increase recalling the moments we shared together

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Feb 15

poems is, she says

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the beautiful ugly

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the beautiful ugly

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Private ESL tutor in NYC, teaching English to expatriate professionals and college students. ESL: TomsTutoringNYC.com. POETRY: https://medium.com/bklyn-pomes

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