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Words & Sayings of the Day from English Club

• pay up
  If somebody pays up, they pay money they owe to someone even though they don't really want to. ... read more
• Women will have the last word
  A man cannot win an argument with a woman. Women talk more than men. They can always add something more ... read more
• quack
  someone who cheats people by claiming to have special knowledge, especially in medicine ... read more
• time after time
  If you do something time after time, you do it again and again, or repeatedly. ... read more

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Word of the Day from Macmillan Dictionary

• pullet
  a chicken that is less than a year old ... read more
• joey
  a young kangaroo, wallaby, or possum ... read more
• heifer
  a young cow that has not given birth to a calf ... read more
• superstitious
  believing in the power of magic or luck ... read more
• foal
  a young horse, or a young donkey or mule ... read more
• fawn
  a young deer ... read more
• filly
  a young female horse ... read more

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