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  2. Transition (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A transition or linking word is a word or phrase that shows the relationship between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech. [1] Transitions provide greater cohesion by making it more explicit or signaling how ideas relate to one another. [1] Transitions are, in fact, "bridges" that "carry a reader from section to section". [1]

  3. Transition words - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Transition ...

  4. Truce term - Wikipedia

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    Pax, (Latin for 'peace'), was a group dialect word rather than a regional one as it was predominantly used in private schools and school stories. [2] Many individual cities, towns and rural districts had their own words, not used elsewhere such as bees, blobs, croggies, denny, keppies, locks, peas, peril, nix, truce, snakes and twigs. [2]

  5. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...

  6. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...

  7. Glossary of education terms (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    In other words, it is a theory and practice of helping students achieve critical consciousness. In this tradition, the teacher works to lead students to question ideologies and practices considered oppressive (including those at school), and encourage liberatory collective and individual responses to the actual conditions of their own lives.

  8. Middle school - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the terms "middle school" and "junior high school" are both used, depending on which grades the school caters to. [5] Junior high schools tend to include only grades 7, 8, and sometimes 9 (some older schools with the name 'carved in concrete' still use "Junior High" as part of their name, although grade nine is now missing), whereas middle schools are usually grades 6–8 or only ...

  9. Lower rates mean lower deposit rates, right? Probably not - AOL

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    Loan and deposit pricing are tied together. Your conversations with friends and relatives probably paint a pretty clear picture of today’s pent-up loan demand among everyday people and businesses.