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  2. Game of the Day: TextTwist - AOL

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    Take the Text Twist challenge! Win points when you unscramble the letters to make new words. TextTwist is a classic on Games.com. The Game of the Day is going to test those old spelling skills ...

  3. Game of the Day: TextTwist 2 - AOL

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    Twist again with 'TextTwist 2', the incredible sequel to one of the most popular word games of all time. Shuffle letters to form words in three all-new game modes and two of your favorites! Find ...

  4. Game of the Day: Bookworm - AOL

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    Today's Game of the Day is a modern classic mixing a match-three game with Text Twist. You'll have to help the Bookworm chomp letters to make words and score points. Just look out for the burning ...

  5. Communication strategies in second-language acquisition

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    For example, if learners do not know the word grandfather they may paraphrase it by saying "my father's father". Semantic avoidance Learners may avoid a problematic word by using a different one, for example substituting the irregular verb make with the regular verb ask. The regularity of "ask" makes it easier to use correctly. [2] Word coinage

  6. Plot twist - Wikipedia

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    When it happens near the end of a story, it is known as a twist ending or surprise ending. [2] It may change the audience's perception of the preceding events, or introduce a new conflict that places it in a different context. A plot twist may be foreshadowed, to prepare the audience to accept it, but it usually comes with some element of ...

  7. Turn construction unit - Wikipedia

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    A turn construction unit (TCU) is the fundamental segment of speech in a conversation, as analysed in conversation analysis.. The idea was introduced in "A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation" by Harvey Sacks, Emanuel Schegloff, and Gail Jefferson in 1974. [1]

  8. Game of the Day: TextTwist - AOL

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    Take the Text Twist challenge! Win points when you unscramble the letters to make new words. TextTwist a classic on Games.com and people play it for hours. Join the craze.

  9. Anglicisation (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, anglicisation or anglicization is the practice of modifying foreign words, names, and phrases to make them easier to spell, pronounce or understand in English. [1] [2] The term commonly refers to the respelling of foreign words or loan words in English, often to a more drastic degree than that implied in, for example, romanisation.