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I donโt know about you, but I just love a nice downpour on a hot summer day. As someone who really doesnโt stand the heat, I appreciate those moments of cool freshness, and I know Iโm not the only one: the plants and animals vitally depend on the rain during those hot, dry months too. …
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Charles Turner Dazey was an American writer and playwright born in Lima, Illinois, in 1855. He wrote a number of successful plays, also leaving a mark in the early film history as a writer of numerous silent films. He died in Quincy in 1938; sadly, his works quickly became forgotten. Charles T. Dazey I chose …
As Iโm writing this post, itโs typical November weather in my part of the world: gray and rainy. I actually happen to love it, and so Iโve been thinking - what better vocabulary topic for this week than - rain! Letโs start from the beginning. When the weather is very cloudy and dark you can …
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