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- 061 Topics: How to work in the United States, interracial dating and marriage, to lean on someone’s shoulder, pronouncing math expressions, rather
- 062 Topics: New York City, abbreviations after a name (Ph.D., MD, RN, DDS, Esq.), say vs. talk vs. speak vs. tell, towel vs. napkin, what to say when you’re shopping
- 063 Topics: Dates for dogs, “Me, too!”, Something 101, I’m game, to hover over, travel vs. trip vs. journey, up to vs. until, “Word up!”
- 064 Topics: “There you go!” vs. “There you are!”, estimate vs. determine, bump vs. dip, opposite vs. in front of, mudslinging, shade vs. shadow, assure vs. ensure vs. insure, definitely vs. exactly
- 065 Topics: Native rate of speech, to preach to the choir, common sense, “though” at the end of a sentence, possess vs. own, allow you to vs. allows you to, pronouncing “twenty” and “ninety,” picking a suitor, a make-out scene
- 066 Topics: Ask an American: College Life in the US, all but, specialty vs. speciality, to cut someone off, Don’t be a…, moonshine, to cut someone off
- 067 Topics: In the News: pretexting, “stay the course,” The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, “if that’s anything to go by,” color vs. hue, contribute vs. attribute, “the die is cast”
- 068 Topics: Ask an American: Raising a large family, criteria vs. standard, through vs. throughout, to call it quits
- 069 Topics: Studying abroad in college, Americans and gun control, come and eat vs. come to eat, in spite of vs. despite
- 070 Topics: Current Movies: Stomp the Yard and Dreamgirls, vibe, sick vs. ill. vs. cold, to hold someone’s hand vs. to hold onto someone
- 071 Topics: How to ruin your computer, how much things cost in the US, secret vs. confidential vs. private, cliché vs. touché
- 072 Topics: In the News: The Nobel Effect, dangerous bicycle helmets; to talk someone out of something vs. to have it out with someone; I’ll wait for you vs. I’ll be waiting for you; mixture
- 073 Topics: Philadelphia, jury duty, canary in a coal mine, rule of thumb
- 074 Topics: Ask an American: Being a single woman in the US, obviously vs. apparently, sorrow, to delay vs. to postpone vs. to defer
- 075 Topics: American Songs - Sound of Silence, Good for you! and Good for him!, realize vs. recognize vs. notice, farther vs. further
- 076 Topics: Scientology, Wikipedia, establishment figures, to not have a clue, at that time, Pardon my French!, Right on!
- 077 Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using “the” before a country’s name, either vs. neither
- 078 Topics: Daylight Saving Time, March Madness, to solve vs. to resolve, She smells good vs. She smells well
- 079 Topics: Ask an American - Working, quote vs. offer, Something’s Gotta Give
- 080 Topics: Google Book Search, Clint Eastwood, village vs. neighborhood, to retrieve vs. to recover, cooking vs. cuisine
- 081 Topics: Earth Day, Dr. Seuss books, pronouncing sin, sing, hit, heat, and hate; about six o’clock versus around six o’clock; What I wouldn’t give versus What I would give; I couldn’t care less versus I could care less
- 082 Topics: US advertising in other countries; Habitat for Humanity; bad-tempered vs. short-tempered; no pun intended; to be raining cats and dogs
- 083 Topics: Ask an American - International students in the U.S. don’t versus doesn’t; ain’t; you singular versus you plural
- 084 Topics: Homelessness in the U.S.; prenups and postnups; “Smith’s the name, oil’s the game”; to weep versus to cry, to see someone smile
- 085 Topics: U.S. Census, Driving While Texting, as well as versus as long as, change versus alter versus modify versus transform
- 086 Topics: Famous Americans: Frank Gehry, Memorial Day, odd one out, as good as it gets. film versus movie
- 087 Topics: Trouble with my car, Ask an American: Home Schooling, breakthrough versus to break through, to ride shotgun
- 088 Topics: Yellowstone National Park, summer jobs for teenagers, I’ll be in later versus I’ll be in late, loudly versus aloud versus loud, pronouncing lounge, lunch, and launch
- 089 Topics: Airport X-ray machines, Guinness Book of World Records, to be under siege, to run like butter, girlfriends, to trade up
- 090 Topics: State and county fairs, Stan Lee and Spider-Man, Miss versus Mrs. versu Ms., to be in bloom, in order to
- 091 Topics: Ask an American: Interpreters, pronouncing years and punctuation marks, school leavers and drop outs
- 092 Topics: Fourth of July, Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, Schoolhouse Rock, will versus shall, to come off
- 093 Topics: American cities: Las Vegas, Google and privacy on the Internet, red tape, to catch lightening in a bottle, pronouncing ordinal numbers
- 094 Topics: Famous Americans - Katie Couric, Payday loans, pronouncing listen, stepbrother versus half-brother, godmothers and godfathers
- 095 Topics: Ask an American: Getting into an MBA program, to spell out something, about to break, breakdown, conscience versus conscious
- 096 Topics: How to become a doctor, how much Americans earn, using from, between, and during, fire versus arson, town hall meetings
- 097 Topics: Atlanta; Famous Americans: Michael Moore; to have versus to have got, singular versus plural verbs with percentages, sort of versus kind of
- 098 Topics: McJobs; Robert’s Rules of Order; in for a dime, in for a dollar; a police officer’s beat, could versus would, center versus centre
- 099 Topics: Ask an American: Losing weight in America; 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, to be (someone’s) man through and through, doggone, to see one’s share of (something), to say (something) 10 times fast
- 100 Topics: Traveling in the U.S., gimmick versus trick, to call ‘em like you see ‘em, spite versus respite, in demand versus on demand
- 101 Topics: American cities: Honolulu, fantasy sports camps, to freeze a bra, coupon versus voucher, illicit versus illegal
- 102 Topics: the Pledge of Allegiance, tomato as fruit versus vegetable, to be raised versus to grow up, buy versus purchase, to take the bull by the horns, can versus may versus could when asking for permission
- 103 Topics: Ask an American: Raising children, one of those, reply versus answer, customer versus purchaser
- 104 Topics: American cities: Nashville, Grand Ole Opry; school fund-raisers, to hold on to your hat, to be put inside, a blow-by-blow account
- 105 Topics: Why Americans don’t use the metric system, how to dress in Los Angeles versus New York, yutz, to go back to square one, what to call your cousin’s son, I’m done with you
- 106 Topics: American folklore: Bigfoot; Who’s on First?, to tear apart, Cliff Notes, to fall out of love
- 107 Topics: Ask an American: Socially Responsible Companies, case study, to be at sea, to knock (someone’s) socks off, to take one’s time
- 108 Topics: Route 66, playground games for children, on time versus in time, counting seconds using Mississippi, to knock yourself out
- 109 Topics: Cities: Tucson, Arizona (Interview with Dr. Lucy Tse), Harper’s Index, to get a kick out of (something), to commute, to not stand for (something), “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”
- 110 Topics: How to become a teacher in the U.S., steps in ordering food in a restaurant, to walk the walk and talk the talk, constraint versus restraint, monkey business, on a regular basis
- 111 Topics: Famous Americans: Yo Yo Ma; Popular books in the U.S., pronouncing contractions, to figure out versus it figures, there will be no versus there will not be, if you will
- 112 Topics: Ask an American: Roswell, New Mexico; holiday versus vacation, arbitrator versus referee versus umpire, Ay, caramba!
- 113 Topics: Gallaudet University, U.S. call signs for radio and TV stations, outfit versus gear versus equipment, pronouncing law and low, so versus very
- 114 Topics: Cities: Boston; vanity license plates, to make a difference versus to make the difference, lame, devil’s advocate
- 115 Topics: Professional wrestling, National Geographic, would-be versus wannabe, be my guest, why not?
- 116 Topics: Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, progress versus process, would in the past tense, to be on the chunky side
- 117 Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.; bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English
- 118 Topics: How to become the president of the United States, tailgating parties, seize versus arrest versus detain, pronouncing “the,” expressions for showing sympathy
- 119 Topics: Cities: Anchorage, Alaska; John Henry; you might as well, to hit the ground running, the “café” in English Café, what goes around comes around, breaking news
- 120 Topics: Men and “dumb blondes,” the Rotary Club, grade versus score, how do I get to versus where do I find, my friend versus a friend of mine