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Who Invented Homework? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS
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Elise Chuang posted on 2021/06/02Ever wondered who's to blame for all that homework? This fun explainer dives into the surprising history of homework, all the way back to the 1950s and the Cold War! You'll pick up some great cultural insights and practice simple sentence structures along the way.
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US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/
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UK /'epɪsəʊd/
- Noun
- One separate event in a series of events
- Show which is part of a larger story
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US /blem/
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UK /bleɪm/
- Transitive Verb
- To say someone is responsible for something bad
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of saying someone did something bad
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US /ɛnˈkɚrɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-/
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UK /ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ/
- Transitive Verb
- To increase the chance of something happening
- To make someone more determined or confident
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US /ˈkruəl/
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UK /'kru:əl/
- Adjective
- Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
- Extremely harsh or severe.
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