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In our 10 Words blog feature we help you expand your vocabulary by choosing a word and offering 10 other words that that you can use instead.
Here is a list of all our 10 Words articles:
10 Words for… ANGRY
10 Words for ... BIG
10 Words for … COLD
10 Words for … FAST
10 Words for … FUNNY
10 Words for … GOOD
10 Words for... HAPPY
10 Words for … HARDWORKING
10 Words for… HELLO
10 Words for … HOT
10 Words for... LOVE
10 Words for … NICE
10 Words for … SAD
10 Words for ... SAID
10 Words for...SCARY
10 Words for … SMALL
10 Words for … SU...
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One more day until December!
Here’s a round-up of the blog posts we shared in November:
Is it beginning to get cold in your part of the world? Here in England, the days are getting shorter and many of us have found ourselves reaching for our hats, scarves, and gloves. In our first blog post in November, we shared 10 alternatives for the world cold. From bitter, to chilly, to nippy; you’ll never struggle to describe the cold weather again.
The fact that it gets dark early lends itself well to many of our celebrations for this time of year, many of which include sparkling lights. Our Halloween, Bonfire Night, and Diwali celebrations may have lo...
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arctic – extremely cold, like in arctic regions
The weather channel says we can expect arctic conditions next week.
biting – causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
The wind was biting.
bitter – causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
We walked through a bitter storm.
chilly – lacking warmth of feeling
I look forward to the chilly Autumn weather because I love wearing cosy jumpers.
cool – neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
The cool breeze was extremely welcome on the hot day.
crisp – pleasantly ...
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With the Christmas holidays approaching, you might not be feeling as focused on your spelling studies as usual. We don’t blame you – there’s nothing like a cozy evening in on a cold day.
Why not try out our relaxing Spelling Snowball game to keep your spelling in shape? In the game, you click on snowflakes in the right order to spell out a word. While Spelling Snowball can be used with any word list (click on the football above the list to play), we’ve created five season-appropriate spelling lists for you to practise with. After all, if you have to work on your spelling, you might as feel festive while you’re doing it.
Here are our 5 wintry wo...
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