https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a CBS article en-us 2016-08-12 21:34:45 UTC 2025-11-04 12:08:49 UTC hello@padlet.com mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163243 Part of speech: Verb

Definition: accept or admit the existence or truth of.

Expert Sentence: But we keep on trying because we know that others have succeeded, and we are not willing to acknowledge defeat.

My sentence: I acknowledged that I wasn't ready for my math test since I didn't study the night before.  ]]> 2016-08-12 21:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163243 mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163461 Part of speech: Adjective

Definition: wanting to be successful or powerful.

Expert Sentence: She was ambitious, driven by her controlling father and then by her own need for power.

My Sentence: I want to be an ambitious person and try my very best to become a successful surgeon. ]]> 2016-08-12 21:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163461 mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163657 Part of speech: Noun

Definition: a troubling situation

Expert Sentence: Once I was alone with Molly and she awakened sufficiently to realize our dilemma, I consoled her as best I could.

My Sentence: Maggie was once in a dilemma with her friend Becky since they got caught sneaking out to party with some other friends. ]]> 2016-08-12 21:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163657 mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163946 Part of speech: Noun

Definition: Support

Expert Sentence:  His advocacy of anti-slavery principles, then frowned upon by the Methodist authorities, aroused opposition, and eventually resulted in his trial for heresy and the revocation of his licence.

My Sentence: ]]> 2016-08-12 21:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118163946 mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118792503 Part of speech: Verb

Definition:  to say something wise or clever

Expert Sentence:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," he quipped to himself.

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]]> 2016-08-18 17:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/118792503 mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/120128756 Part of speech: noun

definition: : a sign over the entrance of a public building

Expert sentence: As I hinted before, this whalebone marquee was never pitched except in port; and on board the Pequod, for thirty years, the order to strike the tent was well known to be the next thing to heaving up the anchor.

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]]> 2016-08-26 21:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/120128756 mercedesr29871 https://padlet.com/mercedesr29871/a2lc8c976f6a/wish/120128835 Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

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