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A Word A Week

by Marco the German

Hi, I'm Marco the German.I have been studying the English language for more than 10 years. Over the years I have stumbled across some very interesting words, which I want to share with you.I will be presenting mostly words that I myself did not know a couple of years ago, thereby trying to give you content that I would have very much liked to have listened to then.This podcast is not only for beginners! Even advanced learners or native speakers may learn a lot from this podcast!My E-Mail address is [email protected]. Feel free to write to me, if you know some words that I could talk about or if you have suggestions, compliments or feedback.

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  1. Episode #051, 23.09.2012 - encumbrance

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  2. Episode #050, 16.09.2012 - Spotlight: other podcasts

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  3. Episode #049, 09.09.2012 - tissue, kleenex, handkerchief

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  4. Episode #048, 02.09.2012 - quaestor

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  5. Episode #047, 26.08.2012 - pusillanimous

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  6. Episode #046, 19.08.2012 - impious

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  7. Episode #045, 12.08.2012 - Spotlight: pirate speech and International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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  8. Episode #044, 05.08.2012 - behoove, behove

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  9. Episode #043, 29.07.2012 - circumvallate

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  10. Episode #042, 22.07.2012 - high jinks

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  11. Episode #041, 15.07.2012 - licentiousness

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  12. Episode #040, 08.07.2012: Spotlight: The American Language by H. L. Mencken

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  13. Episode #039, 01.07.2012: vicious

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  14. Episode #038, 24.06.2012: miscellaneous

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  15. Episode #037, 17.06.2012: mean (all meanings)

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  16. Episode #036, 10.06.2012: Savvy?

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  17. Episode #035, 03.06.2012 - Spotlight Google Ngram

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  18. Episode #034, 27.05.2012 - awry

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  19. Episode #033, 20.05.2012 - fag, faggot, fascism

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  20. Episode #032, 13.05.2012 - expunge

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  21. Episode #031, 06.05.2012 - Blimey!, Cor blimey!

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  22. Episode #030, 29.04.2012 - Spotlight Words from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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  23. Episode #029, 22.04.2012 - Duh!

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  24. Episode #028, 15.04.2012 - efficacious

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  25. Episode #027, 08.04.2012 - vexation

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  26. Episode #026, 01.04.2012 - pseudocarnturbaqueous

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  27. Episode #025, 25.03.2012 - Spotlight: The Awful German Language by Mark Twain

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  28. Episode #024, 18.03.2012 - flabbergasted

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  29. Episode #023, 11.03.2012 - sumptuous

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  30. Episode #022, 04.03.2012 - peanuts, space and other mindboggling things

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  31. Episode #021, 26.02.2012 - concoction

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  32. Episode #020, 19.02.2012 - Spotlight: Simple English Wikipedia

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  33. Episode #019, 12.02.2012 - ridiculous

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  34. Episode #018, 05.02.2012 - bangarang

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  35. Episode #017, 29.01.2012 - inevitable

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  36. Episode #016, 22.01.2012 - ludicrous

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  37. Episode #015, 15.01.2012 - Spotlight: One and two letter words in the English language

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  38. Episode #014, 08.01.2012 - to and fro

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  39. Episode #013, 01.01.2012 - non sequitur

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  40. Episode #012, 25.12.2011 - normalcy

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  41. Episode #011, 18.12.2011 - caboodle

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  42. Episode #010, 11.12.2011 - Spotlight - Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl Dialogue

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  43. Episode #009, 04.12.2011 - warlock

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  44. Episode #008, 27.11.2011 - niggardly

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  45. Episode #007, 20.11.2011 - shenanigan

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  46. Episode #006, 13.11.2011 - equivocation

    Introducing my fellow student Basti! Please subscribe to the A Word a Week Podcast at: awordaweek.podomatic.com Check out the blog at marcothegerman.blogspot.com, where you will find scripts of this podcast. Like the A Word A Week page on facebook!

  47. Episode #005, 6.11.2011 - Spotlight: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

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  48. Episode #004, 30.10.2011 - irrecoverably

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  49. Episode #003, 23.10.2011 - to boondoggle

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  50. Episode #002, 16.10.2011 - surreptitiously

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Hi, I'm Marco the German.I have been studying the English language for more than 10 years. Over the years I have stumbled across some very interesting words, which I want to share with you.I will be presenting mostly words that I myself did not know a couple of years ago, thereby trying to give you content that I would have very much liked to have listened to then.This podcast is not only for beginners! Even advanced learners or native speakers may learn a lot from this podcast!My E-Mail address is [email protected]. Feel free to write to me, if you know some words that I could talk about or if you have suggestions, compliments or feedback.

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