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Enhance your English systematically with ONE-WORD-A-DAY (OWAD) 

Monday to Friday you'll learn an important word or idiom selected from the international press. Test yourself with an amusing mini-quiz, compare your score with other readers, and read interesting background information.

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dodge a bullet

21 hours ago

to sharply criticise someone

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to avoid a serious problem

to make a really stupid mistake

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fat finger syndrome

2 days ago

to make a typographical error on a digital device

to be unable to remove a ring from a swollen finger

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to accidentally drop objects onto the floor

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shrinkflation

1 day ago

the reduction in body size due to aging

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a general downturn and shrinking of the economy

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reducing a food product's weight, but not its price

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