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English Word of the Day: 196 recover - verb

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Word of the Day:

recover - verb - pronunciation link

Definition

to get again something that was lost, stolen or taken away

Example Sentences

The woman recovered her handbag which had been stolen.
Have you recovered your investment yet?

Quiz of the Day - Homophone Quizzes:

Homonyms and homophones are one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning (i.e. to, too, two). Test your knowledge of homophones with these quizzes.

Homophone Quizzes

English Worksheet of the Day - Lego Blocks:

Groups decide upon a design, give it a description (a name), and then write down step-by-step instructions for how another group could construct the same design from the six pieces. This activity promotes an enormous amount of discussion within the groups during the instruction-writing phase.

Lego Blocks

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