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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


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    Episode #051, 23.09.2012 - encumbrance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2012 1:44


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    Episode #050, 16.09.2012 - Spotlight: other podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2012 10:21


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    Episode #049, 09.09.2012 - tissue, kleenex, handkerchief

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2012 2:51


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    Episode #048, 02.09.2012 - quaestor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2012 1:18


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    Episode #047, 26.08.2012 - pusillanimous

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2012 1:25


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    Episode #046, 19.08.2012 - impious

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2012 1:26


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2012 4:22


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    Episode #044, 05.08.2012 - behoove, behove

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2012 1:54


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    Episode #043, 29.07.2012 - circumvallate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2012 1:13


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    Episode #042, 22.07.2012 - high jinks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2012 2:22


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    Episode #041, 15.07.2012 - licentiousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2012 1:38


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2012 2:39


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    Episode #039, 01.07.2012: vicious

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2012 2:25


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    Episode #038, 24.06.2012: miscellaneous

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2012 1:20


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    Episode #037, 17.06.2012: mean (all meanings)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2012 3:04


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    Episode #036, 10.06.2012: Savvy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2012 1:32


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    Episode #035, 03.06.2012 - Spotlight Google Ngram

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2012 2:10


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    Episode #034, 27.05.2012 - awry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2012 2:09


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    Episode #033, 20.05.2012 - fag, faggot, fascism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2012 5:40


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    Episode #032, 13.05.2012 - expunge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2012 1:42


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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2012 2:13


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2012 6:37


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    Episode #029, 22.04.2012 - Duh!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2012 1:13


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    Episode #028, 15.04.2012 - efficacious

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2012 1:11


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    Episode #027, 08.04.2012 - vexation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2012 2:00


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    Episode #026, 01.04.2012 - pseudocarnturbaqueous

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2012 2:08


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2012 15:20


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    Episode #024, 18.03.2012 - flabbergasted

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2012 2:16


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    Episode #023, 11.03.2012 - sumptuous

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2012 1:15


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2012 2:31


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    Episode #021, 26.02.2012 - concoction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2012 1:57


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    Episode #020, 19.02.2012 - Spotlight: Simple English Wikipedia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2012 2:41


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    Episode #019, 12.02.2012 - ridiculous

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2012 2:12


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    Episode #018, 05.02.2012 - bangarang

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2012 3:10


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    Episode #017, 29.01.2012 - inevitable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2012 2:06


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    Episode #016, 22.01.2012 - ludicrous

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2012 2:50


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2012 4:36


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    Episode #014, 08.01.2012 - to and fro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2012 1:55


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    Episode #013, 01.01.2012 - non sequitur

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2012 3:11


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    Episode #012, 25.12.2011 - normalcy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2011 2:15


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    Episode #011, 18.12.2011 - caboodle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2011 2:48


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2011 4:12


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    Episode #009, 04.12.2011 - warlock

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2011 2:03


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    Episode #008, 27.11.2011 - niggardly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2011 3:14


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    Episode #007, 20.11.2011 - shenanigan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2011 5:04


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    Episode #006, 13.11.2011 - equivocation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2011 2:06


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2011 6:56


    It's the first spotlight episode! How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? I will discuss a question that many people have asked themselves. 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 (which is especially helpful with this episode!). Like the A Word A Week page on facebook!

    Episode #004, 30.10.2011 - irrecoverably

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2011 1:22


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    Episode #003, 23.10.2011 - to boondoggle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2011 2:14


    Sound: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surreptitiously 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!

    Episode #002, 16.10.2011 - surreptitiously

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2011 1:26


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    Episode #001, 09.10.2011 - gobbledygook

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2011 4:02


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