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📙 Part 2: Describe a book you read that you found useful

Rory reveals the one grammar book that completely changed how he teaches. Find out why he thinks even the general public should read it and why his friends are now so sick to death of hearing about it!

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📙 Part 2: Describe a book you read that you found useful
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This episode's vocabulary

A reference book (noun)- a book of facts, such as a dictionary or an encyclopedia, that you look at to discover particular information.

Creep in (phrasal verb) - If mistakes creep in or creep into a piece of text, they are included despite efforts not to include them: A few mistakes always creep in during the editing process; to gradually start to be noticeable: Doubts began to creep into my mind about the likely success of the project.

In-depth (adj.) - done carefully and in great detail: an in-depth report/interview/analysis

A novice  (noun)- a person who is not experienced in a job or situation:

I've never driven a car before - I'm a complete novice.

Vital  (adj.) - necessary for the success or continued existence of something; extremely important.

Outline (verb) - to give the main facts about something: At the interview she outlined what I would be doing.

Determine (verb) - to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen: Your health is determined in part by what you eat.

Benefit from (verb) - to be helped by something or to help someone:

I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.

General public  (noun)- ordinary people, especially all the people who are not members of a particular organization or who do not have any special type of knowledge: This is a matter of great concern to the general public.

Sick to death of (idiom) – annoyed about or bored with (someone or something) and unwilling to put up with them any longer; totally disgusted with someone or something.

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