How to Effectively Learn TOEFL Vocabulary in 5 Simple Steps

“Slow and steady wins the race.” This classic saying means that it is best to move toward your goals at a comfortable but persistent (regular or even) pace. If you try to move too fast, or to do too much at once, you may actually make things harder for…

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The mob, driven away from the Custom House, had broken up into several bands, retreating across the plain in the direction of the town. The subdued crash of irregular volleys fired in the distance was answered by faint yells far away. In the intervals the single shots rang…

At night the body of clouds advancing higher up the sky

At night the body of clouds advancing higher up the sky smothers the whole quiet gulf below with an impenetrable darkness, in which the sound of the falling showers can be heard beginning and ceasing abruptly—now here, now there. Indeed, these cloudy nights are proverbial with the seamen…