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11-10-2007, 05:23 PM
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98.4% monkey
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bummed out city
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free rice
Heard this on the BBC this am. Guess it didn't do too well last week but then really picked up.
Know the correct definition and feed hungry people. Thought you vocab junkies would like it. http://freerice.com |
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11-11-2007, 06:48 AM
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half baked
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: just ducky
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This is so cool
 I was doing pretty well and then they started in with some 50-cent words  Learned quite a few new ones! I will definitely be going back there - that was fun!
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11-11-2007, 08:14 AM
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left hanging
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream
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I want stats dammit!
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11-11-2007, 10:24 AM
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Rhinoceros fan
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I managed to guess that "pibroch" is bagpipe music. That's fun, thanks.
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11-11-2007, 01:23 PM
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meretricious dilettante
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11-11-2007, 04:04 PM
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click click click
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: snap the fingers
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...that's one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet. it pretty much pays for itself with those ads!
Thanks l'azizza! |
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11-13-2007, 02:55 AM
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left hanging
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream
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11-13-2007, 10:41 AM
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left hanging
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream
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ah, they do start to repeat after awhile so there's always hope.
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11-13-2007, 11:06 AM
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in limbo
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The Netherlands
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as long as i'm over 40 i'm ok but as soon as it drops below 35 i'm completely lost-- until level 25 where i seem to know most words again. weird how there seems to be some sort of gap in my english vocabulary!
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11-13-2007, 12:40 PM
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Key Lime Pie rocks!!!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Oh, yeah!
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Nice website. Good place to visit while I'm between tasks at work...
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