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Irregular Nouns

March 4th, 2009

Irregular Nouns

SINGULAR
PLURAL

alumnus
alumni

analysis
analyses

antenna
antennae/antennas

appendix
appendices

axis
axes

bacterium
bacteria

basis
bases

beau
beaux

bureau
bureaux/bureaus

child
children

corpus
corpora/corpuses

crisis
crises

criterion
criteria

curriculum
curricula

datum
data

deer
deer

diagnosis
diagnoses

ellipsis
ellipses

fish
fish

focus
foci/focuses

foot
feet

formula
formulae/formulas

fungus
fungi/funguses

genus
genera

goose
geese

hypothesis
hypotheses

index
indices/indexes

louse
lice

man
men

matrix
matrices

means
means

medium
media

mouse
mice

nebula
nebulae

nucleus
nuclei

oasis
oases

ox
oxen

paralysis
paralyses

parenthesis
parentheses

phenomenon
phenomena

radius
radii

series
series

sheep
sheep

species
species

stimulus
stimuli

stratum
strata

synthesis
syntheses

synopsis
synopses

tableau
tableaux

thesis
theses

tooth
teeth

vertebra
vertebrae

vita
vitae

woman
women

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Useful phrases for running a business meeting

March 4th, 2009

Opening the Meeting
- Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
- If we are all here, let’s
+ . . . get started (OR)
+ start the meeting. (OR)
+ . . . start.

Welcoming and Introducing Participants
- Please join me in welcoming (name of participant)
- We’re pleased to welcome (name of participant)
- It’s a pleasure to welcome (name of participant)
- I’d [...]

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The most 100 common used verbs in English

March 4th, 2009

accept allow ask believe borrow break bring buy can/be able cancel change clean comb complain cough count cut dance draw drink drive eat explain fall fill find finish fit fix fly forget give go have hear hurt know learn leave listen live look lose make/do need open close/shut organize pay play put rain read reply [...]

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The most 500 common used words in English

March 4th, 2009
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