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Not quite human: From centaurs to zombies Posted by on May 6, 2014

There are a lot of beings that are talked about in books, myths, and shown on movies and TV that aren’t human, but are like humans. Of course, all of these different beings have names and today I am going to present the English words/names for these creatures that are ‘not quite human.’ Creatures that…

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The Tooth Fairy Posted by on Jul 1, 2012

In my last post, on Friday, I wrote a post about going to the dentist and some dental related vocabulary.  One of the vocabulary words I introduced was “the tooth fairy.”  Today I thought I would tell you a little more about this cultural figure. The tooth fairy is a fairy* who is believed to…

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