Tag: hidden gem
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Retail Therapy
WotD: Retail therapy Retail therapy sounds good right about now. Shopping used to be fun. You’d go into a store, browse their offerings looking for a hidden gem or wait for something to jump out and scream ‘BUY ME!’. These days, going shopping is more like a dance with death: Currently, there’s very little retail therapy and too much retail…
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Keep (something) to yourself
English Phrase: Keep (something) to yourself If you can keep a secret, then you can keep something to yourself. There you have it. That’s it; my work is done here. No, but seriously, to keep something to yourself means not telling anyone else about it, no matter what it is. They can ask, beg or…
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Mishmash
Word of the Day: Mishmash English has some funny-sounding and looking words like mishmash or hodgepodge. A mishmash is a mixture of unrelated items, such as the things you find at a yard sale. It’s often called a confusing jumble or chaos. Yard sales, junk sales, or flea markets often offer a mishmash of things for sale. On the…
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Rummage
Word of the Day: Rummage I used to love to rummage through the discounted book bins looking for hidden gems that had either been overlooked or were damaged. Unfortunately, it’s been years since I was in a bookstore that primarily sold English language books. Digging through hundreds of books did take some time, but it…
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Unspoiled
Word of the Day: Unspoiled Unspoiled is often used when describing a natural location where human hands have not been damaged or changed. The Canadian Rocky Mountains are a fantastic place and full of hidden gems. In addition, there are many places in Newfoundland and Labrador—my province—where you can go and experience a completely unspoiled…
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Hidden gem
Idiom: Hidden Gem Many people want to find a hidden gem when they go travelling. Hidden gems are fantastic secret places or things which nobody else knows. These are the places that haven’t become tourist traps where cheap souvenirs are sold. They want to escape the hustle and bustle of the main attractions and find…
