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Jennifer   You and I are going to become good friends. Had I had you as my English teacher way back when in high school, I'm sure I would have gotten it then. I struggle writing well in the English language today because I was embarrassed to ask the teacher to repeat things for me. I'm not jumping the gun, but I just want to fill you in as I learn. Your style of teaching has patience behind it and I'm the type of person who needs the material thoroughly explained to me to understand it and learn it, and your book is structured in such a way. For example:  First Person is the person speaking -- I, me, my, we, us, our  Second Person is the person to whom you speak -- you, your  Third Person is the person whose ears are burning -- he, she   This little bit of information really clears up the big picture for me and I understand it totally. I'm just starting and I've learned a lot. This alone will improve my writing. Thank you for your style of teaching and I admire your patience.  Write Well 101 Student, Osbaldo (Central, SC)

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AUSSIE TERMS ANSWERS

1. Chook: a chicken

2. Cozzie: swimming costume

3. Shonky: dubious, underhanded e.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.

4. Deadset: true, the truth

5. Fair dinkum: true, genuine

6. Fair go: a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")

7. Lob, lob in: drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")

8. Ridgy-didge: original, genuine

9. Rip snorter: great, fantastic - "it was a rip snorter of a party"

10. She'll be right: it'll turn out okay

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