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There are many easy ways to embarrass yourself. You can forget to put on an item of clothing. You can forget somebody's name and have to introduce them to a friend of yours. You can be asked to address a gathering when you have extreme stage fright. But there is one that is more reliable than all of these, guaranteed to produce instant embarrassment. You can spell an important word wrong in a crucial sentence. If you want to steer clear of the...

Standardized tests are hard. The English and Reading Comprehension section is especially challenging, because candidates have to combine their reading and analytical ability with a deep knowledge of English words, including very complex ones, and their usage in the right context. Verbal reasoning is never a cakewalk. Until you go through this book. It removes one main source of worry - that of acquiring and retaining a large English language v...

There is an old adage about faking it until you make it. However, with English writing skills, it is possible to hone your expertise to such a keen level that you do not have to fake anything. This is especially true of spelling. Words have power, but misspelled words cause mockery and ridicule. Fortunately, this book has the answer to all your spelling woes, it will teach you about potential pitfalls in your way. I have collected the 1500 wor...

What do high powered CEOs, legendary Heads of State, successful public speakers, and respected academic professors have in common? Excellent communication skills. Today, the whole world either knows English well or is trying to master it. Therefore, if you have great communication skills - written and verbal, in the English language, you have a competitive advantage in your bid to change the world. This book is full of important words that you...

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A large part of the preparation cycle for any English as a Second Language (ESL) test or examination consists of building up a huge vocabulary, and then setting up failsafes to retain most of that vocabulary, by examining relations between words. This book deals with one of the most important links between words: that of the synonym and the antonym. Studying these increases the efficiency of ESL learning and teaching, because one exercise teac...

Mathematics makes every aspect of our lives easier: even disciplines which did not traditionally use mathematical tools are beginning to open up to the possibilities of using computation and analysis to create more reliable conclusions from data. However, even though this tool is undoubtedly useful, teaching methods worldwide have ensured that a sizeable portion of the student population still views anything to do with numbers with suspicion a...

No area within mathematics is as accessible and yet as frustrating as arithmetic progressions. They are the core of most sequence and series problems that can be found in the quantitative sections of standardized tests and in aptitude assessments in job interviews and hiring selection processes. This book is for people who are looking to get back knowledge that they have lost, or for beginner and intermediate level students of mathematics. I h...

Within the space of a century, English has grown to become the first or second language of almost half the globe. This means that the global language of commerce and business is no longer a luxury: it is a powerful tool that needs to be mastered to be able to progress in one's career in a world that is more connected than ever before. And there is the entertainment angle as well: a huge number of movies and television programs are created only...

A spelling mistake in an important written document is mortifying. It can mean the difference between a huge success and an embarrassing failure. And, more importantly, a spelling error in a crucial piece of work can leave you without a job. Given that this is such a common problem, one that seems to have no simple solution, it is very important to improve the quality of your written English. As you read this book, you will come across spellin...

English as a Second Language is the most important foundational learning course for aspiring workers across the world today. Migration and immigration are at all time high levels, and this has made it imperative that people are able to achieve a level of professional comfort in English, so that their skills can transfer to their new country of residence. Therefore, this book will be very helpful whether you are trying to learn English for a jo...

A building can only stand tall, proud, and secure, if the foundation has been laid with care and with purpose. If the builder hurries at his or her task, the edifice may look impressive, but it will not last. It will soon come crashing down, and those who built it will rue their lack of due care and foresight. This is never more true than when discussing the construction of a strong English vocabulary. It is difficult to go slow initially, and...

Whether it is aptitude tests or in-person interviews, a better knowledge of English will definitely help you get a better job. This book contains thousands of interesting takes on flash cards and word puzzles, they are all designed to first teach you new words, and then to help you learn how to apply them in every possible context. You can spend hundreds of hours on the content in this book, so my advice is to take it slow, and keep a reco...

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It takes a long time to get to a level of fluency in English where you can speak well. It takes even longer to get to a place where you can write completely compellingly, and impress people with your grasp of the language and your large vocabulary. This book will help with all your language problems, by building a strong vocabulary foundation that you can use to express yourself better. In every chapter, you will learn 10-100 new words, and th...

Most people concentrate on getting to an acceptable level of fluency in professional English, and then lose sight of further improvement opportunities. However, this is a mistake. It is always possible to get really good, and it is very important to put yourself in the top one percent of English speakers in any context, so that you can impress an audience with your command of words. This book holds the key to that: you will see how these exerc...

The pages of history are full of stories about high achievers, great men and women, rich and famous people, who had one thing in common: they could not spell. It is very common for a person in the modern world to have below average written skills in English, or in any other language. And, unlike in earlier centuries, the penalty for not being able to spell correctly is higher today than ever before. This is because of the increasingly connecte...

Humanity has ascended to the top of the ladder of all living organisms on Planet Earth by virtue of a very large brain: one that is constantly trained and improved to think deeply. If we could not think logically and solve problems, we would long ago have fallen prey to large predators, or to the vagaries of climate and weather disasters. This book is both a celebration of the brain's pre-eminence in human society, and a way for you to train y...

Imagine you're a hiring manager at a major multinational firm. Imagine that you have to decide between two candidates, both of whom have very impressive resumes. The one who gets the job will have his or her life changed for the better. And then, imagine that you find a small spelling error in one of their applications. Your decision just got a whole lot easier, and one small mistake in writing English cost one candidate everything. This i...

Verbal Reasoning is an important component of every single important test in the world today: it is almost impossible to be admitted into any of the great colleges or universities in the world without having strong verbal skills - in addition, of course, to domain expertise for master's courses. It is not easy to master word lists: some candidates spend upwards of two years learning the advanced vocabulary that will get them through the hardes...