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American Dream
the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did
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Themes in Literature Decisions
Consequences faith The American Dream Freedom Power of One Authority community innocence experience Family Family love love Loss Friendship Honor Justice Liberty Survival Hero Identity Diversity Death
diversity
noticeable variety

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Hero
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

Themes in Literature Decisions Consequences faith The American Dream Freedom Power of One Authority community innocence experience Family Family love love Loss Friendship Honor Justice Liberty Survival
Hero
Identity Diversity Death
survival
the state of remaining alive

Themes in Literature Decisions Consequences faith The American Dream Freedom Power of One Authority community innocence experience Family Family love love Loss Friendship Honor Justice Liberty
Survival
Hero Identity Diversity Death
innocence
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong

Themes in Literature Decisions Consequences faith The American Dream Freedom Power of One
Authority community innocence experience
Family Family love love Loss Friendship Honor Justice Liberty Survival Hero Identity Diversity Death
theme
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

Themes in Literature Decisions Consequences faith The American Dream Freedom Power of One Authority community innocence experience Family Family love love Loss Friendship Honor Justice Liberty Survival Hero Identity Diversity Death

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A topic is a subject. It's what you're discussing or what a newspaper article is about, the theme of a documentary, or the focus of your term paper.

Green energy, the Oscar nominees, what's on the lunch menu, boxers or briefs — these are all considered topics. If something is a "hot topic," then everybody is talking about it. If it's a "topic for discussion," then someone wants to have a serious conversation about it. If you're at a dinner party, you can talk about all kinds of topics with other guests. But to keep peace at the table, avoid bringing up controversial political or religious topics.

Definitions of topic

noun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

“it was a very sensitive topic”
synonyms: subject, theme
noun
some situation or event that is thought about

“he kept drifting off the topic”
synonyms: issue, matter, subject

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Our food vocabulary section covers types of food from fruits and vegetables to fish and dairy foods. It also covers cooking, kitchens and kitchenware and dining and dinnerware. You'll also learn about eating out in restaurants and learn special vocabulary for British pubs and for ordering and dining in French, Italian, Mexican, Indian, Chinese and Thai restaurants. And don't miss our section on food and health for tips on living a long and healthy life.

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Learn general sports vocab as well as special vocab for football, basketball, baseball, tennis, cricket, rugby, golf and many more sports. You can also do fun vocab and sports knowledge quizzes and learn about the Olympic Games and the football World Cup.

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Learn basic music vocab and more specialized vocab while reading about pop music, rock, country, soul, dance and rap or hip hop music. You can also read about early popular music genres like the blues and jazz, watch video clips of famous artists, find lists of recommended albums and see a music vocabulary list with lots of example sentences.

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You can learn general vocabulary about movies and you can also learn more advanced vocab while reading about action movies, horror movies, comedies, dramas, sci-fi movies, historical dramas and documentaries. You'll also find video clips from many famous movies and lists of recommended movies.

TIME
Learn the vocab of time, including how to tell the time, units of time, day and night, days of the week, months of the year and more. You can also listen to some songs about time with subtitles.

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