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Compelled or Impelled?

Judy Vorfeld COMPELLED: You’ve no choice. IMPELLED: To do some­thing even if you may not like doing it; it’s the right thing to do. (Example: when I was a kid, I some­times  took small change from one of the draw­ers in my par­ents’ dresser, went to the store on the corner, […]

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A breach, to breach, a breech, breeches

Judy Vorfeld A BREACH: A gap/in vio­la­tion of some­thing. Think secu­rity breach, agreement/promise breach, rup­ture. TO BREACH: to break open/through. Think break­through (busi­ness) or break­out (prison), or what whales do. A BREECH: lower/back part of some­thing (breech birth or pre­sen­ta­tion), the part of a firearm behind the bar­rel. BREECHES: Old-fashioned […]

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Hanging with hang­ers and hangars

Judy Vorfeld HANGER: clothes hanger are found in clos­ets Picture hang­ers are found behind pic­tures and other wall hang­ings. Paperhangers, who are found hang­ing paper. Wallpaper. HANGAR: Found at air­ports. Actually, they are build­ings meant to pro­tect air­craft. You can also find clothes hang­ers in air­port hangars, […]

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