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Learn Prefixes, Suffixes to Expand Your Vocabulary
Learning prefixes and suffixes will not only build your vocabulary but can make unfamiliar English words a lot less frightening. I'm Phil Dierking.
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Learn Stormzy's Accent — Multicultural London English
today we will learn all about the most
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leisure
leisure
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Let's give it a proper go
Let's give it a proper go
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Let's give it a proper go
Let's give it a proper go
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Let's have a bath in the path-side house
Let's have a bath in the path-side house
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library
library
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lieutenant
lieutenant
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
About five kilometers from the White House in Washington, D.C., stands an historic building closely linked to one of America’s most famous
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
presidents: Abraham Lincoln. The building, known as President Lincoln's Cottage, is where Lincoln spent about one-fourth of his time while in office.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
And he made some very important decisions while there. Summertime can get very hot in Washington, D.C.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
So, President Lincoln used a country house to escape the worst of the heat.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
Each morning and evening, Lincoln rode between the two houses on horseback, unguarded. The trip took about thirty minutes.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
The large house he rode to was on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home. The house stood on much higher ground than the White House, so the wind kept it cooler.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
That work included early versions of what would become one of the most important documents in American history: The Emancipation Proclamation.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
The Emancipation Proclamation came during the Civil War in the United States.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
The proclamation declared people held as slaves in the rebellious states were free. The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
Troops remained at the Soldiers' Home to protect President Lincoln during the war. At first, Lincoln did not welcome the soldiers.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
He did not think he needed their protection. But he began to enjoy talking to them.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
In fact, much of what historians know about the president's time at the house is from stories told by those soldiers.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
One night in 1864, President Lincoln survived a murder attempt. He was alone and on horseback near the country house when someone shot at him.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
His tall hat flew off his head. Soldiers found the hat and saw that a bullet had torn through it.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
The president was not injured in the attack. After that, the War Department increased protection for Lincoln.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
But it was not enough to save his life. Records show that he visited his country house for the last time on April 13, 1865.
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Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
The next day, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and supporter of the defeated Confederacy, shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington.
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