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달리다 run (verb)
여자는 해변에서 달리고 있습니다.
The woman is running on the beach.
남자가 달리고 있습니다.
The man is running.
여자가 트랙에서 달리고 있다.
The woman is running on the track.
여자가 트랙에서 달린다.
The woman runs on the track.
여자가 트랙에서 달렸다.
The woman ran on the track.
운동화를 신고 달리다
run in sneakers
해변을 달리다
run on the beach
트랙에서 달리다
run on a track
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Due to the current Coronavirus situation all of us are doing more work online. For effective collaboration, good written communication skills have become the need of the hour. Taking this into account I decided to build a service that sends a new word, along with its definition, each day as an SMS notification.
This tutorial will show you how to create a service that sends you a new word every day using the Twilio Programmable Messaging APIs, Python and Heroku. Below you can see the notifications that come on my smart phone each day.
Tutorial Requirements
To follow this you need the following components:
- Python 3.6 or newer. If your operating system does not provide a Python interpreter, you can go to python.org to download an installer.
- A smartphone with an active phone number and SMS capability.
- A Twilio account. If you are new to Twilio create a free account now. You can review the features and limitations of a free Twilio account.
Create a Python Virtual Environment
Let us start by creating the directory where our project will live. Inside your terminal enter:
$ mkdir word-notifier
$ cd word-notifier
Following best practices we are going to create a virtual environment where we will install our Python dependencies.
If you are using a UNIX or MacOS system, open a terminal and enter the following commands to do the tasks mentioned above.
$ python3 -m venv word-notifier-venv
$ source word-notifier-venv/bin/activate
(word-notifier-venv) $ pip install twilio requests python-dotenv
For those of you following the tutorial on Windows, enter the following commands in a command prompt window:
$ python -m venv word-notifier-venv
$ word-notifier-venvscriptsactivate
(word-notifier-venv) $ pip install twilio requests python-dotenv
In the command above, venv
is a Python module that creates virtual environments. The word-notifier-venv
argument is the name of the virtual environment we created. The last command uses pip
, the Python package installer, to install the packages that we are going to use in this project, which are:
- Twilio Python Helper Library, to send messages using the Twilio service.
- The Requests package to access the third-party APIs
- The Dotenv package to load environment variables from a
.env
file.
For your reference, at the time this tutorial was released these were the versions of the above packages and their dependencies tested:
certifi==2020.6.20
chardet==3.0.4
idna==2.10
PyJWT==1.7.1
python-dotenv==0.14.0
pytz==2020.1
requests==2.24.0
six==1.15.0
twilio==6.44.2
urllib3==1.25.10
Next we are going to write the list of packages and dependencies installed in the virtual environment to a requirements.txt
file, as we will need this later in the tutorial. To do this, run the following command:
(word-notifier-venv) $ pip freeze > requirements.txt
Configuring Twilio Programmable Messaging
This is where we make sure you have a Twilio phone number activated. Log onto the Twilio Console to view your Active Numbers. Click on the number you want to use to view the details. If you haven’t purchased a number yet, learn how to search for and buy a Twilio phone number. Note that if you are using a trial account you will be using your Twilio trial credits for this purchase.
We’ll now create a .env
file (note the leading dot) to save the secret credentials and other configuration options. Add the following variables to your .env
file. These are going to be used by our application to be able to authenticate and send SMS.
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=<your Twilio Account SID>
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=<your Twilio Auth Token>
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=<your purchased Twilio phone number>
RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER=<your own phone number>
For the TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
variables, you can obtain the values that apply to your account from the Twilio Console.
The TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER
variable must be set to the Twilio number that you purchased. This is going to be the number that is sending the SMS. The RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER
variable should be set to the number on which you want to receive the SMS notifications. Both phone numbers need to be given in the E.164 format.
Setting up the Wordnik API
To get a word of the day we will use the Wordnik API, for which we require an API access key. Follow the steps below to get the API key.
1. Sign Up on the Wordnik platform. After signing up, you’ll receive an email from Wordnik to verify your account.
2. Once the account is verified, log in to request the Wordnik API key. On the Wordnik dashboard, click on your username and select the settings option from the dropdown as shown in the image below.
3. Go to the bottom of the settings page. Just below “Wordnik API Key” there is a link to the developers page, where you can request a key.
4. On the developer page there is a sign up form. You need to submit the sign up form, and you’ll receive the API keys through email in up to a few days. Don’t worry about the delay in getting the key, you’ll be able to complete this project using a fake word of the day while you wait for your key.
If you already have the Wordnik API key, you can add it to your .env
file:
WORDNIK_API_KEY=<your wordnik API key>
If you are waiting to receive the key, you can leave this variable set to an empty value until you receive it:
Create the Python web service
The Word Notifier application we are going to build is split into 2 functions:
get_word_of_the_day
— helps in querying the data source and fetching a new word every day based on the current date.send_sms
— helps in communicating with the Twilio Programmable Messaging API to deliver an SMS to the receiver’s phone.
In the following sections we’ll develop the application.
Importing the dependencies
Create a new file app.py
inside of your project directory with the following code that imports all our dependencies:
import os
import json
from datetime import date
import requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from twilio.rest import Client
Imports in the code snippet:
os
— Part of the Python standard library. We’ll use it to read environment variables.json
— Part of the Python standard library. We’ll use it to convert JSON data to a Python dictionary.date
— Part of the Python standard library. We’ll use it to get the current date.requests
— A Python HTTP client library. We’ll use it to query the Wordnik API and get the word of the day.load_dotenv
— This function imports all the variables stored in the.env
file into the environment.twilio.rest.Client
— This is the Twilio Client library to access the Twilio Programmable SMS API.
Reading environment variables
Next we are going to read all the environment variables that we stored in the .env
file. Add the following code at the bottom of app.py
:
load_dotenv()
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID = os.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID")
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN = os.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER = os.getenv("TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER")
RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER = os.getenv("RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER")
WORDNIK_API_KEY = os.getenv("WORDNIK_API_KEY")
The load_dotenv()
function imports the contents of the .env
file into the environment, and the os.getenv()
function then reads individual variables from the environment. We assign each environment variable to a variable of the same name in the application.
Getting the Word of the Day
Following the Wordnik documentation, to get the word of the day we have to send a request to the https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/wordOfTheDay
URL with two parameters given in the query string:
date
is the requested day, given in the formatYYYY-MM-DD
api_key
is the Wordnik API key.
Below you can see the implementation of the first of our two functions, get_word_of_the_day
. Add this code at the bottom of app.py
.
def get_word_of_the_day(current_date):
"""
Fetch word of the day from the Wordnik API
"""
response_data = {"word": "Sorry, No new word today", "definition": "No definition available"}
if WORDNIK_API_KEY:
url = f"https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/wordOfTheDay?date={current_date}"
f"&api_key={WORDNIK_API_KEY}"
response = requests.get(url)
api_response = json.loads(response.text)
if response.status_code == 200:
response_data["word"] = api_response["word"]
for definition in api_response["definitions"]:
response_data["definition"] = definition["text"]
break
else:
# use a mock word if there is no Wordnik API key
response_data["word"] = "mesmerizing"
response_data["definition"] = "capturing one's attention as if by magic"
return response_data
If the Wordnik API key is an empty string we use a mock word and word definition. If the API key is present, then we send a GET
request to the API. If the API call is successful we update the default values of word
and definition
in the response_data
dictionary.
The Wordnik API response includes a word
key, which contains the word of the day. The response includes a list of definitions for this word in a list from different sources. We are using only the first definition.
Below is the example usage of this function from a Python shell:
>> from datetime import date
>> from app import get_word_of_the_day
>> current_date = date.today()
>> get_word_of_the_day(current_date)
{'word': 'zaitech', 'definition': 'Application of financial engineering techniques in Japanese financial markets since their deregulation in 1984.'}
Sending messages with Twilio
The primary aim of writing this web service is to be able to send SMS notifications with a new word and its definition every day to your smartphone.
In the next code snippet we will authenticate the Twilio client and define the function send_sms
. Add this function at the end of app.py
.
def send_sms(response_data):
"""
Send SMS notification with New word
"""
client = Client(TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID, TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN)
body = response_data["word"] + "nn" + response_data["definition"]
message = client.messages.create(
body=body,
from_=TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER,
to=RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER
)
Notes on the send_sms
function:
1. We authenticate the Client
object using the TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
.
2. The body
variable contains the new word along with its definition, formatted as a string.
3. Using the client.messages.create
function we create the message that will be delivered. The body
, from_
and to
arguments define the message, the sender and the recipient respectively.
Now that our two functions are implemented we can invoke them one after another to obtain the word of the day and send the SMS with it. Add the following code at the bottom of app.py
to make these calls:
if __name__ == "__main__":
current_date = date.today()
data = get_word_of_the_day(current_date)
send_sms(data)
Everything together
Now, we have seen all aspects of the implementation. Let us integrate all the pieces and create the complete web service. If you haven’t built the application yet, you can copy the code below to the app.py
file. You can also use the code listing as a reference if you have been building the application incrementally.
import os
import json
from datetime import date
import requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from twilio.rest import Client
load_dotenv()
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID = os.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID")
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN = os.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER = os.getenv("TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER")
RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER = os.getenv("RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER")
WORDNIK_API_KEY = os.getenv("WORDNIK_API_KEY")
def get_word_of_the_day(current_date):
"""
Fetch word of the day from the Wordnik API
"""
response_data = {"word": "Sorry, No new word today", "definition": "No definition available"}
if WORDNIK_API_KEY:
url = f"https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/wordOfTheDay?date={current_date}"
f"&api_key={WORDNIK_API_KEY}"
response = requests.get(url)
api_response = json.loads(response.text)
if response.status_code == 200:
response_data["word"] = api_response["word"]
for definition in api_response["definitions"]:
response_data["definition"] = definition["text"]
break
else:
# use a mock word if there is no Wordnik API key
response_data["word"] = "mesmerizing"
response_data["definition"] = "capturing one's attention as if by magic"
return response_data
def send_sms(response_data):
"""
Send SMS notification with New word
"""
client = Client(TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID, TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN)
body = response_data["word"] + "nn" + response_data["definition"]
message = client.messages.create(
body=body,
from_=TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER,
to=RECEIVER_PHONE_NUMBER
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
current_date = date.today()
data = get_word_of_the_day(current_date)
send_sms(data)
Running the application
To start the application, run the following command from the terminal:
After the application finishes, check your smartphone. You should receive a SMS notification with the word of the day and its definition. Note that if you are running the application while you are waiting to receive your API key from Wordnik, then you will always get the same word. Once you receive the key you can add it to your `.env` file to start getting real words.
Schedule the application to run daily
In this final part of the tutorial we are going to deploy the application to Heroku and configure it to run automatically every day.
Create a local Git repository
Make sure you have git configured on your terminal. You can follow these steps to configure git. Then run the following command to initialize your working directory to a local git repository:
Next, you can add your project files and commit the changes to git.
git add app.py requirements.txt
git commit -m "word notifier source code"
Deploying the application on Heroku
We’ll be now deploying and scheduling our web service on Heroku. Create a free account on the Heroku web site, and then setup the Heroku CLI by following the steps mentioned in the official documentation.
Create an application on Heroku by running the following command on the terminal:
heroku create word-notifier
Note that you may need to pick a different name than word-notifier
, as the application names have to be unique. When you create the app, a git remote (called Heroku) is also created and associated with your local git repository.
Now deploy your code to Heroku by pushing your code to this remote:
Finally, we need to define the environment variables that we have in our .env file so that they are also available on Heroku. Go to your Heroku application dashboard, select the application and then click on “Settings”. Then click on “Reveal Config Vars”.
Add the five environment variables that you have defined in the .env
file:
You can now test the deployment. Run the application using the command below:
When the application finishes you’ll receive the SMS notification on your mobile phone.
Scheduling the web service on Heroku
We are now going to schedule the deployed application so that it runs everyday at a given time.
Install the Heroku Scheduler add-on. Note that even though this add-on is offered for free, Heroku requires the account to be verified by entering credit card details before you can install it. Once installed, the scheduler add-on will be visible in your app dashboard, under the “Resources” tab.
To schedule the web service to run every day click on “Heroku Scheduler” under “Resources”. You can set a time according to your preference in the scheduler dashboard.
Once the time is set, the application will run according to this schedule, and each time it runs an SMS with the current word of the day will be delivered to your phone.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have created a Python web service that sends a Word of the Day SMS notification each day at the scheduled time. This was implemented using Python and Twilio API for Programmable Messaging. The service is deployed and scheduled on Heroku. The data for fetching a new “Word of the Day” and its definition was fetched from the Wordnik API. The GitHub repository with the complete source code can be found here.
Mridu Bhatnagar
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Github: https://github.com/mridubhatnagar
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mridu__
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走る (はしる) run (verb)
その女性は、浜辺を走っている。
そのじょせいは、はまべをはしっている。
The woman is running on the beach.
男性が走っています。
だんせいがはしっています。
The man is running.
女の人がトラックを走っている。
おんなのひとがトラックをはしっている。
The woman is running on the track.
女の人がトラックを走る。
おんなのひとがトラックをはしる。
The woman runs on the track.
女の人がトラックを走った。
おんなのひとがトラックをはしった。
The woman ran on the track.
スニーカーで走る
スニーカーではしる
run in sneakers
ビーチを走る
ビーチをはしる
run on the beach
トラックを走る
トラックをはしる
run on a track
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to divide into political units giving one group unfair advantage
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litany
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Aug 17
wreak
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Aug 18
immutable
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Aug 19
charisma
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Aug 20
unabashed
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Aug 21
epitome
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Aug 22
rash
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Aug 23
abrogate
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Aug 24
glitch
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Aug 25
overwhelm
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Aug 26
vociferous
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Aug 27
sensibility
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Aug 28
devolve
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Aug 29
jaunty
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Aug 30
effulgence
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Aug 31
brandish
July 2022
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Jul 01
debunk
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Jul 02
apposite
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Jul 03
teem
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Jul 04
Yankee
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Jul 05
cantankerous
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Jul 06
recidivism
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Jul 07
inscrutable
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Jul 08
postulate
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Jul 09
behemoth
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Jul 10
gibbous
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Jul 11
carp
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Jul 12
eccentric
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Jul 13
saga
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Jul 14
validate
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Jul 15
akimbo
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Jul 16
nuance
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Jul 17
finicky
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Jul 18
sanction
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Jul 19
emolument
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Jul 20
waggish
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Jul 21
iconoclast
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Jul 22
muse
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Jul 23
conscientious
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Jul 24
pathos
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Jul 25
extradite
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Jul 26
Luddite
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Jul 27
apropos
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Jul 28
ostentatious
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Jul 29
brouhaha
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Jul 30
ineffable
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Jul 31
menagerie
June 2022
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Jun 01
behest
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Jun 02
meld
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Jun 03
perfunctory
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Jun 04
decry
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Jun 05
fidelity
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Jun 06
sumptuous
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Jun 07
vocation
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Jun 08
arrogate
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Jun 09
evanescent
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Jun 10
lout
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Jun 11
headlong
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Jun 12
burgle
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Jun 13
panacea
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Jun 14
festoon
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Jun 15
credulous
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Jun 16
adulation
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Jun 17
oblige
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Jun 18
redolent
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Jun 19
emancipation
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Jun 20
garrulous
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Jun 21
prescience
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Jun 22
quibble
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Jun 23
ingenuous
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Jun 24
confidant
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Jun 25
noisome
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Jun 26
culminate
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Jun 27
jingoism
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Jun 28
fulsome
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Jun 29
duress
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Jun 30
scintillate
May 2022
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May 01
leviathan
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May 02
piggyback
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May 03
schmooze
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May 04
abeyance
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May 05
fractious
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May 06
mollify
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May 07
sagacious
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May 08
darling
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May 09
orientate
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May 10
conclave
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May 11
ramshackle
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May 12
bloviate
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May 13
turpitude
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May 14
verdant
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May 15
hark back
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May 16
epithet
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May 17
nonpareil
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May 18
indoctrinate
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May 19
kibosh
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May 20
ad hoc
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May 21
paradox
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May 22
galumph
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May 23
mercurial
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May 24
dander
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May 25
benevolent
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May 26
fetter
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May 27
uncanny
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May 28
propagate
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May 29
junket
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May 30
commemorate
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May 31
ephemeral
April 2022
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Apr 01
predilection
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Apr 02
convoluted
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Apr 03
exculpate
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Apr 04
salient
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Apr 05
adversity
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Apr 06
grift
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Apr 07
druthers
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Apr 08
mettlesome
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Apr 09
construe
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Apr 10
liaison
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Apr 11
zoomorphic
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Apr 12
funambulism
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Apr 13
bemuse
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Apr 14
opportune
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Apr 15
vanguard
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Apr 16
timeless
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Apr 17
resurrection
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Apr 18
elicit
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Apr 19
polyglot
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Apr 20
imprimatur
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Apr 21
juxtapose
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Apr 22
simulacrum
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Apr 23
askance
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Apr 24
deem
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Apr 25
hoary
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Apr 26
minion
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Apr 27
cerebral
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Apr 28
salt junk
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Apr 29
flummox
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Apr 30
nefarious
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Not to be confused with «climb», a clime is a region known for its weather. In the dead of winter, we dream about heading to sunny climes, where we can hang out in shorts.
The key to remembering clime is that it’s so similar to «climate,» with which it shares the Greek root klima, «zone.» So a clime is a zone that has a characteristic climate. Folks in colder climes think nothing of the kind of snowfall that we down here in the south get all panicked about. But then again, when they come here to our warmer clime, they forget to put on sunscreen; people from one clime can learn a lot from a visit to a different clime.
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