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Making things interesting and funny greatly increases the amount of vocabulary you retain. Get in the habit of coming up with memory aids, or mnemonic devices, for new vocabulary. Have fun--the sillier, the better! For instance: You can develop some devices based on sound. If you're learning the word "mesa" ("table" in Spanish), say to yourself "Yolanda made a huge MESS all over the MESA." You can create other devices based on meaning. For instance, if you're learning the word (dom or "home" in Russian), recognize that shares a root with the Latin word "domus" ("home") and related English words. Think of a silly phrase like "Donald has a dozen DOMESTICATED dogs in his DOM." Even if you can't get super creative with all of the words and phrases you learn, it still helps to simply create a visual picture of what you are learning. This can be as simple as imagining the thing you are studying. If you're learning "el pan" ("bread" in Spanish), picture a loaf sitting in a pan. If you're learning "ir" ("to go"), picture a fast car going down the street. While it sounds like a complicated term, diglot weaving is actually a simple and fun way to learn new words. Simply replace a word in a sentence in your native language with the corresponding word in the foreign language. Since you can lean on your native language while learning foreign words, it's great for beginners. Examples of diglot weaving include: "My friends and I split a pizza at the lunch Tisch" (when learning the German word "Tisch," or "table"). "Romeo told Juliet he'd lover her siempre" (when learning the Spanish word "siempre, or "always").

summary: Get creative with some mnemonic devices. Visualize the meaning of words. Try diglot weaving.

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Add one tablespoon to trisodium phosphate cleaner to 1USgal (3.8L) of warm water. Dip a large sponge into the mixture and scrub the soot off of the walls (or other hard surface). After scrubbing with the cleaning mixture, rinse the hard surface with a clean wet rag. You may need to repeat this process several times. Work on one section at a time so that you can scrub and clean as you go. Be sure to use rubber gloves when handling the cleaner because it is quite harsh and can damage your skin. Most hard surfaces with soot stains can be cleaned by scrubbing them with a sponge (or towel) and a regular household cleaning detergent, like an all-purpose cleaner. Simply spray some of the cleaner on the sponge and wipe the soot away. You will need to rinse the sponge periodically so you don't just keep transferring the soot stains as you clean. Start from the bottom and work your way up. This can be very effective in preventing the soot from transferring onto other surfaces, which could cause the mess to get bigger or even create a permanent stain.

summary: Use trisodium phosphate cleaner and water. Use a sponge and cleaning detergent.

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If you suspect that you have an ear infection, do not attempt the following method to unclog your ear. If you have any of the following symptoms, call a doctor immediately: Persistent and severe pain in your ears lasting more than a few hours. Fever Vomiting or diarrhea. Yellow or green drainage from the ear.
summary: Make sure you don't have an infection.