Things that I learned today In today's class, I learned some verbs, words and expressions. Martyr. A person who sacrifice his/her life for a purpose. i.e: He was a martyr fighting for independence.

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Things that I learned today In today's class, I learned some verbs, words and expressions. Martyr. A person who sacrifice his/her life for a purpose. i.e: He was a martyr fighting for independence. Hung. When someone is killed by a rope around his/her neck. i.e: He was hung on this day. Born and Bred. i.e: I am born and bred in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hatred. When someone don't like a people because of their religions beliefs or their home country. i.e: Some people have hatred of immigrants.

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Thanks Ruthi. "He was hanged on this day". Is that sounds better?

That is great.Except usually the word we used is "hanged" when we talk about killing a person by rope.The word "hung" is used to talk about hanging an object up.For example "His towel hung on the wall on a hook".

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