We have been home all week with an enforced staycation due to heavy snows in our area. The time off has reminded me of a tip that is easy to overlook.
Make the time to read. Read anything and everything you can tolerate.
There is an enormous amount of vocabulary available to one who reads. Novels can be the source of colloquialisms and new slang.
Non-fiction may provide register hints and vocabulary choices not used in every-day language.
Biographies provide insights into historical persons and events that can be the schema for a multitude of scenarios.
Even comic books, romance novels and adult literature will allow one to understand the interests of the people one interprets for.
As for me and my house - we are science fiction and horror addicts. You would be surprised at the number of physics classes now teaching theories I first learned in a science fiction novel. And horror novels can be great fodder for psychology, biology and anatomy classes.
May your days be filled with great stories.
Stay warm!
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