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Vocabulary: Elephant in the room

Christmas in Japan

Jan 13, 2026

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Genre: Conversation

New Vocabulary: Bullet train, Chazuke, Elephant in the room, Onsen, Purikura, Thatched house

Word Count: 9858

Download as a PDF Watch on YouTube Attributions We were editing these pictures for ages, and then these girls came in and said, uh, excuse me. I think that’s our picture. And we realised we had just edited someone else’s picture. It was incredibly embarrassing, like deeply, deeply mortifying. Hello and welcome to Easy Stories […]
The Shadow Club #12: The Elephant in the Room

Oct 26, 2021

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Genre: Action

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Assume, Distract, Elephant in the room, Jealous, Knight, Pretend, Seagull, Shake your head, Step down, Swoop

Word Count: 2178

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

‘No!’ said Max, shaking his head. ‘You don’t understand. I want to do this. Not just because I’ll have more time for Heroes of Forever. If you’re all busy at the academy, one of us has to deal with the sh—I mean, one of us has to stay and run The Shadow Club.’

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