Summary: Topics: Ask an American: forecasting the future; offhand; off the top of one’s head; out with the old, in with the new; using “more” versus “-er” to form the comparative Words: desalination shortage nanotechnology to associate (something) with (something) water-stressed to thrive ideally leisure ironic perceived roughly bright spot informed to fit with (something) offhand off the top of one’s head out with the old, in with the new
