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unfair fares?
price, fee, rate and charge are all words used to refer to how much something costs. the most common word used to talk about prices related to transportation is fare (pronounced the same as fair) which was used by publications around … Continue reading
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indeed weiner abides
anthony weiner formally announced that he will run for mayor of new york city via a youtube video released early wednesday morning weiner is back in the two-minute video weiner talks about his middle class upbringing in new york city … Continue reading
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chum
reporting on dennis rodman‘s surreal visit to north korea a few weeks ago, cnn described rodman as chumming it up with dictator kim jong un. this phrasal verb means being friendly and is based on the noun chum which is an … Continue reading
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prime
the passing of margaret thatcher came up in a few of my classes last week. it is logical for spanish speakers to translate the position lady thatcher held as first minister (from primer ministro) but in fact the title in english … Continue reading
silver linings
jennifer lawrence in silver lining playbook the silver lining playbook was nominated for 5 academy awards and star jennifer lawrence won the award for best actress at last month’s academy awards ceremony. clouds & silver linings the title is based … Continue reading
elba esther busted
the big news of the week in mexico was the arrest of elba esther gordillo who grew to be quite the fat fish as the head of the national educational workers’ union (snte). 24 hours ran this headline union boss … Continue reading
lupe fiasco at the presidential inauguration
last month rapper lupe fiasco made headlines for criticizing president obama on-stage at an inauguration event called start up rock on that was held at the hamilton in washington d.c. reuters described the incident with this headline lupe fiasco kicked out … Continue reading
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bail for oscar pistorius
south african olympian oscar pistorius has been in the global headlines since valentine’s day when he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp. this headline from earlier today appeared on the wall street journal website oscar pistorius is … Continue reading
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Tagged allege definition, bail definition, efl, elt, english practice, esl, ingles gratis, ingles gratuito, oscar pistorius, reeva steenkamp, slight definition
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asteroids, meteors, meteorites & comets
as a result of last week’s meteor explosion over the ural mountains in russia and an asteroid passing close to the earth a few hours later, a few discussions have come up in class about how space rocks are classified. … Continue reading
