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Legislature OKs wrong natural-gas language - Columbus Dispatch
Legislature OKs wrong natural-gas languageColumbus Dispatch... Podcasts · Today's Paper. Hot Links: Fireworks, celebrations · College loan hike looms · Bob Hunter's Rumblings · AP Video Channel ·...
View ArticleCity of the big disjunctions
Continuing in another connection with the exploration of real-estate listings that I discussed earlier ("Long is good, good is bad, nice is worse, and ! is questionable", 6/12/2013; "Significant (?)...
View ArticleTop 10 Things you can do Before the JLPT
The July test is next weekend for the lucky few that happen to have it in their country. I don’t know about you, but I personally don’t feel like I had enough time to prepare or review for the big day....
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I'm still reading Norman Davies's Vanished Kingdoms (see this post), and I've gotten to the chapter on the Kingdom of Aragon, where my attention was grabbed by this statement: "The people of the Vall...
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In language and action, there's a new brutalism in Westminster - The Guardian
The GuardianIn language and action, there's a new brutalism in WestminsterThe GuardianIt was a litany of nastiness couched in the language of reform, fairness and helpfulness. A series of measures to...
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Teachers learn to integrate arts, language in classroom - Central Kentucky News
Teachers learn to integrate arts, language in classroomCentral Kentucky NewsSixty-two teachers from districts across the state have spent about a week in Danville, participating in the Next Generation...
View ArticleComo dizer bombado em inglês?
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O título desta dica pode parecer estranho, não é mesmo? Afinal, Jornada Mundial da Juventude em inglês é algo muito simples de ser dito, certo? Muita gente pensa assim, mas antes que você saia por aí...
View Article1694 – Pour Mandela (For Mandela)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Les sud africains ont veillé et prié toute la nuit pour l’ancien président Nelson Mandela, à l’extérieur … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1695 – Deux fois le tour du globe (It circled globe twice)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript L’onde de choc de l’astéroide qui a brulé au-dessus de la Russie en février fut si puissante qu’elle a fait … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1696 – Twitter en Turquie (Twitter in Turkey)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Le gouvernement turc a demandé à Twitter d’installer un bureau dans son pays afin que les représentants …. Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1697 – Plus lent de 25% (25% slower)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Les clients en Europe ont des débits internet 25% plus lents en moyenne que les chiffres annoncés … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1698 – Real Life French: une écharde
Real life French Guide Welcome to your lesson of Real Life French. Each lesson we take a simple situation you may encounter in everyday life in France. Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :~
View ArticleWords in the News: A&E
Sick patients have been forced to wait up to eight hours in ambulances queuing outside Accident & Emergency units amid a crisis in the system, reveals The Sunday Telegraph. Full story >>...
View Article6/30/13 - shtick
1. An entertainment routine, a gimmick or gag associated with someone in particular. 2. A sphere of interest or expertise, bailiwick.
View ArticleReuters Video: The world's most expensive bed is fit for a king
At $175 thousand (USD), the world's most expensive bed, Savoir's ''Royal State Bed'', is perfect for the rich and sleepy. Elly Park reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER It's called the "Royal State Bed," and...
View ArticleFREE DRAW: James Higbies’ Essential Thai and Thai Reference Grammar
FREE DRAW! James Higbies’ Essential Thai AND Thai Reference Grammar… Someone is going to get lucky soon. Originally, the prize for this draw was to be a signed copy of Essential Thai by James Higbie....
View ArticleCartoon: You Can't Always Get What You Want
In this cartoon from The Independent, Schrank uses The Rolling Stones' appearance at the Glastonbury Festival to comment on the UK government's latest Spending Review. UK Chancellor George Osborne (on...
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Language body wants 'Pilipinas' changed to 'Filipinas' - ABS CBN News
Language body wants 'Pilipinas' changed to 'Filipinas'ABS CBN NewsMANILA - Malacañang said yesterday changing Pilipinas to “Filipinas,” as adopted by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), would be an...
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The tiny island where men have their own language - Yahoo! News
The tiny island where men have their own languageYahoo! NewsToday, the islanders speak a dialect of the Ponapean language of the region. But there is another language spoken on the island, called...
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