Daily bread 12/29/2021

• 20 big life questions to ask yourself as 2021 ends | Stuff.co.nz

  • a bit of navel-gazing
  • do a check-in
  • I usually team up with
  • have a good ol’ chat about
  • do that in person
  • write it down in a journal
  • you miss out on
  • the nuances
  • biggest bit of advice

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Daily bread 12/19/2021

• AdminTabs | User view

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Daily bread 12/08/2021

• AdminTabs | User view

  • Al
  • Alfredo

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Daily bread 12/06/2021

• Singularity: Explain It to Me Like I’m 5-Years-Old

  • olden days of yore
  • make their way to
  • more widespread
  • uses they will be put to
  • originally derived from mathematics and describes a point which we are incapable of deciphering its exact properties.
  • groundbreaking technology
  • go nuts
  • the technological leap
  • may as well be aliens
  • has risen to fame
  • have the technological means to
  • Shortly after
  • prominent prophet
  • overturn
  • pillars of society
  • leave old poor us
  • far behind
  • this notion
  • kept on a tight leash
  • struggle against

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Daily bread 12/03/2021

• ESL Conversation Questions - Travel (I-TESL-J)

  • Are you planning on going anywhere for your next vacation?
    • If so, where?
    • Who with?
    • How long will you stay?
  • • Have you ever gotten lost while traveling? If so, tell about it. 
  • • Have you ever taken a package tour? 
  • • What countries would you most like to visit? 
  • • What is the most interesting city to visit in your country? 
  • • What's the most beautiful place you've ever been to? 
  • • Would you like to take a cruise? Where to? With who? 
  • • Do you prefer active or relaxing holidays? Why? 
  • • What is your favorite mode of travel? 
  • • Have you travelled in business class? 
  • • Do you think it is a good idea to travel with friends, or alone? How about with your family? 
  • • Has the airline ever lost your luggage? What happened? 
  • • Do you think tourism will harm the earth? 
      

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Daily bread 11/26/2021

• Singularity Is Fast Approaching, and It Will Happen First in the Metaverse

  • where artificial intelligence supersedes human intelligence
  • catastrophic consequences for humanity
  • seem a bit far-fetched
  • vancements in hardware development and robotics are not catching up with software
  • recent hype and developments
  • ill definitely open the door to
  • an expected meteoric rise
  • trick the human brain into

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Daily bread 11/24/2021

• We all must go to Peppa Pig World, says UK PM Johnson in speech flap | Reuters

  • was briefly left lost for words
  • regaling business leaders
  • blast it
  • an exuberant pink pig
  • Johnson was unabashed
  • a "sleaze" crisis
  • No 10 was losing its grip

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Daily bread 11/23/2021

• A Brief History Of New Zealand's Beehive

  • A Brief History Of New Zealand's Beehive
  • New Zealand Parliament’s iconic Executive Wing building
  • offices reside
  • ascending layers
  • a brief snippet of
  • Wooden buildings
  • to entice the government to
  • bounded by Molesworth Street and Hill Street
  • to house Parliament’s historic buildings
  • have long perished
  • a fire-proof library
  • tinder-dry wood materials
  • flames consumed the
  • the esteemed Bellamy’s lobby
  • popular social hub
  • survived the calamity
  • where the Beehive now sits
  • a new domicile
  • the necessary transition
  • ongoing financial troubles and politicking
  • From ‘shocker’ to
  • nationally important landmark
  • Fast forward to
  • had been partially assembled
  • coming to an impasse
  • put up a modern building
  • longstanding issues
  • a lack of space, aging foundations, and earthquake vulnerability
  • met with mixed reactions
  • was “a shocker and must be scrapped”
  • in the long haul
  • a source of national pride
  • received further refurbishments
  • An entrance foyer
  • is headquartered

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Daily bread 11/22/2021

• AdminTabs | User view

  • Mejorar mi nivel auditivo y hablado

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Daily bread 11/19/2021

• The Nazi symbols that are still present (and cause a stir) in Japan - Digis Mak

  • cause a stir
  • the trendy Minami area
  • an avalanche of criticism
  • the Asian archipelago
  • Third Reich-related garb
  • imitation of period poses

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Daily bread 11/08/2021

• Bluff Oysters | Southland, New Zealand

  • are dredged
  • the pristine, cool waters

• Speexx | Community

  • make up only around 10-15% of
  • Many of these firms
  • a gift for
  • be hard pressed to
  • undergo global management training
  • unnecessary use of jargon
  • in layman's terms
  • to poke fun at coworkers
  • Another potential pitfall
  • it has also taken hold
  • has been lobbying for
  • straight-forward, basic language

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Daily bread 11/07/2021

• Speexx Trainers | Calendar

  •   li_wan

• Medellin police accidentally frustrate Colombia's heist of the century

  • heist of the century
  • the gold foundry
  • a dump truck
  • to duck for cover
  • took advantage of the situation
  • escape on foot
  • called off the heist

  • had gotten away with three gold bars.

  • a $2,600 (COP10 million) reward

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Daily bread 11/02/2021

• Why are polluting oil-based fabrics still selling freely in the EU? | Euronews

  • unsustainable fashion
  • to ditch oil-based synthetic fabrics
  • on the cusp of coming into law
  • greenwashing
  • ripe for change
  • Measuring and labelling the environmental impact of clothes
  • doesn’t just rely on buzzwords like ‘eco’ and ‘sustainability’
  • leave consumers in the dark
  • make informed choices

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Daily bread 10/28/2021

• Login • Instagram

  Acaba de publicar una foto en Maicao https://t.co/IWImAOpZsi

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Daily bread 08/31/2021

• https://rtc3.speexx.com/html5client/join?sessionToken=hbucvofmqemr6ev5

  • Change the presentation to the previous slide

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    Change the presentation to the next slide

    End of presentation

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    Display the whole width of the slide

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Daily bread 08/28/2021

• Search Results -> : Egmont Seed Company Ltd, Online seed sales

  • Amaranthus Red Callaloo [50002]

     

     

     

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Daily bread 08/24/2021

• Is Being Too Comfortable Killing Your Happiness? | by Thomas of Copenhagen | Aug, 2021 | Forge

  • the trap of privilege
  • Without the burden
  • and other indulgences
  • plenty of disposable income
  • high social cohesion
  • this apparent paradox

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Daily bread 07/13/2021

• The Importance Of Soft Skills In A Post-Pandemic World

  • kindness, empathy, resilience, ethical behavior
  • layoffs and furloughs
  • grit

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Daily bread 06/29/2021

• A la cárcel sacerdote que habría abusado de una menor de edad en Cartagena

  • De acuerdo con las investigaciones, Mercado Mercado, de 34 años, habría aprovechado que la mamá de la víctima lo buscó en el año 2019 para que le sirviera de guía espiritual a la menor de 15 años, quien venía siendo objeto de acoso escolar en el colegio.   

      

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Daily bread 06/23/2021

• ¿Quién era el hombre hallado muerto en hotel de Barranquilla?

  • fue hallado sin vida

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Daily bread 06/21/2021

• Las alertas sobre Punta Canoa, donde desapareció Alexandrith hace tres meses | EL ESPECTADOR

  • tío político

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Daily bread 06/14/2021

• Opinion: New recipe for green construction changes how homes are built in Vancouver | Urbanized

  • putting Vancouver on track to
  • focuses on cutting
  • slow to adapt to
  • is in dire need of
  • is pretty much
  • Lumber
  • solve the complex puzzles around
  • a large amount of
  • incredibly inefficient
  • have significantly progressed
  • stuck in the dark ages
  • constantly innovate
  • climate neutral
  • reducing the learning curve
  • he ability to scale
  • repeatable nature
  • time-consuming
  • building permit backlog
  • The infamous “Vancouver Special”
  • be reimagined
  • cookie cutter
  • bespoke

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Daily bread 06/09/2021

• Cuba: más allá del imaginario de la revolución | EL ESPECTADOR

  • plasma múltiples historias

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Daily bread 06/08/2021

• Adopt an olive tree: Breathe new life into rural Spain - The Local

  • are thriving now

• La mala hierba: mafia y sangre en la bonanza marimbera - HJCK

  • una década funesta
  • la bonanza marimbera
  • lo que vendría luego
  • Como una advertencia
  • retrató
  • de la férrea prohibición
  • pues a través de
  • echar un vistazo
  • viéndola hoy
  • que se pudieron haber evitado
  • hubiera sido legal desde entonces
  • poner de nuevo sobre la mesa
  • quien pasó de recorrer
  • forrados en tapetes
  • Al amasar
  • una estela de sangre
  • antesala a la pesadilla

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Daily bread 06/01/2021

• Speexx | Community

  • too much social interaction at work can be distracting.
  • creativity, and that spontaneity and the ingenuity and talking to your teammates face-to-face.
  • 55% of workers prefer to continue working remotely at least three days per week after COVID-19 risks subside.
  • hybrid models of remote work for employees are here to stay.
  • it looks like the home office model is on the rise.

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Daily bread 05/24/2021

• Where Do We Place the Blame for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

  • to buckle up for
  • the calamitous nature of
  • its worrying contagiousness and mortality rate
  • in their naivety
  • placing the blame on
  • it fitted best the role of
  • to point a finger at
  • the virulence of
  • interested in understanding
  • test their hypotheses
  • played an incomparably more significant role in
  • to a higher degree than
  • non-governmental factors.
  • existential threat
  • salient external causes

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Daily bread 05/20/2021

• BBC - Travel - The gender fight behind Sicily’s most iconic snack

  • a sit-in protest

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Daily bread 05/18/2021

• Colombia's anti-government protests plunging far-right ruling party in chaos

  • Colombia’s anti-government protests have shattered President Ivan Duque‘s far-right party
  • has seen its chances in next year’s elections gone up in smoke
  • who could count on the support of 5% of people polled
  • Ramirez wouldn’t stand a chance
  • an army of anti-fascist trolls
  • are hijacking every attempts to promote the CD with absurdist K-pop memes
  • eroding the Uribistas’ support for
  • current chances in the elections are close to zero
  • the Uribistas’ political arch enemy
  • Duque’s mismanagement effectively favor opposition Senator Gustavo Petro
  • facing an uphill battle
  • persistently high disapproval rating
  • mounting legal problems
  • are in disarray
  • a united army of trolls

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Daily bread 05/17/2021

• AdminTabs | User view

  • orge works for STEF, the transport and logistics company. He's the finance manager for Spain and Portugal.
    - He has been with the company for 8 years. Before this, he worked for Mercedes Benz and English was his working language. Now, he mainly uses French.
    - GOAL: maintain his level and if possible, improve a little.
    - Wants to speak about general topics as he feels confident with business ones.

     

     

       

    27/11/2019 00:58

     

    a.elflett.ext@speexx.com (Alison Elflett)

     

    - Lives in Madrid with wife and son (nine years old).
    - Currently doing a Master's in taxation.
    - Loves sport.

     

     

     

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Daily bread 05/11/2021

• Messi marcó un gol espectacular de tiro ...

  Messi marcó un gol espectacular de tiro libre y se acerca a un récord de Maradona: su brillante actuación con el Barcelona https://t.co/tf29LIX0r3

• Adding the Roof to an Art Museum in Google SketchUp - YouTube

  Adding the Roof to an Art Museum in Google SketchUp https://t.co/1ianzR3Kmf (These days, this could be done in Blender using Primitive Ads.)

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Daily bread 04/28/2021

• English Survival Phrases Flashcards | Quizlet

  • English Survival Phrases

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Daily bread 04/15/2021

• Online Supermarket: Online Grocery Shopping & Free Recipes at shop.countdown.co.nz

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Daily bread 04/14/2021

• 9 Things Queen Elizabeth II Actually Has the Power to Do

  • rocking neon outfits
  • steeped in tradition
  • bestow honors

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Daily bread 04/09/2021

• The Worst VW Tiguan Model Years You Should Never Buy

  • water pump failure
  • faulty timing chain tensioner.

• Investing In Bitcoin Hits Tipping Point After Price Of Bitcoint Skyrockets On Mania | Investor's Business Daily

  • ample returns
  • major milestones
  • Bitcoin mania
  • enthusiasm has spilled over into
  • balances at the tipping point of mainstream acceptance
  • an avalanche of coronavirus stimulus
  • Hits Tipping Point

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Daily bread 03/29/2021

• A Podcasting Blog from Podcasting Tools - Daily Podcasting News and Information for Podcasters and Listeners.

  tags: podcasts

• English Collocation Activities, Games, Lesson Plans & Worksheets ESL

  tags: collocations

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Daily bread 03/28/2021

• Forky

• Don't Celebrate the Death of Small Talk. Find New Ways to Communicate.

  • The death of small talk is a bad thing. Here are some tips for talking to strangers without being awkward in this new normal.
  • especially awkward. 
  • avoid these niceties
  • the fabric of society
  • saddling up to a bar
  • halting casual interactions
  • relish the absence
  • boost well-being
  • fumbling through
  • chit-chat
  • seemingly inconsequential chatter
  • sense of belonging
  • boosts your self-esteem
  • the brick-and-mortar workplace
  • something whimsy about that
  • Shooting the breeze
  • weighty topics
  • breezy banter
  • the on-ramp to
  • deep convo plane
  • those who kept mum.
  • even moreso
  • "Like how are we supposed to act now?" 
  • avoid dire headlines
  • reenter

• People often sneer at it, but small talk is hugely significant | Life and style | The Guardian

  • People often sneer at it, but small talk is hugely significant
  • social lubricant
  • easing the day
  • bind us together
  • not a flake of detail spared
  • with glee
  • swishily
  • treated with a disdain
  • shallow
  • to plead its case
  • lowly ranking
  • spark a conversation
  • crippling gender norms
  • to parlay information
  • appears quaint
  • grey-faced and hollow
  • bowling up to a stranger
  • shrivels at certain small talk
  • lean into them
  • to cleave from each other

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Daily bread 03/26/2021

• Most Common Real English Words for Duolingo English Test ! - English World

  • spelunking
  • leaflet
  • dam
  • Punjabi
  • hut
  • striped
  • dull
  • treadmill
  • gadget
  • fortnight
  • ramification

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Daily bread 03/24/2021

• Duolingo English Test

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Daily bread 03/22/2021

• Employer surveillance of workers is increasingly common, and it should worry you | Stuff.co.nz

  • Employer surveillance of workers is increasingly common, and it should worry you
  • track your keystrokes
  • gathering information
  • increasingly common
  • skyrocketed
  • to seize control of the computer
  • work related or otherwise
  • is breathing down our neck
  • an atmosphere of mistrust
  • Intrusion into an employee's privacy
  • professional autonomy
  • gave workers more leeway
  • arbitrary “productivity” metrics
  • Treat workers like grown-ups
  • get the job done
  • waged or salaried
  • to make ends meet
  • profoundly undemocratic
  • has become worryingly blurred
  • arcane or legalistic
  • it boils down to
  • under humiliating, frustrating scrutiny
  • to intrude

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Daily bread 03/19/2021

• Technology tools for teaching beginners online | Sandy Millin

• How to Improve Your Spelling Skills

• Learning to spell for adults and mature learners

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Daily bread 03/06/2021

• Passenger Plane Emergency Lands After Stowaway Cat Attacks Pilot

  • Passenger Plane Forced To Make An Emergency Landing In Sudan After Stowaway Cat Attacked Pilot
  • a stray
  • clawed at the terrified pilot.
  • the surprise feline passenger
  • to wrangle the cat
  • this apparent catfight
  • how the animal surreptitiously boarded the plane
  • it was stationed in a Khartoum International Airport hangar
  • it simply languished there
  • in its midst
  • the cat resourcefully evaded
  • Oddly enough,
  • She must have snuck into the bag
  • none the wiser as to the animal’s presence
  • can’t be reasoned with
  • can get sucked into
  • were fluttering around
  • to keep wrangling with it.

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Daily bread 03/05/2021

• Attack on Titan Episode 1, To You, 2,000 Years in the Future -The Fall of Zhiganshina (1), - Watch on Crunchyroll

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Daily bread 03/02/2021

• (18) Why do we hiccup? - John Cameron - YouTube

  • a hog
  • hiccup longevity
  • sobbing
  • nursing
  • gills
  • a relic of the ancient transition
  • an involuntary spasm
  • relics  of our evolutionary past,
  • the wind pipe
  • a bout of
  • no apparent purpose
  • served some important purpose
  • dome-shaped

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Daily bread 02/27/2021

• Can robots find a role in providing emotional support?

  • tough job
  • more humane and sensitive
  • an emotional strut
  • a slew of software

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Daily bread 02/24/2021

• Niagara Falls Freezes Over in February 2021 | Mental Floss

  • Niagara Falls Freezes Over As Temperatures Plunge in North America
  • a powerful force of nature
  • at the mercy of
  • temperatures plunged
  • partially freeze over
  • thick ice formations coated the iconic waterfall
  • were treated to an incredible sight
  • freeze solid
  • clogging the mouth of the river

• Dyslexia Reading App For Comfortable Reading - Omoguru

  tags: Dyslexia

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Daily bread 02/07/2021

• https://rtc.speexx.com/html5client/join?sessionToken=bzo8rfkkjv3qfqzu

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• Loan Sharks Circle as Latin America Reels From Pandemic - InSight Crime

  • Loan Sharks Circle as Latin America Reels From Pandemic
  • struggle to stay afloat amid economic strain
  • have cornered the market
  • untenable cycles of debt.
  • usury lending operation
  • stand accused of
  • are bled dry
  • protracted lockdowns
  • pounced on
  • has raised the stakes
  • falling short
  • financial ruin
  • few and far between

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