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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