Daily bread 10/31/2017

• Cloze Test 'Match Sentences to Tenses'

  • has been playing

• Why Faking the Moon Landing Was Impossible

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Daily bread 10/29/2017

• My new favorite Android game takes me offline and back to my childhood

• Dark Stories - Android Apps on Google Play

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Daily bread 10/27/2017

• BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four - Game on! The language of video games explained

• Science proves that alcohol increases your ability to speak a second language

  • Dutch courage
  • slightly inebriated
  • especially
  • pronunciation
  • impair
  • boosts your self-confidence.

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Daily bread 10/23/2017

• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to push reform of pacifist constitution after election win | Stuff.co.nz

  • push reform of pacifist constitution
  • hold a snap general election.
  • ruling bloc
  • bolstering
  • push to revise the pacifist constitution.
  • up for grabs
  • hefty win
  • ambiguous status
  • codify the status quo
  • target he had floated
  • a fast-aging population
  • an uptick in his ratings
  • dented
  • cronyism
  • snap poll gamble
  • a significant chunk of
  • often floated as a
  • a big chunk of
  • enthusiasm soon waned
  • vying with
  • fret about
  • has become arrogant and complacent.
  • fed up with
  • landslide wins
  • took the helm

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Daily bread 10/22/2017

• What a world of AI robot writers will look like

• Chips are down as potato shortage bites | Radio New Zealand News

  • Chips are down
  • bites
  • to go without
  • Chippie lovers
  • the root of the problem.
  • ceaseless rain
  • to dig deep
  • keep up to date
  • were chipping in
  • be hindered

• Business English vocabulary and terms with exercises|Learn English Today

  tags: business

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Daily bread 10/21/2017

• A Brief Guide to IELTS General Training Exam ~ IELTS Exams Tips Philippines | IELTS Review Strategies

  • The speaking exam can be taken on a different day—provided that it is completed a week before or after the others tests were taken.
  • t is scored against the Global Scale of English (GSE), the world’s English language standard criterion.
  • Other globally acknowledged proficiency exams, like TOEFL and PTE, are also marked against the GSE.

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Daily bread 10/19/2017

• Corruption in Colombia: Do you feel the bite? - The Bogotá Post

  • ponders
  • sorry saga
  • on the payroll
  • detractors
  • set free
  • far-flung places
  • coffers
  • rascals
  • ‘To Do’ list
  • to bend rules
  • seemingly never-ending parade of
  • fed up with
  • The gist of
  • were cooked up by
  • crooked ways
  • picked our pockets
  • taking aim at
  • the crooked cop
  • the stonewalling bureaucrats
  • I was stumped as to why
  • rigidly enforced by
  • was unmasked
  • replied dolefully
  • astronomically small
  • to bend the rules
  • their slice of the pie
  • bogus
  • coughs up more money
  • there is a high chance
  • inept
  • find their feet
  • the axe will again fall
  • in cahoots with

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