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It's Monday, that is a new video time.
The reason why some countries are rich and others poor depends on many things, including the quality of their institutions, the culture they have, the natural resources they find and what latitude they're on.
The video is both captivating and educational. https://youtu.be/9-4V3HR696k
A permission slip is a form that a school or other organization sends home with a student to a parent in which the parent provides authorization for minor children to travel under the auspices of the school or organization for an event, such as a field trip.
Meanwhile, an Improper Fraction has a top number larger than (or equal to) the bottom number.
It's Monday, so it's a new video time!
English is fast becoming the world's universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother learning a foreign language? Linguist and Columbia professor John McWhorter shares four alluring benefits of learning an unfamiliar tongue.
https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU
It's probably the right time to repeat the "repeat" list.
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crank out a paper = to write a paper or essay in a mechanical way
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hit the books and pound the books = to study hard. I spent the weekend pounding the books. I gotta go home and hit the books. I have finals next week.
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* to resign = to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
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By the way:
Spot Burn
1. When someone ruins your secret fishing spot.
2. When someone is doing something that is annoying you (spot burning you)
"I can't believe they found out where my fishing spot was from my Instagram pic and those nasty guys spot burned me".
"We're through the worst of the recession - we're out of the woods now."
"That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods."
That's the new topic for the week.
"You should see Bob's living room. It's as big as all outdoors! The new movie theater is as big as all outdoors.
vicious circle = a negative situation that is constantly maintained or worsened, rather than resolved.
The fatter I get, the unhappier I am, so I eat to cheer myself up, which makes me fatter yet - it's a vicious circle .
Why are universities in America so expensive? This issue has become a hot topic over the past few years as student debt has skyrocketed. While graduation rates have never been higher, youth underemployment has never been this bad. In the past, universities were reserved for the select few who could afford their expensive and selective programs, but getting a degree also meant being essentially set for life.
Today, people with a degree aren't guaranteed a job fitting their specialization, or in fact any job at all. With such uncertainty, many students wonder whether graduation is even worth it, as most are saddled with nearly unbearable student debt which they will be repaying for a long time.
In this video, Business Casual will explore the origin of universities as a business in America, and how their popularization has created a lot of problems for contemporary American graduates. https://youtu.be/HL24_NSSEXo
ballpark figure
An approximate number; an estimate.
That's just a ballpark figure — they don't know exactly how many people will be attending the event.
Well, you might have the same situation with school or university either.
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"All graduates need to be here in cap and gown at 9 AM tomorrow."
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protractor = a semi-circular instrument for measuring and constructing angles.
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Ladies and gentlemen!
Today is the First Day of School in many countries. We wish you good luck and hope that this year will be marvellous for you.
It doesn't matter if you are a student or not - we guess that studying is a life-long process. We are here to make this process a bit more entertaining.
...by the way, what's the funniest thing that's happened to you at school? Don't hesitate to share in @violachat.
Here, sit down and relax so that you can regain your composure and share our new posts with friends.
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Probably the most impressing video of the day is here for you:
https://youtu.be/MBRqu0YOH14?utm_content=kuku.io&utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=kuku.io
It's a bit sad till the middle but has quite a motivating ending.
"to have green fingers" is from British & Australian language, while "to have a green thumb" is for the Americans.
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bed of roses = a comfortable or luxurious position, as in "Taking care of these older patients is no bed of roses. This metaphor, first recorded in 1635, is often used in a negative context, as in the example.
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That's just into the topic.
to stab - to wound with a pointed weapon
"I know it's September, but don't get out your winter clothes just yet — this area often has an Indian summer. I hate the cold weather, so I'm hoping for an Indian summer."
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...Oh yes, I will summer and winter him during this probationary period, to determine if we should hire him full-time.
*probation = a process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested
...sharing the most useful idioms with you!
You never know what you will have to do in the future. Maybe it will be corn growing.