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Celine Dion is keeping New Zealanders up all night | Learn English expression 'rig together'
Episode 627
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A subculture of Pasifika people in New Zealand has a strange tradition: playing music through megaphones and loudspeakers. They try to play music a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why are movies getting longer? | Learn English expression 'upper hand'
Episode 626
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Oppenheimer. Killers of the Flower Moon. Babylon. What do they have in common? They're all box office hits. And they're all over three hours long. …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Twinkie refuses to die | Learn English expression 'try your hand at'
Episode 625
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The Twinkie is a submarine-shaped yellow cake with a vanilla filling. Invented in 1930, it became one of America's favorite indulgences. After losi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Super-shoes help propel runners to marathon records | Learn English phrasal verb 'lace up'
Episode 624
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Kelvin Kiptum and Tigst Assefa, respectively, set records for the men’s and women’s marathon this year. But Nike and adidas are also winners. The r…
2 years, 7 months ago
American football is smitten with Taylor Swift | Learn English expression 'lean into'
Episode 623
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Just when you thought nothing could make American football more popular, Taylor Swift comes onto the scene. She is reportedly dating a football sta…
2 years, 7 months ago
Biden's uphill battle for re-election | Learn English expression 'play into someone's hands'
Episode 622
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About a year from now, Americans will go to the polls--and they're likely to get a rematch between sitting President Joe Biden and his immediate pr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Fernando Botero, Colombia’s artist of over-sized subjects | Learn English expression 'call attention to'
Episode 621
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Fernando Botero was Colombia's most famous artist--and his whimsical, rotund figures are famous around the world. By painting everything in exagger…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Great Paris Bedbug Battle of 2023 | Learn English phrasal verb 'creep out'
Episode 620
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A bedbug infestation is spreading across Paris, even affecting the Métro, trains, hospitals and schools--according to social media. But many report…
2 years, 7 months ago
Surge pricing comes to the pub | Learn English phrasal verb 'cut short'
Episode 619
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""Dynamic pricing"": it's when businesses constantly change the price of a product, based on the current demand. We're used to it when booking airl…
2 years, 8 months ago
The latest on Threads, X, Wagner, Trump and more | Learn English phrasal verb 'settle down'
Episode 618
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It's time to take a look back and learn the latest on several topics we've talked about in Plain English recently, including ChatGPT, Netflix, Thre…
2 years, 8 months ago