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'Peanuts' showed the world through children's eyes | Learn English term 'comic relief'
Episode 533
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""Peanuts"" characters Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, and more, entertained millions of readers for half a century. Charles Schulz,…
3 years, 4 months ago
4 classic Christmas movies | Learn English phrasal verb 'fend off'
Episode 532
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Christmas-themed movies are almost as old as the movies themselves. In today's lesson, you'll hear about four classic Christmas movies from four di…
3 years, 4 months ago
The cool way to get around is on a snowmobile | Learn English expression 'familiar with'
Episode 531
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In this first of our four holiday specials, we talk about a snowmobiling, a cold-weather activity that's only possible in parts of the world that g…
3 years, 4 months ago
Trust us: buy your next mattress online | Learn English expression 'fine-tune'
Episode 530
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Forget pushy salesmen and rows of mattresses to try in a store: the new way to buy a mattress is online. New direct-to-consumer companies are upend…
3 years, 4 months ago
Venezuelan elite victims of luxury-home scam | Learn English expression 'in the dark'
Episode 529
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A pair of Venezuelan immigrants to Miami pulled off a bold scheme to defraud members of their country's elite. These individuals were under sanctio…
3 years, 4 months ago
How the super-rich protect their assets in U.S. real estate | Learn phrasal verb 'cook up'
Episode 528
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American real estate is considered a safe asset for wealthy people in unstable economies. They like to buy luxury homes in the U.S. because real es…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ukraine's 'second army' of rail workers | Learn English expression 'work around the clock'
Episode 527
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As fighting continues, Ukraine's railways have adapted to move refugees, supply the front lines, and keep exports flowing. The rail network has pro…
3 years, 5 months ago
New York says to job posters: Show them the money | Learn English expression 'push the envelope'
Episode 526
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A new law in New York City requires all job postings to include a ""good faith"" range of base pay. The purpose is to help jobseekers negotiate fai…
3 years, 5 months ago
What is the 'pig butchering' scam? | Learn English expression 'show your true colors'
Episode 525
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The texts seem innocent at first: a case of mistaken identity or a request for advice. But for many victims, these random messages were the first s…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ethics of making (and watching) true crime | Learn English expression 'go about your business'
Episode 524
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From ""Monster"" to ""Making of a Murderer,"" true crime has never been as popular as it is now. Many of these, though, are fictionalized, meaning …
3 years, 5 months ago