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Turkey is getting a name change | Learn the English expression ‘turn the tables’
Episode 467
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Turkey, the country, officially changed its English name. If you Google “Turkey,” chances are there will be a mix of search results: everything fro…
4 years, 1 month ago
Poland has been a friendly neighbor to Ukraine | Learn the phrasal verb ‘ride out’
Episode 466
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As the situation in Ukraine gets increasingly dire, Ukrainians are leaving the country in droves. Five million people have already left the country…
4 years, 1 month ago
The good and the bad of company mission statements | Learn the phrasal verb ‘come away’
Episode 465
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Company mission statements are supposed to articulate what a company does and how it helps the world. Ideally, mission statements should send a pos…
4 years, 1 month ago
The search for meaningful work | Learn the English expression ‘day-to-day’
Episode 464
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Covid prompted many employees to take a step back from the endless emails and Zoom calls and reevaluate what they want out of their jobs. Many peop…
4 years, 1 month ago
‘Succession’ gives us a different angle of the rich | Learn the English expression ‘to curry favor with’
Episode 463
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‘Succession’ is all about media mogul Logan Roy and his children, who are all trying to succeed him as CEO of the family company. Instead of envyin…
4 years, 2 months ago
Volodymyr Zelensky: actor turned President turned war hero | Learn the English expression ‘stand out’
Episode 462
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Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as the surprising hero of Ukraine’s resistance efforts, but his resume might surprise you. Before he was Ukraine’s p…
4 years, 2 months ago
Passwordless authentication is the future | Learn the phrasal verb ‘pass along’
Episode 461
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An organization dedicated to creating simpler, strong authentication – i.e. killing the password – has published a broad outline of how this will w…
4 years, 2 months ago
Passwords may be dying a slow death | Learn the phrasal verb ‘fall for’
Episode 460
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The pattern – for some of us – of setting, forgetting, and resetting passwords might soon be behind us. Passwords are slowly dying out and simpler,…
4 years, 2 months ago
Lost ship found in Antarctica after 100 years | Learn the phrasal verb ‘eat away at’
Episode 459
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Over one hundred years ago, an explorer’s ship sunk off the coast of Antarctica, and amazingly, the entire crew of 28 survived the wreck. Just last…
4 years, 2 months ago
We’re getting closer to a birth control pill for men | Learn the English idiom ‘shoulder the burden’
Episode 458
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The University of Minnesota is close to kicking off human trials for a male birth control pill. Researchers have developed a pill for men that was …
4 years, 2 months ago