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Angela Merkel’s lasting legacy in Europe | Learn the phrasal verb ‘step aside’
Episode 423
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Angela Merkel has been the German chancellor since 2005. Since then, the world and Europe have endured the global financial crisis of 2008, Britain…
4 years, 4 months ago
End of the Angela Merkel era for Germany | Learn the English expression ‘preside over’
Episode 422
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Germany is preparing to say goodbye to Angela Merkel, its center-right Chancellor of the past sixteen years. Her upbringing and academic studies se…
4 years, 5 months ago
Portugal bans bosses texting employees after hours | Learn the English expression ‘stick to’
Episode 421
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Portugal’s parliament passed a new law that gives employees a “right to rest.” In practice, this means that bosses are no longer legally permitted …
4 years, 5 months ago
The end of one conglomerate era, and the beginning of another | Learn the English expression ‘at first glance’
Episode 420
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Big companies like Johnson & Johnson, Toshiba, and General Electric are breaking into smaller companies. In many cases, the smaller companies focus…
4 years, 5 months ago
The five-star rating system isn’t working | Learn the English expression ‘rave about’
Episode 419
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Leaving a five-star review has become customary for any experience that is excellent, good, average, or even acceptable, and anything below five-st…
4 years, 5 months ago
New COVID-19 treatment that comes in a pill bottle | Learn the English expression ‘a step forward’
Episode 418
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Merck and Pfizer have developed antiviral pills that are effective at reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. Pfizer also pledged to make th…
4 years, 5 months ago
Vertical farming is on the rise | Learn the English expression ‘take up space’
Episode 417
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Vertical farming is a new way to farm that is done all indoors and – get this – doesn’t require any soil. There are many advantages to vertical far…
4 years, 5 months ago
First successful pig-to-human kidney transplant | Learn the phrasal verb ‘hook up’
Episode 416
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Scientists temporarily attached a pig kidney to a human, and it worked for 54 days. This has the medical world excited and optimistic about the pos…
4 years, 5 months ago
Hello, you’ve reached the Bogota Anti-Machismo Calm Line | Learn the English expression ‘root cause’
Episode 415
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Bogota launched an anti-machismo “Calm Line” hotline to help men manage feelings that can lead to abuse. The pilot program launched last December, …
4 years, 5 months ago
The global supply chain has had better years | Learn the English expression ‘stay afloat’
Episode 414
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The global supply chain has had a rough couple of years. First, of course, there was the pandemic. Then, the container ship got stuck in the Suez C…
4 years, 6 months ago