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The rise of QR codes | Learn the English expression ‘the naked eye’
Episode 425
QR codes have exploded in popularity in recent years. The codes are integrated in ordering at restaurants, getting vaccines at COVID testing centers,…
4 years, 8 months ago
Pancake enthusiasts, fear not! Canada avoids a global maple syrup shortage | Learn the English expression ‘tap into’
Episode 424
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A weaker maple syrup harvest this year put Canada in a bit of a sticky situation. As the world leader in maple syrup production, Canada had to tap …
4 years, 8 months ago
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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago