Women in Saudi Arabia🗞
Saudi Arabia issued a royal decree which gives women the right to drive.
Before the change, women who drove often went to jail. The royal decree is a step towards gender equality in the country. However, Saudi women still need a man’s permission to travel, get a job, divorce or marry.
Difficult words: issue (formally send out and make known), royal decree (an order given by a king or queen), gender equality (when men and women can do same things), permission (if you have somebody’s permission to do something, you can do it).
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Saudi Arabia issued a royal decree which gives women the right to drive.
Before the change, women who drove often went to jail. The royal decree is a step towards gender equality in the country. However, Saudi women still need a man’s permission to travel, get a job, divorce or marry.
Difficult words: issue (formally send out and make known), royal decree (an order given by a king or queen), gender equality (when men and women can do same things), permission (if you have somebody’s permission to do something, you can do it).
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🔻She has a reputation for blunt speaking.
Blunt – adjective - / blʌnt / 🗣
👉 (of a person or remark) very direct; saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite (прямой, грубоватый)
Synonyms: frank, forthright, straightforward
Example sentences:
🔻It was a frank answer to a blunt question.
🔻She is blunt about her personal life.
🔻To be blunt, your work is appalling.
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Blunt – adjective - / blʌnt / 🗣
👉 (of a person or remark) very direct; saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite (прямой, грубоватый)
Synonyms: frank, forthright, straightforward
Example sentences:
🔻It was a frank answer to a blunt question.
🔻She is blunt about her personal life.
🔻To be blunt, your work is appalling.
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Two Men and an Escalator🗞
Two elderly men were walking down an escalator when somebody shouted, “Free burgers!” The men, as well as others, wanted the burgers, and the men started to run up the escalator the wrong way.
It was not easy for them to get to the top. They tripped and fell several times. The people at the Polish shopping centre filmed and watched the two men. After they finally reached the top, they received cheers from the crowd.
Difficult words: elderly (old), trip (to hit something with your foot by accident so that you lose balance), several (a few), cheer (a shout of happiness).
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Two elderly men were walking down an escalator when somebody shouted, “Free burgers!” The men, as well as others, wanted the burgers, and the men started to run up the escalator the wrong way.
It was not easy for them to get to the top. They tripped and fell several times. The people at the Polish shopping centre filmed and watched the two men. After they finally reached the top, they received cheers from the crowd.
Difficult words: elderly (old), trip (to hit something with your foot by accident so that you lose balance), several (a few), cheer (a shout of happiness).
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🔸I go jogging every evening.
Jog – verb - / dʒɒɡ / 🗣
👉 (also go jogging) to run slowly and steadily for a long time, especially for exercise ( бегать трусцой)
Synonyms: run slowly, jogtrot
Example sentences:
🔸She decided to go jogging each morning.
🔸She was jogging on the spot to keep warm.
🔸They jogged steadily up the hill.
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Jog – verb - / dʒɒɡ / 🗣
👉 (also go jogging) to run slowly and steadily for a long time, especially for exercise ( бегать трусцой)
Synonyms: run slowly, jogtrot
Example sentences:
🔸She decided to go jogging each morning.
🔸She was jogging on the spot to keep warm.
🔸They jogged steadily up the hill.
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Two Old Women Are Speaking😂
One retired woman says to another, “I couldn’t go to sleep today because of my teeth.”
The other one says, “I don’t have that problem. My teeth and I stopped sleeping together a long time ago.”
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One retired woman says to another, “I couldn’t go to sleep today because of my teeth.”
The other one says, “I don’t have that problem. My teeth and I stopped sleeping together a long time ago.”
#Humour
My Wife Can’t Hear! 😂
An old man goes to the doctor. He complains that his wife can’t hear.
“You need to test your wife. Stand far behind her and ask her a question. Then, start going closer to her. You will see how close you’ll get when she hears you.”
The old man is happy that he can help his wife. He runs home. He sees that his wife is making dinner.
“Honey!” the man says standing 20 feet away.
“What are we having for dinner?” he asks.
The wife doesn’t reply. The man tries again. He stands 15 feet away, but there is no answer. He stands 10 feet away and asks again. No answer.
Finally, he is 5 feet away, “Honey, what are we having for dinner?”
“I’ve told you four times! Lasagne!”
#Humour
An old man goes to the doctor. He complains that his wife can’t hear.
“You need to test your wife. Stand far behind her and ask her a question. Then, start going closer to her. You will see how close you’ll get when she hears you.”
The old man is happy that he can help his wife. He runs home. He sees that his wife is making dinner.
“Honey!” the man says standing 20 feet away.
“What are we having for dinner?” he asks.
The wife doesn’t reply. The man tries again. He stands 15 feet away, but there is no answer. He stands 10 feet away and asks again. No answer.
Finally, he is 5 feet away, “Honey, what are we having for dinner?”
“I’ve told you four times! Lasagne!”
#Humour
Idiom
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
👉 Смысл в том, что если несколько псов после драки мирно спят, лучше их оставить в покое. Идея – не стоит ворошить старые споры/острые темы, так как они могут снова развернуть ссору.
Example sentences:
🔘I think it would have been better to let sleeping dogs lie.
🔘Don’t ask him again. It’s better to let sleeping dogs lie.
🔘But then maybe it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
🔘I will let sleeping dogs lie and wish the man all the best in the world.
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
👉 Смысл в том, что если несколько псов после драки мирно спят, лучше их оставить в покое. Идея – не стоит ворошить старые споры/острые темы, так как они могут снова развернуть ссору.
Example sentences:
🔘I think it would have been better to let sleeping dogs lie.
🔘Don’t ask him again. It’s better to let sleeping dogs lie.
🔘But then maybe it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
🔘I will let sleeping dogs lie and wish the man all the best in the world.
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Why do we feel nostalgia - Clay Routledge
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Why do we feel nostalgia? - Clay Routledge
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Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does…
Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does…
The Good and the Bad News😂
A man goes to hospital for a check-up because he has some medical problems. The doctor tells him that he doesn’t know exactly what the problem is and that they need to do more tests. After weeks of tests, the doctor tells the man that he has some good news and some bad news.
“You have a new and incurable disease,” says the doctor.
“And what’s the good news?” asks the man.
And the doctor says, “We’re going to name it after you.”
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A man goes to hospital for a check-up because he has some medical problems. The doctor tells him that he doesn’t know exactly what the problem is and that they need to do more tests. After weeks of tests, the doctor tells the man that he has some good news and some bad news.
“You have a new and incurable disease,” says the doctor.
“And what’s the good news?” asks the man.
And the doctor says, “We’re going to name it after you.”
#Humour
PROVERB
A drop in the bucket
👉 a very small or unimportant amount
Перевод. Капля в ведре.
🔘What we were paid for our work was a drop in the bucket compared to what thecompany earned.
Русский эквивалент Капля в море.
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A drop in the bucket
👉 a very small or unimportant amount
Перевод. Капля в ведре.
🔘What we were paid for our work was a drop in the bucket compared to what thecompany earned.
Русский эквивалент Капля в море.
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