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More women are becoming national leaders. The newest include Angela Merkel. She is expected to become the first female chancellor of Germany on Tuesday.
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Sneakers are a type of comfortable shoe. We wear them for sports and when we have to walk a lot. Many children wear them to school.
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Netflix is the world’s largest online movie rental service. It started in nineteen ninety-eight. It now has ten million paying members in the United States.
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Today, we are going on a make-believe trip to the countryside to learn about a word that comes from something used on a farm -- haywire.
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Murphy’s Law is an American expression whose meaning spread around the world. Murphy’s Law says: "Everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong."
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People all over the world love sports. Some of us play a sport for fun; some to stay in shape; a few, for the love of the game; and even more play to win.
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Wow look at this line up! This restaurant must be really good! Yes this place is known for their delicious breakfast menus and they get a lot of regulars like me. Plus they’ve been around for 40 years.
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We have known for a long time that our body posture -- the way we hold our bodies when we sit, stand or walk -- tells the world a lot about us.
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Now, sometimes when we are hungry, we may eat too fast or too much. We may, in fact, bite off more than we can chew.
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On average, Americans spend about 10 hours a day in front of a computer or other electronic device and less than 30 minutes a day outdoors.
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The name Violet is found in an English expression. A shrinking violet describes someone who is very shy.
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Their first device could add, subtract, multiply and divide. It had twelve bytes of memory -- close to nothing compared to today's highly powerful calculators. And it weighed more than a kilogram.
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Americans often try to say things as quickly as possible. So, for some expressions, we use the first letters of the words instead of saying each word.
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Angela: Stop with all the details, and cut to the chase. What university are you attending in the fall?
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Another interesting quality? Their underwater communication style has scientists comparing them to “jazz” artists.
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This week we talk about another expression Americans usually get wrong. That expression is: Curiosity killed the cat.
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Clara: Hey! How did you do on the exam? Ellie: I got an A. The exam was a piece of cake.
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An intergovernmental organization says water levels in the Mekong River have dropped to “worrying levels.”
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The palm oil industry is growing in Central America. And in Guatemala, the product has become a major export.
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Today we are talking about the somewhat unusual day of February 29. It comes up on the calendar only every four years.