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Police responding to protesters’ demands for reform | Learn the English expressi...
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Jun 15, 202024:41pending
George Floyd’s death sparks protests across the world | Learn the phrasal verb ‘...
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Jun 11, 202018:25pending
Fans are eager to have live sports back, but it will be a while before they will...
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Jun 8, 202020:39pending
Funerals in the age of COVID-19 | Learn the English expression ‘all walks of lif...
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Jun 4, 202024:01pending
Summer of the RV | Learn the phrasal verb ‘stock up’
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Jun 1, 202021:13pending
Rare wild horse species thriving in radioactive Chernobyl | Learn the English ex...
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May 28, 202023:30pending
Pandemic unleashing a wave of loneliness | Learn the English expression ‘set in’
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May 25, 202021:45pending
South Korean pop culture is having a moment | Learn the English expression ‘spri...
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May 21, 202024:26pending
Who are the world’s hottest new celebrities? Scientists | Learn the English expr...
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May 18, 202024:27pending
Reopening the world: first steps | Learn the phrasal verb ‘die out’
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May 14, 202022:31pending
Where in the world was Kim Jong-un? | Learn the phrasal verb ‘pore over’
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May 11, 202020:55pending
Netflix is winning quarantine | Learn the phrasal verb "pull back on"
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May 8, 202022:23pending
Why Zoom video calls are so exhausting | Learn the phrasal verb “come through”
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May 4, 202022:17pending
The post-pandemic workplace | Learn the English expression “big picture”
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Apr 30, 202021:38pending
How to stop procrastinating and start doing | Learn the English expression “on y...
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Apr 27, 202021:14pending
Why do we procrastinate? | Learn the English expression "buckle down"
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Apr 23, 202019:55pending
Wuhan lockdown restrictions lifted | Learn the English expression "pent up"
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Apr 20, 202020:45pending
Updates on Notre-Dame, Mt. Everest, NYC Subway and more | Learn the English expr...
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Apr 16, 202024:25pending
Tokyo's Olympic ambitions are frozen in time | Learn the phrasal verb “call off”
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Apr 13, 202023:25pending
What’s the COVID-19 end game? | Learn the English phrase “stuck with”
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Apr 9, 202019:10pending
Developing world on the brink of coronavirus impact | Learn the English expressi...
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Apr 6, 202021:24pending
Guyana is bracing for an oil boom | Learn the English phrase “on par with”
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Apr 2, 202027:28pending
How to stay sane in quarantine | Learn the English expression “for the time bein...
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Mar 30, 202023:54pending
Coronavirus pandemic halts entertainment industry | Learn the phrasal verb "come...
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Mar 26, 202023:20pending
Italy starts life under lockdown to slow coronavirus | Learn the English phrase...
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Mar 23, 202021:41pending
Pablo Escobar’s former hippo herd is threatening Colombia | Learn the English ph...
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Mar 20, 202022:00pending
America’s former vice president is back from the dead | Learn the phrasal verb '...
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Mar 16, 202023:39pending
Swarms of locusts endanger East Africa's food supply | Learn the English phrase...
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Mar 12, 202021:31pending
Should governments allow safe-injection sites for drug users? | Learn the Englis...
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Mar 9, 202022:00pending
Scientists discover a new ‘ghost’ ancestor from human DNA | Learn the English ph...
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Mar 5, 202020:16pending
Global economy starts to feel coronavirus effects | Learn the English phrase 'si...
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Mar 2, 202023:02pending
Inside the direct-to-consumer revolution | Learn the phrasal verb 'try on'
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Feb 27, 202019:14pending
More than just hipsters, Brooklyn is a city unto itself | Learn how to use, 'you...
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Feb 24, 202020:53pending
Cable rupture slows internet in Africa | Learn the English phrase 'slow to a cra...
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Feb 20, 202019:06pending
Revealed: most effective way to guard against coronavirus | Learn phrasal verb '...
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Feb 17, 202018:25pending
Americans snooze through Trump's impeachment | Learn the English phrase 'take ov...
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Feb 13, 202022:57pending
Sports world mourns Kobe Bryant | Learn the English phrase 'eligible for'
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Feb 10, 202021:13pending
Human body temperatures are dropping | Learn the English phrase 'average out'
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Feb 6, 202021:49pending
Coronavirus researchers racing to develop vaccine | Learn the English phrase 'to...
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Feb 3, 202023:04pending
Domino’s Pizza to open 850 stores in Italy | Learn the English phrase 'win over'
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Jan 30, 202020:53pending
Prince Harry and Meghan step down from royal duties | Learn the English phrase '...
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Jan 27, 202020:41pending
First things first: Japan debates a name change | Learn the English phrase 'bend...
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Jan 23, 202020:11pending
Quest to care for animals in Australia | Learn the English phrase 'in the face o...
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Jan 20, 202022:02pending
Father of preventative medicine is still working at age 100 | Learn the English...
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Jan 16, 202018:46pending
Former Renault-Nissan CEO escapes Japan | Learn the English phrase 'take a hit'
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Jan 13, 202020:04pending
Premium economy: more ‘economy’ than ‘premium’ | Learn the English phrase 'to co...
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Jan 9, 202021:15pending
Is a supernova on the horizon? | Learn English expression 'ebb and flow'
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Jan 6, 202022:09pending
So long, Big Bird: Puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies | Learn phrasal verb 'cut back...
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Jan 2, 202019:02pending
Cookie announcements: the most annoying thing on the internet | Learn phrasal ve...
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Dec 30, 201922:20pending
Landing on autopilot | Learn English phrase 'prone to'
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Dec 26, 201918:40pending
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