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Topics: Ask an American La Brea Tar Pits; until versus till/til versus by; to restore versus to recover; CCU (coronary care unit) Words: fossil to preserve stuck asphalt flypaper to succumb to torn apart to wander predator scavenger climate precautio

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Topics: American Authors William Faulkner; Soap Box Derbys; to deceive versus to cheat versus to lie; to appreciate; to go green Words: inspriation to drop out semester aristocracy fictional theme controversial manuscript derby fiberglass sponsor tra

美语听力 English Café 491

Topics: American Presidents-Rutherford B. Hayes; emission versus propagation; he/she don't; to do (someone's) bidding Words: slavery to oppose to secede to abolish to run for office to nominate rumor corrupt to uphold to interfere intention to be qua

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Topics:The John Peter Zenger Trial; tone versus hue versus tint versus shade; wherewithal; pronouncing saw, sew, sow, and sue Words: apprentice printer journal governor to rig anonymous libel trial to disbar jury amendment speech press tone hue tint

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Topics: Movies-Amadeus; The Adelsverein; neither and nor: earworm; badass Words: composer lunatic asylum flashback envious revenge requiem to take a toll mediocre to emigrate market settlement creditor neither nor earworm badass

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Topics: American Movies-The Fugitive; The United States Capitol Building; knowable versus scrutable versus tangible; to go through versus to get through; to man up Words: fugitive to be convicted to derail scandal series architect to inaugurate dome

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Topics: American Presidents-James K. Polk; beach versus shore versus coast; concept versus conception Words: to make up for tutor charismatic confidant Speaker of the House candidate dark horse annexation latitude slogan to negotiate beach shore coas

美语听力 English Café 483

Topics: American Presidents-William Howard Taft; deprecated versus obsolete versus outdated; to insist versus to persist; to set (one's) jaw square Words: justice to appoint ally appeal to turn down advisor successor campaigning conservation to rig t

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美语听力 English Café 572

Topics: Famous Americans Eli Whitney; The Ziegfeld Follies; ROFL, straight outta, and meme; shack versus shed; to take advantage of versus to seize Words: applied plantation cotton patent to sue license mass production follies revue opulent spectacle

美语听力 English Café 429

Topics: Cajun Culture; The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show; to preserve versus to reserve; yada, yada, yada versus blah, blah, blah; Dear Sir/Madam versus To Whom it May Concern Words: Cajun descent peace treaty to pledge allegiance isolated to pres

美语听力 English Café 414

Topics: Movies Pulp Fiction; the Outer Banks; lot versus batch; business ethics; to eat humble pie Words: dark comedy to credit (someone) with (something) to follow hitman disturbing formula barrier islands to stretch colony shipwreck to sink adventu

美语听力 English Café 411

Topics: Ask an American Harlem Businesses; to imply versus to infer; to put aside versus to set aside; something's got to (gotta) give Words: to evolve essentially forgotten land value gold mine gold coast mom-and-pop on a daily basis to count to acc

美语听力 English Café 407

Topics: Famous Americans Jane Addams; the Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe counting rhyme; to double down and trickle- down; especially versus specially; dewy Words: settlement house inspirational complex night school infant mortality pacifist fondly counting

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