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The English language has a lot of adjectives. Some estimates put the number at several thousand. And while those numbers may sound frightening, adjectives can be exciting! In English, many adjectives come from verbs. In todays program, we will tell y

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Introduction This support pack accompanies: Big City Small World Series 3 Episode 10 To listen to the recording, go to: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/big-city-small- world/series-3-episode-10-family-matters This support pack contains the

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is whether you can use the word woman as an adjective. Ann in Baltimore, Maryland, asked why people were referring to Nancy Pelosi as the woman Speaker of the House instead of the female speaker of the house, and Amy

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Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. The United States is a big country with many, many roads. Many, if not most, of Americans depend on motor vehicles to get from place to place. It goes without saying that, when talking or writin

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Welcome to Ask a Teacher ? a new program where readers ask questions and teachers answer them. Have you noticed that English is full of words that have similar meanings? In todays Ask a Teacher, Mika from Japan asks how to decide among three verbs th

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Hi, everyone. Hows your day going? This morning, the Metro was loud, hot and crowdedagain. And the train driver kept stopping and starting so I lost my footing and bumped into someone. Ugh. I need a different way to get to work! But what? Oh, I know:

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Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil. Li: And I'm Li. Did you stay much longer last night at the office party? 大家好！欢迎收听地道英语。我是Neil。 我是Li。 昨晚办公室聚会你们是不是玩儿了很久？