A.D.S.

• A.D.S. ⪢⪢
From VOA Learning English, this is the education report. American language experts have chosen "they" as the 2015 word of the year. The American Dialect Society, or A.D.S., voted on the issue at a conference in Washington.
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◎◎◎ business ⪢⪢
_____ is the buying and selling of products and services.
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◎◎◎ account ⪢⪢
_____ means a description of something that has happened.
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◎◎◎ contagious ⪢⪢
If a disease is _____ , it is easily carried from one person to another.
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◎◎◎ vampire ⪢⪢
A vampire is a fictional monster that sleeps in a coffin and sucks people's blood.
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◎◎◎ controversy ⪢⪢
A _____ is a dispute about something that affects many people.
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◎◎◎ flat ⪢⪢
Flat describes something that is level and smooth with no curved parts.
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○○○ will ⪢⪢
I know beyond a doubt my heart ＿ lead me there and soon ＿ meet beyond the shore and ＿ kiss just as before. Happy ＿ be beyond the sea and never again ＿ go sailing.
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○○○ would ⪢⪢
When Persephone was with her mother, Demeter _____ shine from happiness and the land _____ become fertile and fruitful and this was spring and summer.
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○○○ will ⪢⪢
You ＿ stay home, David. You are too young and small to do battle.
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○○○ ▽￫◁ ⪢⪢
If it wasn't for me, you would have turned into a vain and selfish man. #conditional #be
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○○○ hang on ⪢⪢
Now, don't _____. Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy. Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind. Dust in the wind. Everything is dust in the wind. #song
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○○○ influencer ⪢⪢
A social media influencer is a person who gets paid to promote certain products or services to their follower base on media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and so on.
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○○○ miller ⪢⪢
And although my eyes were open. They might have just as well been closed. And so it was that later. As the _____ told his tale. That her face, at first just ghostly. Turned a whiter shade of pale. #song #lyrics
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○○○ Mona Lisa ⪢⪢
This is perhaps the best known painting in the world. The Mona Lisa shows the head and shoulders of a dark-haired woman. When people look at this painting, they are often captivated by her smile and by her eyes which have a look of mystery.
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○○○ posture ⪢⪢
If you spend long hours sitting at a desk, you know how important it is to maintain good _____ and provide proper support to your back and spine.
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○○○ strewn ⪢⪢
The highlights are the glowworms strewn across the ceiling dangling and shining among the stalactites.
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○○○ shoes ⪢⪢
Stubb took off his coat and shoes so he could swim.
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○○○ Starbuck ⪢⪢
Starbuck was a young man. When you saw his black clothes and sad face, you could forget that.
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○○○ topology ⪢⪢
Topology is a branch of math, which is kind of like geometry. It studies shapes and spaces, but ones that are arbitrarily stretchy and bendy. It's sometimes called rubber sheet geometry.
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○○○ Allan Metcalf ⪢⪢
A.D.S. President Allan Metcalf said " People have argued about the use of a singular 'they' for more than 100 years" and he says "100 years from now, people will still be debating it."
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○○○ Anna Matteo ⪢⪢
Metcalf says the decision for the word of the year is not based on science. Instead, he says the A.D.S. chooses from words that express the concerns and stories of the past year. For VOA Learning English, I'm Anna Matteo.
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○○○ without you by my side ⪢⪢
At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live _____. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong and I grew strong and I learned how to get along and so you're back from outer space. #song #lyrics
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○○○ mythology ⪢⪢
Most myths have supernatural beings or events. Greek _____ is the most popular and influential but many cultures around the world had their own tales and stories.
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○○○ Gonzales' sword ⪢⪢
The fight continues and Seargent Gonzales' sword falls onto the floor.
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○○○ mortal ⪢⪢
Who could have believed that a mortal father and son had mastered the art of flight? ┆ Who could have believed that a mortal father and son had mastered the art of flight if anyone had looked up just then? #conditional ◁￫◁
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○○○ Sunday ⪢⪢
In ancient Latin Sunday was Dies Solis for the Sun God but in the Christian era it was renamed Domonicas for lord's day. Most of the Romance languages use a desendant of that but in English and Germanic languages it is still named for the sun. #Greece
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○○○ 08 August ⪢⪢
Augustus the emperor of Rome who became after Caesar, thought this month naming _____ was a fine idea and so Sextilis became Augustus, August for him.
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○○○ tray ⪢⪢
When we called out for another drink. The waiter brought a _____. And so it was that later. As the miller told his tale. That her face, at first just ghostly. Turned a whiter shade of pale. #song #lyrics
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○○○ rejoin ⪢⪢
Iran warns the U.S. government that it has a limited time to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal between it and several other nations.
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○○○ squash ⪢⪢
In the southwestern United States, some Indians live by farming. In this dry area, the Indians raise several crops such as corns, beans and squash.
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○○○ Someday we shall return to this place upon the meadow. ⪢⪢
We'll walk out in the rain. Hear the birds above singing once again. You'll hold me in your arms and say once again you love me. And if your love is true, everything will be just as wonderful. #lyrics
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○○○ will ⪢⪢
Johns, hold me in your arms and say once again you love me. And if your love is true, everything _____ be just as wonderful. You'll hold me in your arms and say once again...
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○○○ wonderful ⪢⪢
Someday we shall return to this place upon the meadow. We'll walk out in the rain. Hear the birds above singing once again. You'll hold me in your arms and say once again you love me. And if your love is true, everything will be just as _____. #lyrics
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○○○ Palais Garnier ⪢⪢
And she was given a position in the chorus at the Paris opera house which is called the Palais Garnier.
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○○○ enact ⪢⪢
The European Commission reaches an agreement with the United States in a dispute over metal tarrifs enacted by former president Donald Trump. 2021-05-17
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○○○ 2017.01 ⪢⪢
An IT engineer is looking at the servers in this building and something seems off. The engineer notices that often in the middle of the night these servers are connecting to some server in Shanghai and uploading Emails and audio files. #bookmark
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○○○ scaly ⪢⪢
Scaly and slithery, long and legless, snakes are easy to recognize. ￫ scale
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○○○ shover ⪢⪢
That's when the dogs' owner runs out and pushes the big bear there off the wall with her own 2 hands. The bear shover is Hailey Morinico and she's just 17 years old.
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○○○ Don Carlos Pulido ⪢⪢
The next day is warm and sunny. Don Diego gets on his beautiful horse. He rides to Don Carlos Pulido's big hacienda.
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○○○ sob ⪢⪢
One day as the three gnomes were resting, they started hearing crying and sobbing. #pillow
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○○○ with ⪢⪢
He walked with the harpoon to the men and sat down on a barrel. #bookmark
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○○○ Pashtun ⪢⪢
The Pashtun people are the country's largest ethnic group followed by Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmeni, Balochs and several other smaller groups.
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○○○ thumbs up ⪢⪢
All right. I hope you find the lesson helpful. If you did, please be sure to give a thumbs-up and share the lesson with your friends and family that, you think, might find the information interesting or helpful. #bookmark
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○○○ traipse ⪢⪢
The drone also captured the elephants doing not so cute things like traipsing through crops and stealing food from local residents.
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○○○ arachnid ⪢⪢
Some examples of invertebrates are octopus and squid, insects, arachnids, starfish and sea urchins, jellyfish, crabs and lobsters, clams and many more creatures.
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○○○ snap ⪢⪢
But God was with Samson and Samson easily snapped the rope around his arms.
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○○○ epoch ⪢⪢
Over the rest of the Pleistocene epoch, the Rhino's range continued to grow and shrink in sync with global climate.
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○○○ pasta ⪢⪢
The bakery section also sells pasta, such as macaroni and spaghetti.
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○○○ mash ⪢⪢
We mashed the hard potatoes and served them for dinner.
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○○○ spit ⪢⪢
He emerged from the pool and spit water from his mouth.
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○○○ for now ⪢⪢
In sleep he sang to me. In dreams he came. That voice which calls to me and speaks my name. And do I dream again? For now I find the phantom of the opera is there inside my mind. #song #lyrics
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○○○ glitter ⪢⪢
There's a lady who is sure all it glitters is gold and she is buying a stairway to Heaven.
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○○○ Versailles ⪢⪢
And still we wait to see the day begin. Our time is wasting in the wind. Wondering why, wondering why, it echoes through the lonely palace of Versailles.
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○○○ take measures ⪢⪢
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov accuses Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky of inciting tensions with Russia and says the country will take measures to protect its diplomats. 2022-01-28 ￫ incite
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○○○ other than ⪢⪢
An animal that can and does defeat an adult male polar bear is, well, none other than another polar bear but bigger and stronger.
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○○○ crossing ⪢⪢
In Canada, the busiest border crossing with the U.S. opens after police arrested protesters and seized vehicles. But other protests continue against COVID-19 rules.
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○○○ 2022.03.02 ⪢⪢
While ordinary people stand ready to fight off their invaders on their home territory, the international community is offering support, weapons and sanctions against Russia hoping to get President Putin to back down.
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○○○ 2022.03.01 ⪢⪢
In Taiwan, a delegation of former U.S. defence and security officials arrives in Taipei for talks. China's foreign ministry denounces the visit.
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○○○ Boston Dynamics ⪢⪢
Developed by Boston Dynamics, the robot dog can accompany troops on missions and assist with tasks such as reconnaissance and surveillance.
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○○○ 1961.04 The United States made an attempt to remove Castro from power. ⪢⪢
The U.S. trained Cuban exiles who had escaped Castro by moving to Florida and supported them in an invasion of Cuba. This became known as "The Bay of Pigs Invasion". The invasion failed and Castro continued to tighten his grip over Cuba. ￫ exile
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○○○ 1962.08 ⪢⪢
The Cubans and Soviets began secretly establishing sites to launch nuclear missiles from Cuba. With the use of these missile bases, the Soviet Union could have first strike capability against the United States. ￫ site
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○○○ 1962.10.28 The crisis finally ended on October 28th, 1962 ⪢⪢
when President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev reached a secret agreement. The Soviets would remove their missile bases in Cuba and in exchange the U.S. would remove missile bases in Turkey which were close to the Soviet Union's borders.
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○○○ passage ⪢⪢
Russia announces a limited ceasefire and safe pathways for civilians to leave. But Ukraine says the passages only lead to Russia and Belarus. 2022-03-07
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○○○ government ⪢⪢
A central government that collects taxes and spends money and a central bank which is different from other buyers and sellers because it controls the amount of money and credit in the economy. #economy
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○○○ each ⪢⪢
In this example, we're asked to estimate the number of degrees each of the shaded figures has been rotated and state the direction of the rotation. #math
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○○○ catalogue ⪢⪢
Most of these artifacts and ancient settlements can be cataloged and understood by archeologists and scientists quite easily. #pillow
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○○○ argue ⪢⪢
The brother and sister argued about who won the game.
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○○○ explore ⪢⪢
He wants to explore the world and see new things.
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○○○ crush ⪢⪢
And South Korea's police chief takes "heavy responsibility" for failing to prevent the crushing deaths of 154 people during a street celebration Saturday in Seoul. 2022-11-01
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○○○ Waitomo Glowworm Caves ⪢⪢
Under 3 hours from Auckland, the Waitomo Glowworm Caves are an intricate system of caves, subterranean rivers and sink holes.
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○○○ thumb ⪢⪢
Allright. I hope you found the lesson helpful. If you did, please be sure to give a thumbs up and share the lesson with your friends or family that you think might find the information interesting or helpful. #bookmark
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○○○ Astraea and Dike ⪢⪢
Her daughters, Astraea and Dike, also represent justice and so they are also depicted holding a scale. ￫ Astrea, Astria
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○○○ Helios ⪢⪢
And she asked _____ , the Sun God, if he knew what had happened to Persephone. #bookmark #Greece
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○○○ one-off ⪢⪢
We've decided to combine one-off beasts and species. So let the monster mash begin.
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○○○ fleet ⪢⪢
The United States military operates a diverse fleet of helicopters for various missions including transport, attack, reconnaissance and search-and-rescue. #bookmark
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○○○ start you back on your way ⪢⪢
That's when someone came up to me And said, young man, take a walk up the street It's a place there called the Y.M.C.A They can _____ #lyrics
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○○○ in his eyes a flaming glow ⪢⪢
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, _____ Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear #lyrics
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○○○ Stand by your man ⪢⪢
Stand by your man Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to when nights are cold and lonely Stand by your man and tell the world you love him Keep giving all the love you can Stand by your man #lyrics
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○○○ determination ⪢⪢
In reality, this is a conflict about national liberation and self determination.
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○○○ honor ⪢⪢
That was the moment he began to hate donkeys and showed the willingness to see them killed in his _____ .
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○○○ Artemis ⪢⪢
He was a great hunter and so he had an excellent relationship with _____ , the goddess of hunting, who was particularly fond of him.
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○○○ precipitous ⪢⪢
It's known for its five distinctive peaks hosting _____ cliffs, tranquil temples and serene lookouts. #bookmark
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• 02 Addition and Subtraction
despise, inventory, anthropology, conceptualization, vendor, commutative, associative
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◌◌◌ Ethiopia
Amhar, Oromo, Amharic, Addis Ababa, Awash, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ogadan, Somali, barley, teff, Tana
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