◎◎◎ dead zone ⪢⪢
You probably know what a _____ is. It's a place with no cellphone or wireless coverage.
But the term isn't in the printed dictionary yet. It probably will be some day soon.
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• but ⪢⪢
The intelligence report due to the Congress later this month
but without clear conclusions it may leave the public
but more questions than answers.
#pronunciation
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○○○ Kathy Larsen ⪢⪢
This song was written by Bart Howard in 1954. And it was first name, 'In Other Words', and for some reason it didn't take off at all.
But in 1962 it was renamed the first five words of the lyric, 'fly me to the moon'. And it was an overnight success.
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○○○ would ⪢⪢
His heart _____ soften when he saw Persephone and he was amazed by her youth and her beauty and her freshness. He asked Demeter to marry Persephone
but Demeter said that that _____ never happen.
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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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• Kim Jung-un
Kim Jung-un's abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. War is never something the United States wants. We don't want it now.
But our country's patience is not unlimited.
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• Leonard Susskind
The space itself may be more than three dimensions.
But we can't visualize more dimensions. The architecture of the brain itself is evolved in the world of three dimensions. We only describe more dimensions by pure mathematics.
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○○○ I look to the sea. ⪢⪢
Reflections in the waves spark my memories, some happy some sad.
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had.
We live happily forever so the story goes.
But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold.
And we'll try best that we can to carry on.
#song
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○○○ James Clerk Maxwell ⪢⪢
Figures like Newton and Huygens worked with light in the 17th century
but a more sophisticated description of light which we call classical electromagnetism was developed largely by James Clerk Maxwell in the 19th century.
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○○○ break ⪢⪢
How can I say to you.
I love somebody new.
You were so good to me always.
And when I see your eyes, I can't go on with love.
It will _____ your heart
but I just can't hide it.
Oh, no.
#song
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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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○○○ ahead ⪢⪢
Our first discovery is one that archeologists know the function of
but we can't imagine how the Roman's were able to come up with something so many centuries ahead of its time.
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○○○ petrify ⪢⪢
At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.
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
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○○○ mythology ⪢⪢
Most myths have supernatural beings or events. Greek mythology is the most popular and influential
but many cultures around the world had their own tales and stories.
#quote
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○○○ fandango ⪢⪢
We skipped the light _____. Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.
I was feeling kinda seasick.
But the crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder. As the ceiling flew away. #song
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○○○ Sunday ⪢⪢
In ancient Latin Sunday was Dies Solis for the Sun God
but in 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.
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○○○ all but guaranteed ⪢⪢
A trip to the Bahamas is all
but guaranteed to satisfy your desire for the quintessential Caribbean experience. White sand beaches, palm trees swaying in the breeze, it's like something right off a postcard.
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○○○ Tuesday ⪢⪢
Tuesday is Mars day.
But the Anglo-saxons had their own sky god of war named Tiw or Tyr in Norse Mythology known as the one-handed war god (due to his hand having been bitten off by a wolf).
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○○○ Friday ⪢⪢
And Friday. Well, the only planet left is Venus, goddess of love. The Anglo-Saxen goddess of love was Frigg and this is her day.
But whether Venus or Frigg day, everybody loves it.
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○○○ Monday ⪢⪢
Monday is moon day. Roman mythology had the moon goddess Luna which why French has Lundi, Spanish Lunes,
but here English substituted it with its own old English word for moon, Mona.
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○○○ duffel bag ⪢⪢
It's 5:40 AM. Chilling surveillance video shows Sam Cassidy leaving for work like any other day
but this isn't like any other day. He is carrying 2 semi-automatic handguns and 100 rounds of ammunition in the duffel bag. #pronunciation
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○○○ expect ⪢⪢
Now if a is greater than 0 and b was greater than 1, then we can expect the graph to look something like this. If a is greater than 0 and b is greater than 0
but less than 1, then the graph will look something like this.
#math
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○○○ 0850 ± ⪢⪢
During the 9th century, Scandinavia in northern Europe is populated by, among others, the Vikings, excellent sailors who explore in all directions to plunder
but also to develope trade routes.
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○○○ vestal ⪢⪢
She said, 'There is no reason'. And the truth is plain to see.
But I wandered through my playing cards.
And would not let her be.
One of sixteen _____ virgins. Who were leaving for the coast. #song
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○○○ catch up ⪢⪢
Whether we can oneday know everything, there is to know, we can't yet say.
But we already know more than enough to keep you busy catching up for a while. So let's learn some physics.
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○○○ traitor ⪢⪢
A typical day in wild Tanzania, lioness stalks baboon.
But nothing is quite as it seems. These baboons are not the prey. They become traitors, ready to sacrifice the lives of others to survive.
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○○○ hypersonic ⪢⪢
U.S. officials now believe the objects are mostly likely not secret U.S. technology
but they worry they could be advanced systems by another country, potentially Russia or China, both known to test hypersonic systems.
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○○○ Erik ⪢⪢
The voice belonged not to an angel
but to Erik, a strange musical genius who had forever been living in opera and was also called the phantom of the opera by the opera patrons.
→ patron #fairy
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○○○ gulp ⪢⪢
But if that doesn't work, like if there is not enough oxygen in the water, the axolotl has a backup, fully functional lungs. It can use to gulp air from the surface. These organs are evolutionary leftovers from when its ancestors lived on land.
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○○○ bust ⪢⪢
A woman is in handcuffs busted by two law enforcement officers.
But you may be surprised at the charge. Her offense; she was walking her two dogs off leash. #pronunciation
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○○○ lurk ⪢⪢
A coati kitten just 6 weeks old. The time has come for it to leave the safety of the canopy
but danger lurks down there, hungry bush dogs and a spider with venom that will kill.
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○○○ Hippasus ⪢⪢
Like many heros of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods.
But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual?
#pronunciation
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○○○ hold out ⪢⪢
Suddenly it seems plant-based meat is everywhere, grocery stores, sit down restaurants even fast food chains
but perhaps the world's most famous fast food chain is holding out.
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○○○ Bonaparte ⪢⪢
Inside the midnight councils, the lamps are burning low on you sit and talk all through the night
but there's just no place to go.
And Bonaparte is coming with his army from the south.
Marat, your days are numbered and we live hand to mouth. #song
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○○○ subscribe ⪢⪢
If this is your first time here, don't forget to click the red subscribe
button below and at some point during the video give me a thumbs up if this video is helping you learn English.
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○○○ disruption ⪢⪢
The result was only temporary though RT confirmed the distri
buted disruption of service on Twitter
but said it repelled the hit on its servers. The site is back up and running.
2022-02-26
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○○○ 1962-10-25 ⪢⪢
On October 25th, the blockade was challenged for the first time. Soviet ships approached the quarantine zone
but American ships held their ground. The Soviet vessels were forced to turn back and the blockade continued.
→ hold one's ground
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