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casuistry: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Dictionary.com Word of the Day - 3 hours 20 min ago
casuistry: specious or deceptive reasoning, esp. in questions of morality.

Economics Report (2010-07-30)

VOA Special English - 30 July 2010 - 1:46am
4 Minute Feature from VOA Special English

American Mosaic (2010-07-29)

VOA Special English - 30 July 2010 - 12:02am
15 Minute Feature from VOA Special English

Scotland has a serious drink problem

Spotlight - 29 July 2010 - 11:14pm

Scots are drinking far more than people in the rest of the UK. Figures from NHS Health Scotland show that adults bought 24 per cent more alcohol than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland — the equivalent of 100 extra pints of beer each a year.

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naivety

Spotlight - 29 July 2010 - 11:14pm

"I was shocked by his naivety and ignorance of international affairs."

transmogrify

OALD Word Of The Day - 29 July 2010 - 6:32pm
transmogrify: to change somebody/something completely...

BE360 – Tips for your First Job Interview: Difficult Questions

BusinessEnglishPod - 29 July 2010 - 5:03pm

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 – the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English.

This is the fourth and final part in our 360 series on your first job interview. Today we’re going to tackle a few of those really tough questions that interviewers like to ask.

Getting ready. That’s the key. You need to spend time preparing for your interview and crafting good answers to the questions you’re going to face. I’ll go through five common ‘difficult questions’ today and you can prepare your answers.



6 Minute English

BBC Learning English - 29 July 2010 - 3:00pm
Is there a good and a bad smile? Yvonne and Kate discuss their own smiles and agree that Yvonne probably has what is called 'the enthusiast'. But is this a good thing? 6 Minute English, 29 July 2010

fulsome

Wordsmith.org Today's Word - 29 July 2010 - 10:00am
1. Effusive; lavish. 2. Excessive to the point of being offensive.

English for the Food Service Industry

About.com English as 2nd language - 29 July 2010 - 8:38am

This resource takes the approach of providing essential English skills for specific industries - in this case for the food service industry. It provides examples of phrases that will be necessary and links to grammar resources to help study the forms.

English for the Food Service Industry originally appeared on About.com English as 2nd Language on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 07:38:42.

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busticate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Dictionary.com Word of the Day - 29 July 2010 - 8:00am
busticate: to break into pieces.

One of these will help you to remember difficult things…

Spotlight - 29 July 2010 - 5:47am
* an anagram * a mnemonic * a metaphor * an algorithm

Bond is dead, Blomkvist lives

Spotlight - 29 July 2010 - 5:12am

"Stieg Larsson has sold more than a million e-books"

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Education Report (2010-07-29)

VOA Special English - 29 July 2010 - 1:46am
4 Minute Feature from VOA Special English

Education Report (2010-07-29)

VOA Special English - 29 July 2010 - 1:46am
4 Minute Feature from VOA Special English(author unknown)

The Making of a Nation (2010-07-28)

VOA Special English - 29 July 2010 - 12:02am
15 Minute Feature from VOA Special English

The Making of a Nation (2010-07-28)

VOA Special English - 29 July 2010 - 12:02am
15 Minute Feature from VOA Special English(author unknown)

surmount

Spotlight - 28 July 2010 - 11:14pm

"I soon realized I had to surmount the language barrier if I wanted to get a good job."

sunflower

OALD Word Of The Day - 28 July 2010 - 6:32pm
sunflower: a very tall plant with large yellow...

Passenger plane crashes in Pakistan

BBC Learning English - 28 July 2010 - 12:16pm
A passenger plane with more than a hundred and fifty people on board has crashed as it was coming in to land at Islamabad airport. The plane came down in torrential rain in the Margalla hills overlooking the capital. Words in the News, 28 July 2010
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