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Have you ever known someone who never seemed to be able to keep a job? Everyone loves a funny guy, but not everybody appreciates sarcasm. Let’s drop in on a young New Yorker who, inexplicably, just keeps getting fired.
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USA
Rachel's English: For some people, "s" and "sh" sound the same. As Rachel explains, the positions for these two sounds are quite different. Learn the difference in tongue and lip position, and practice with minimal pairs.
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United Kingdom
Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish rock band, formed in 2002. "Right Action" is the lead single from their album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action."
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Karate world champion, West End star, BRIT Award nominee... Anne-Marie is a woman of many talents. Here, she teams up with KSI and Digital Farm Animals for a song about a relationship that is going through a rough patch, and whether it can be saved.
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USA
Pop legends Sting, Bryan Adams, and Rod Stewart come together to sing this ballad "All For Love."
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USA
The First Lady welcomes the first act in an evening of poetry, music and spoken word at the White House. Pianist ELEW and bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding kick off the evening with an instrumental jazz fusion performance. Enjoy!
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USA
Writer Ayelet Waldman and her Pulitzer Prize-winning husband Michael Chabon share their White House Talk at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
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Beginner
USA
"D" is a voiced consonant that sounds a bit different depending on its context in a word or sentence.
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Beginner
United Kingdom
Russia is gearing up to host the 2018 World Cup. Sarah Rainsford and Steve Rosenberg, the BBC’s Moscow correspondents, take us on a tour of Sochi, Volgograd, and Saransk, where we can see the stadiums that have been constructed and get a sense of each town.
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We continue our tour of Russian cities hosting the 2018 World Cup. We're taken to Kazan, Rostov, and Ekaterinburg.
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This video explores three more venues for the 2018 World Cup: Samara, St. Petersburg, and Kaliningrad. Aside from the arenas, Stalin's bunker, the Hermitage museum, and the beach are spotlighted attractions.
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United Kingdom
In final segment of this BBC series, we visit two more cities hosting the World Cup: Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow.
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Beginner
USA
The song "Don't let me down" featuring Daya is from the album Collage by electronic duo The Chainsmokers. She sings about her fear of being let down at the wrong moment by the person she needs the most.
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Beginner
USA
Caralie is at Annie’s apartment and they are chatting. They don’t know each other very well so they are curious about what the other person is like.
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Beginner
USA
Caralie and Annie continue their conversation and cover two topics. In the first segment they discuss the weather where they live. In the second they talk about their favorite neighborhoods in New York City.
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