How to Avoid Competition

Comic Strip What the Duck How to Avoid Competition

[slickquiz id=4] Transcript Nice camera. I’m thinking about getting into photography too. Look, your photos suck. You have no sense of composition. You lack any understanding of lighting. And I’ve seen better pictures come from the D.M.V. What’s all that about? Job security. Vocabulary Avoid (v.): to stay away from…

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US Politics: Blame Game

[slickquiz id=3] Transcript Box 1: 22% of Americans blame the Democrats for the sequester. Box 2: 28% blame the Republicans. Box 3: … and 37% blame both parties. Box 4: But, since American has a two-party system, both parties will keep getting voted in. Context and Vocabulary Political Parties in…

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Mistake Realities: Bored vs. Boring

Mistake Realities: Bored vs. Boring.

  [slickquiz id=2] Transcript Box 1: [Anne’s friend:] Hi, Anne, how are you doing? [Anne:] Ah… (sigh) With all these classes, I’m becoming so boring. Box 3: [Anne’s friend:] Um… Yeah, I agree. See you. Box 3: [Anne:] Wait! I meant I’m becoming so bored! Vocabulary Sigh (n.) /saɪ/ to…

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Funny Breathtaking Picture!

Photo a of breast taking an eye = An eye inspiring breast taking photo?

  Photo Description: An eye inspiring breast taking photo. Vocabulary Awe (n.)  /ɔː/ a feeling of great respect and sometimes fear. Inspiring (adj.) /ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ/ giving you new ideas and making you feel you want to do something. Awe-inspiring (adj) /ɔː ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ/ arousing awe through being impressive, formidable, or magnificent. Breast…

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Watches: Regular Watch? Smart Watch? Or none?

  [slickquiz id=1]     Transcript Regular Watches… Smart Watches Brief, glorious period in which our wrists were free Vocabulary Smart adj. /smɑːt/ It usually means: intelligent or clever. But if you talk about a machine, a phone (you have probably heard of “Smartphones”) it means that it uses advanced…

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