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I keep posting new material to practice with the language.Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-85967462894845696022013-05-30T03:21:00.001+02:002013-05-30T03:28:36.521+02:00FILM REVIEWS<span style="color: #666666;">Listen to this review and answer the questions:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">9. When he says, "It didn't feel like it had any substance"... Why does he think like that?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">10. What's his opinion about the 3D?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">11. What does he say about Carey Mulligan?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">12. Does he recommend the movie?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">However, at the moment of offering, a knight from the Crusades came riding by on his white stallion. St George dismounted and drew his sword, protecting himself with the sign of the cross. He fought the dragon on foot and managed to slay the beast and saved the princess. The people of Silene were exceptionally grateful and abandoned their pagan beliefs to convert to Christianity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saint Patrick, who lived during the fifth century, is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of 16. He later escaped, but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to its people. In the centuries following Patrick's death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well known legend is that he explained the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock.<br /><br />Since around the ninth or 10th century, people in Ireland have been observing the Roman Catholic feast day of <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/who-was-saint-patrick" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">St. Patrick</a> on March 17. Interestingly, however, the first parade held to honor St. Patrick's Day took place not in Ireland but in the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/states" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">United States</a>. On March 17, 1762, Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through<a href="http://www.history.com/topics/new-york-city" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">New York City</a>. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as with fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One traditional symbol of Saint Patrick's Day is the Shamrock.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Shamrock" is the common name for several different kinds of three-leafed clovers native to Ireland.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shamrock was chosen Ireland's national emblem because of the legend that St. Patrick had used it to illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity. The Trinity is the idea that God is really three-in-one: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick demonstrated the meaning of the Three-in-One by picking a shamrock from the grass growing at his feet and showing it to his listeners. He told them that just as the shamrock is one leaf with three parts, God is one entity with three Persons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The name leprechaun comes from the old Irish word "luchorpan" which means "little body."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although it is not as recognizable as the shamrock, the harp is a widely used symbol. It appears on Irish coins, the presidential flag, state seals, uniforms, and official documents.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">O'Carolan was one of the most famous harpists, and many Irish melodies inspired by him still survive to this day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The word "Blarney" has come to mean nonsense or smooth flattering talk in almost any language. Tradition says that if you pay a visit to Blarney Castle in County Cork and kiss the Blarney Stone, you'll receive the gift of eloquence and powers of persuasion, a true master of the "gift of gab."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Blarney Stone is a stone set in the wall of the Blarney Castle tower in the Irish village of Blarney.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The castle was built in 1446 by Cormac Laidhiv McCarthy (Lord of Muskerry) -- its walls are 18 feet thick (necessary to stop attacks by Cromwellians and William III's troops). Thousands of tourists a year still visit the castle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The origins of the Blarney Stone's magical properties aren't clear, but one legend says that an old woman cast a spell on the stone to reward a king who had saved her from drowning. Kissing the stone while under the spell gave the king the ability to speak sweetly and convincingly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's difficult to reach the stone -- it's between the main castle wall and the parapet. Kissers have to lie on their back and bend backward (and downward), holding iron bars for support.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The world famous Blarney Stone is situated high up in the battlements of the castle. Follow one of the several long, stone spiral staircases up to the top and enjoy the spectacular views of the lush green Irish countryside, Blarney House and The Village of Blarney.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stone is believed to be half of the Stone of Scone which originally belonged to Scotland. Scottish Kings were crowned over the stone, because it was believed to have special powers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stone was given to Cormac McCarthy by Robert the Bruce in 1314 in return for his support in the Battle of Bannockburn.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One example of this is the Celtic Cross. Saint Patrick added the sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that the new symbol of Christianity would be more natural to the Irish.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the Julian calendar was created in 46 BC, the lunar calendar was replaced with a solar calendar and February became the month that could be shortened from 28 - 23 days. Thus making it the only month that had the possibility of having no full moon at all. Lupercalia continued to be celebrated on February 15th, (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">a period either proximate to or covering modern Valentine's Day)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit;"> regardless of the full moon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white;">The word <b>February</b> is born from the Latin word </span><i>Februarius</i><span style="background-color: white;">, from Latin </span><i>februare</i><span style="background-color: white;"> meaning to "purify" or "expiate." </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;">In ancient Rome, Februarius was the "Month of Purification" and great festivities were held to reestablish the empire's focus on righteous living.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #666666;">The celebration began at the Lupercal cave, where the wolf Lupa was said to have suckled the infants Romulus and Remus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goats are symbols of sexuality and fertility. One of the most lascivious of the gods was <b>Pan/Faunus</b>, represented as having horns and a caprine bottom half. Ovid (through whom we are chiefly familiar with the events of the Lupercalia) names him as the god of the Lupercalia. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julius Caesar, Father of Leap Year</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julius Caesar was behind the origin of leap year in 45 BC. The early Romans had a 355 day calendar and to keep festivals occurring around the same season each year a 22 or 23 day month was created every second year. Julius Caesar decided to simplify things and added days to different months of the year to create the 365 day calendar, the actual calculation were made by Caesar's astronomer, Sosigenes. Every fourth year following the 28th day of Februarius (February 29th) one day was to be added, making every fourth year a leap year.</span></span><br />
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Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-83265935232831984372013-02-04T20:35:00.000+01:002013-02-04T20:35:05.956+01:00SUPERSTITIONS<br />
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<strong>Do you believe in superstitions?</strong><br />Thousands of people believe in superstitions although a lot off people think of them as nonsense and not based on reason. Where does the word “superstition” come from? The word superstition comes from two Latin words: “Super’’ and “Stare”. Super means above and stare means to stand.</div>
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We know that the source of the superstitions is ignorance. Do you know anyone who does not have a superstition? Most of the people, more or less, believe in them. Even though they deny superstitions, they can not help believing in them. They are superstitious. Unfortunately, we have hundreds of superstitions. Superstitions are all around the world. They change from culture to culture and they have a big influence in our lives.</div>
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There are two types of superstition. Good luck superstitions and bad luck superstitions.</div>
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Some common superstitions around the world:</div>
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- If your right hand itches, you will earn money.</div>
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- If you find a four-leaf clover, you will have good luck.</div>
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- If you see a horseshoe which was lost, you will have good luck.</div>
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- If you throw rice on a new bride and groom, they will have so many children.</div>
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- If you dream about a white cat, you will have good luck.</div>
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- If you see a black cat which walks towards you, it brings you good luck.</div>
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- If your right ear itches, someone is speaking well of you.</div>
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- You can hang up garlic in your house for good luck.</div>
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- If you put a mirror just across the door, you will have good luck.</div>
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- If you put the sugar into the cup first, before the tea, you will have good luck.</div>
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- If you step on your shadow, it brings you good luck.</div>
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- If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn, you will have good luck all winter.</div>
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- If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in one blow, you will get whatever you want.</div>
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- If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, it brings you good luck all year.</div>
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- If a girl drinks salty water then goes to sleep, she will see her future husband in her dream.</div>
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- If you open an umbrella indoors, it brings you bad luck.</div>
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- If you whistle at night, a nightwalker will come to your home.</div>
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- When a cat sneezes three times indoors, it will rain in 24 hours.</div>
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- If you dream about a dog, you will have a lot of enemies.</div>
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- If you break a mirror, it will bring you seven years of bad luck.</div>
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- If an owl hoots in your garden, it brings you bad luck.</div>
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- If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck.</div>
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- If you kill an albatross, it brings you bad luck.</div>
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- If you sleep on a table, you will have bad luck.</div>
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- If a dog howls at night, death is near.</div>
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- If you see a bird that comes towards you, you will have bad luck.</div>
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- If you drop a dishcloth, you will have bad luck.</div>
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- If you eat from the pot, it will rain at your wedding ceremony.</div>
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- If you start a trip on Friday, you will meet misfortune.</div>
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<a href="http://www.wofs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=602:28.." target="_blank">28 superstitious taboos</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thegoodlifefrance.com/my-french-life-les-grigris-and-superstitions-of-france/" target="_blank">French superstitions </a><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">"My paternal grandmother was superstitious. My dad was born on January 13. One year, when he was still in grade school, his birthday fell on Friday. She wouldn't let him go to school that day for fear that something bad would happen to him. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">Interestingly enough, both of my parents were born on the 13th of the month. My dad's birthday was January 13, and my Mom's is September 13."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">"</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">When I was a kid folks used to say dogs drew lighting. So, every time there was a bad storm all the dogs got thrown outside."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">"</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">My family has a rather odd custom: on the first day of the month, we greet each other with the saying "Rabbits!" for good luck in the coming days.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">Apparently it's a custom handed down from my Irish grandmother on Mom's side (God rest their souls!)."</span></span>Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-79957307252634487532013-01-28T19:42:00.000+01:002013-01-31T10:20:49.137+01:00BICENTENARY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, BY JANE AUSTEN<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">On <b>28 January 1813</b>, </span><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pride and Prejudice</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> was published. 200 years later, we still can’t get enough of Jane Austen’s most famous novel. So what’s the big deal about Elizabeth and Darcy, anyway?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” </i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1265.Jane_Austen" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Jane Austen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3060926" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Pride and Prejudice</a></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.” </i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1265.Jane_Austen" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Jane Austen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3060926" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Pride and Prejudice</a></i>Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-56546275889635488832013-01-17T15:04:00.000+01:002013-01-17T15:24:01.046+01:00INTELLIGENCE TESTS ONLINE<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How smart are you really? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">An </span><b style="line-height: 19px;">intelligence quotient,</b><span style="line-height: 19px;"> or </span><b style="line-height: 19px;">IQ,</b><span style="line-height: 19px;"> is a score derived from one of several </span>standardized test<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> designed to assess </span>intelligence<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">dictatorial</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">inhibited</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">conceited</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">distrusting</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">unimaginative</span></span></div>
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Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-28790877054105024052012-12-12T21:06:00.000+01:002012-12-12T21:22:44.443+01:00POLLUTION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_pollution" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Noise pollution">Noise pollution</a>:- which encompasses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadway_noise" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Roadway noise">roadway noise</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_noise" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Aircraft noise">aircraft noise</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_noise" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Industrial noise">industrial noise</a> as well as high-intensity <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sonar">sonar</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_contamination" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Soil contamination">Soil contamination</a> occurs when chemicals are released by spill or underground leakage. Among the most significant <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_contaminant" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Soil contaminant">soil contaminants</a> are<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbon" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hydrocarbon">hydrocarbons</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metals" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Heavy metals">heavy metals</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBE" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="MTBE">MTBE</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution#cite_note-10" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicides" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Herbicides">herbicides</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticides" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pesticides">pesticides</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorinated_hydrocarbons" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chlorinated hydrocarbons">chlorinated hydrocarbons</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_contamination" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Radioactive contamination">Radioactive contamination</a>, resulting from 20th century activities in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_physics" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Atomic physics">atomic physics</a>, such as nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons research, manufacture and deployment. (See <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_emitter" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Alpha emitter">alpha emitters</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinides_in_the_environment" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Actinides in the environment">actinides in the environment</a>.)</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">It is essentially a harvest festival. It is a time characterized with lot of fun and frolic, gifting, family feasting, community praying... </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">It is a time to thank not only God for a bountiful harvest, but also your fellow for their continuous support and care.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parades, fetes and fairs, eating at restaurants, shopping are an inherent part of the festive celebration. Football game is closely associated with thanksgiving celebration in America. Football matches are organised every year to mark the occasion. Thanksgiving weekend is also the official beginning of the Christmas season in America.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout that first brutal winter, most of the colonists remained on board the ship, where they suffered from exposure, scurvy and outbreaks of contagious disease. Only half of the Mayflower’s original passengers and crew lived to see their first New England spring. In March, the remaining settlers moved ashore, where they received an astonishing visit from an Abenaki Indian who greeted them in English. Several days later, he returned with another Native American, Squanto, a member of the Pawtuxet tribe who had been kidnapped by an English sea captain and sold into slavery before escaping to London and returning to his homeland on an exploratory expedition. Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants. He also helped the settlers forge an alliance with the Wampanoag, a local tribe, which would endure for more than 50 years and tragically remains one of the sole examples of harmony between European colonists and Native Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between 1903 and 1908 there were seventy advancements made to the guard lines by the Japanese, but indigenous men in search of heads often came over or under the barrier at nightfall to lay waiting in ambush for unsuspecting victims. </span></div>
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Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-81722659314396561122012-11-12T21:26:00.001+01:002012-11-12T21:28:28.040+01:00FORMAL LETTERS<a href="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoWsajiLRVBQymYhX-Dx6ZbxRdcaqhDQ6_1xL9y-P2Yi56INcn" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoWsajiLRVBQymYhX-Dx6ZbxRdcaqhDQ6_1xL9y-P2Yi56INcn" width="400" /></a><a href="http://es.scribd.com/doc/23586568/Expressions-Formal-Letters" target="_blank">USEFUL EXPRESSIONS TO USE</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Could you please . . . I would be most grateful if you could . . . Please find enclosed a check for . . . I enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. I look forward to hearing from you soon. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I would be most grateful if you could . . . </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I apologize for the delay in replying to your letter but . . . </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Thank you for your letter of the 15 January. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Would it be possible to telephone me as soon as possible? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Would it be convenient if I arrived at 7 p.m.? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I look forward to meeting you at your earliest convenience. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I look forward to hearing from you soon. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">++ I would very much appreciate an early reply. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">May I suggest that we . . . </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">++ I regret that I am unable to attend . . . </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">+ Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I will send full particulars . . . </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">- I'd be grateful if you could . . . </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">- It would be nice if you could </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I'm sorry for not answering sooner, but . . . </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Thanks for your last letter. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Phone me as soon as possible. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Would it be alright if I came at 7 p.m.? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Looking forward to getting together again soon. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Please reply quickly. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It would be a good idea to . . . </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I'd be happy to attend . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">It was at this point in time that Che's life changed forever. Unable to watch Fulgencio Batista oppress the poor people of Cuba, Che Guevara left the medical profession and joined the forces of Fidel Castro. Castro and his forces which now included Che, crossed the Caribbean in 1956, in a treacherous journey aboard the yacht -Granma. The invading party landed and fought bravely to conquer The Sierra Maestra.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Gradually the battle in Cuba changed from one that was purely centered on the ouster of Batista to one that was concerned with the social and economic development of the country. Che wanted to cut down the landlords to size. He was a great believer in the Zapatista phrase "Land for those who work it." On October 7, 1959, Che became the director of the industrialization program of the National Agrarian Reform Institute.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">However he left the job a month later because he became the head of the National Bank of Cuba. Che realized that monetary funding was essential to the revolution. He began changing the banking system at a fundamental level. Che Guevara's greatest contribution was to implement controls over the foreign currency reserves held by Cuba.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Six years later in 1965, Che dropped out of public life completely. He was last seen after his return to Cuba from a tour to China, Egypt, Algeria, Ghana, and Congo. Initially there was great curiosity over the mystery of the missing second in command. It was learned later that he had resurfaced in Bolivia to lead the revolution against President René Barrientos. Guerrilla warfare commenced again in the jungles of Bolivia. But the Bolivian army was trained by foreign military experts. They were prepared for everything that Che had to throw at them.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Che Guevara was executed in Vallegrande. He was 39 years old. The circumstances surrounding his death have added to his mystique. He was taken to an old school house and was tied to a board. Che Guevara's alleged last words to the firing squad were "Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Over the years Che Guevara has been lionized in Latin America and immortalized all over the world. Che has been portrayed in the musical play, Evita where he is the narrator. A 1960s' photograph of his by the photographer Alberto Korda has become one of the most easily recognizable images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">It has become a symbol for freedom and liberty. There were many political parties that were started by similar minded idealists all over the world. These parties espoused Che's values but most of them have died natural deaths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Today, it has become cool to own a part of Che. It could be in the form of a T-shirt, cap, football or bumper car sticker. Not many people understand or even attempt to understand what he stood for but they know that being part of the Che cult is the thing to do.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Diplomatic</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Graceful</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Peaceful</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Idealistic</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Hospitable</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Superficial</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Vain</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Indecisive</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;">- Unreliable</span></div>
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Delia Borrego Bermejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180872829344376452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491352555906962293.post-57440258131321421492012-09-18T16:45:00.001+02:002012-09-27T17:20:34.286+02:00YOUR HANDWRITING AND YOU<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Handwriting Analysis is the study of relationship between handwriting and personality. Handwriting analysis can quickly reveal such factors as your character, emotions, intellect, creativity, social adjustment, your desires, fears, weaknesses, strengths and sexual appetite just to mention a few. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It saves you time in accurately finding out all about a person. Ask yourself how long does it take, for example, when befriending, living with one another, to really determine what he or she is really like? What would normally take weeks, months or even years, can be accomplished in only minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Furthermore handwriting analysis can aid in your business life. It is used in the hiring and promotion process. It can also help determine physical or mental ailments, drug or alcohol use and work style compatibility. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">A<b> Polo shirt</b> is a short with two or three buttons</span></span><span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">a casual short-sleeved cotton shirt with a collar and several buttons at the neck.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">A <b>Crop top</b> shows the belly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">A <b>Tube top</b> with no straps or sleeves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">A <b>Halter top</b> with a single strap around the neck.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">A <b>Turtleneck</b> is a</span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> top with close-fitting, round, and high collar that folds over and covers the neck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">A <b>Blouse </b>is a shirt with feminine appearance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Pullover</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> doesn't have buttons and can be worn with a collared shirt underneath.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Sweater</b> is usually worn alone and is also a pullover</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> (no buttons)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Jacket</b> is something you wear over your </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #366388;">clothes</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> to keep you warm.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Blazer</b> is a jacket resembling a suit cut more casually.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>sweatshirt</b> is a printed version of a sweater, only cheap.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Coat</b> you wear when it's cold and over your clothes-heavier than the jacket (Jacket-fall, Coat-winter)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Raincoat</b> is a coat for the rain.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Furcoat</b> is a coat made of furry animal hides.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>jumper</b> is many different things. Mainly a one piece that men wear to work on cars in the cold (full legs and arms and body). In Am. English it is a sleeveless dress.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Jersey</b> can either be a cardigan with a "college name" or a jacket with the same.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A <b>Cardigan</b> is a V neck sweater with buttons that you wear with a nice shirt matching underneath.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A </span><span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><b>Tuxedo</b> is<i> </i></span><span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">a man's dinner jacket. (</span><span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">N. Amer)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b>Jumpsuit</b> is<b> </b></span></span><span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">a garment incorporating trousers and a sleeved top in one piece.</span></div>
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<li><b>anklet</b> is <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">a decorative chain or band worn round an ankle. / </span><span class="la" style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px;"><span class="ge" title="Geography">N. Amer.</span> </span><span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">an ankle sock.</span></li>
<li><b>bangle</b> is <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">an ornamental band worn on the arm.</span></li>
<li><b>bead</b> is <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">a small, rounded piece of glass, stone, plastic, etc., perforated and typically threaded in a string with others to make a necklace or rosary.</span></li>
<li><b>bracelet</b></li>
<li><b>brooch, pin</b></li>
<li><b>clip-on earrings</b></li>
<li><b>cufflinks</b> is <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">a device for fastening together the sides of a shirt cuff,</span></li>
<li><b>earrings</b></li>
<li><b>hair clip</b></li>
<li><b>hoop earrings</b> are <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> rigid circular bands used as earrings</span></li>
<li><b>necklace</b></li>
<li><b>pendant</b> is <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">a piece of jewellery that hangs from a necklace chain.</span></li>
<li><b>pocket watch</b></li>
<li><b>ring</b></li>
<li><b>scarf clip</b></li>
<li><b>stud earrings</b> are <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> small pieces of jewellery which are pushed through a pierced ear or nostril.</span></li>
<li><b>tie pin</b></li>
<li><b>watch</b></li>
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