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Sleeping more than eight hours a day is good for the health, or is it bad? Sleep is like death.  Our eyes are closed, our nervous system is inactive. Our muscles... even our consciousness is not available. It is comparable to death, or am I mistake

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The anger of nature

We are approaching the end of twenty-twenty-three, but nature seems angry. Look at the Hawaii volcano in Kilauea spurting or shooting lava fountains into the air. The earthquake in Morocco. And hurricane Daniel in Libya and other neighboring countrie

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Palindromes

Do you know what palindromes are? They are the words or even phrases which you can read both sides: pop, pip, tat, radar, level, civic, madam, refer, rotator,etc. Now, sir, a war is won. Dennis and Edna sinned. Mad? Am I, madam? Adam, I'm Ada. Poor D

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Homonyms

Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings.

Therefore is the rest of a sentence important that makes us understand the whole sentence.

Some examples:
arm
I hold the baby on my arm.
It’s important to arm yo

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New Year's Traditions

Do you have any special traditions for the New Year?

Here in the US South, there are certain food that people eat on the first day of the new year: Black eyed Peas, pork and cabbage or greens.  All of them symbolize some aspect of good fortune for the

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Let's speak English

Hi everyone. My name is Majid, an electrical engineer. I'm a new member and looking for a partner to improve my English speaking skills regardless of language level. I use English both for informal conversations and for business. It's my honor and pr

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Which one is correct? 1. The plane will take off in 5 minutes. 2. The plane will be taking off in 5 minutes. 3. The plane is going to take off in 5 minutes. 4. The plane is taking off in 5 minutes.

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