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Source: Chicken Soup for the Soul The Greyhound bus has never failed to be anything less than interesting every time I have taken a ride. The bus is always full of characters. The stops are never ending, the people are never shy and the atmosphere is never dull. I understand that "never fail...

Source: Cambridge FCE listening exam paper: Interviewer: When we watch a great 100 metre race on television, part of the excitement comes from the skill of the person describing the action. Well, today we have the athletics commentator Paul Murphy with us. How did you start commentating,Paul...

Source: Chicago Tribune By Howard Reich Coltrane's devotion reached its peak with the masterpiece album "A Love Supreme," with Tyner at the piano. The recording gave Tyner a measure of jazz immortality. What does "give sb. a measure of " mean? Could you help paraphrase it? Thanks very...

Source: my textbook So many French words slowly entered into the English language. Is "into" unnecessary here? Thanks for your help! Jason

Source: 28 seconds into the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hal0Ye1tvZU This is the moment Dizzy, the cocker spaniel, was reunited with her owner after more than 30 hours missing. Is this sentence natural? I thought "missing" is adjective? Thanks for your help! Jason

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fairy-garden-sparks-a-friendship-between-strangers/ The next day, a 4-year-old girl named Eliana wrote back. It was the first exchange in what has evolved into a remarkable friendship — nine months of letters and presents and glitter galore. They exchanged...

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-pandemic-many-reflect-on-what-to-be-thankful-for/ "What can we possibly be thankful for in 2020?" When I posed that question to my kids, I got crickets. What does "got crickets" mean? Thanks for your help! Jason

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/father-and-son-determined-to-help-the-homeless/ar-BBZgR98 John Hansen and his 10-year-old son Chase search the streets of Salt Lake City every weekend for the perfect person to take to lunch. Their only requirement is that the person is...

Source: school exam papers! TRAIL SAFE! is a unique safety training program designed specifically for National Park Service (NPS) Trail Volunteers, but is useful to everyone! It’s based upon NPS Operational Leadership Training, where the human factor of safety is explored. TRAIL SAFE! captures...

Source: https://chatsworthconsulting.com/2020/09/15/an-attitude-of-hope-2/ The other day I was interviewed by a reporter who was writing an article about how best to find a job after being laid off by. We talked about many specific skills and tasks, and then we hit what I believe to be, in many...

Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqyhgQYEGpY At 0:15, I hear "The Japanese man has had his entry ticket in hand since March but no thanks to the global health crisis he's also been stranded in a town close to the ruins since then." Is it right? What does "no thanks to" mean here...

Source: https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/american-poet-louise-gluck-wins-nobel-literature-prize-1020165.html "This is a great resource when Gluck treats one of our great topics, radical change, where the leap forward is made from a deep sense of loss.” Can any native teacher help me...

Source: my own short essay "I came to believe I would spend a lovely time in the new leg of my life journey." I want to use "this new leg of life journey" to refer to my high school years. Is this sentence natural from a native's point of view? If yes, is "in" correctly used here? Thanks for...

Source: daily express newspaper He looks and sounds a little frail. It simply makes his plea all the more emotional. But don’t be led by the heart. Sir David is backed by a consensus of 500 scientists who have reported to the UN that we are facing a “disaster” and that we need action now. Is...

Source: a novel by Agatha Christie "Canon Parfitt panted a little. Running for trains was not much of a business for a man of his age." Is "not much of a business" a common idiom? Does it mean " difficult"? Thanks! Jason