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I suggest laying off everybody starting from Monday next week.

Could you not count the change, it's trifling.

Yeah, I was dismissed from my previous job due to a hangover.

Hey man, don't wear this t-shirt. It's blatant.

He always prides himself on being an actor.

We have to pay more regard to our family.

After the shelling, everything fell silent.

In the US everybody is addicted to mortgages and loans. Thank God, we are from Europe.

They all were kicked to the curb after a messy party.

I mucked everything up again. Please forgive me and I'm gonna give you the money.

As I heard, Twitter management scrambled to rehire some of the workers.

Too many lawsuits were filed against us. How do you think we can stop being accused of every sin in the world?

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In 10 years, I see Ukraine as a developed and modern state. Until that time, all reforms will have to be implemented. I hope next autumn justice reform will be underway. It's one of the crucial things we will have done in a couple of years. But first of all, we need to win the war. The renovation process will start after the victory, and a lot of work will have to be done until next winter.
Ukraine in 10 years will be one of the countries that conduct the new world. So we all Ukrainians will have to be prepared to figure out solutions not only for our internal issues but also global.

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This work is part of its distinctive style of Kahlo. Firstly you see Frida herself. Or two Fridas next to each other.  That's an inherent part of her works. This painting describes the life of Frida which is full of pain and suffering. She liked to draw herself with wounds on a hospital couch.  As usual, this piece is full of melancholic and cozy colors. At the same time, it remains minimalistic and straightforward.

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Where have you been? I was longing for seeing you the whole time.

I jetted off to Madrid and then by train to Milan. And now I'm here.

I lap up every opportunity to get rid of stupid thoughts.

C'mon, let's lounge around for a while.

I didn't use to luxuriate in fancy hotels, but now I'm ready to spend all my money there, playing roulette and having calvados the whole week.

I hate to be around people who jabber away all the time while I'm working. I need silence.

Your problems are mounting up so quickly. Could you stop doing it for a while?

Last week I was lumbered with routine work, so I forgot to call him and repeat our demands.

Quite a good book, I've just leafed it through.

I was mulling over your inquiry the whole month, and I believe you are right.

We have to muster up all our strength and expel these fckn bustards from our land.

wait a minute, It was me who mopped around last weekend, not you.

Do you want to merge your company into ours?

We have no other choice but to last out this winter, no matter what.

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This monument is dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers.

Our meeting is underway, please hurry up.

She has glasses. I presume she is a brainy person.

I didn't query him about the last job interview, because he looked awful.

I'm happy to pick your brain, master.

Everything is ending, but memories remain.

Rebeca was astonished by the Ukrainian army's offensive in the North.

How can't you see it? He is brainwashing you.

He came out as a winner in this game.

I had you all the time on my brain.

I don't digest those shitty books.

I just had a brainwave. Let's go to the bar and I'll tell you.

This storage has too small capacity for our products.

Dogs have hundred of species.

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What do you think the potential implications of melding our minds with machines might be?

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What do you think the potential implications of melding our minds with machines might be?

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It's hard to predict all aftermaths of melding the human mind with machines. As usual, there are pros and cons.

Pros:
— It could help people who have problems with speaking, hearing, or seeing. Machines can decode brain activity and help such people to communicate.
— It could help to better understand how the brain works and assist during surgeries and different kinds of research.
— Many people have brain issues, so I believe it could help them to live a better life and control unwanted brain activity.

Cons:
— The line between helping people and using brains for other aims is thin. Such the  a possibility to read people's brains can be used to control them and it can have terrible aftermath. We can see how easy it is to manipulate people in russia using the TV. If such governments could have had more influence on brains, I have no doubt, they could do that.

Thus, there is no unambiguously answer on this topic.

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I haven't been outside Lviv a lot for the last four months. So the trip to Kyiv was a good opportunity to dispel. Even though it was a business trip I enjoyed all 5 days in Kyiv. Despite heat all day it was nice to have an evening walk through such familiar streets. dog days
I met some friends and we had coffee and dinner together.
It was also interesting to compare how the Kyivans have changed their attitude to war from April till now. Now Kyiv looks more like Lviv, crowds of people sit at the restaurant and coffee shops, and enjoy life and weather. I saw less military and Police than in previous time.
Unfortunately, I hadn't chance to see the Dnipro river and Trukhaniv island.

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Hybrid work conditions look good at the first glance view. But there are clear downsides. For instance, employees need to keep a pulse on relation ships with team members and also leaders. The study shows, that employees who visit an office rarely — are less likely to be promoted. And it doesn't depend only on buttering up the boss, but also on simple factors such as employees' remote achievements and remote hard work which are undervalued.

(We don't use '-' in English often. It's rather exclusive cases. Punctuation rules are much simpler than the Ukrainian ones.)

The employees who spend more time in the office can build stronger connections in a company.

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First of all, you need to find places where to go in Tanzania. Because the country is vast and distances are far.

If it's your first time in central Africa (as it were was for us) you need to plan more time to for "acclimatization".
You also need to be aware of all hazards that could be happen/come up/appear on during a trip (or 'on your way').
General safety — you need to check all cautions and tips on which regions, cities, or situations to avoid.  Health precautions include being aware of malaria illness (and others) and deciding on all precautions methods, like drugs (maybe first aid kit drugs?), repellents, and mosquito nets. (what other synonyms to precaution? - safety measures, protection, insurance)

The easiest way to travel through Tanzania is by plane. But at the same time, it is the most expensive one. There are also affordable and comfortable busses, but we didn't find the possibility to buy tickets online. We found the local ticket offices in Dar es Sallam (the biggest Tanzanian city) with help of our hotel's staff.
We didn't like Dar because of the size of the city, noise, rubbish on the streets, and tips from travel bloggers to be especially cautious(careful as an option) there.
But there is the good news about this city — you can use your Bolt or Uber app to find a taxi. The price is affordable and you can be calmer about your safety.

Food. We always ate in clean places, many times in cafes or restaurants in the hotels. Locals do not pay a lot of attention to hygiene — so you need to find a place where staff is responsible and where other tourists also are.

Safari. When we looked at the safari prices on the internet we were astonished — they are huge. So the good advice is to go to Moshi or Arusha and where to find local companies there and negotiate prices directly. Tanzanians are ready to bargain and lower the price.

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I finished this exercise much better. Practice makes perfect

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I made a lot of mistakes, I think, because of tiredness. 

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If I had one day left to live, I would be the whole day on a nature.

I would do nothing if I found 10$ on the street.

If I could have dinner with the famous actor, I choose Tom Hanks.

If I could change my appearance, I would alter my nails.

If I could have any job I would be a scientist.

If I was prime minister I would change national economy approaches.

If I had one special ability I would have a screwdriver installed in my hand.

If I had time I would learn the Spanish language.

If I could meet one historical person, I would meet with my grand grandfather.

If I could change nationality, I would become a martian.

If I found the diamond ring in the street I would write a message with my number and leave it near this place.

If I saw someone shoplifting, I would say louder "don't do this"

If I didn't have to work next week, I would finish my other tasks. The cruel essential of life...

If could speak English perfectly, I would build a wider network abroad.

If I had a choice, I would rather give up of cell phone.

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Holidays are always a special time and we are waiting for them. Marichka and I are expecting guests from abroad. We are going to show them Ukrainian Christmas traditions. Perhaps we'll go to the Carpathians for a day or a few — we'll see.
It is going to be in January, but before that, we are going to celebrate New 2022 year with our friends. We don't have any specific plans for this and I like this way of celebrating without any rush.
On New Year's eve, I will review my previous goals and probably set new intentions. It's not because New year is something magic and will help me to achieve it. It's because I will have enough time — free of work routine.

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I chose these two pictures. I don't know why I have chosen exactly these photographs. Sometimes it can be chosen accidentally, but photography is always about feelings.

The first picture was shot by Emilio Morenatti, a famous and experienced photographer from Spain. When I first time looked at it, I was fascinated by color and shapes. This building in the center of photo stands out because of color of window. The whole building looks tiny and toylike. This picture draws a lot of attention to itself because you need time to understand: it is a real world or fantasy.

The second picture is also amazing. The photographer got rid of any disturbing objects and focused on old woman. He put her in the center of picture and fire on the background. what is common for these two pictures — the color which covered whole of the picture. On the first photograph — sand and pale yellow color and orange on the second one.
Black dress of the woman makes a big spot and accent. Photographer tries to emphasize a horror of this situation by putting this old lady in the middle of picture and also in the middle of realising the fires problems.

I like pictures like this two because they are minimalist and modest.

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Second exercises / 80%.

3. You ______ too much time playing that stupid game!

a. 've spent
correct

b. 've spending

c. 've been spending
wrong

➪ We use the present perfect simple when we talk about how many things or how much of something we have done (have spent too much time), because we are focusing on the completion of the action

10. We ______ this TV for ages. I think it's time to buy a new one.

a. have

b. 've had
correct

c. 've been having
wrong

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➪ We can use both the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuouswith how long, for, since, recently to talk about how long a situation has lasted: situations that started in the past and still continue.
➪ We can only use the present perfect simple with stative verbs. Have is a stative verb

Exercise 3

You have completed this test.

Correct answers: 16/20.

Your score is 80.00%.

Check your answers:

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I can't remember when I first time encountered turbulence. Perhaps my previous flights were going only through slight buffeting. I'm not afraid of my plane can be hit by turbulence. I always try to look at /observe how the cabin crew behaves. All the time they are calm and it's a good strategy even if your plane can face/encounter some emergency.  I realise also that I have not so many options in the sky)

I have heard a scary story about a plane incident in London from one of the witnesses. Shortly after their plane had taken off, the pilot announced a problem with the chassis. They circled in the air near London airport for hours to empty fuel tanks. At the same time, emergency workers evacuated all people from the airport and were prepared for landing.

This witness told about people's behaviour in these hours above London: some of them were crying and were saying goodbye to life, some of them were sitting still. Fortunately, this story had a happy ending.

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It's story about my first flight. It was autumn. The sun was shining and the weather was pretty warm. I got to the old Lviv airport by marshrutka in the morning. where my friends had already been there and we went inside the old terminal. I met some acquaintances that waited had been waiting for the same flight.
It was time when not so many flights were flying from Lviv. If I remember good well, it there were only three low cost directions — Dortmund, Venice and Milan.
I remember my feelings well: the plane was started to take off and in the few minutes we were flying through the clouds. It was amazing to see the earth from the sky. I had been watching the whole flight through the window before we landed. (It took you some time -> perf.cont)
I also remember my first thoughts in Amsterdam. I woke up in my bed in Lviv, I went to airport by marshrutka and I rode a bike in Amsterdam in the evening that same day.

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I wish nobody found us. It was such amazing adventure. If only cola was here. And pancakes also. And TV with international channels.
Why we haven't bought yacht already? Gosh, we don't have money. I wish I thought about cola more. If only we found island with gold. I'd rather stay here than turn back to my daily life. I wish I had cola and to fell asleep....
[Snoring]
One of wishes has done already.

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First of all, you should check where is the closest Airport with low cost flights. Then you should find destination that you are interested in. You have to buy tickets long before if you want to save your money. You should also check the prices for accommodation because it's the second most expensive thing after tickets. Moreover, you have to book your place of stay long before also.
There are many websites where you should go through all the travel advice for each city.
Oh, by the way, don't forget all documents. You have to have Covid vaccine certificate or PCR-test. Otherwise you'll have a lot of problems. After all of this "bureaucracy stuff" you should plan your trip — what to see, where to go. You should also check the possibility to buy tickets to museums and sightseeing places in advance to spare some money.
Good luck! Send me some pictures from your journey!

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I wish I was more confident.
If only Marichka stopped working so much.
If only I hadn't paid so much attention to others thoughts about myself.
I wish I hadn't said about my english writing experience in a job interview.

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Vocabulary: Differences between travel, journey, trip, voyage and tour

The Summer holidays are around the corner so it is definitely a good time to post an article on my blog explaining the difference between all these words.

Travel, journey, trip, voyage and tour can be easily confused by all those students learning English, so below are clear explanations of how to use the 5 terms:

Travel:

The word travel is used to talk about the act of travelling in general.

1. My hobbies are music and travel (en vez de 'I love cinema and travel')

Travel can be both a noun and verb. As a noun, it names the act of going from one place to another; and as a verb it describes the action of doing so.

*Verbs: Louise travels a lot for work
*Nouns: Travel the way you wish to go

*Nouns: Travel the way you wish to go
*Verbs: People spend a lot of money on travel

In some instances the noun travel can be used in the plural, especially when visiting multiple places.

Example: Where have you been on your travels?

Journey is used to refer to the time of travelling from A -- (necesito una flecha!!) B and how, e.g. bus journey, car journey and train journey.

*How was your journey? (en vez de Did you have a good journey?)

*The journey was terrible, it took us 10 hours to arrive to the capital.

Voyage

Voyage is used to describe a journey that is long and challenging with the aim of discovering new places, e.g. a voyage into space or a voyage across seas.

*Marco Polo went on many voyages and discovered many new places

*The astronauts were very happy to arrive after their long voyage

Trip

A trip refers to the journey taken for pleasure or business, e.g. a boat trip or business trip.

*I remember my first school trip to Barcelona Zoo
*My first business trip in China was to Shanghai

Tour

Tour refers to the organized act of seeing a place of its sights, e.g. a tour of the city or a tour of a country. We went on a nice tour around the South of Spain for ten days

*My favourite band is touring around Europe at the moment
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I've had a few most immersive travels. Today I want to write about my first trip to Georgia in 2014.
This travel started very spontaneously. I woke up in my bed in Kyiv and realized that I wanted to go somewhere abroad on this day. The reason was that I had faced a lot of challenges in my life and I had many thoughts in my head. I wanted to refresh my mind and relax.  I didn't have any plans, tickets, or even directions. I started to search where I can get not expensive. I found two different directions: Spain and Georgia. I didn't want to wait for a flight to Spain because it was at night. I started to pack and go to deal with my most important tasks. From my idea to get somewhere till my plane took off, probably 6 hours passed.
"to be spontaneous" became the main idea of this travel. I went through different places in Georgia and even Azerbaijan. I met a lot of amazing peoples there.

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We decided to go to NOS alive festival in Portugal. First of all, we need to read a program and find bands what that we are interestinged in. Then buy tickets, because it will be cheaper to buy as soon as possible. The price of tickets will be higher each every month.

Ok, we already have tickets, the next step – buying tickets to Lisbon and plan the whole trip. We need to decide — how much time we have for our trip. Because Portugal is far from Ukraine, I prefer to go there for 10-12 days. And I like to travel with lowcost airlines. The goal for of this step is to find the cheapest and most comfortable (convinient) connection between Lviv and Lisabon.
Sometimes it is cheaper to go there through Brussels, but Istanbul can be an alternative option.

Now we have tickets and know the specific dates of our trip. We need to plan all points on our route in Portugal. Besides Lisbon, I want to also visit Porto, Cascais and Faro. The next task — to find accommodation. The two most effective possibilities are booking or airbnb. I want to stay near the ocean in Faro and in Cascais. In Lisbon and Porto I prefer to stay in a quiet place not far from the city centre.

Hooray, we have done so many things!)
Now we need to pack our luggage. I can't forget my passport, tickets to the festival and for flights, money. All the other things are not so necessary. If I will forget some of my clothes, I will buy them in the first shop at huge discount) Traveling through Europe has always advantages!)

Why am I happy? I don't need to take any tents and clothing for nature. NOS festival will takes place in an urban place not far from Lisbon. And I will get there by train.

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2 — E
3 — B
4 — H
5 — F
6 — A
7 — G

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It's hard to work with people whom goes in one ear and out the other.

Places from the childhood always jog our memory and refresh old feelings.

When I'm nervous, I always lose my train of thought.

When we meet with our old friends we take a trip down memory lane and remember old times.

Freddy Krueger, doesn't ring a bell? It's our cute neighbor from Elm street.

We need to have covid permission to get to this museum. It slipped my mind, sorry.

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I used to photograph for mass media from 2008 till 2015.

I used to play piano when I was a child.

I used to travel to Kyiv two times per month.

I used to play soccer when I learned in a school.

I used to work in the war area in the East of Ukraine as photographer.

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It's hard to be in full consciousness after such vivid dreams that last long time span.

I should recite poems on English to enhance my skills.

If you want to boost some project — at first try to find creators bios.