My recent experience with dogsitting

Vocabulary:
dogsitting: babysitting dogs while the owner is away
heavy: having a lot of weight
to do one's business: to go to the bathroom
spacious: having lots of space
to be the center of attention: to be in the spotlight, to receive attention from everyone else
belly rub: petting a dog's belly
ravenous: very hungry
snatch: to grab
zoomies: when cats run around really fast
pent-up energy: lots of energy that needs to be let out
unleash: to let something out

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Dogsitting

Russian ruble: The curious case of the world’s best-performing currency this year

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Sanskrit Consonants

क	ka
ख	Kha
ग	Ga
घ	Gha
ङ	nga
च	cha
छ	chha
ज	ja
झ	jha
ञ	nja
ट	Ta
ठ	Tha
ड	Da
ढ	Dha
ण	Na
ड़	ugDha
ढ़	ugDhha
त	ta
थ	tha
द	da
ध	dha
न	na
प	pa
फ	pha
ब	ba
भ	bha
म	ma
य	ya
र	ra
ल	la
व	wa
श	sha
ष	shha
स	sa
ह	ha
क्ष	ksh
त्र	tra
ज्ञ	gya

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Living in Russia

Going to Russia

In this episode I talk about one of the things that I love the most, the beauty in listening to the rain.

I podcast secondo San Luca

Luca e la pioggia

Odyssea finds out why Calypse wanted the pendant.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-4-calypse

Vocabulary:
flamboyant- bold and showy
charisma- likeable personality
cordial- friendly, invigorating the heart, heartfelt
invigorating- giving energy
align- when two things line up

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 4.4 - Calypse

Typical idioms/expressions used in business that begin with the letter "D."

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Business English Idioms Starting with "D"

Can you keep a secret? Well don't spill the beans! Find out what the expression means in today's episode.

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Wyn's Way to English - "Spill the beans"

A Chinese company claims it has built an electric vehicle battery that charges faster than any other.

The company, called Zeekr, says the battery can be charged from 10% to 80% in just 10 minutes and 30 seconds — but only when the car is plugged into one of the company's super-fast charging stations.

It calls this a new charging speed record, although it can be hard to compare the charging speeds of different vehicles because some charging stations do not work as fast as others.

But, for example, Tesla's Model 3 can be charged to about half its range in 15 minutes.

A number of other EVs can boost their range by almost 200 kilometers with a 10-minute charge.

But Zeekr says that in 10-and-a-half minutes its new battery could be charged enough to boost a vehicle's range by about 500 kilometers.

The first of its cars to include the new battery is the 2025 Zeekr 007, which is on sale in China now.

Zeekr says it has already opened more than 500 of its super-fast charging stations in China, and plans to have 10,000 in 2026.

Chinese companies have been busy making EVs, offering customers a large amount of choice — something that people in some other countries, like the US, have been frustrated by.

As well as operating in China, Zeekr began selling its vehicles in the Netherlands and Sweden last year.

It plans to begin operating in Singapore by the end of 2024, and to open showrooms in Japan and South Korea in 2025.


