Today we're talking about the noun "outset" which is a formal way to talk about the beginning of something. I hope you find it useful!

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I knew this from the beginning!

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Между тем годы шли. У Анны Алексеевны было уже двое детей. Когда я приходил к Лугановичам, прислуга улыбалась приветливо, дети кричали, что пришел дядя Павел Константиныч, и вешались мне на шею; все радовались. Не понимали, что делалось в моей душе, и думали, что я тоже радуюсь. Все видели во мне благородное существо. И взрослые и дети чувствовали, что по комнате ходит благородное существо, и это вносило в их отношения ко мне какую-то особую прелесть, точно в моем присутствии и их жизнь была чище и красивее. Я и Анна Алексеевна ходили вместе в театр, всякий раз пешком; мы сидели в креслах рядом, плечи наши касались, я молча брал из ее рук бинокль и в это время чувствовал, что она близка мне, что она моя, что нам нельзя друг без друга, но, по какому-то странному недоразумению, выйдя из театра, мы всякий раз прощались и расходились, как чужие. В городе уже говорили о нас бог знает что, но из всего, что говорили, не было ни одного слова правды.
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Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

"О любви", А.П.Чехов, отрывок

Learn how to count from 0 to 100, and how to use numbers in daily life situations, and stay tuned until the end for cultural insights. ☺️

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~11 minutes

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Braziliant

🎙️ Episode 4: Numbers in Everyday Situations

The flat is such a mess. There's mud on the floor and dirt and dust everywhere. And we really need to decorate the hall and stairs
 we need to tidy up, clean the floors and wipe all the furniture with a damp cloth
 another thing: the TV isn't working properly. We must get someone to repair it.
 there's something wrong with the bathroom tap. It needs fixing. 

English Mini Lessons

Household task 2

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Teacher Robert's Podcast

IELTS strategies - Part 2 ( with transcript)

Ep.3 アネちゃんからなおやに誕生日サプライズ! 日本のお誕生日、そしてバレンタインデーは独特？

A birthday surprise to Naoya from Ernest! And we will talk about how Japan's birthday party and Valentine's day is so unique.

Real-Life Japan

#3 なおやにサプライズ!/ #2 関西弁講座 | #3 A surprise to Naoya!/ #2 Kansai Dialect Lecture

IELTS isn’t just English
It’s about logic, flow, and clarity.
It's  how you think  not how you use templates.
It's all about logics, So listen to this episode and  Master the Logics before you sit for IELTS. 

James Unlocks IELTS

The Hidden Logic of IELTS

People who spend a lot of time sitting down might reduce their health risks by drinking coffee, a new study suggests.

Researchers from China wanted to look at the health effects of coffee drinking and time spent sitting.

They looked at health data for nearly 11,000 people in the US and followed them for up to 13 years.

During the period of the study, 945 people died, including 284 from heart disease.

The research team found that people who sat for over eight hours a day were almost 50% more likely to die from all causes, and nearly 80% more likely to die from heart disease.

That's compared to people who sat for fewer than four hours per day.

Sitting for a long time has been linked to increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and more.

The researchers also found that people who drank the most coffee — three or more cups per day — reduced their risk of death from all causes by over 30% compared to those who drank no coffee. And they were more than 50% less likely to die from heart disease.

And drinking coffee even seemed to protect people from the health risks of sitting down: coffee drinkers could sit for more than six hours a day and still have about the same risk of death as non-coffee drinkers who sat for less than six hours.

However, the researchers said they didn't look at the effects of different types of coffee on our health, so they couldn't be sure which type was best.

They wrote that more research would be needed on this "miracle" drink.

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 Spend Too Long Sitting? Coffee Could Help!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tAhs7qFS-Fup0huOaPXd17sGSaqer5Dx/view?usp=drivesdk