矛 máo：spear; lance; pike，A type of ancient Chinese weapon
盾 dùn：A shield for protecting the body
自相矛盾[zì xiāng máo dùn]：oneself/each other/spear/shield，to contradict oneself 
夸赞kuā zàn：praise;commend 
质问 zhì wèn：query;inter pellate;question;call to account
哑口无言 yǎ kǒu w yán：Have nothing to say for oneself; be dumbfounded

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

自相矛盾[zì xiāng máo dùn]

秋（あき）のスイーツビュッフェに行（い）ってきた

先日（せんじつ）、友達（ともだち）とホテルビュッフェに行ってきた。その名（な）も「いもくりなんきん」ビュッフェ！
秋の味覚（みかく）である「芋（いも）・栗（くり）・南瓜（なんきん）」のスイーツを楽（たの）しめる食（た）べ放題（ほうだい）だ。今（いま）までホテルのビュッフェには何度（なんど）か行ったことがあったが、「いもくりなんきん」ビュッフェには行ったことがなかった。なぜなら私（わたし）は「いもくりなんきん」はそこまで好物（こうぶつ）ではなかったからだ。でも今回（こんかい）友達に誘（さそ）われて行ってみると、びっくり！「芋・栗・南瓜」たちは美（うつく）しく、美味（おい）しいスイーツに姿（すがた）を変（か）え、私たちの目（め）も舌（した）も魅了（みりょう）した。

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秋のスイーツビュッフェに行ってきた１【全２話】

In this video I'll go over some difficult questions that you might have in the second section of IELTS speaking test.

Please write them down and spend some time deconstructing them and your ideas and put it all together in a 2 minute answer.

Can you do it ?

If you need help - find me on the system. Ty.

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Hard questions for IELTS Speaking Part 2

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In our second episode, we discuss the communication between different cultures. A second way of categorising cultures is based on how they see the time. In this instance, we talk about monochronic and polychronic cultures.

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Pratar om min relation till min kropp sedan jag var liten till vuxen ålder. Nämner också samhällets ideal och finns verkligen en ideal kroppsvikt eller vill man alltid förändra kroppen?

Några glosor:
bristningar - stretch marks
estetiskt tilltalande = aesthetically pleasing
pendlat = to oscillate
slank = slender
självvärde = self worth

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Hi guys, long time no speak. I've been so busy lately but I came back for another podcast.
I finished reading the book of Robert Greene, "The 48 Laws of Power." It is such an interesting book and I would like to share the three laws that I liked the most in this book.
Law number one: 'Never outshine the master."

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Intonation and Speech Patterns (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y7lPvqkJ9r8cumZ98sf_ZEgB6BSgqB_V/view?usp=drivesdk