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That's how we feel this month, actually. Working in our dungeons on cute presents for you!

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Not a joke, not an idiom... Is it a promotion of channels? Thanks God, no. It's a vocabulary list for newbies on "Winter" topic :)

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It's high time we started telling you about winter :)

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We probably won't send sausages via the Internet in foreseeable future, yet the online delivery services work quite well now.
By the way, that sign on the truck was made as a part of the advertising campaign of Mercedes-Benz in 2000.

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...meanwhile, we continue our tech topic.

By the way, "font" has various meanings. For instance, it could either be a set of letters and symbols in a particular design and size or a large container in a church, usually made of stone, that holds the water used for baptisms.
Well, the last one is not so common, yet one more example is even more interesting: "font" means an abundant source, "She was a font of wisdom and good sense".

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Well, that's right as rain.

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Well, it's a late post. We will text you soon!

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It's late midnight but the idiom is so cute that we simply couldn't wait longer.

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By the way, Wi-Fi means Wireless Fidelity. Fidelity = accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal - or the quality of being faithful :)

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We are technophiles, of course. What about you? @violachat is ready for a discussion!

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By the way, we have reached 7.3k followers. Hurray! We love you!

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When politicians are campaigning for support and votes, they are on the stump.

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Well, we will see the consequences.

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Have you seen the news?
Yep, Donald Trump IS the new President of USA.
We are apolitical as always, yet decided to share three final speeches with you.

Hillary Сlinton: http://lnk.al/37c8
Barack Obama: https://youtu.be/0SLfCkXDAf8?t=9m53s
and
Donald Trump: http://lnk.al/37ca

(as always, you can discuss the results in @violachat)

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We were thinking about a photo for the long read... Well, if Hilary&Trump don't count, then here you are - a picture for a "terrible" topic.

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Well, winter posts are coming, yet this night reminded us about these masters of headings :)

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Well, we have a snowball's chance in hell of learning Photoshop properly, yet...

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It'a time for a late-night-idiom post!

...a presidential campaign must be like a well-oiled machine, with every part working together perfectly in order to succeed.... oh wait...

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All newbies - welcome aboard!

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Our channel is driven by a motor!
...well, most of the times...

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It's a recommendation time!

💡 @science - New leader - Science and nothing more.

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That's why we like Telegram so much.

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A new list of vocabulary is here! Some important notes to bear in mind:

“Equipment” is an uncountable word so you need to say “a piece of equipment”. It is a very general use word that can be used to describe almost anything mechanical.

“Appliance” is typically used in the phrase “electrical appliances” (eg irons and kettles) that are less advanced technology.

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Floppy disk died to become an icon of saving, right?

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OK, some geek jokes about books are here.

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There weren't enough idioms lately, that's why today we decided to share the whole list of political vocabulary that we found for you:

http://lnk.al/3cmO

The topic for this week is technology, by the way.

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We have examined tons of jokes about politics and all of them are awful.

Let it be a quote for today.

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Are you satisfied with the elections results in the USA?

No – 567
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%

I don't even care. – 335
👍👍👍👍 28%

Yes – 303
👍👍👍👍 25%

👥 1205 people voted so far.

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It's midnight, and we guess that you are sitting constrained in the kitchen surrounded by family members in anticipation of the American President Elections results...

No?

Oh, come on. Never mind. Yet we decided to share this cute map of America with you - for you to become prepared to talks about different states voting results!

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Hey!

It's a long read time!

We have found a captivating issue on Quora for you: What's the difference between terrible and horrible?
Here is a combination of two answers:

Terrible and horrible both are adjectives but, they have totally different meanings.
Terrible :- 1. extremely bad or serious.
For e.g:"a terrible crime"
2. causing or likely to cause terror; sinister.
For e.g: "terrible face"

Horrible :- 1. causing or likely to cause horror; shocking
For e.g: "horrible murder"
2. very unpleasant

Moreover, one of the several definitions of terrible is not only quite different from horrible but also unknown to most folks. Terrible also means intense or extreme, as in a terrible beauty. In this it resembles awful, a word that once meant awe-inspiring.

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