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Cover Letter in English

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Ten things whose purpose we could never have guessed

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Ten things whose purpose we could never have guessed There’s a multitude of things that we see all around us on a daily basis, yet we don’t know what these things are really for. We are curious people by nature, so we decided to uncover the secrets of some of them — and we’re happy to share what we discovered with you! The hanging loop on the back of your shirt There are three plausible explanations for this. The first one is the most obvious — it’s for hanging up your shirt. The second explanation comes down to us from the era of removable shirt collars and handkerchiefs: it may have been intended to somehow help fasten a tie. The third idea is the most romantic. A student at an American university is said to have removed the loop from his shirt when he started dating a girl, to show that he was tak...

English Vocabulary at the Airport

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Going to an airport and flying on a plane can be scary and stressful when you are learning English. Even if you know a lot of English, it may be hard to understand all the new words you will hear in airports.  In this lesson, you will learn English vocabulary words commonly heard at the airport and on the airplane . Going to an airport can be both fun and frightening when you are learning  spoken English . That is why we put together this list of  English airport vocabulary words! These vocabulary words will help you at the airport and on the airplane. At the airport airfare  ( noun ) the cost of the plane ticket airline  ( noun ) the company that owns the plane arrival / arrivals  ( noun ) the time planes arrive at the airport baggage / luggage  ( noun ) bags or suitcases baggage claim  ( noun ) the place where passengers pick up their bags after the plane lands board  ( verb ) when the passengers get on the plane boarding pass  ( noun ...