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Posted on: Baseball
On March 19 at 10:43 AM by go_manly

Lets see how many of you Yanks know the correct answer to the old chestnut: Other than a base hit, what are the 7 ways a batter can reach first bas... Read more

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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 19 at 10:42 AM by matthiask

klopt! Read more

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Posted on: Asking for a Raise
On March 19 at 10:37 AM by matthiask

I'd like to point out two things: 1) that I have given up using the CPOD search engine - it does not work for me. (same with "related lessons", as... Read more

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Posted on: You Sing Terribly!
On March 19 at 10:08 AM by xiao_liang

English is mostly loan words! There's so much crossover in European languages, it's quite funny. You can trace tons of english words to French, German... Read more

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On March 19 at 10:01 AM by xiao_liang

It's a bad thing! :) Read more

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Posted on: You Sing Terribly!
On March 19 at 8:44 AM by go_manly

I don't know the statistics, but I would say that more than 50% of English vocabulary consists of words borrowed since the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Eng... Read more

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On March 19 at 8:33 AM by anonymous388688

是啊，据说中国人的肠胃是世界上最好的，因为天天在吃有毒的东西！呵呵 Read more

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On March 19 at 8:17 AM by peterleon74

不知道在中国顾客真的是上帝，但是在我的 旅行 经验里，如果顾客是外国人，那他并不是上帝而且是“步行的钱包”而已。haha! 老实说，如果买的东西是便宜的，我通常不愿跟售货员要求退货，但是对这样的事我老婆这么厉害！ Read more

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Posted on: You Sing Terribly!
On March 19 at 8:16 AM by dunderklumpen

Is there a lot of loan words in english? Read more

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Posted on: You Sing Terribly!
On March 19 at 8:04 AM by dunderklumpen

Hi bobm112, Ken left China in late 2009 according to this blog post: http://blog.chinesepod.com/2010/03/03/march-updates/ You may want to check he... Read more