Listening Authentic
Listening Authentic
Listening Authentic
Edible grains and herbs cure poisoinings mythical chinese inventor of agriculture grain porridge
variations to the preparation method portable cakes tea culture extravagant pictures expresso art tea
ceremony loose-leaf tea porcelain and silk dutch traders noble woman english aristocracy collonial
influence sailboat trading companies opium shipments of opium raged up and down commissioned
botanist covert operation perilous journey sugary Turkish rize tea salty tibetan butter tea
Neolithic farmer fertile crescent domesticated coagulate binding into a soft clumps spreadable
building blocks ripened and whizzed diverse cornucopia high quantities of lactose preserved and
stockpiles scarce famines telltale residues maritime trade culinary and religious administrative records
of cheese quotas, accelerate and control coagulation conservative dairy delicacy local flavours
goats’milk reed mats loads of paneer bricks of salty brined feta cheese essential ration in the manors
that dotted benedictine monasteries refined and perfecterd cheesemaking clergyman alpine cheese
machinery handcrafting
Spindly trees solitary mourner headstones parting with mountain tops ritually cannibalised cremated
venerating the dead transgressors usual rites scavengers elements afterlife communal burials littered
the steppes expansive necropoles grid-patterned streets lined with tombs subterranean catacombs
cremation urns and intact remains graveyards lushly landscaped gardens ornate tombs sculpted stones
botanical gardens burial space tattoo ink the departed resurrection
Crescent-shaped nomadic turkic people steamed bun gathered steam mouthwatering rhapsody alien
lands reverentially chronicled kneaded dough balls mutton and aromatics gobbled up downwind to
drool and fantasy-feast wrapped morsels islamic restrictions drizzled with little lumps confusingly
imprecise typically pan-fried Arab conquerors the jury dumpling-esque dishes culinary visionaries
revelation cooking fillings encased in doughs plump pockets of perfection tangled mysterious
historical web
Lithim-ion theoretical limits silicon anodes energy density graphites electrification of aviation scale
up the production
Having failed to become well-known artist, van Meegeren felt (1) _________
and eventually decided to forge the artworks of a painter named Johannes
Vermeer.
To ensure successful forgery, van Meegeren made the paintings look old with
(2) _________ available in Vermeer’s time.
van Meegeren (3) __the art world, making use of his knowledge that Abraham
Bredius was a(n) (4) _of the existence of early religious paintings belonging to
Vermeer,
Van Meegeren’s forged artwork earned the (5) _from the art community,
although it did not even meet all of Vermeer’s (6) _
Thanks to his success, van Meegeren was actually able to sell a forged artwork
that was (7) ___ to be Vermeer’s to Hermann Göring, a Nazi top general
In the end, van Meegeren was (8) __ of all accusations that he had committed
(9) _, and became widely known as the man who (10) ___ the Nazis.
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Announcing that owning or trading virtual currencies and (1) __ __ will soon be illegal, the Indian
government is trying to (2) __ ___ against cryptocurrencies.
- Like India, other governments and central banks also want to hold on to their (4) _
__, maintaining that digital money should be (3) _ _.
- Cryptos have not been targeted with (5) ____ until recently due to their (6) _ __ and
value making commercial use difficult.
- India is seemingly trying to make a(n) (7) _ _ before an easy-to-use and stable crypto
can be developed.
- In the movement against crypto, there will be numerous accounts of how crypto is (8) _ __
crime or (9) __ ____ about how they will destroy the economy on mass media.
- The speaker believes that governments should stop (10) ____ ____ their money to adapt to the
crypto world.
lawn-mowing randomly popping out rivets from the wing of the aeroplane biomass wingspans tree
ferns bewildering array amphibians freshwater fish pollinate land-dwelling insects monarch butterfly
comma and speckled wood butterflies invasive species giant earwig giant weta moths bash to death
disorients some dung beetles the milky way house flies bumblebees southern edges overheating in
furry coats insect-rich wildlife habitats choked with silt polluted or drained dry rewilding our gardens
native shrubs unmowed verges nature-friendly sustainable farming