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Answer to Answering the Phone? Make Sure You Greet Them the Right Way!
Answer: 1. A 2. B
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Word Mixup: Are You Drunk or Speechless?
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Answer to Which is Cleaner? Showering or Bathing?
Correct Answers 1. A 2. D <<Back to “Which is Cleaner? Showering or Bathing?”
Which is Cleaner? Showering or Bathing?
In the west, there are two common forms of washing: showering or taking a bath. There is this same difference in China over “洗澡(xǐzǎo) bathing,” except instead of it being a preference for one or the other that decide how one bathes, it is if …
Video Lesson: You Are Really Something!
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Mini-Test Answer: She is Not in Love.
Answer: C
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Sū Shān: Hēi, hǎojiǔ méijiàn le, shìbushì tán liàn’ài le, méi shíjiān chūlái wán a? 苏 珊： 嗨，好久 没见 了, 是不是 谈恋爱 了，没 时间 出来 玩 啊？ Susan: Hey, long time no see. Are you in love and have no time to …
Chinese Test: Does Mary Fall in Love?
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