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#60 Movie Time: The Imitation Game (2014)

▶️ Today’s film is an Oscar-winning drama about Britain’s war-time effort to decipher (=make secret or incomprehensible messages understandable) Nazi Germany’s communications. Alan Turing, the man designing the machine to do this, is quite possibly the father of the modern computer. Based on a true story.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #drama

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#52 Know Your World: Mapping poverty in America

▶️ Paradoxically (=seemingly contradictory, not fitting together), the richest nation on Earth has always struggled with poverty. Watch this video by The Economist for some basic facts.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary

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#146 Our favourite mistakes: Writing

▶️ Look at the following sentences:
I think, this is a good idea.
Because, there are many problems.
But, I disagree with this statement.
So, I this is the best solution.

❓What’s wrong here?
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There should not be any commas.

❓Why?
❗️ The problem is overgeneralisation. You have seen sentence starters like these:
- However, …
- Firstly, …
- On the other hand, …
- Moreover, ...

These all have commas, but that doesn’t mean everything must have commas.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing

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Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue

#1 Travelogue 🇧🇪Belgium: The heart of Brussels

▶️ Welcome to Brussels, the capital of not just Belgium but the whole 🇪🇺EU.

Check out Grand-Place (French) or Grote Markt (Flemish) in the middle of the city. Belgium is bilingual, the northern half speaks Flemish, which is almost the same as Dutch, and the southern half speaks French. Brussels is mostly French-speaking despite being surrounded by Flemish-speaking areas.

Interestingly, no one speaks of an "Old Town" in Brussels. That's probably because the old part of town is too big and not separated enough from the rest of the city.

#travel #belgium

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Follow fresh new travel stories on Hoffmann's Travelogue:

https://t.me/+Tq4Tqwl6B6wSJvZJ

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#138 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi making friends with seagulls at a beach near Den Haag, 🇳🇱Holland

❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?

❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!

❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!

🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!

👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi

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Congrats to first-time winner Noila!!! 👏👏👏

And good job on the designs, Babyface, Avazxon and Saidislom! 👍👍👍

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#21 A Good Laugh: Knallerfrauen Pt. 3

▶️ Watch these three short clips to enjoy some German comedy and also check out the first part, the second part and a Women's Day special here on Afandi English.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh

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👋Dear Afandists,

👉There’s a vacancy at my flat in Andijan. If you’re looking for a place to stay that has …

- a great location (right opposite Inyaz)
- open-minded housemates
- international atmosphere
- good sharoit for studying and home tutoring

… then please contact me asap! The rent is 50 dollars per month or less, depending on the number of people.

✌️Waiting to hear from you! @jochenho

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#121 Afandi Quiz: Who said it?

▶️ “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

👉@afandi_english👈 #quote_quiz

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