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Congrats to baxtli Baxtiyor!!! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ

And breathtaking designs again, this time from Oisha, Sarvar and Bobur! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
#5 Know Your World: If the world were 100 people

โ–ถ๏ธ The world is unfair because people are unequal. We all know that. But itโ€™s good to remind yourself of this reality sometimes, and visualisations like this infographic and video are really good for that.

โ—๏ธHereโ€™s an updated but less amazingly animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXykDFy9HhQ

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #know_your_world #infographic
#66 Afandi Quiz: Who said it?

๐Ÿ†• In this new type of quiz you have to guess whose quote (=sth that sb said) the sentence below is.

โ–ถ๏ธ โ€œYou know Iโ€™m automatically attracted to beautiful โ€“ I start kissing them. Itโ€™s like a magnet. Just kiss. I donโ€™t even wait. And when youโ€™re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.โ€

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #quote_quiz
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Which president said it?
Tremendous! (=great, very big; Trumpโ€™s favourite word)

๐Ÿ‘ Of course it was the one and only Donald Trump who could say something as awful as this. Mind you (=telling you not to generalise or conclude anything because of some important detail) though, he said that 10 years before he became president.
#30 Tongue twister: Switching watches

โ—๏ธChallenge yourself with this tongue twister:

โ–ถ๏ธ Robert watched Richard switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.

Translation:
Robert Richardning Irlandiyalik qo'l soatini Shveytsariya qo'l soatiga almashtirishini tomosha qildi.

โ—๏ธPay attention to:

๐Ÿ”˜ Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, itโ€™ll benefit your speaking skill!

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #tongue_twisters
#103 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary

โ–ถ๏ธ Please translate the following sentences:
Mening akam chet elda ishlayapti. Men ham chet elga bormoqchiman.

โŒ Perhaps you think it is:
My brother is working in abroad. I also want to go to abroad.

โœ… Well, it should be:
My brother is working in abroad. I also want to go to abroad.

โ“Why?

โ—๏ธ The word abroad is an adverb and doesnโ€™t need a preposition, just like home.

โ—๏ธ The only exception to this rule is from โ€“ you can come from abroad or from home.

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #mistakes #vocabulary
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#4 Afandi Karaoke: Happy New Year (by ABBA)

โ–ถ๏ธ Hereโ€™s another classic of the festive season โ€“ ABBAโ€™s New Year song of 1979. Love it, sing it!

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #karaoke
#35 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Will It Blend?

๐Ÿ“Š English Level: Intermediate

๐Ÿ”ค Subtitles: Automatic

๐Ÿ’ฌ Topics: Comedy

๐Ÿ’ก Content: Hereโ€™s a wacky (=crazy in a funny way) channel thatโ€™s all about putting stuff in a super high-powered blender (=machine in the kitchen to cut and mix things). Check out how this guy manages to blend just about anything (=pretty much anything)!

โ›“ Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFP0IU4gpnmcLnVzDLUtfw

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #youtube
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#24 Movie Time: The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

โ–ถ๏ธ Todayโ€™s movie is a rather arty (=artistic, full of art) cartoon from ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance that has hardly any language in it. Itโ€™s the story of a professional cyclist who gets kidnapped by an evil betting (=playing with money about sports events) wine mafia in a surreal (=unreal, like in a dream) French version of New York. Check out how a cool gang led by his mother comes to his rescue (=saves him).

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #movie #international_films #cartoon #comedy
#68 Travelogue Germany: East vs West

On my last visit to Berlin I saw the new city castle, and thatโ€™s a pretty nice little case study of German history in one spot. Itโ€™s also quite controversial.

The war
The castle was part of Berlinโ€™s impressive cityscape. Sadly, much of it was destroyed in the war and the new communist government of East Germany decided to demolish it.

East Germany
A new โ€œPalace of the Republicโ€ was built in the castleโ€™s place. The ugly rectangular building housed the East German parliament.

Reunification
The Palace of the Republic was found to contain poisonous asbestos and rich West Berliners wanted the castle back. Despite protests from Easterners the โ€˜Palaceโ€™ was knocked down and a modern version of the castle was built.

Was it right to erase East German history to build a beautiful but somehow ahistorical castle?

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #travel #germany
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#68 Travelogue Germany: East vs West On my last visit to Berlin I saw the new city castle, and thatโ€™s a pretty nice little case study of German history in one spot. Itโ€™s also quite controversial. The war The castle was part of Berlinโ€™s impressive cityscape.โ€ฆ
---Vocab---
๐Ÿ“case study = scientifically looking at one thing to find some general truth ๐Ÿ“controversial = contentious, arguable, some people agree some disagree๐Ÿ“cityscape = landscape of a city ๐Ÿ“demolish = destroy a building ๐Ÿ“rectangular = having four corners, like the shape of a brick ๐Ÿ“house sth (verb) = keep sth inside ๐Ÿ“reunification = becoming one again ๐Ÿ“contain = have sth inside ๐Ÿ“asbestos = a construction material that keeps the inside of a building warm ๐Ÿ“knock sth down = demolish, destroy ๐Ÿ“erase sth = make sth disappear ๐Ÿ“ahistorical = not true to history
#80 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi meeting Afandi

โ“ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?

โ—๏ธ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!

โ“ How? Spot Afandi (the little one!!!), 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!

๐Ÿ‘‰@afandi_english๐Ÿ‘ˆ #spot_afandi
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Cheers to our designers of today - Oisha, Dinara and Avazxon! ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘