Решительная подсказка:

⚪Renewed – возобновленная
⚪Commitment – приверженность
⚪Poll – опрос
⚪To showcase – демонстрировать
⚪Will of steel – стальная воля
⚪To be precise – если быть точным

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If you still haven't made any resolutions for 2024 today is the day ✅

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January 13, 2024

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🎉 Calennig 🎉is the Welsh tradition of celebrating and welcoming the New Year🎄

🪩 While many countries have adopted the Gregorian calendar, a village in Wales, known as Cwm Gwaun, is still using the Julian calendar — hence celebrating New Year 13 days later 📅 Nonetheless, the celebration was, and still is spectacular! ✨

⏺On Calennig, people of Wales exchange gifts 🎁 sweets 🎂 or even money with their family and friends to welcome the new year on a good note 🎅

💡Till today, young boys visit each house in the village to splash the villagers with water ❄️ that they retrieved from the local well. This activity is seen as a symbol of good fortune 🍀 In return, the villagers are expected to give the Calennig — a small gift, usually in the form of copper coins🪙

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Уэльская подсказка:

⏺Hence – следовательно
⏺Nonetheless – тем не менее
⏺Spectacular – впечатляющий
⏺To splash – всплеск
⏺To retrieve – извлекать
⏺Well – колодец

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January 14, 2024

🕯Orthodox New Year🕯

🏚The Orthodox New Year is widely known as the Old New Year 🎄 and is marked as January 1 in the Julian calendar, which was used before the Gregorian calendar 🗓

🎊 It is a traditional holiday where people spend time with their families ❤️ It involves serious meditation about personal New Year’s resolutions 📨

🧁This is a good day to learn new dishes like Kutya – a porridge made of grain, honey, and poppy seeds, 😋 known to symbolize hope, happiness, and success🌟This will add to your cooking skills, and it’ll be a great way to start the year 🎀

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Старая подсказка:

🔹Orthodox – православный
🔹Porridge – овсянка
🔹Poppy seeds – семена мака

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January 15, 2024

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❗The meaning of this day is filled with controversy because it is supposedly the saddest day of the year 😭 Many of us find ourselves in subzero weather this time of year ❄️ looking at our post-Christmas credit card bills and realizing we might already be breaking our new year’s resolutions❄️

➡️There is a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) ☹️ which is a form of depression that may manifest in certain seasons.

🔗Be intentional about making Blue Monday a fantastic day! 🎉 Host an “anti-Blue Monday” party for friends and serve a signature blue drink of the night such as Blue Hawaiian or Blue Lagoon🍷

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Грустная подсказка:

➖To feel blue – грустить
➖Controversy – разногласия
➖Subzero – ниже нуля
➖To host – проводить
➖Signature – фирменный

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If you gonna be sad that let's be that today in Blue Monday ☹️

Here is a playlist that is perfect for such a mood 🎶:

🔗 https://music.yandex.ru/album/3232916

January 16, 2024

🐉 Appreciate a Dragon Day 🐉

🔴With loud flapping wings, flaming breath, and steely scales, dragons are viewed as unstoppable masters of chaos 🐉

They are also presented as tamable and friendly creatures that can be great buddies with humans 🐉

🐉 Facts about animal of new year

🔴They represent honor and courage 🐉 Dragons are used as warlike emblems, appearing on shields and ships, including the symbol of the imperial family and the Chinese flag for a time 🇨🇳

🔴They vary in types 🐲 There are two types of dragons depicted in art and literature 👩‍🏫 — Western dragons have bat-like wings and can be fearsome, whereas Eastern dragons have snake-like features 🐍 with no wings and are associated with royalty and heavenly forces ☁

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Подсказка от дракона:

🔴Flapping – хлопающий
🔴Flaming – пламенный
🔴Tamable – поддающийся укрощению
🔴Courage – мужество
🔴Heavenly force – небесная сила

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January 17, 2024

💡 Energy Saving Week 💡

➡️ Energy Saving Week is a initiative that aims to aid and encourage individuals to save energy while also lowering fuel expenses 💴

🔍The week focuses on educating the public on how to switch energy suppliers or tariffs to get the best price, get savings, and make houses more energy-efficient ⭐️

Most popular form of new electricity ☀️ Because of the lower cost and increasing efficiency of solar panels, solar power has fast become the primary source of new electricity❗️

📌 According to Energy Star, L.E.D. light bulbs consume up to 90% less energy than incandescent lighting ✅ They are also a wise investment because they last 35 to 50 times longer than incandescent bulbs 💡

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Энергосберегающая подсказка:

🟡Fuel – топливо
🟡Supplier – поставщик
🟡Energy-efficient – энергоэффективный
🟡Solar power – солнечная энергия
🟡Bulb – лампочка
🟡Incandescent – лампа накаливания

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💡Energy is neither created nor destroyed — and yet the global demand for it continues to increase👆

But where does energy come from, and where does it go?

➡️Joshua M. Sneideman examines the many ways in which energy cycles through our planet, from the sun to our food chain to electricity and beyond.

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January 18, 2024

☺️ Get to Know Your Customers Day ☺️

💩Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first💩– Simon Sinek.

💩 Every Get to Know Your Customers Day brings new opportunities for businesses to better understand their customer base and increase their trust and loyalty 😊

📎Study after study clearly links a business’ success to the opinions and loyalty of its customers 🛍️ Customers behaviors driven by both positive and negative experiences are predictable so taking time throughout the year to gain their perspectives is critical to success 🎉

⚡️ Customers who experience excellent service and are loyal to a brand, service or business are willing to pay more for that service or product 💴

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