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2021-03-18 21:37:30 The Agency for Youth Affairs has published a draft government decree, according to which, from May 1, it is proposed to reimburse the costs spent on passing international exams.

According to the document, young people with high scores will be fully reimbursed for the cost of the exam. Payments will be made at the expense of the Agency for Youth Affairs.

The agency will reimburse the costs if the examinee earns the following points:
• IELTS - 7 and higher;
• TOEFL - 95 and above;
• GMAT - 75 percentile and higher based on exam results (Verbal / Quantitative);
• GRE - 75 percentile or higher based on exam results (Verbal / Quantative);
• SAT - 1200 and higher.

Refunds will be requested through the Public Service Centers or the Single Interactive Public Services Portal.

In addition, the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation, on the basis of high scores in international exams, organizes education abroad for young people entering top 1000 foreign universities in the world.

Credits to Uznews.uz

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2021-03-17 12:17:36 Topic vocabulary: Too much traffic (Part 2)

Park-and-ride (adj) – of a transport system, designed to reduce the amount of traffic in towns or cities, in which motorists park their cars at the edge of a town and take a bus from there to the town center

Parking meter (noun) – a machine at a roadside parking space into which you put coins to pay for parking and which shows the length of time that you may legally park

Pedestrianized (adj) – of a street in which cars are not allowed so that people can walk safely

Private car (noun) – a car which is owned and driven by an individual

Public transport (noun) – a system of transport for use by members of the public, consisting of a network vehicles, such as buses trains or trams, which travel on fixed routes at set times and charge passengers set fares

Restriction (noun) – a law or rule that limits something in some way

Rush hour (noun) – the busy part of the day in a town or city when there is a lot of traffic , usually the times when people are either coming in to work or leaving work

Tallback (noun) – a long line of very slow-moving or stationary traffic caused by something which is blocking the road

Traffic jam (noun) – a great many vehicles close together which can only move very slowly and which frequently come to a halt

Traffic warden (noun) – in some countries, a person in uniform employed to stop people from parking in places where they are not allowed to do so, or from parking somewhere for longer than thy are allowed, and to give parking tickets to motorists who ignore the regulation

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2021-03-11 15:32:25 Topic vocabulary: Too much traffic

Bottle-neck (noun) – a place where a road grows narrow or a place where there is often a great deal of traffic, causing traffic either to slow down or stop completely

Car park (noun) – an area of ground or a building where cars can be parked temporarily

Chalk-a-block (adj) – extremely full or crowded

Clog (verb) – to cause a road to become blocked, so slowing down or preventing movement of traffic

Congested (adj) – extremely overcrowded, making moving around slow or difficult

Fine (noun) – a sum of money which has to be paid as a punishment for breaking a law or rule

Frustration (noun) – the feeling of being annoyed and impatient

Garage (noun) – a building, often attached to a house, office where cars may be parked or kept

Gridlock (noun) – a situation in a city in which roads become so blocked with cars that it is impossible for traffic to move in any direction and so it comes to a stop

Multi-storey (adj) – having several storeys or levels

Offence (noun) – an act which breaks a low or regulation

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2021-03-11 08:05:10 Clean as a whistle
Daily Easy English Expression Podcasts

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2021-03-08 07:20:28 Topic vocabulary: Parental aspiration (part 2)

Follow in your footsteps (verb) – to act in the same way, often to do the same work, as someone else has done before you

Generation gap (noun) – the difference in attitudes, behavior, tastes, experiences, etc between younger and older people, which can lead to a lack of understanding.

Graduate (verb) – to receive a degree from a university or college

Occupation (noun) – a job or profession

Offspring (noun) – the child of a particular person or couple

Profession (noun) – a job which requires a high level and specialist training

Status (noun) – the position of someone in relation to other people in society, a profession, a group, etc.

Stress (noun) - worry and anxiety caused by overwork or some other difficult situations

Talent (noun) - a natural ability to do something well

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2021-03-01 12:56:33 Make sure you practise preparing and thinking of ideas for Part 2. If you do not have any personal experience of the topic, think of someone you know who does and explain this in your talk

#useful #tips

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2021-03-01 12:20:32 6 Minute BBC Podcasts

Compared to historical pandemics like the Spanish flu and economic crises like the Great Depression, coronavirus isn’t apparently so bad. Neil and Georgina discuss a historian’s view of coronavirus versus other pandemics.
#podcast

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2021-02-24 14:37:56 Topic vocabulary: Parental aspiration

Academic (adjective) – connected with education and studying; involving a great deal of reading and studying, rather than practical skills

Ambition (noun) – something which you want to achieve very much

Ambitious (adj) - having ambition

Aptitude (noun) – a natural ability or sill at something

Artistic (adj) – showing a natural skill at, or enjoyment of art

Aspiration (noun) – a strong desire or hope to achieve something

Aspire (verb) – to want very much to achieve something or to become someone

Bent (noun) – a natural ability, skill or interest in something

Commerce (noun) – the activities connected with business or trade; the large scale buying and selling of goods and services

Communication (noun) – the exchange of information or the expression of ideas or feelings between people, for example, by speaking, letters, etc.

Conflict (noun) - a continued period of fighting or hospitality between countries or groups

Entrepreneur (noun) – a person who sets up a new business, especially when that involves financial risk, in the hope of making a profit and getting a lot of money

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2021-02-17 07:23:30 Hang in there

Be patient, wait.

I know you want to quit school, but hang in there. You only have 4 more weeks before your graduation.


Hard feelings

Anger, bitterness.

I know we had our differences, but I hope there are not any hard feelings.

#idiom

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