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  1. boast = ostentar / story = pavimento, andar / The small town boasts a new, two-story city hall. www.vozemingles.com/v27.mp3
  2. Test your techno-jargon! http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/20/quiz.technojargon/index.html
  3. More of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven": www.englishexperts.com.br/2009/11/25/poemas-em-ingles-the-raven-%e2%80%93-parte-4
  4. Language links: watch educational language videos at the Merriam-Webster website. www.merriam-webster.com/video/asktheeditor.htm
  5. Our Speak Up expression of the day: when it rains it pours = uma desgraça nunca vem só. Learn it. Use it. Improve your spoken English.
  6. cope with = enfrentar / Unable to cope with the failure of his book, Jack abandoned his career as a writer. www.vozemingles.com/v26.mp3
  7. Listening quiz answer: "With the current market turmoil, what's the easiest way to make a small fortune? Start off with a large one."
  8. Listening quiz. Try to understand this joke: www.vozemingles.com/l3.mp3. The topic is the financial crisis. We'll post the answer later!
  9. Improve your pronunciation and learn more about one of America's greatest writers at "The Raven" repeat-after-me: http://bit.ly/1Z7Fab.
  10. add insult to injury = ofender além de machucar, piorar o que já é ruim / To rob the poor adds insult to injury. www.vozemingles.com/v25.mp3
  11. Recommended reading: http://bit.ly/UJAQs
  12. The November-December issue of Speak Up magazine reaches newsstands this week. Look for American singer-songwriter Katy Perry on the cover.
  13. Experience... Music! Read the article, check the glossary, and listen to the audio. On our website: http://www.speakup.com.br/index-8.html.
  14. Improve your pronunciation with follow-after-me poetry. Jason Bermingham continues Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". http://bit.ly/1PyHcY
  15. manage = conseguir / Even though they play on Thursday nights, the rock band always manages to draw a big crowd. www.vozemingles.com/v24.mp3
  16. Speak Up's Twitter account can be used as a study aid. Click on our account name, go back to our first tweet, and work your way forward.
  17. ...on the banks of the River Windrush. The river is only 25 cm deep, but in the afternoon hundreds of excited spectators line its banks."
  18. Answer to last quiz: "August 31st begins with a summer party as old ladies sell home-made cakes and children play games...
  19. Test your listening skills with the last three tweets! Click on the recording in the first, then fill in the blanks in the second and third.
  20. Fill in the blanks 2: "The ___ is only ___ deep, but ___, ___ of ___ spectators line its banks." (Spaces may contain more than one word.)