Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Train your ear Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       803.mp3 Senate Democrats have reached an agreement with key Republicans on a ___1___ economic stimulus package. Officials haven’t disclosed details, but they put the price tag at $ 827 billion. Lawmakers will continue working on it over the weekend. In a reversal, federal health officials now say the Georgia peanut plant at the center of the salmonella outbreak knowingly shipped ___2___ products. The FDA says the Peanut Corporation of America sent out peanut butter, chopped peanuts and peanut milk after it had tested positive for salmonella. More than 200,000 California State workers took an unpaid day off Friday as the state began its Friday ___3___ program. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered state employees to take a day off every other Friday in the wake of the state’s budget crisis. Actor James Whitmore has died of lung cancer at 87. He is remembered for his film and ____4____ of Harry Truman. And during his career, he won a Tony and Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar. His many movies also include The Shawshank redemption.       Answers   1. tentative ( uncertain ) 2. tainted 3. furlough ( A usually temporary layoff from work ) 4. stage portrayal     800   801   802   803   804   805   806   807   808   809   810   811   812   813   814   815   816   817   818   819   820   821   822   823   824   825   826   827   828   829   830   831   832   833   834   835   836   837   838   839   840   841   842   843   844   845   846   847   848   849   850   851   852   853   854   855   856   857   858   859   860   861   862   863   864   865   866   867   868   869   870   871   872   873   874   875   876   877   878   879   880   881   882   883   884   885   886   887   888   889   890   891   892   893   894   895   896   897   898   899   900   901   902   903   904   905   906   907   908   909   910   911   912   913   914   915   916   917   918   919   920   921   922   923   924   925   926   927   928   929   ( Nov 20 ) Train your ear 1       Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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