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       821.mp3 Bernard Madoff wants to wait for sentencing in his penthouse instead of behind bars. Madoff’s lawyers are asking a judge to reinstate their client’s $10 million bail. The disgraced money manger was sent to jail Thursday after he confessed to ___1___ investors in a Ponzi scheme. California’s Attorney General says Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend was also her ___2___. Howard K. Stern and two doctors have been charged with giving the former playboy model thousands of prescription pills in the month before her fatal overdose. A Muslim television executive accused of beheading his ___3___ wife has pleaded not guilty. Muzzammil Hassan was taken into custody last month and had been charged with second-degree murder. He is being held without bail. California officials say more than 26,000 teachers will receive ____4____ in the mail by Sunday. Because of a massive budget shortfall, schools have been forced to absorb $8 billion in funding cuts. The state is hoping federal funds help them avoid many of the layoffs for the next school year.       Answers   1. duping ( deceiving someone ) 2. enabler ( a person or organization that allows other people to do things themselves instead of doing things for them ) 3. estranged ( a husband or wife who is not now living with the person they are married to ) 4. pink slips ( A notice of termination of employment )     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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