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Nous avons longuement réfléchi à la façon dont nous pouvions tester correctement votre anglais à un niveau avancé. En fin de compte, nous avons décidé que la seule façon de le faire était d'enregistrer les gens qui parlaient de divers sujets. Ils n'utilisaient pas de scripts ou n'essayaient pas de rendre les choses faciles, ils parlaient naturellement. C'est de l'anglais non écrit, pas un manuel d'anglais standard.

Découvrez vos points forts et vos points faibles en anglais grâce aux tests de grammaire: Nous vérifions votre niveau grammatical du débutant à l'intermédiaire. Articles en anglais général: Nous vérifions votre compréhension générale de l'anglais à travers des articles intéressants. Tests de prononciation des verbes : Nous vérifions votre compréhension des phrasal verbs. Des tests idiots. Nous vérifions votre compréhension des phrasal verbs.

We thought long and hard about how we could properly test your English at an advanced level. In the end, we decided the only way to do it was to just record people speaking about various topics. They didn't use scripts or try to make it easy. They just spoke naturally. This is real, unscripted English, not a standard English textbook. So, basically, either you understand them and are an advanced English speaker, or you don't, and you aren't.

Discover your English strengths and weaknesses through 14 chapters which test specific grammar points that you should know at the beginner/elementary level.

Over our many years teaching English, we have identified three points that will help you learn easily. It needs to be interesting. If you want to progress to English fluency, you need to be having fun or be interested in what you are doing. All of the articles in this audiobook are based on interesting real-life stories. We cover everything from "news" to "business" and "lifestyle", and everything in-between.

This 30th issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. This issue includes the short stories: "Something Bad" by Jeremy Essex, "On a Front Porch on a November Afternoon" by M. Regan, "The End of the World and a Super 88" by Michael Ezell, "Winning in Real Estate" by Lara Frater, and "The Lost Tapes - Shane Starr" by Daniel Arthur Smith.

In partnership with Texas Monthly, the following articles highlighting Texas business and culture are now available in a bundle as an audio download: "The Slow Life and Fast Death of DJ Screw" by Michael Hall, "Dreaming of Her" by Pamela Colloff, "He Ain't Going Nowhere" by John Spong, "A Home of Last Resort" by Sonia Smith, and "The Shelf Life of John Mackey" by Tom Foster.

This program includes summaries of three books: The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas J. Dilorenzo; Breaking BUD/S: How Regular Guys Can Become Navy SEALs by DH Xavier; and Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway by Jonathan Parshall.

Here are the top 10 growth stocks to look for in 2018!

This is a beginners guide to investing in the stock market.

A short Christmas love story of a woman who reunites with her high-school sweetheart.

How to Improve Cash Flow.

I wrote this book because I want you to have a great experience building your new home or remodeling your existing home. It is possible. You don't have to listen to your friends who say, "Oh, remodeling is a nightmare," or "Building a house is a dreadful experience. I'll never do it." I don't want you to be in that category.

After living in the White House for four years, in November 1980, Jimmy Carter lost the presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan in a landslide. Carter's unpopularity helped Republicans win seats in the House and gain control over the Senate for the first time in over 20 years. The Reagan Era had begun, ushering in a generation of conservative power. Democrats blamed Carter for this catastrophe and spent the next decade pretending he had never existed.

After fatally shooting the Confederate sharpshooter who killed his best friend, Zach Harkin's sense of revenge changes to deep remorse when he views the dead man's diary and photo. Haunted, suffering from post-traumatic stress, and unable to serve, he is mustered out of service. With scant information, he begins an epic journey to search for the dead man's family. He is captured, imprisoned, tortured, and thoroughly tested as a human being, and after escaping, he never expects to find love in the war-ravaged South.

When random killings start happening around Centerville, Marvin (Marv) Henderson, Centerville's retired large-animal vet, now cowboy coroner, begins to see links that point to a serial killer with an unknown motive. With his friend, an elderly lady named Annemarie Smith, being one of the victims, nothing will stop Marv in his efforts to bring her murderer to justice, even when his own life is danger.

Before the Civil War had even begun, these young men, Zach and Luke, had already crossed paths while fishing in eastern Tennessee. After they parted ways, they never expected to later be pitted against each other in war - but, when Zach joined the Northern cause and Luke joined the Southern, that's exactly what happened. On the battlefields, each boy learns invaluable lessons about himself, and both contribute to the outcome of battles and, ultimately, to the war.

From the beginning of the Industrial Age and continuing into the twenty-first century, companies faced with militant workers and organizers have often turned to agencies that specialized in ending strikes and breaking unions. Although their secretive nature has made it difficult to fully explore the history of this industry, From Blackjacks to Briefcases does just that.

In the lonely years following the death of her fiancé, Helen is unable to move on with her life. But life itself is moving on around her literally: The building of a dam is forcing her small town and her family home to relocate. But the construction project means more than the loss of a home. Helens brother, Robbie, who disappeared without a trace 15 years earlier, suddenly resurfaces. As he re-enters his sisters life, he reveals the secret of why he left in the first place: a secret that tore their family apart, and affected Helens life in more ways than she ever realized.

The legendary Ice House Club celebrated it's 50th Anniversary with this live all-star comedy extravaganza. The recording of this momentous night features 8 national headliners in an amazing tribute that will be remembered as one of the strongest Comedy shows in history.