English for apes

Sleep on firewood. Lick bitter liver. Expose test results.

unscrupulous

2024-08-29 20:46:30 | Reading - local
BBC has updated the interview with the shoplifter as an article.

'I stole to order' says prolific ex-shoplifter
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdpvd41z7mo

<words>
unscrupulous
[quote]increasing trend of unscrupulous businesses taking on local product that has been stolen to order

I've surprised that:
- other local shops buy stolen wares
- middle man who order to steal
- shoplifters are not able to send to prison
- vinyl records of Urban Outfitters
- average 133 GBP per year are added as shoplifting cost onto the price of the retail goods
- increasing the number of shoplifting offences
- 70% of shoplifters are drug/opioid addicts
- mental illness, ADHD, experience of abuse in their childhood may affect to shoplifters
- a methadone prescription and voluntarily attending Narcotic Anonymous meeting are standard treatment for addicts

There is a shoplifting market. There are buyers of stolen goods and drug sellers to shoplifters. That is a social cost for all.
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Liam Gallagher interview 2

2024-08-29 16:49:20 | Listening
It's a BBC official clip. It's a short interview.

Oasis: Liam Gallagher discusses band reunion in 2016
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cje2zje0k85o

words failed to catch:
ain't - I ain't changing - the sound skipped a bit
reckon - I reckon our kid would have to change, wouldn't he
I sit at home - the sound skipped a bit
razzmatazz

He likes using 'you know what I mean'.
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A prolific shoplifter

2024-08-29 15:09:38 | Listening
Even if I listen twice, it's not big difference. I miss same words.

'I stole to order', £300-a-day former shoplifter tells BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c86lvy5z8vxo

I missed hearing the following words:
leather
Lego
cleaned
to fund his addiction
addicts
drugs
caught
honey
Tia Maria
mate
with my bag full of

I could catch but I couldn't get the meaning when I hear:
prolific
I was only ever inches away from it
conviction

I couldn't catch only what the shoplifter say, but also the reporter...
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A flower?

2024-08-29 11:09:50 | Listening
The super rare orchid flower reminds this.

A flower?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GytFAdz9xw

I've been listening this a thousand times, but I've never done it's dictation and haven't research the meaning.
The lyrics had been just a sound for me without meaning. Actually, some lines have no meanings and just word play.
And I cannot catch pronouns, articles, connections, modal verbs, verb be... as always. I cannot speak and listen such small words in a quick manner.

Even it's a dictation and not correct, I cannot write down many lines due to copyright.

flutter byes
gutter flies

Fly away, you sweet little thing, they are hard on your trail
They are going to change you into a human being
All change!

mum to mud to mad to dad
dad to dam to dum to mum
dad diddly office
mum diddly washing

You are full of ball
Let me hear your lies
We're living this up to the eyes

up to the eyes - > up to one's eyes = extremely busy

What a masterpiece!
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nutrient

2024-08-29 09:07:01 | Reading - local
Easy two minutes reading, not even A2 level, but very good story.

Super rare ghost orchid rediscovered in UK
https://www.bbc.com/newsround/articles/cvg3pv27vnro

No words, but basic words for speaking.

<basic words>
chlorophyll
nutrient
squash
flower tourists
secretive flower
woodland
extinct - hasn't gone extinct
handful - spotted a handful of times
holy grail
referee - normally sports, but a flower
specimen
knowingly - no bad meaning in the article

[quote] Knowing that the ghost orchid is still here and hasn’t gone extinct in Britain fills me with hope for the future of this species.
This discovery reminds us that even in the darkest woods, there is always hope. [quote]
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