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Well, all those jokes are a considerable part of English-speaking people culture, that's why we are happy to share...

Oh, come on, we just like pumpkins!
Hey!
It's a long read time.

The Pumpkin Spice Latte is a coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spice flavors (cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove), steamed milk, and espresso, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spice. Since 2015, it has also contained a small amount of pumpkin puree. The drink is offered by Starbucks and many other cafés on a seasonal basis, usually being introduced on the first of September and usually, depending on the store, will end sometime around the end of December.

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meanwhile, an equinox is an astronomical event in which the plane of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.
Well, that's how it is.
Halloween is over but the our scary idioms parade will be continued. Which witch is which?
Stop screaming and start laughing :)
Hey!

It's a long read time!

We have found a captivating issue on Quora for you: What's the difference between terrible and horrible?
Here is a combination of two answers:

Terrible and horrible both are adjectives but, they have totally different meanings.
Terrible :- 1. extremely bad or serious.
For e.g:"a terrible crime"
2. causing or likely to cause terror; sinister.
For e.g: "terrible face"

Horrible :- 1. causing or likely to cause horror; shocking
For e.g: "horrible murder"
2. very unpleasant

Moreover, one of the several definitions of terrible is not only quite different from horrible but also unknown to most folks. Terrible also means intense or extreme, as in a terrible beauty. In this it resembles awful, a word that once meant awe-inspiring.
We were thinking about a photo for the long read... Well, if Hilary&Trump don't count, then here you are - a picture for a "terrible" topic.
It's midnight, and we guess that you are sitting constrained in the kitchen surrounded by family members in anticipation of the American President Elections results...

No?

Oh, come on. Never mind. Yet we decided to share this cute map of America with you - for you to become prepared to talks about different states voting results!
Have you seen the news?
Yep, Donald Trump IS the new President of USA.
We are apolitical as always, yet decided to share three final speeches with you.

Hillary Сlinton: http://lnk.al/37c8
Barack Obama: https://youtu.be/0SLfCkXDAf8?t=9m53s
and
Donald Trump: http://lnk.al/37ca

(as always, you can discuss the results in @violachat)
Are you satisfied with the elections results in the USA?
anonymous poll

No – 568
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%

I don't even care. – 337
👍👍👍👍 28%

Yes – 303
👍👍👍👍 25%

👥 1208 people voted so far.
Well, we will see the consequences.
We have examined tons of jokes about politics and all of them are awful.

Let it be a quote for today.
When politicians are campaigning for support and votes, they are on the stump.
There weren't enough idioms lately, that's why today we decided to share the whole list of political vocabulary that we found for you:

http://lnk.al/3cmO

The topic for this week is technology, by the way.
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