To follow up our Christmas Dinner at the ISS article and the story of the "hidden figure" Katherine Johnson, here's an up-to-date story on these past two busy days at the Space Station.
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Here are some useful words and phrases we'll discuss in class:
it's not quite ...
Amazon Prime
to
abort (technology)
to
pay off (intransitive)
to
scuttle
to
snag
goodies
to
check in on
hot
on smb/smth’s tail
count
(noun)
bustling
to
staff (vs to man)
to
boast (transitive)
self-sufficient
does not / doesn’t
/ do not / don’t come cheap
on
the rise
makes
it / doesn’t make it
to
pay off
capture
(noun)
to
leap into action
splashdown
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