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Bob and Rob discuss the increasing number of CCTV cameras around the world. Be careful: Big Brother is watching.

PHRASAL VERBS & IDIOMS
to pass away = die, which is preferred to saying die in formal sentences. It collocates with peacefully e.g.: My grandfather passed away peacefully at the age of 96.

to die = stop living. This can also collocate with peacefully or from e.g.: He suddenly died last Saturday from a heart attack.

"to perish" also means 'to die' and is used in a literary or formal style and especially when someone has died in a sudden and unexpected and violent way. It is also used in textbooks describing the results of accidents or war. It collocates with of/from something, or in an accident e.g.: thousands of people perished in the Bosnian wars.

"to bite the dust" also means 'to die' and is used in a humorous and informal way. It should not be used to talk about real people. It can be used to describe plans or businesses e.g.: that guy's start-up business didn't last long. It bit the dust last week after just being in operation for two months.

"to see somebody (all)right" (British English)/"to do somebody right" (American English) = make certain that someone has been paid for their services properly and to make sure someone is treated correctly e.g
God forbid were I to pass away before my time, I hope my university would see my wife and family right

see which way the wind blows = see or predict what is likely to happen, or to see what most people think, before deciding an appropriate course of action e.g.:
many successful businessmen and politicians check to see which way the wind is blowing before they commit to a project or policy

Omitting words after auxiliary verbs:
When the previous clause or sentence has no auxiliary verb, or when the auxiliary is a form of do, we can use do or a form of it. If the main verb is past tense, we use did, if it is present simple, we use do e.g.:
Rob works out every Monday morning, and so do I OR (/ do too) rather than and I work out every Monday morning too.
Rob: Hey Bob, I didn't take your iPod.
Bob: No one is suggesting you did Rob.
rather than No one is suggesting you did take my iPod Rob.
When be is the main verb in the previous sentence, we repeat a form of the verb be e.g.:
A: Politicians are such liars.
B: They always are.
A: The bus is late again.
B: It usually is.

(US) knickers (UK) plus fours
(US) jump rope (UK) skipping rope
(US) jelly roll (UK) Swiss roll
(US) Intermission (UK) interval
(US) odometer (UK) milometre
(US) female underpants (UK) knickers

JOKE
A redneck (which is a derogatory term for a rather ignorant person who works outside and is usually from the countryside) named Skeeter, has to save Bubba who is trapped under a collapsed porch. The phone number for the emergency services in America is 911. This joke is funny because instead of dialing nine-one-one for the fire officers, Skeeter dials nine and then is looking for the number eleven on the phone. Obviously there is no number eleven on the phone since they only go up to nine. So, poor old Bubba remains trapped while skeeter has to work out how to dial the number properly ©
Note: the emergency services number in the UK is 999. Let's hope you don't need it.

QUOTATIONS
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to an idealised past. (Robertson Davies)
Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I. Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work... I. Q. is a threshold competence. You need it, but it doesn't make you a star Emotional intelligence can. (Warren Bennis)

The Way The Wind Blows by Jason Lee Parton podshow.com

Big Brother imdb.com/title/tt0099699

habeas corpus = a writ (or legal document) that requires a person to be brought before a judge or court.

CCTV = closed-circ

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