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On

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UK
ɒn
US
ɑːn
Definition: Physically in contact with and supported by (a surface).
Meaning: Trên, ở trên
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How to use "On" vocabulary in sentence (example)

Fruit is meant to be a good part of a balanced diet, so even if you do end up spending a few bucks more on your favorite fruit, at least it's for a worthy cause.

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However, there are still a few pineapples with a hefty price tag on them.

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Well technically, these special pineapples aren't even on the market - so they're priceless.

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If that's what it takes to get your hand on one of these Victorian-grown pineapples, I wouldn't hold your breath!

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On the plus side, at least the legacy of these pineapples will make us appreciate the lowly cost of our standard Dole pineapples at the grocery store!

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There are also many people from different countries who stay in London on business.

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On the boulevard are the Humboldt University and the State Opera of Berlin.

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Tornadoes are ranked on the Enhanced Fujita scale, from EF0 to EF5.

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Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s.

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The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts.

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He increased the sales by 45% in the first year by offering lower prices on products that he purchased from lower cost suppliers.

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On July 2nd, 1962 Sam Walton opened the first Walmart Discount City store.

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In 1969, Walmart was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1970.

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Walmart employees often have to use food stamps as well, to make ends meet on their reportedly low wages.

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The CPU is an electronic machine that works on a list of computer things to do, called instructions.

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Three college students, down on their luck and in rent arrears, plotted, schemed, and grafted away night-after-night in an effort to avoid having their rental lease terminated and keep themselves off the streets.

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With the debt piling up and the landlord on their tail, for rent arrears, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nate Blecharczyk, found themselves between a rock and a hard place.

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Airbnb was formed in San Francisco in 2008, and it's in that very city where Airbnb plays host to it's most loyal customers and fans, with the Sanfranciscan's on average spending five and half days in each property and splashing out a whopping $1,045 for their stay.

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Not bad for three down on their luck guys struggling to pay rent, a little over a decade ago, right?

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Not only are senior citizens the fastest-growing client base for Airbnb, but they're also the most well behaved, with older women consistently showing as the highest-rated hosts on the platform.

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There are some fantastic unique places available to rent on Airbnb if you're in an adventurous kind of mood.

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They have castles, beach huts, mobile homes, and more than two thousand tree houses currently listed on the site!

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If a tiny garden studio or an igloo isn't for you, you will be pleased to hear that Airbnb also has some enormous properties for rent on its site.

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Up until 2015, company founder Brian Chesky had the original Airbnb apartment up for rent on the site.

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So far, we only know of life on Earth, but we're looking for more everywhere we can.

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In December 1987 the Great Wall was placed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO .

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The Great Wall Marathon is held in October every year on Mutianyu Great Wall.

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The fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and characteristic tart flavor.

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Later on, during the warring campaigns of the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans, yogurt became common in the entire West.

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It goes well on a baguette or biscuit, and the entire experience is akin to eating a small piece of cake.

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The most yoghurt eaten in one minute is 1.685 kilograms (3.71 lbs) and was achieved by Andre Ortolf (Germany) in Augsburg, Germany, on 25 March 2017.

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National Greek Yogurt Day is observed annually on November 9th.

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National Frozen Yogurt Day is observed annually on February 6th.

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On average, a severe thunderstorm can produce approximately 6,000 lightning strikes every minute.

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Each year, on average, severe storms are responsible for more damage (as measured by insurance costs) than tropical cyclones, earthquakes, floods, or bushfires.

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Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu and Ogasawara Islands.

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The city ranked sixth on the Global Financial Centres Index of 2019.

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Tokyo is known for its extremely busy public transportation as made famous on youtube.

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Some services on the Internet cost nothing to use.

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Censorship and freedom of speech on the Internet can be controversial.

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The most used service on the Internet is the World Wide Web (which is also called the "Web" or "www").

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Webpages on the Internet can be seen and read by anyone (unless the page needs a password, or it is blocked).

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In 2000, graffiti artist Temper was hired by Sprite to create a limited edition design in celebration of the millennium that appeared on 100 million cans distributed across Europe.

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Both males and females have white feathers on their wings and tails.

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The first smartphone running Android was released in 2008, the HTC Dream or T-Mobile G1 depending on your country, it had a sliding keyboard.

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Android has over a billion activations on devices including tablets and of course smartphones.

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At CES 2011 Android 3.0 Honeycomb was debuted on the Motorola XOOM.

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It was completely redesigned for tablets and never ran on smartphones.

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Irina Blok designed the logo in 2007, the general idea came from the man on toilet doors.

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In 2015, Android's OS was on 81.61% of all Smartphones sold.

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Mexico City is built on a lake called Texcoco.

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75% of all sesame seeds grown in Mexico end up on McDonald's hamburger buns.

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States.

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In his childhood he helped his father on the farm, but when he was 22 years old he left home and moved to New Salem, Illinois, where he worked in a general store.

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It is named football because the players of the game walk and often run (on their feet) while playing, as opposed to (for example) polo where the players ride horses.

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The ball is often kicked with the foot, but depending on the game, it can also be hit using other parts of the body (in association football) and handling the ball is a part of some other sports known as 'football'.

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The maximum number of players on a football team is 11.

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In 1937, the first live coverage of a football match was shown on television.

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Today, it is the most popular sport in the world and many people watch it on television, especially the FIFA World Cup that happens every four years.

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Telescopes on the Earth show only a small, bright crescent.

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And MESSENGER, launched in 2004, orbited Mercury over 4,000 times in four years before exhausting its fuel and crashing into the planet's surface on April 30, 2015.

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The Caloris Basin is the largest impact crater on Mercury covering approximately 1,550 km in diameter and was discovered in 1974 by the Mariner 10 probe.

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At the age of 28, he was working on designing code for an online auction website originally called Auction Web.

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The first item to be sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.

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He contacted the seller to check that they realized what they had bid on, and it turned out they were a collector of broken laser pens!

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After 8 years of selling, on November 13th 2008, Sheng became the first person to reach this amount of reviews.

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To recognize his success, eBay even made a special shooting star icon to put alongside his name on eBay.

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The most expensive item ever sold on eBay was a yacht.

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The exact number of items that can be listed on eBay at once before the server's crash is unclear.

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With this vast quantity of numbers eBay does not create an annual report on how many items are sold within a year.

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So when you have a spare moment, why not see what weird and wonderful things you can find for sale on this virtual auction house.

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Noodles, few mint leaves, chopped vegetables, and lettuce are placed on thin wraps and then is rolled.

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His works were later rediscovered by both Arabic and Renaissance scientists who first replicated his results and then built on them.

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Archimedes work on the lever led to one of his most famous statements.

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“Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth”.

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The famous characters Wallace and Gromit are partial to Wensleydale cheese on crackers.

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While we're on the topic of religion in Bali, let's check out the world's largest Hindu statue!

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The massive sculpture pictures Lord Vishnu riding the mythical bird Garuda, and can be seen for miles at different points on the island.

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Mount Agung is an active volcano on Bali Island which has already erupted multiple times in the last 2 years.

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These events left hundreds of thousands of people stranded on Bali island!

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One thing we didn't love on our trip to Bali was the traffic congested main road.

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In 2015, over 500 people died in traffic accidents on Bali roads with that number increasing every year.

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Just something to think about if you're considering renting a motorbike on your trip!

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At places like Tirta Empul you can bath in holy water, or even walk on water at the koi fish pond!

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Its name comes from lap, as it was deemed to be placed on a person's lap when being used.

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Mars is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the reddish iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye.

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Since a lot of the Earth is covered by water, the total surface area of the Mars is nearly as large as all of the land on the Earth.

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They're then fried on both sides in a pan, often using oil or butter.

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A Crêpe or crepe is thin, large pancakes that are flipped and cooked on both sides.

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The idea of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is more than 1,000 years old.

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It was done by Ross mccurdy from Kingston, Washington, United States, on August 13, 2013.

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Desktop computers are designed to be placed on a desk, and they're typically made up of a few different parts, including the computer case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

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A server is a computer that serves up information to other computers on a network.

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For example, whenever you use the Internet, you're looking at something that's stored on a server.

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The saying, "A cat always lands on its feet" isn't just an old myth.

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Cats have a natural ability to land on their feet called the "righting reflex".

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It really depends on the cats, too.

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On the October 18, 1963 a black and white tuxedo cat named C 341 was rocketed out into space, making world history.

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On the other hand, "dog people" make up 45% of the world.

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She gave birth to the entanglement of kittens on August 7, 1970 in her owner's home in Oxfordshire, UK.

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