{"id":8772,"date":"2019-01-10T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2020-07-25T03:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T09:16:44","slug":"mexico-gasoline-crisis-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/mexico-gasoline-crisis-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"mexico gasoline crisis vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

earlier this week, this headline was used by multiple news organizations to summarize a reuters<\/strong> story and a current crisis in mexico…<\/p>\n

Mexico fuel theft crackdown sparks shortages<\/i>
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when we talked about it in some of my classes, we all had a good laugh realizing<\/a><\/i><\/strong> (seeing, noticing) that mexico<\/strong><\/span> was the only word that everybody recognized<\/p>\n

\"tolucos<\/a><\/h4>\n

fun elt practice<\/a><\/a> richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n

so as inconvenient as the current situation is here in mexico, it is indeed<\/a> an opportunity to learn from a real event. and it should be easier to remember these vocabulary words the next time u need them<\/p>\n

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  • fuel<\/strong><\/i> is combustible<\/i>, it produces energy when burned. it can be used to mean stimulate<\/i> or motivate<\/i> as well and the expression fuel the fire<\/strong><\/i> means make something more difficult, dangerous or worse<\/i>. there are many ways to apply fuel the fire<\/i> that are generally negative, but these lyrics by ani difranco<\/strong> from the end of her song fuel <\/strong><\/i><\/span> give the idea of a force for positive change
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    beneath<\/i> the good and the kind and the stupid and the cruel<\/h4>\n

    there’s a fire just waiting for fuel<\/i><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    beneath<\/a><\/strong><\/i> <\/i>means under<\/i>.<\/p>\n