The TOEIC Exam (by Educational Testing Service) is a good test of English knowledge for business, the workplace and international communication. I teach a lot of classes to expand the vocabulary of students who will take the TOEIC.
I recommend the Ba
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In the picture above --What is the name for this in English? Answer: It is a/an ______________ machine.
What is the name in English for the equipment in the photo below? Answer: It is a/an ______________ machine.
Hi everybody, now it´s my turn... does anybody know what is it and how is it used?
This is a rather easy one, but..What is this tool, or equipment called?
Where I live we see some strange sights sometimes. I saw this a few days ago when I drove off of Padre Island and as I came back toward home I got my camera ready and took some photos. Have you ever seen anything quite like this?Please notice the yel
Read more…This is one of my drawings - an Archimed's gear (not sure if it's correct name in English).Drawn today with AutoCAD 2009, just for educational purpose.
These items are very old tools. Their function may not be immediately apparent to you but maybe if you think about it for a while some plausible answer will come to you. Questions are allowed if you think some additional clues will help you. Good lu
This tool is also made of wood for the most part. It stands on the floor of a shop due to it's size. What can you tell by looking at this tool? Do you have an idea of how it works?
This pair of tools are something no longer used. At least to my knowledge they are not used today. They and similar tools have a very interesting history and used to be found in almost every city or town. Maybe you can give the name of the item or te
Read more…This is a rather odd tool which you may have to think about a little while.
This is obviously made of wood. What can we guess about the function of this tool.
Hahaha, this is the thread of betrayal. Forget the industry, u can do it by your self! lolWell, actually it's not so political. It's just to share the things, that we have made by our selves. :)Here's my lamp.
Here is another tool from at least 100 years ago. Try to describe which part of the tool is used. Maybe you can even describe what it was used for.
I figure, that instead of posting pictures of tools and their names. It's more interesting to post pictures and then let others to answer the question "How it's called in English?"So I'm the first one to ask this question.What's on picture? Give as e
Read more…This equipment (an apparatus) is used to separate gases from dust. Do you know it's name?
In the USA there have been several refinery explosions or fires every year, bit most are fairly small. Sometimes these are inside cities or towns. We all know that safety is important to these businesses, and that they do their best to prevent fires
Read more…The raw material (feed stock) of a refinery is crude oil. This must be made into useful materials by treating it with a variety of processes including heat and various controlled chemical reactions. If either the heat or reactions were not controlled
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