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What do you think the words/phrases in bold take off, breakout, pushed the boat out, take, to the fore börja lära sig
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The pundits say this trend will never take off. börja lära sig
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suddenly start being successful increase fast in success/popularity
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It's this year's breakout gadget. börja lära sig
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newly famous and successful
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The company really pushed the boat out on this product. börja lära sig
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spent a lot of money celebrating something because it is very special
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What's your take on these new smart watches? börja lära sig
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Wearable tech has been to the fore this year? börja lära sig
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Whatch the programme. Which of the things below are mentioned? What do they say about them? smart watch, interactive television, smart thermostat, driverless cars, drones, brain imaging, genetic data börja lära sig
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All the things are mentioned except interactive television and brain imaging.
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one speaker wonders if Apple's smart watch will break out become more successful than others
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can control heating from afar from wherever you may be — provided you have an Internet connection of some kind
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there are more experiments with these
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these have been promoted at a convenient time for Amazon (before the Christmas rush); they will fill the skies and raise concerns about privacy and surveillance
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it defines you and is being stored and makes you vulnerable to hackers
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It was the year when (?) technology began to take off with all sorts of devices börja lära sig
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It was the year when wearable technology began to take off with all sorts of devices wearable technology: smart electronic devices (electronic device with micro-controllers) that can be worn on the body as implants or accessories.
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to give you information on the (?) börja lära sig
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to give you information on the move. move; progressing; advancing. Finally the market has turned around now and is really on the move. At last, we are on the move!
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They (Apple) were, after all, the company that really pushed the (?) [out] on smartphones, and with their iPhones, börja lära sig
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They (Apple) were, after all, the company that really pushed the boat [out] on smartphones, and with their iPhones,
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so you wonder if their take on the smart watch will be the watch that actually finally breaks (?) from gadget geeks. börja lära sig
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so you wonder if their take on the smart watch will be the watch that actually finally breaks out from gadget geeks.
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The magic of the interconnected world is that everything's going to be (?), so you may be somebody who's driving home from work börja lära sig
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The magic of the interconnected world is that everything's going to be connected, so you may be somebody who's driving home from work
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one day and using the dashboard in your car to turn on your (?) at home. börja lära sig
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one day and using the dashboard in your car to turn on your heating at home.
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There are getting to be far more savvy and malicious (?) out there who are looking to tap into your information, börja lära sig
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There are getting to be far more savvy and malicious hackers out there who are looking to tap into your information,
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to exploit the fact that we have a lot of our (?) in the cloud. börja lära sig
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to exploit the fact that we have a lot of our data in the cloud.
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Listen to two people discussing whether to invest in an innovation. What is the gadget and what do they think of it? börja lära sig
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A water carrier that purifies water. They think it's worth investing in and has potential.
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