Language Skills II, Homework for Week 3

For homework, please:
1.find a podcast that interests you and that you will regularly follow this semester you on iTunes, YouTube, or another news media source.
2. read the following article http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/10/daily-chart-14 and answer the following questions:
a) What does beleaguered mean?
b) What does it mean to "hedge one's bets"?
c) According to the article, on what grounds is Trump claiming that the media is rigging the election against him?
d) Brainstorm verbs for describing the dynamics you see in the three graphs in the article.
3. do this quick gerund and infinitive exercise: https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/advanced/a_grammar/file05/nef_int_grammar_5_03?cc=us&selLanguage=en
4. analyze your speech in your native language for idioms that you use on a regular basis. Try to figure out what the English equivalents would be.

Questions from class (thank you for the great ones today -- keep them coming!):
1. A "bolt hole" (also "bolt-hole" or "bolthole") is literally a hole from which a small animal (like a rabbit) can bolt when endangered. The expression is chiefly British. A loophole is restricted to legal contexts.
2. "This and that" info: this link (towards the bottom of the entry) confirms what we suspected http://www.nativespeakeronline.com/confusing-words/what-is-the-difference-between-this-and-that
3. "me either/me neither": Here we have the rule explained, but keep in mind that speakers will casually say "me either" meaning "me neither": https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/meeither.html
This is a cool page, btw: https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
4. Concerning the "not my monkey, not my circus" Polish idiom, North American English has the expression "I don't have a dog in this fight" to demonstrate non-involvement and non-commitment.