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Listening: What's next for the Irish pub? (1)
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What's a 'watering hole'?
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a pub (informal)
a car wash
a motorway service with showers
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What's a 'hiatus'?
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a tear (in clothes, for example)
a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.
a chasm, a very large difference between two opinions or groups of people
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Who are 'punters'?
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punt drivers (a punt=flat bottomed boat, usually in rivers, e.g. in Cambridge)
(UK informal) customers
pioneers (in business, science…)
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What's a 'rendezvous'? (From French)
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sophisticated (dish, drink, dessert…)
a bond, a connection
a meeting at an agreed time and place.
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Who are 'publicans'?
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public figures (politicians, celebrities, social media personalities…)
a company or people that prepare and issue books, journals, or music for sale.
the managers of pubs
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If something is pervasive…
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it is present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place
it occurs often or repeatedly
it is in a state of decay; rotten or putrid.
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