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https://syntheticbilingual.blogspot.com/2022/02/top-10-smallest-countries-in-world-by.html By Harshit Bhardwaj       FEB 10, 2022 Source:  https://devotedtonature.com/smallest-countries-in-the-world/?fbclid=IwAR2bgNQXXSqJfVB9FkxJrDrGsSlsKZHPjR8m6R2HfoMfElWTJSPWzxlSaYA (Vui lòng xem bản dịch tiếng Việt bên dưới) Most of us know about the  world’s largest countries , but do you know the world’s smallest countries? You may be surprised to know how small they can really get and that less size does not necessarily mean less to offer. Read on to find out the 10 smallest countries in the world, 1. Vatican City Area - 0.49 km2 (0.19 mi2) The Vatican is a city-state and stretches just about 0.5 kilometres square. This country lies entirely within the city of Rome, the capital of Italy. For a country with less than a thousand citizens, the Vatican packs a lot of power. The current Pope and sovereign of the Vatican, Pope Francis, is one of the most influential leader...

https://syntheticbilingual.blogspot.com/2022/02/norway-to-add-gender-neutral-pronoun-to.html By  Alina Tanya/Shutterstock.com       February 8, 2022 Source:  https://www.optimistdaily.com/2022/02/norway-to-add-gender-neutral-pronoun-to-official-norwegian-language/?fbclid=IwAR3q0xlYjX-7QB6mBAviVb--3MgXAH5ADEV4FdWn6GNnvjtgVNASPhXcTMw (Vui lòng xem bản dịch tiếng Việt bên dưới) The official Norwegian language is set to add a new gender-neutral pronoun within the year, confirms the  Language Council of Norway . The gender-neutral third-person singular counterpart to the feminine  “hun”  and the masculine  “han”  will be  “hen.” According to Daniel Ims, a representative of the council,  gender-neutral pronouns  have been discussed in Norway’s linguistic and grammar community for a while now, though the arguments for their use were not mirrored by Norwegian speech patterns in the past. “Over time, we have seen that the ac...

https://syntheticbilingual.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-live-in-mobile-home-and-its-great.html By  STEPH MICKELSON published   JAN 26, 2022 Source:  https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/pros-cons-of-mobile-homes-37027489?fbclid=IwAR1PDHKRZGcKzoyjHfyaH7zWEOqyCB7FWHFL-kqHmcQqt80uQlyYoFMcHzM (Vui lòng xem bản dịch tiếng Việt bên dưới) When my husband and I moved to Wisconsin, my in-laws owned a  mobile home  that they graciously offered to us rent-free. We were in the midst of  paying off our debt , so the plan went like this: Work like crazy to pay off the debt, save like crazy to build up our emergency fund, save up for a down payment, buy a house. After  building our emergency fund , we found out we were pregnant and decided that my husband would stay home after our son was born while I continued to teach. That meant going down to one income, so we put our home buying plans on hold (while continuing to save at a snail’s pace), and decided to stay wh...