Louvre museum opens in Abu Dhabi | China’s Singles Day sets a global shopping record | Learn English phrases short up, spill into, and throw weight behind - a podcast by Jeff B. | PlainEnglish.com

The Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, opens a second location in Abu Dhabi that will tell the stories of eastern and western civilization through artwork.

In China, shoppers spent a record $25 billion on Singles Day; what was originally a light-hearted protest of Valentine’s Day has become the world’s biggest shopping day.

We review English phrases “shore up”, “spill into”, and “throw weight behind.”

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