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How to pronounce “continental shift

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Practice the English pronunciation of continental shift with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Origins - How The Earth Made Usinto the underside of the continental plate of Africa.
Definition summary
A type of work cycle, most commonly at a manufacturing plant or institution, with shifts worked four days in a row, followed by four days off in a row. It can also commonly be implemented as working four days in a row with three days off, then working three days in a row with four days off; switching every week.

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How to pronounce continental shift

Origins - How The Earth Made Us

into the underside of the continental plate of Africa.

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A type of work cycle, most commonly at a manufacturing plant or institution, with shifts worked four days in a row, followed by four days off in a row. It can also commonly be implemented as working four days in a row with three days off, then working three days in a row with four days off; switching every week.

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