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sweatshop, trampoline, drop, showjumping


show jumping, competitive equestrian event in which horse and rider are required to jump, usually within a time limit, a series of obstacles that have been ...

Inside the elite world of international showjumping

Want to become a champion in the world’s most glamorous arena? You’ll need guts, determination, understanding parents – and stable full of cash

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop

Published: April 6, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.




DROP
  1. To fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
sweatshop Show phonetics noun [C] DISAPPROVING a small factory where workers are paid very little and work many hours in very bad conditions: sweatshop conditions 24/7 Love

trampoline  noun [C] a piece of sports equipment which you use for jumping on, consisting of a piece of stretchy material joined by springs to a frame 

  trampolining  noun [U] Rebecca's main hobby is trampolining.

trampolinist  noun [C] She was a very good trampolinist when she was at school.

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