Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
JIVE
swing, swing music, jive
(noun) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
jive
(verb) dance to jive music; dance the jive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)
(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
(intransitive, colloquial) To dance.
Noun
jive (plural jives)
A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
Swing, a style of jazz music.
A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
(US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
(US, colloquial, often pejorative) African-American Vernacular English.
Etymology 2
Verb
jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)
(US) Alternative spelling of jibe
Usage notes
• "Jive" and "jibe" have been used interchangeably in the US to indicate the concept "to agree or accord." While one recent dictionary accepts this usage of "jive," most sources consider it to be in error.
• See also "jive turkey" for a related expression.
Source: Wiktionary
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