🔖 English Phrases Topic
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Get Phrasal Verbs Much More Than A List Of Prepositions Ep 282
Why, oh why, do English speakers make simple vocabulary so much more difficult to learn than it needs to be? At some point someone decided that taking some prepositions and verbs, that mean one thing on their own would be a good idea to mean something different when you put them together in a short phrase. Lets talk about get phrasal verbs.
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December 02, 2019
What Is A Low Hanging Fruit Ep 263
The expression low-hanging fruit is used to describe achieving a result with little effort. This English phrase is something you might hear in a business meeting and was once a favourite vernacular of management consultants. An entrepreneur might use the idiom when talking about a new business opportunity in business-related English conversation.
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September 26, 2019
How To Learn Spoken English Deja Vu Ep 261
If you are here reading this, then you probably want to learn to speak English. Learning how to speak English is different to learning to read or write in English. Speaking in an English conversation means you need to have strong English listening skills (understanding) and fast word recall (fluency).
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September 19, 2019
Spoken English Conversation Staycation Ep 255
In today’s lesson we practice spoken English conversation and explain the portmanteau word Staycation. Although this is a short lesson (Thursday lessons are shorter, Monday’s lessons are longer) it’s still 1000+ English words, all spoken by a native English speaker at just the right pace to help you practice listening to spoken English.
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August 29, 2019
English Words For Hair Colour Ep 253
Today’s English podcast lesson we will talk about the English words used to describe the colour of your hair. We often discuss the colour of your hair when describing what a person looks like.
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August 22, 2019
Common English Words For Travel Ep 250
A lot of English language students confuse these common English words: travel, travelling, trip, journey, tour, voyage, cruise. So let’s find out why and listen to these common English words being used correctly.
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August 12, 2019