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We found 25 parts of the Adept English website which have been tagged with tag: #english idioms. Click on any image from the list below to jump to that part of the webiste.
An English Idiom You Should All Know Ep 371
I think it’s true that positive rewards are a better motivation for most people, rather than negative ones. However, if you need someone to do something, and suitable rewards cannot encourage them to act, you sometimes need to highlight negative or even threatening outcomes. Especially if people will not do what you need them to do. Now that took quite a lot of English vocabulary to explain a simple scenario, a native English speaker would prefer to use an English idiom, a metaphor which explains the scenario in a much simpler idiomatic way.
Published
October 08, 2020
English Idioms That Are Too Big For Their Boots Ep 349
I was talking to a British colleague of mine about Adept English recently and mentioned that one of our English lessons will be on English idioms. They said nobody uses idioms that much anymore, and I laughed because the music on the radio at that very moment was Stormzy, a popular English rapper, was literally rapping a song about an English idiom at that very moment. The English use idioms all the time!
Published
July 23, 2020
Three English Idioms Which Are The Same In French Ep 339
Today we examine 3 common English idioms. English idioms are a pain to learn for new English language learners. We try to make it fun and interesting, so much so you might like these awkward parts of the English language when we finish with them.
Published
June 18, 2020
Online English Tutorial Helping You Speak English Fluently Ep 296
If you are looking for online English tutorials to help you speak English fluently, then you’ve hit the jackpot! Adept English has hundreds of free English tutorials covering English pronunciation, fluently, speaking, listening also common phrases, grammar and finally we have lessons that cover idioms.
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January 20, 2020
English Fruit Idioms Explained With Sentences Ep 244
Today we have some fun with English fruit idioms that you will hear in everyday English conversation here in Britain. There are a lot of fruit themed idioms in use today, far more than you would expect. I guess we all like fruit and it’s something we all have in common so it’s a powerful way of communicating something we would (or should) understand.
Published
July 22, 2019
English Idioms A Storm In A Teacup Ep 233
When we talk about English idioms, you might think this is a little used or useless part of your English language learning. Something you will probably never come across. You would be wrong!
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June 13, 2019