In this podcast, you’ll learn 8 more common colloquial expressions so that you can take your spoken English to the next level and sound more like a native speaker. Don’t lose any sleep over it/Don’t sweat it – to not worry about something at all. I’d like to have a little more money – who…
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In today’s podcast, you’ll learn different uses of the word bear. So bear with us as we look at some expressions and collocations with the word ‘bear’. Email from Mati from Cartagena in Murcia. First of all, I would like to congratulate you for all the work you do. Thanks to you, I’m one more…
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The words and the formality of the language we choose to use are often based on our relationship to the people we talk to. This can be difficult if English isn’t your first language. How do you know if you’re unintentionally being too informal or even offensive? In this episode, we’ll look at some expressions…
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A speaking test in any language is not a natural situation. You are being examined on how you perform and marked according to the words you use in the language you are learning. In this podcast, we aim to help you get the highest mark possible in your speaking by sharing some expressions that a…
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On today’s podcast, you’ll learn 8 more colloquial expressions so that you can sound more like a native speaker. 8 more common colloquial expressions Check out our other episodes about common colloquial expressions: Episodes: 371, 373, 375, 379, 381, 382, 385, 391, 410, 448 It’s 6 of one and half a dozen of the other…
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We’ve all been there. It’s your birthday, or Christmas or your friend comes to your house for dinner and gives you a present that you really dislike. What can you say? You don’t want to offend them. After all, it’s the thought that counts! You don’t want to lie and at the same time, you…
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On today’s podcast, you’ll learn 8 more colloquial expressions so that you can sound more like a native speaker. Voice message from Sara from Spain XI’m listeningX (I listen) to your podcast almost every day Really nice intonation and stress It’s a good idea to vary your listening and not only listen to us! 8…
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Bringing up children is not easy, and it’s not always easy to be brought up by our parents either. In this podcast, we’ll share some things our parents used to say that made sense at the time, but seem strange when we look back on them many years later. The next conversation course starts at…
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In this podcast, you’ll learn 12 fixed expressions that will help you sound more like a native English speaker. This week I’m very happy to have Lynne, from putitlikethis.com on the podcast. Actually, this is a re-edited version of a live stream that Lynne and I did about 2 months ago in which we introduced…
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On this week’s podcast, you’ll learn lots of ways to use the word ‘out’ so that you can expand your vocabulary and be an outstanding English speaker. There are many uses of out. Here are some of the more common ones. Prefix out- outbreak outburst outlive outdoors outrun outcast outside outsource outcome outback outdated outdo…
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