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100 answers to common English questions
When a person asks you a question in English, it's hard to give a quick answer.
How can you reply to questions faster?
One way is to learn some of …
4 years, 3 months ago
How to use WISH and HOPE correctly
⭐ 600+ Confusing Words Explained E-Book: https://www.espressoenglish.net/600-confusing-english-words-explained
✔️ Read the lesson text: https://www…
4 years, 3 months ago
"Right" and "wrong" expressions
You know that "right" and "wrong" are the same as "correct" and "incorrect" respectively. These words are also used in a lot of informal expressions …
4 years, 3 months ago
Lifetime vs. Lifelong vs. Lifespan
Today we have a great question from a student who asked about the difference between the words lifetime, lifelong, and lifespan.
These words all see…
4 years, 3 months ago
Your 2022 English-learning plan
Hello and happy 2022! It's a great time to make plans for the goals you want to achieve in the new year :-)
Do you have a plan for improving your En…
4 years, 4 months ago
Phrases for bad travel experiences
Have you ever missed your flight? (Remember that in English we say "I missed my flight" and not "I lost my flight")
Today we'll learn some phrases y…
4 years, 4 months ago
Take back & taken aback
Today's lesson is on two phrasal verbs – take back and taken aback. These look quite similar, but they have very different meanings, and I'll explai…
4 years, 5 months ago
Where exactly to put "please" in a sentence
In English, we use the word "please" to make requests and orders more polite – but have you ever considered where exactly to put the word "please" i…
4 years, 5 months ago
Phrases for complaining about your job
No matter how much you like your job, there are always a few things to complain about. In today's lesson we'll use five sample sentences to learn phr…
4 years, 5 months ago
Can YOU say these 10 tongue twisters?
Today's lesson is going to be a challenge even for me... We're working on 10 tongue twisters - short phrases that are very difficult to pronounce, e…
4 years, 5 months ago