Podcast Episodes

200 - Daily phrases: have a leg up, cut to the chase, up for grabs, and more

In the month of February I'm going to do a special series of "phrase of the day" videos - so I'll take a phrase I've heard recently on TV or in daily…

6 years, 11 months ago

199 - Five motivational quotes and how they apply to learning English

Sometimes you might get discouraged when studying English. Becoming fluent takes a really long time and lots of effort and practice, so it's easy to …

6 years, 11 months ago

198 - Learn and practice these 5 tiny pronunciation differences

We have a saying in English that "the devil is in the details" - this means that you need to be careful, because the small parts of a situation/task …

6 years, 11 months ago

197 - Learn 50 collocations with PLAN and HOPE

Many of us have hopes and plans for what we would like to accomplish in the new year! Today I'll teach you 50 common collocations with these words.

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6 years, 11 months ago

196 - New English words added to the dictionary in 2018

This is one of my FAVORITE lessons of the year  :-)

Did you know that the dictionary is updated all the time? The publishers add words that have com…

7 years ago

195 - Learn 8 English idioms with END

It's December 31st - we're at the tail end of the year! (= the very last part)

In today's lesson, you'll learn 8 English idioms with the word end.Re…

7 years ago

194 - Answers to your questions about phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs are very common in everyday spoken English - and many students ask me about the definitions of phrasal verbs they've heard in conversat…

7 years ago

193 - Three different ways to pronounce CC in English

I've noticed a pronunciation mistake that many students make when they say words like "succeed" and "successful."

There are actually 3 different way…

7 years, 1 month ago

192 - Business English Vocabulary Quiz

Today you can test your knowledge of 10 common business English terms.

This quiz only taught you 10 words and expressions... but you can learn hundre…

7 years, 1 month ago

191 - Learn English from the News: The growing tradition of Friendsgiving

We recently had the holiday of Thanksgiving in the United States. Most people celebrate it with their families, but there's a growing tradition of al…

7 years, 1 month ago