Can you rise to an English speaking challenge? Make a short video where you’re speaking in English, and we’ll share it with the world. Here’s how it works: 1. You make a short video of yourself speaking in English – just a few sentences. Tell us where you have spent the pandemic. 2. You upload […]
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Do you want to learn common spoken English phrases? Then you’re going to love our series of videos on colloquial English. The best way to learn them is to see them in action. That way you can see when it’s appropriate to use the phrases and they become more memorable. Using colloquial phrases will help
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This is the third video in a series on colloquial English where we’re looking at common phrases and expressions we use when we’re speaking. The best way to learn them is to see them in action. That way you can see when it’s appropriate to use the phrases and they become more memorable. Using colloquial
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This is the second video in a series on colloquial English where we’re looking at common phrases and expressions we use when we’re speaking. The best way to learn them is to see them in action. That way you can see when it’s appropriate to use the phrases and they become more memorable. Using colloquial
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English word pairs are a kind of collocation – a fixed expression. The technical term for them is binomials and English is full of them! Learning English word pairs is a great way to boost your vocabulary.In this video you’ll learn how to use these English expressions and see lots of examples in action: fun
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Welcome to our brand new series on colloquial English where we’re looking at common phrases and expressions we use when we’re speaking. The best way to learn them is to see them in action. That way you can see when it’s appropriate to use the phrases and they become more memorable. Using colloquial phrases will
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Welcome to our 2020 review! It’s a video where we look back at the year we’ve had (oh, what a strange year!), talk about clips from some of the videos we’ve made and look ahead at things to come. It’s a long video with lots of comedy sketches, so grab a coffee and make yourselves
In this video lesson we’ll show you how the word ironic is used in action. It seems to mean rather different things to different people. Normally we use ironic in a couple of different ways. One is to describe how we say things. When we use words with the opposite meaning to their literal meaning,
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Learn 11 English idioms about food and see how we use them in action.Idioms are expressions where words take on different meanings. You’ll learn; a piece of cake butter someone up the best thing since sliced bread selling like hotcakes one smart cookie taking candy from a baby as easy as pie a fine kettle
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Feeling lonely in the pandemic, we decided to have dinner with our Google Assistant. In this video you’ll find out how she rated as a dinner guest and learn about pragmatics – the study of hidden meanings. So does the Google Assistant make a good dinner guest?Her plusses:She was attentive, informative and energetic. She struggled
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