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The verbs listen and hear can be confusing for English learners. In this video we learn how English speakers use them and fix some common mistakes. These verbs can be confusing. They have similar meanings but we use them in different ways so in this lesson you’ll learn how to use them correctly. Let’s start […]
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How do we use the English verbs bath and bathe? And how do we use the word bath if it’s a noun? Find out in this video and watch my jokes drive Jay crazy. I’m going to take a bath. Really? Where are you going to take it? This is our bath. Jay and I
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Travel, trip and journey – do you know how to use these words in English? It’s not straightforward so learners often make mistakes. In this videos you’ll learn that travel is usually an uncountable noun and that we don’t usually use it as a verb. You’ll also learn when to use the words trip and
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Fit, suit and the phrasal verb, fit in – English learners often make mistakes with these words. Learn how to use them correctly and fix some common mistakes. To see a song about making arrangements with fit and suit, click here. To see more videos on some other tricky English words, click here. Fit and
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Play, go and do are the verbs we use most to talk about sports in English. In this video you’ll learn when we use each one, along with lots of other sport words. Watch and see. How many different sports and games can you name? Have you checked out our Grammar Videos? You’ll find information
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We don’t always use a future tense to talk about the future in English. We often use a particular word or expression instead and the word due is one of them. In this video you’ll learn three of its meanings. This word is particularly useful for business English students. We also use the verbs wait,
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The English words sympathetic and nice are false friends in many languages, so English learners might think they mean one thing when in fact they mean another. Let us help you get them right. The meaning of sympathetic is more specific than kind or nice in English. It involves understanding other people’s feelings, especially when
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Worth – you’re going to love this adjective. It’s surprisingly useful and you can use it to make new words like trustworthy and untrustworthy. It means ‘having value’ and you just need to know how we use it. We put it in front of nouns and gerunds (-ing forms) and numbers, so we say things
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If you need to understand Americans, it really helps to understand baseball idioms. They often come up in conversation. We use many of these idioms in British English too, but not all. Watch these videos to learn their meanings and see lots of examples. There are four baseball idiom videos here, so keep scrolling down
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The verbs miss and lose have several different meanings and they can be confusing. In some languages there are situations where one verb covers them both. But they have different meanings in English, so let’s see how we use them so you can avoid mistakes. We have lots of examples here. Click here to see a
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