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✅ Speak English naturally by using filler phrases
Watch this video and learn how to speak like an English person: indirectly. English people do not always say what they mean. In this video, you will learn how to sound more natural and polite when answering difficult questions. You can also use these expressions when you’re having an argument or disagreement. You’ll learn phrases like How shall I put it?, to be honest..., as a matter of fact, and many more.
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Watch this video and learn how to speak like an English person: indirectly. English people do not always say what they mean. In this video, you will learn how to sound more natural and polite when answering difficult questions. You can also use these expressions when you’re having an argument or disagreement. You’ll learn phrases like How shall I put it?, to be honest..., as a matter of fact, and many more.
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✅ Extreme English!
Are you really starving, freezing, or dying? Learn to sound like a native speaker by using exaggerated expressions in English. Find out when to use EXTREME verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to sound more natural and expressive.
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Are you really starving, freezing, or dying? Learn to sound like a native speaker by using exaggerated expressions in English. Find out when to use EXTREME verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to sound more natural and expressive.
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✅ Improve your Accent: Tongue Twisters
Improve your accent by doing these exercises. Every language has tongue twisters. They are fun to practice your pronunciation because they use sound sequences that are often difficult to say quickly. In this lesson, I look at four common English tongue twisters to help you improve your pronunciation. The tongue twisters include Peter Piper, Betty Botter, and more. When you’re finished with this video, check out our resources page for 50 tongue twisters to improve your pronunciation.
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Improve your accent by doing these exercises. Every language has tongue twisters. They are fun to practice your pronunciation because they use sound sequences that are often difficult to say quickly. In this lesson, I look at four common English tongue twisters to help you improve your pronunciation. The tongue twisters include Peter Piper, Betty Botter, and more. When you’re finished with this video, check out our resources page for 50 tongue twisters to improve your pronunciation.
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✅ Learn English Grammar: Modals – “could” or “should”?
Expectation is what we think could or should happen. But COULD and SHOULD are not the same! This important grammar lesson will teach you how to use these modals correctly, like a native English speaker.
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Expectation is what we think could or should happen. But COULD and SHOULD are not the same! This important grammar lesson will teach you how to use these modals correctly, like a native English speaker.
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✅ IELTS – How to manage your time ⏱
Get a higher score on the IELTS by following these instructions. Do you sometimes think that English tests are not all about English? You’re right. There are many elements being tested on the IELTS and TOEFL, including your stamina and your ability to manage time. This lesson will give you some tips to improve your score, from physical preparations, to section by section breakdowns of how to spend your time on test day.
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Get a higher score on the IELTS by following these instructions. Do you sometimes think that English tests are not all about English? You’re right. There are many elements being tested on the IELTS and TOEFL, including your stamina and your ability to manage time. This lesson will give you some tips to improve your score, from physical preparations, to section by section breakdowns of how to spend your time on test day.
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✅ Grammar: Reported Speech / Indirect Speech
Billy TOLD ME that you wanted to learn this, so I responded with this grammar video! Learn the proper use of reported speech (also called indirect speech), and start using great verbs such as informed, replied and persuaded. Pay attention, because there are some complex grammar rules here! You’ll also learn how to properly use say and tell.
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Billy TOLD ME that you wanted to learn this, so I responded with this grammar video! Learn the proper use of reported speech (also called indirect speech), and start using great verbs such as informed, replied and persuaded. Pay attention, because there are some complex grammar rules here! You’ll also learn how to properly use say and tell.
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✅ CAE Cambridge English Exam – All You Need to Know
Are you thinking of taking the CAE exam? I’ll tell you everything you need to know about the exam to decide if it is for you. Did you know that many people can take the CAE instead of the IELTS? If you have decided to take the CAE, I’ll give you details on all the different parts of this Cambridge exam, and also tell you about the 2015 changes. Here are some of the questions that I cover in this video:
What is the exam for?
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Are you thinking of taking the CAE exam? I’ll tell you everything you need to know about the exam to decide if it is for you. Did you know that many people can take the CAE instead of the IELTS? If you have decided to take the CAE, I’ll give you details on all the different parts of this Cambridge exam, and also tell you about the 2015 changes. Here are some of the questions that I cover in this video:
What is the exam for?
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✅ How to show authority – Causative Verbs
What are causative verbs? In this grammar lesson, I will tell you all you need to know about using causative verbs. We use these verbs when there is a power relationship involved in what is happening. For example, when you tell someone to do something, you can use this structure: “I told Tom to wash the dishes.” But did you know it means something different if you say “I had Tom wash the dishes.” or “I made Tom wash the dishes.”? Find out what the causative verbs in English are, and how you can use them in your speech and writing. Using causative verbs correctly shows a real command of the language!
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What are causative verbs? In this grammar lesson, I will tell you all you need to know about using causative verbs. We use these verbs when there is a power relationship involved in what is happening. For example, when you tell someone to do something, you can use this structure: “I told Tom to wash the dishes.” But did you know it means something different if you say “I had Tom wash the dishes.” or “I made Tom wash the dishes.”? Find out what the causative verbs in English are, and how you can use them in your speech and writing. Using causative verbs correctly shows a real command of the language!
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📽Learning English With Famous Speeches
🗣Taylor Swift | YouTube Presents Interview
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🗣Taylor Swift | YouTube Presents Interview
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🎞Learn English with Songs
❗️Have fun and learn English with songs, with one of the greatest bands of all time | Queen
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❗️Have fun and learn English with songs, with one of the greatest bands of all time | Queen
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🎧Japanese Restaurant
Danny talks with Alex about her favorite place to grab a meal and why she loves it there.
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Danny talks with Alex about her favorite place to grab a meal and why she loves it there.
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🇦🇺Alex: So, you know how we were talking about restaurants? What's your favorite restaurant?
🇬🇧Danny: I guess my favorite restaurant is going to be this one a in the small town near where I live on the coast. It's called Kotora, and it's an udon restaurant.
Alex: Udon. What's udon?
Danny: Udon is a kind of thick flour noodle. And the udon itself is noodles in a soup, so it's noodle soup with a really delicious broth. I think maybe they make it out of fish and soy sauce and perhaps meat, so you get this really delicious broth with these really great noodles in it.
Alex: I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Danny: Well, that's not even the best part. The best part is you get to pick various toppings for your udon. You can get fried shrimp, or fried vegetable , or you can get my favorite which is where they take an egg and crack it over right towards the end of the cooking and just barely cook it in there, and they do that with chicken. They have like chicken and noodles and they crack the egg over it.
Alex: Chicken and egg in the same noodle broth?
Danny: Yeah, in the same bowl.
Alex: That's interesting.
Danny: Yeah, it's like one big happy family.
Alex: Mother and child! So what does the restaurant look like? What's the decor?
Danny: Well, it's this really small restaurant. I think the owners actually live above it in the apartment, so it's this tiny place but like I said, it's in Japan, so it's a very, very traditional and Japanese. You walk in and there's this little hallway of the paper screen doors, and on the left there are a couple of actual sit-down tables but mostly the restaurant has all these raised floors with tatami mats.
Alex: Tatami mats? Now, I've heard of them. What are they?
Danny: Well, a tatami mat is a mat made out of reeds, and they just put them on the floors instead of having maybe a hardwood floor, or carpeting or something like that. It seems to make the floors a little bit softer and cushier.
Alex: So you actually sit on the floor to eat?
Danny: So yeah, you sit on the raised floor on these little mats and you have these really low tables, and you get to sit off in your own room that's been sectioned off by these paper doors.
Alex: It sounds wonderfully Japanese.
Danny: Oh, it is. It's very cute and then if you want you can also sit at the bar and you can watch them make the udon noodles. It's so much fun.
Alex: Sounds very traditional.
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🇬🇧Danny: I guess my favorite restaurant is going to be this one a in the small town near where I live on the coast. It's called Kotora, and it's an udon restaurant.
Alex: Udon. What's udon?
Danny: Udon is a kind of thick flour noodle. And the udon itself is noodles in a soup, so it's noodle soup with a really delicious broth. I think maybe they make it out of fish and soy sauce and perhaps meat, so you get this really delicious broth with these really great noodles in it.
Alex: I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Danny: Well, that's not even the best part. The best part is you get to pick various toppings for your udon. You can get fried shrimp, or fried vegetable , or you can get my favorite which is where they take an egg and crack it over right towards the end of the cooking and just barely cook it in there, and they do that with chicken. They have like chicken and noodles and they crack the egg over it.
Alex: Chicken and egg in the same noodle broth?
Danny: Yeah, in the same bowl.
Alex: That's interesting.
Danny: Yeah, it's like one big happy family.
Alex: Mother and child! So what does the restaurant look like? What's the decor?
Danny: Well, it's this really small restaurant. I think the owners actually live above it in the apartment, so it's this tiny place but like I said, it's in Japan, so it's a very, very traditional and Japanese. You walk in and there's this little hallway of the paper screen doors, and on the left there are a couple of actual sit-down tables but mostly the restaurant has all these raised floors with tatami mats.
Alex: Tatami mats? Now, I've heard of them. What are they?
Danny: Well, a tatami mat is a mat made out of reeds, and they just put them on the floors instead of having maybe a hardwood floor, or carpeting or something like that. It seems to make the floors a little bit softer and cushier.
Alex: So you actually sit on the floor to eat?
Danny: So yeah, you sit on the raised floor on these little mats and you have these really low tables, and you get to sit off in your own room that's been sectioned off by these paper doors.
Alex: It sounds wonderfully Japanese.
Danny: Oh, it is. It's very cute and then if you want you can also sit at the bar and you can watch them make the udon noodles. It's so much fun.
Alex: Sounds very traditional.
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🎧Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson!
▪️Just thinking about it
I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
When we think or hear about food, or drink, or something enjoyable or not, we often say we feel a certain way just thinking about it. The speaker is saying they feel a particular way just thinking about something. Notice the following:
▫️I get tired just thinking about work.
▫️I feel sad just thinking about that movie.
▪️Crack
You crack the egg over the udon.
When you crack an egg over something, that means you break the shell of the egg so that the egg can fall out. People often crack the egg on the side of a pan or pot.
▫️You need to crack three eggs to make an omelet.
▫️I dropped the egg and it cracked open.
▪️Cushy
tatami mats make the floor cushier.
When something is cushy that means it is soft and comfortable. Cushy comes from the word cushion which is a large pillow on a couch. If you have a cushy job or cushy life, that means you have a really easy job or stress free life. Here are a few examples:
▫️These shoes are really cushy and comfortable.
▫️He has a very cushy job.
▪️Raised floor
You sit on the raised floor.
A raised floor is part of a floor that is higher then the rest of the floor. In Asia, some restaurants have a raised floor that people sit on with their shoes off. Notice the following:
▫️I like sitting on the raised floor more than sitting at a table.
▪️Sectioned off
You sit in a room that is sectioned off.
When an area is sectioned off that means a wall or rope surrounds the area so people cannot get in. Only people with permission can enter an areas that has been sectioned off. Notice the following examples.
▫️The police sectioned off the crime scene.
▫️Our party was sectioned off in a corner of the lobby.
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▪️Just thinking about it
I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
When we think or hear about food, or drink, or something enjoyable or not, we often say we feel a certain way just thinking about it. The speaker is saying they feel a particular way just thinking about something. Notice the following:
▫️I get tired just thinking about work.
▫️I feel sad just thinking about that movie.
▪️Crack
You crack the egg over the udon.
When you crack an egg over something, that means you break the shell of the egg so that the egg can fall out. People often crack the egg on the side of a pan or pot.
▫️You need to crack three eggs to make an omelet.
▫️I dropped the egg and it cracked open.
▪️Cushy
tatami mats make the floor cushier.
When something is cushy that means it is soft and comfortable. Cushy comes from the word cushion which is a large pillow on a couch. If you have a cushy job or cushy life, that means you have a really easy job or stress free life. Here are a few examples:
▫️These shoes are really cushy and comfortable.
▫️He has a very cushy job.
▪️Raised floor
You sit on the raised floor.
A raised floor is part of a floor that is higher then the rest of the floor. In Asia, some restaurants have a raised floor that people sit on with their shoes off. Notice the following:
▫️I like sitting on the raised floor more than sitting at a table.
▪️Sectioned off
You sit in a room that is sectioned off.
When an area is sectioned off that means a wall or rope surrounds the area so people cannot get in. Only people with permission can enter an areas that has been sectioned off. Notice the following examples.
▫️The police sectioned off the crime scene.
▫️Our party was sectioned off in a corner of the lobby.
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Idiom 📝
✳️ let the cat out of the bag 🔈
✍ Meaning :
If you let the cat out of the bag, you let someone know a secret.
✍ For example :
🔺We'd planned a surprise party for Donna, but some guy she works with let the cat out of the bag, so now she knows.
🔺Don't forget that this is a secret, so whatever you do, don't let the cat out of the bag.
♦️ Origin : Possibly related to the fact that in England in the Middle Ages, piglets were usually sold in bags at markets. Sometimes, someone would try to cheat a buyer by putting a cat in one of the bags instead of a piglet. And if someone let the cat out of the bag, the fraudster's secret was revealed.
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✳️ let the cat out of the bag 🔈
✍ Meaning :
If you let the cat out of the bag, you let someone know a secret.
✍ For example :
🔺We'd planned a surprise party for Donna, but some guy she works with let the cat out of the bag, so now she knows.
🔺Don't forget that this is a secret, so whatever you do, don't let the cat out of the bag.
♦️ Origin : Possibly related to the fact that in England in the Middle Ages, piglets were usually sold in bags at markets. Sometimes, someone would try to cheat a buyer by putting a cat in one of the bags instead of a piglet. And if someone let the cat out of the bag, the fraudster's secret was revealed.
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✳️ Word : Blaze
👉 meaning ( 1 ) :
a big dangerous fire – used especially in news reports
👉 Examples :
✅ It took almost 100 firemen to bring the blaze under control.
✅ Helicopters were used to help fight the blaze.
✅ a huge chemical factory blaze
✅ I lit the fire and soon had a cheerful blaze going.
✅ A blaze of anger flashed across his face.
✅Nearly 80 firefighters fought the blaze for three hours on Sunday.
✅Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at a house near York.
✅For more than four hours they battled to bring the blaze under control.
✅Staff managed to put out the blaze before firemen arrived.
✅The blaze broke out on the third floor of the building.
✅The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring house.
✅Three people were badly hurt in a house blaze.
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✴️ #vocabulary
✳️ Word : Blaze
👉 meaning ( 1 ) :
a big dangerous fire – used especially in news reports
👉 Examples :
✅ It took almost 100 firemen to bring the blaze under control.
✅ Helicopters were used to help fight the blaze.
✅ a huge chemical factory blaze
✅ I lit the fire and soon had a cheerful blaze going.
✅ A blaze of anger flashed across his face.
✅Nearly 80 firefighters fought the blaze for three hours on Sunday.
✅Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at a house near York.
✅For more than four hours they battled to bring the blaze under control.
✅Staff managed to put out the blaze before firemen arrived.
✅The blaze broke out on the third floor of the building.
✅The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring house.
✅Three people were badly hurt in a house blaze.
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✴️ #vocabulary