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Remember or Remind? English Questions and Intonation [61] Sep 22, 2019

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Distinguish remember and remind in English through a question about an unsuccessful job application. Remember that job I applied for introduces the recalled situation, while really gutted describes disappointment.
The lesson also considers the question form and its intonation, bringing vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation into the same short example.

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How to Use “Used To” for Past Habits in English [60] Sep 21, 2019

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Describe a past habit with used to in English. Childhood holidays in the Mediterranean and visits to Ibiza provide the context. Always used to go points to a recurring experience in an earlier period of life. The short lesson examines the grammar and accompanying holiday vocabulary in one example.

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Speak Better English with Harry | Ways to apologise in English Sep 19, 2019

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Welcome back to my English learning podcast where I try to help you speak better English. In this episode, you will learn different ways to apologise in English. We often overuse the word 'sorry', so let's learn some other words and expressions that you can use. Learn English with me at www.englishlessonviaskype.com - join VIP English Learning Club, enrol in Online Courses or sign up for my Skype English lessons

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“With My Eyes Shut”: English Expressions and Present Perfect [58] Sep 18, 2019

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Understand with my eyes shut in English through a road someone has driven along many times. The idiom communicates familiarity and ease.
Have driven also provides a present perfect example: repeated experience helps explain why the route feels so familiar. The sentence connects the tense with the figurative expression.

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Past Simple or Past Perfect? English Tenses and the Order of Events [57] Sep 17, 2019

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Put past events in order with the English past simple and past perfect. The example describes reaching a park after lunch, when the rain had already stopped. Got and had stopped distinguish the arrival from the earlier end of the rain. The tense choices make the sequence clear.

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Will and Going To: English Future Forms and Weather Vocabulary [56] Sep 16, 2019

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Compare will and going to in English through predictions about temperatures and rainfall. The example includes temperatures that will probably go up slightly and bound to be. Future grammar and weather vocabulary come together, with the wording showing how certain the prediction sounds.

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“Break Down”: English Phrasal Verbs and Possessive Adjectives [51] Sep 10, 2019

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Learn the meaning of the phrasal verb "to break down" in English through a car problem on the way to work. The vehicle has stopped working and is now in the garage. My car also gives a possessive adjective its context. This short sentence lesson examines the phrasal verb, grammar and surrounding vocabulary through the same transport problem.

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“Coming of Age”: Learn English Vocabulary with a Short Sentence [49] Sep 04, 2019

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Understand coming of age in English through an example about earning enough money to pay your own rent. The expression is connected with financial independence. The lesson examines the vocabulary and grammar in that sentence, showing how the idea of adulthood is communicated through the situation described.

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English Vocabulary for Weight, Health and Losing Weight [42] Aug 28, 2019

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Follow English vocabulary about weight and a healthy lifestyle through a longer lesson about returning from holiday. Weight loss provides the context for the discussion and its phrasal verbs.
The episode invites you to count the phrasal verbs you hear, turning the account into a listening activity as well as a vocabulary lesson.

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“Cross That Bridge When We Come to It”: English Idioms and Future Tense [41] Aug 27, 2019

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Work out the English idiom cross that bridge when we come to it through a picnic threatened by possible rain. The phrase postpones dealing with a problem until it becomes necessary. Will cross also brings the future simple into the sentence. The meaning becomes clear through the decision about whether to worry now.

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