Hörübungen für Englisch B2

Phrasal Verbs with Boil: Meanings and Clear Uses

Phrasal Verbs with Cut: Pick the Right Particle

Play safe

Traffic is unpredictable, so you take an earlier train to avoid missing your flight. Which expression describes this cautious choice?

Present Perfect Continuous: Form and Everyday Use

Pretentious meaning: How to use it

Procrastination meaning: Stop putting off tasks

Procurement: Buying for an Organization

Protagonist meaning: main character explained

Reciprocal Pronouns: Rules for Shared Actions

Reconciliation: Meanings and Practical Examples

Relative adverbs: choose with confidence

Rhetoric meaning: Persuasion or empty words?

Sarcastic meaning: when words mean opposite

Sentence Variety: Write Better Paragraphs

Singing your praises

Have you ever chosen a course because several people could not stop talking about how good the teacher was?

Subordinating Conjunctions: Connect Ideas Clearly

Take advantage of

Using a free course is sensible, but using a helpful colleague unfairly is not. How can one expression describe both situations?

Take for granted

You assume the shop opens on Sunday without checking, and you rarely thank the friend who always helps. Which expression fits both mistakes?

Take it out on someone

A difficult meeting makes someone angry, and later they shout at a family member who did nothing wrong. Which expression describes this unfair redirection?

Tentative Meaning: Plans That Might Change

The ball is in your court

You have sent the proposal and answered every question. Nothing else can happen until the client responds. Whose responsibility is the next move?

The bottom line

A long meeting produces dozens of details, but everyone needs one clear conclusion. Which phrase brings the discussion back to what matters most?

The elephant in the room

Everyone at dinner speaks politely, although two guests have stopped talking to each other. The problem is obvious, but nobody mentions it.

The final straw

The train is repeatedly late, crowded, and unreliable. One more cancellation finally makes a commuter decide to drive instead.