Biblioteca de lecciones de comprensión auditiva B2

Correlative conjunctions: rules and examples

Crossed wires

You arrive for a meeting on Tuesday, but your colleague expects you on Thursday. Neither person meant to cause a problem. How can you describe what happened?

Cut to the chase

Cut to the chase means to stop wasting time on minor details and talk directly about the most important subject.

Cynical Meaning: How to Use It

Debauchery Meaning: Register and Careful Use

Despicable Meaning: Strong Moral Judgment

Dichotomy Meaning: Two Opposing Sides

Dictionary Updates: How Words Enter

Didactic Meaning: When Teaching Sounds Preachy

Distributive Adjectives: Choose Each and Every

Each, Either, Neither: Choose the Right Word

Easier said than done

Someone tells you to stop worrying before an important interview. The advice is sensible, but following it feels much harder than giving it. How can you respond?

Educational Goals Essay: Planning Your Main Steps

Egregious Meaning: Calling Out Severe Errors

Elicit or Illicit: How to Choose

Elusive: Meaning and Everyday Use

Empathy meaning: how to use it

Emphatic pronouns: clear rules and uses

English subjunctive: rules and wishes

Epiphany meaning: sudden clear realization

Esoteric meaning: explain specialized terms clearly

Expressions with get

Get in touch means start communicating with someone. Get rid of means remove or throw away something unwanted. Get used to means become familiar and comfortable with a new situation.

Eye to eye

Two team members have different working styles, but both want to delay the launch until the product is safer. How can you describe the opinion they share?

Facetious: Meaning, Tone, and Use