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- Call the shots meaning: who makes the decisions? | English from movies Shorts · 00:52 52 s
- Cannot get over it: the surprise meaning Shorts · 01:00 B1 60 s
- Get over: Phrasal Verb Meaning, Grammar, and Recovery Full lessons · 08:02 B1 482 s
- Backlog – B2 English Meaning, Grammar, and Listening Practice Full lessons · 07:33 B2 453 s
Phrases
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- Cost an arm and a leg: meaning and use Describe a high price in conversation. Practice cost and paid, past and present forms, and more neutral ways to discuss money. B1
- Hit the nail on the head: meaning and use Recognize an accurate comment or explanation. Practice the fixed phrase, verb forms and useful ways to agree or qualify your agreement. B2
- A piece of cake: meaning and use Describe a task that feels very easy. Practice full sentences, short replies, negative forms and considerate ways to talk about difficulty. B2
- Break the ice: meaning and use Talk about helping people feel comfortable at a first meeting. Practice the idiom, past forms, purpose clauses and natural conversation… B2
- Need and want: say what is necessary and what you would like Use need and want with things and actions, ask questions, explain a purpose, and make a simple request. A1
- Help: ask for support and say what you can do Ask for help, offer it, name the person and task, and use help as a verb or a noun in everyday situations. A1
- Available and free: check time, access and price Ask whether something can be used, arrange a time to meet, and distinguish free time from a free service. A2
- Spend, take and cost: talk about time and money Describe what you spend, how much something costs, and how long a task takes. Practice the patterns and past forms. A2
- Subject pronouns and be: I am, you are, she is Introduce yourself, describe people and places, and ask simple questions with am, is and are. A1
- Borrow or lend: who gives and who receives? Choose borrow or lend, use from and to, and ask to use something that you will return. B1
- Countable and uncountable nouns Choose a, some, much and many, count amounts with units, and see why chicken or glass can have more than one meaning. A2
- Present simple: habits, facts and everyday questions Describe routines and facts, add the right ending, and make questions and negatives with do and does. A1
- Past simple: finished events, questions and negatives Tell someone what happened, choose regular and irregular past forms, and use did, didn't, was and were. A2
- A, an, the or no article? Choose articles by countability, sound and what your listener can identify, with practice in everyday situations. A2
- Appointment: arrange, change and keep a time Use appointment for an arranged visit, choose useful booking phrases, and distinguish a meeting from a reservation. B1
- Present simple or present continuous? Describe routines, actions in progress and temporary situations, and choose the right form when a verb's meaning changes. B1
- A lot, alot or allot: which is correct? Use a lot for quantity or degree and allot for assigning a share. Practice spacing, of, word order and the forms allotted and allotting. B1
- Experience: skills, events and what happens to you Choose experience or experiences, describe work skills, and distinguish experiencing something from testing an idea. B1
- On the same page: sharing an understanding Use on the same page to check a shared plan or understanding. Practice the sentence patterns, clarify a misunderstanding and choose a plain… B1
- Give someone a hand: asking for and offering help Ask for help with give someone a hand. Practice requests, offers, task patterns and past forms, and distinguish helping from applauding. B1
- Reliable: people, things and information you can trust Describe dependable people and equipment, compare reliability, and choose reliable, reliably, reliability or rely on. B1
- Can and could: ability, permission and requests Use can and could to describe skills, ask permission, request help and suggest a plan. Practice the forms and choose meanings from everyday… A2
- Comparative and superlative adjectives Compare everyday things with forms such as cheaper, more comfortable and the best. Learn spelling changes, equal comparisons and how to… A2
- Advice that changed meaning Advice is guidance or a suggestion about what someone should do in a specific situation. When you receive advice, you often remember the… B1 2 s
- Ad Hoc: Meaning and Daily Use Ad hoc means arranged for a particular purpose or situation rather than as a general or standing arrangement. B2 4 s
- adamant meaning: how to use it Adamant means utterly firm, unshakeable, and unwilling to change an opinion, decision, or refusal. It describes a person or group that… B2 4 s
- Hit the jackpot: Meaning and use In literal terms, hitting the jackpot means winning the grand prize in a lottery or game of chance. Figuratively, people use the phrase to… B1 3 s
- Elusive: Meaning and Everyday Use Elusive means difficult to find, catch, understand, or achieve. It can describe a person, object, answer, or goal. B2 3 s
- Obsolete meaning: no longer in use Obsolete means no longer used or needed. A newer tool or method may have replaced something, or the need for it may have disappeared… B2 7 s
Sentences from lessons
- Why English Class Matters: Practical Adult Skills from ‘Why English Class Matters: Practical Adult Skills’ A2 4 s Included with membership
- learn english through bangla: practical daily steps from ‘learn english through bangla: practical daily steps’ A2 21 s Included with membership
- Booking a hotel room from ‘Booking a hotel room’ B1 5 s Included with membership
- Past continuous: talking about past actions from ‘Past continuous: talking about past actions’ A2 5 s Included with membership
- Present Continuous: Form and Everyday Use from ‘Present Continuous: Form and Everyday Use’ B1 22 s Included with membership
