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"You are listening, aren't you?"
"She does speak English, doesn't she?"
Tag questions, also simply called tags, are a great way to sound more natural and more native. They also can make you sound more friendly- and who doesn't want that? In this week's episode, Tim explains to you everything you need to know about tags, and finishes your lesson with a short, fun quiz to test your new knowledge of tags.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Episode 89 will help you speak with impact! For example:
Millionaires live in wealth... but billionaires live in opulence, or extreme wealth. And the richest people of all, like Elon Musk (love him or hate him) live not just in opulence, but in utter opulence.
Advanced vocabulary like opulence, words that express more extreme ideas,really help you to "spruce up" your speech (make it more interesting) and make people listen.
Listen to Episode 89 to learn ten words and expressions with meanings that are truly STRIKING.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Few people like job interviews- it's often a question of bad, worse and worst, even if you do get the job you want. Okay, there are exceptions, but not many.
In Episode 88, Tim tells about a tragicomic (sad and funny) interview he attended earlier this year. Let Tim's pain and disgust become your entertainment and jollification, just by listening to Episode 88.
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People associate the US with hard work- but don't forget that here in the US (but also Canada!), we spend around 15 percent of the year in the holiday season that starts with Halloween and ends with New Year's. The second holiday in this long holiday season is of course Thanksgiving. In this week's episode, Tim tells about his Thanksgiving travels before telling how he shared this special holiday with family and a couple of new friends.
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In this week's episode, Tim focuses on just one phrasal verb, take down, with three different meanings and ten examples.
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Word roots are an awesome (and sadly underused) tool for learning vocabulary. A word root is a group of letters at the beginning of a word that has a certain meaning. For example, several English words include the Germanic root DR- which is connected with drinking or liquid. This shared meaning across several words makes words more interesting and it makes their meanings easier to learn.
If you're curious about word roots, then don't forget to listen to episodes 15, 19, 34, and 45.
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Words are like stairs- they take you to beautiful places, but only if you do the work!
This week, Tim continues progressing through the 2800 words of the New General Service List, or NGSL. This week's five target words are: wind, none, exchange, budget and famous. Five words, twelve meanings. If you think you know these five words but only know one meaning for each one... then you don't really know these words.
Tim has said it before, and now he's saying it again: if you want to really master English, you need to know the different meanings of words!Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Learning vocabulary is the biggest task you have when studying English, so it's natural to try to learn more words and expressions... But you also need to know words well, and not stop just at pronunciation, spelling, and one meaning. In Episode 83, Tim explains what it means when you REALLY know your vocabulary, or if your knowledge is too basic and you need to go back and learn more.
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Everyone knows about Halloween costumes and trick or treating... but some Halloween traditions are more personal and secret. In Episode 82, Tim shares some unique personal and family Halloween traditions involving skeletons, pudding and haunted garages.
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Do you want to really master English vocabulary? Then let's keep going with the NGSL! In this week's episode, Tim explains 13 meanings of five NGSL words: survey, majority, stick, request, rich. These are common words, but they have additional meanings that you need to reach a C1 (or higher!) level of English.
Episode 2: The NGSL- 2800 Words For Better English.
Episode 11: NGSL 1331-1340. 10 Words, 27 Meanings.
Episode 62: NGSL 1341-1350.
Episode 73: NGSL 1511-1520
Episode 80: NGSL 1001-1005Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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"Rome wasn't built in a day."The NGSL, or New General Service List, is a list of the 2800 most used words in English. If you know NGSL words well, you will speak and understand better, and also perform better on tests like TOEFL and IELTS.
Don't forget this important detail: if you know NGSL words well. When you know words well, that
means knowing several definitions for each target word. This is a must!
This week's episode, episode 80, will help you to learn 15 meanings of words 1001 to 1006 on the NGSL.
Earlier episodes in the series:
Episode 2: The NGSL- 2800 Words For Better English.
Episode 11: NGSL 1331-1340. 10 Words, 27 Meanings.
Episode 62: NGSL 1341-1350.
Episode 73: NGSL 1511-1520
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What's the best way to learn something? Make it interesting.
Learn the most used irregular verbs from A to H with 51 fun and amusing micro-stories.
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In Episode 78, Tim explains with over a hundred examples how to build the most important types of sentences- yes/ no questions, wh- questions, subject questions and negative statements- in the present simple.
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What's a common mistake in English grammar? Forgetting to put -S or -ES on the end of verbs in the present simple. In this week's episode, Tim explains every situation where you need to use this common and often misunderstood verb ending.
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The English verb tenses are like a pyramid. You started at the bottom in Episodes 52 through 59, where you learned verbs like be, do, can and should. Then you climbed through the middle in Episodes 66 through 70, when you learned verbs like be, do and can to make questions and other sentence types.
You've worked hard, and now you're ready- in Episode 76, Tim talks about the most commonly used verb tense of all, looking at it from a fresh perspective.
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Competition is a big part of our lives, and business is competition. In Episode #75, Tim teaches you eleven words and expressions to talk about competition- in business, in love, and in the Olympic games.
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IELTS is a very popular English exam that is used by universities, employers and even immigration authorities to judge a person's level of English. IELTS includes a speaking test with three parts; the complete speaking test lasts around fifteen minutes. In this week's episode, Tim takes the IELTS to show you what a real test sounds like and how it is structured. Returning in the role of examiner is Tim's friend and colleague from Great Britain, Christian, whom you met in Episode 53: A Spot of British English.
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The NGSL (which Tim first discussed in Episode 2) is a list of the 2809 most used words in English. If you know the words of the NGSL well, then you have a very solid start on learning English vocabulary. In Episode 73, Tim explains 26 meanings of 10 words from the NGSL, starting with word 1511 (BOND) and 1520 (DIVISION).
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In April of 2024, Tim spent one week in Singapore, where he walked through jungles, visited museums, and of course tried all kinds of local food- especially Hainan-style chicken rice. It was a fun and exciting trip, and one you can share in by listening!
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There's an easy way to learn lots of verbs at the same time: by using the prefixes OVER and UNDER. Just add OVER to a verb to say that the action is done too much, or UNDER to say that the action is done too little. OVEREAT? Eat too much. UNDEREAT? Eat too little.
In Episode #71, Tim explains over a dozen more easy to use and remember verbs and adjectives using these simple prefixes.
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