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Mar 2023
Last Episode: Lesson 70: Advanced English Speaking / Idioms - Phrasal verbs
I still remember the day I decided to START OFF this project. During one of the sessions with my English teacher, I expressed my concern about not knowing the meaning of the most common idioms, slangs, and phrasal verbs. She suggested that I use them in sentences in order to memo ... Show More
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Mar 2023
Lesson 69: Advanced English Speaking / Idioms - Phrasal verbs
Her latest project had many LOOSE ENDS. She was half way there and had a lot to do before she FINISHED UP her book. Unfortunately, due to her horrible car accident on the i35 highway, she PASSED OUT and was severely hurt. Regrettably, Maria went into a coma. After a whole month, ... Show More
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Mar 2023
Lesson 68: Advanced English Speaking / Idioms - Phrasal verbs
My closest cousin EATS LIKE A PIG but is still as SKINNY AS A BEANPOLE. I’m happy for her. I really am. But what really frustrates me the most is that I look like a pig when I EAT LIKE BIRD. My situation is getting worse and I feel like things are GOING DOWNHILL for me since I ke ... Show More
3m 47s
Oct 2025
96: Ich kann es Ihnen nicht geben! | I can’t give it to you!
Tell a sentimental story and express gratitude & word formation: -bar.Paul seems to have told the widow the whole dramatic story about the book, Fritz, his friends, Laura and his family. And he softened her emotionally with it. So she agrees to give him the painting, even though ... Show More
24m 33s
Apr 2025
270 | Intermediate - Short Story: Beneath the Starlit Sky [English Listening Practice]
Title: Beneath the Starlit SkyLevel: Intermediate (B1-B2)Story: Seven years ago, Sienna De Luca walked away from Alessandro Marino, leaving behind not just their love but the city that had once been their world. Now, standing in a grand art gallery in Florence, she finds herself ... Show More
10m 37s
Nov 2020
Deciding to Quit Smoking
<p>Adam was working with a lady that wanted to stop smoking as a consequence of a health diagnosis related to her smoking habit. Adam uses metaphor and emotional leverage to help her reach the point of the threshold where the decision moves from a like, want or should to a must.& ... Show More
39m 16s
Mar 2025
238 | Intermediate - Short Story: Echoes of the Night [English Listening Practice]
9m 25s
Mar 2025
247 | Intermediate - Short Story: Beneath the Starlit Sky [English Listening Practice]
8m 47s
Oct 2025
98: Was im Haus passiert ist | What has happened in the house
Congratulate someone, express pride, summarize a story & word formation: ‑lich & ‑isch.Paul has the painting! During the war, the lady and her husband were secretly listening to forbidden news - right in front of the painting (and he proposed to her there). It was the memories of ... Show More
44m 57s
Feb 2025
236 | Intermediate - Short Story: Where the Waves Whisper [English Listening Practice]
8m 54s
Oct 2025
97: Die Opa-Überraschung | The grandpa surprise
Express disappointment, surprise, and compassion & comparison: modal verbs and their use.Paul and the grandson talk secretly: the widow had actually wanted to throw the painting away at one point. But she just can't let go of the old story and memories. Both grandpas were in the ... Show More
36m 1s
Mar 2025
243 | Advanced - Short Story: The Timekeeper [English Listening Practice]
20m 15s
Jun 2017
460 Catching Up With Amber & Paul #6 (feat. Sarah Donnelly)
<p>Conversation and language analysis with the podpals and guest Sarah. Hear some conversation about being married to a foreign person, bringing up kids to be bilingual, and learn some slang in Australian and Northern Irish English. Vocabulary is explained at the end.&n ... Show More
1h 5m
David SNEAKED INTO the laundry room without Maria noticing. He was BREATHING DOWN HER NECK and watching whether Maria would go back on the promise she made to herself. Maria took a vow that she would never smoke again after her mother’s death. Maria CALLED IT QUITS because her mother PASSED AWAY due to lung cancer and that BROKE her DOWN even more. But watch ... Show More
<p><strong>Title:</strong> Echoes of the Night</p><p><strong>Level:</strong> Intermediate (B1-B2)</p><p><strong>Story:</strong></p><p> Two years after <strong>Adrian</strong> disappeared from <strong>Lena’s</strong> life without a word, she unexpectedly finds herself outside his ... Show More
<p><strong>Title:</strong> Beneath the Starlit Sky</p><p><strong>Level:</strong> Intermediate (B1-B2)</p><p><strong>Story:</strong></p><p> <strong>Isla</strong> has always dreamed of leaving her small lakeside town and chasing something bigger. But leaving means walking away from ... Show More
<p><strong>Title:</strong> Where the Waves Whisper</p><p><strong>Level:</strong> Intermediate (B1-B2)</p><p><strong>Story:</strong></p><p> <strong>Elena</strong> returns to <strong>Seabrook</strong>, the coastal town she left behind five years ago, only to come face-to-face with ... Show More
<p><strong>Title: The Timekeeper</strong></p><p><strong>Level: Advanced (C1)</strong></p><p>Story :</p><p> Dr. Amelia Hartley, a brilliant physicist, develops the <strong>Chronos Engine</strong>, a device capable of manipulating time. Initially, she successfully tests the machine ... Show More
