#236 English Idioms for the New Year (pa...

I’ll be honest with you—I don’t really enjoy going to the dentist. I think most people feel the same way. It can be a little scary, right? Now imagine you’re not speaking your native language. If you already feel nervous about the dentist, trying to explain everything in English ... Show More

Last time, we talked about false friends—words that look similar in English and your native language, but mean something very different. Get the text on my website: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/351-false-friends Example 1: Actual This one’s a classic false friend. In Spanish, ... Show More

Hi! I want to talk about something that can really help you understand English vocabulary better — especially if you speak a Romance language like Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, or Romanian. These languages all come from Latin — you know, the language spoken by the Romans ... Show More

Nouvelle année = Nouveau départ - Comment faire de 2022 votre plus belle année ? Nous avons passé le cap, il est temps de dire au revoir à 2021 et d’accueillir les bras ouvert cette nouvelle année 2022 qui s’annonce EXTRAORDINAIRE ! Nouvelle année ça rime avec nouveau départ, nou ... Show More

¿Tienes algún propósito de año nuevo? Sí. Como me gusta reciclar, voy a tener los mismos del año pasado: perder peso, dejar de fumar, leer más, aprender un idioma… ¡Vaya! El tiempo vuela, como solemos decir. O también puedes decir que el tiempo pasa muy rápido. Me gustaría tener ... Show More

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Arabic, to improve your Arabic vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Arabic. These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Arabic language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo ... Show More

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Two sisters, Minerva and Diana, are celebrating New Year's Eve together. Diana thinks that Minerva must have lots of New Year's resolutions, plans to improve herself, for the next year, because she is so wise. But Minerva has ... Show More

  Have you ever wondered why January 1st is the start of the new year?In today's episode we cover:History of the celebrations of New YearWhen New Year used to be in mid-MarchHow the Romans tried to fix the calendarThe longest year in historyThe Julian calendar (why it worked, and ... Show More

Schon wieder ist ein Jahr vorbei! Ich hoffe, Ihr habt Weihnachten und die Feiertage gut überstanden. Und jetzt steht schon wieder das nächste Fest auf dem Kalender: Silvester! Am letzten Tag des Jahres, also am 31. Dezember, feiern alle Menschen den Übergang in ein neues Jahr. Wi ... Show More

Intermediate French Podcast with Transcript. Learn French in Context with these Fascinating Topics. Quand la nouvelle année arrive, on veut prendre des bonnes résolutions : s’inscrire à la salle de sport, arrêter de fumer, apprendre une nouvelle langue. On profite de ce moment sy ... Show More

What has 2020 taught us? There is no way we could have known or prepared for the year we’ve had. We are experiencing a unique moment in history, and with the new year ahead, I wanted to share some of the learning and re-learning this year has brought.  In this episode, I discuss ... Show More

  A New Year's Eve celebration isn't always fireworks. Sometimes it's colourful underwear, dark-haired men rushing into Scottish houses, and smashing plates.   In this episode, we'll explore the most unusual New Year's Eve traditions around the world.   Origins of Unusual Traditi ... Show More

"Happy New Year" is a super useful phrase in Mandarin Chinese and can be used to congratulate each other at the Western New Year and Chinese New Year. In this special edition, Jesse and Josh Edbrooke from Transition join ShaoLan in London to learn and to share about their most me ... Show More