#238 English Idioms for the New Year - p...

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

Churchill's Steps For ChangeAs we enter the New Year, I've noticed that people are returning to their old ways.That's okay. It's a journey.But what is that journey?Winston Churchill said, "To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often." And it helps if you un ... 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

As we get closer to the endemic phase of the pandemic we've been living in for the last couple of years, I've noticed that people are getting back to their old ways.Now that we're not being forced to evaluate our daily lives, confused about what you want - and how to get there. T ... Show More

The way you start this year is of MAJOR importance to the way it unfolds. Will you make this year a repeat of last year or will you exercise the audacity, bravery and mastery to massively upgrade your life in 2023? In today's episode of The Daily Mastery Podcast, I deconstru ... 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

Happy new year! As we’re kicking off the new year, I want to share the tips to get the most out of this year. If you’ve been listening to our podcast for the last few years, you’re probably familiar with the metaphor of the butterfly. I use this metaphor because the butterfly is ... Show More

Gute Vorsätze – Slow German – Annik Rubens Am Anfang des Jahres haben viele von uns das Gefühl, dass jetzt etwas Neues beginnt. Eigentlich ist zwar jeder Tag gleich und der Jahresbeginn nur eine Definition von uns Menschen – aber dennoch fühlt es sich irgendwie gut an, wenn ein n ... Show More

What are the steps to reset your brain so you can tackle the next six months? Summer is here, which means the year is halfway over. Are you on track? Or do you feel like you’re in a mid-year rut? No matter what’s been happening or what you’ve done (or haven’t done) so far, I’m he ... Show More

Tom spends months preparing for an ultramarathon, but race day brings surprising challenges. Level: upper intermediate  Accent: Australian 🚐 Ready to take your English further? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOR FULL EPISODE PACKAGE⁠ with vocabulary, test, and transcript! 5 words and expr ... Show More