“地道英语”: Famous last words 说得好听，不见得

“All but” 这个搭配在英语中十分常用。不论是想要表达 “除了……都”，还是要描述某个东西 “几乎……” 或 “基本上……”，我们都可以用 “all but”。它和类似的搭配 “anything but” 有什么不同？听节目，跟主持人 Phil 和步理学习这个搭配的用法。 

许久未见的朋友突然打电话说 “I'm coming to your neck of the woods next week!” 难道是他们要来住在 “woods（森林）” 里？其实，“neck of the woods” 是一个惯用语，意思是 “这个区域，这一带”。所以，你的朋友其实是想说 “下周我就要来你这一片儿了！” 听节目，跟主持人菲菲和 Phil 学习 “neck of the woods” 的用法。 

想要用英语表达 “没有……”，我们可以用 “no + 名词” 的结构，比如 “we have no milk left（我们没有牛奶了）”。不过有细心的听众提出，在这个结构中使用可数名词时既可以用单数形式也可以用复数形式，区别是什么呢？听节目，跟主持人 Georgie 和步理一起学习 “no + 名词” 这个结构的具体用法以及使用时有哪些需要注意的要点。 

When we bump into someone we haven’t met for a while, we’ll commonly ask them what they’ve been up to. That’s the topic of this lesson. We'll work with a variety of useful expressions including: 'Ça fait…?', 'pas mal de' and 'Ça a mis…'. We'll also see how to make use of the verb ... Show More

In English we have different ways that we can agree with someone. Among English learners, I often hear them say "I'm agree" or I'm agree with you". Let's take a look at this expression and many others to see how we agree with someone in English. For classes, click here: englishte ... Show More

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak, Li finds Neil's cat 'just a bit surprising' and teaches us a useful phrase to prevent people taking offence at something. 

In this episode, we’re focusing on an interesting and fun part of vocabulary - idioms. I’m sure you’ve heard of idioms. Ya know: kicked the bucket. It’s raining cats and dogs. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A picture paints a thousand words. These are all examples o ... Show More

There are many different ways of saying approximately in English, and some of them are more formal or informal than others. In this episode, we’ll look at some of the most common synonyms of approximately, and how to use them in different contexts.  Shownotes and more podcasts to ... Show More

What is a verb? For the learner of English, the answer isn't always so obvious. In today's podcast, we learn the difference between time reference and verb tense. Join us as we explore the past, the present and the future! 

We'll be talking about someone who is quite religious in this lesson. We'll meet the adjectives 'croyant' and 'pratiquant' to describe such a person, we'll see how to use 'ne... jamais', we'll use the verb 'se souvenir de', and we'll practice other interesting expressions, too. L ... Show More

The French tendency to drive fast will form the basis of our lesson this time - our conversation will deal with a near miss on the road. We'll learn how to say 'I had a narrow escape', we'll meet the expression 'il m'a mis hors de moi' and we'll see how to use the verbs 'doubler' ... Show More