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Jun 2025
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835 - All The Ways We Can Think

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1004 - Phrasal Verbs to Describe Annoying People
Have you ever known someone who interrupts constantly… never finishes their work… or talks to people in a bossy way? We all run into people like that from time to time, right? And in English, we actually have some very colorful phrasal verbs to describe those kinds of behaviors. ... Show More
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1003 - Practical Uses of the Past Perfect
By the time I got to the party, Jack had already gone home. Ah, the past perfect tense. Have you ever studied this grammar and thought… When do people actually use this? Maybe you learned something like, “The past perfect is the past of the past.” And technically, that’s true… bu ... Show More
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1002 - How To Check Understanding
Have you ever been in a conversation in English and suddenly thought… “Wait. I didn’t catch that.” Maybe someone was speaking too fast. Maybe they used a word you don’t know. Maybe you understood the words - but not the meaning. And in that moment, you freeze. You don’t want to s ... Show More
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