Sep 30, 2015
If you work in an English-speaking environment, you might hear these common phrasal verbs used in business situations!
- draw up
- get ahead
- burn out
- not measure up
- zero in on
- lay off
- pencil in
- close down
- run by/past
- sign off on
Sep 23, 2015
ahead of one’s time = having ideas or attitudes that are too
advanced for the culture/society at the moment
My grandmother was ahead of her time – she opened her own company
in an era when there were few women in the business world.
Learn 19 more phrases in today's lesson!
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Sep 16, 2015
Heteronyms in English are two words with the same spelling, but
different pronunciations and different meanings.
Two common examples are the words CLOSE and LIVE.
close (adj.) with an “s” sound = near, not far
My house is close to the bus station.
close (v.) with a “z” sound = shut, opposite of open
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Sep 9, 2015
The English word "goal" has a meaning both within and outside
sports. In today's lesson, you'll learn 20 common English
collocations (combinations of words) with the word GOAL.
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Sep 2, 2015
"Go" is one of the most common verbs in the English language, and
it is also used in plenty of idiomatic expressions in English.
You'll learn 10 of them in today's lesson.
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