Bob's Short English Lessons
Bob's Short English Lessons is a podcast for English learners who want short, easy-to-understand lessons. Hosted by Bob the Canadian, it publishes four times a week and focuses on one or two useful English phrases per episode. Each lesson also answers a listener question, and a complete transcript is provided in the description. Bob also makes related videos on YouTube under the same name.
Episodes
Learn the English Phrases "scarred for life" and "That's going to leave a scar!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases SCARRED FOR LIFE and THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK / SCAR!In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase scarred for life. Now, this is a more serious phrase, and we use it to talk about when something traumatic happens to someone and it's something that they will remember for the rest of their lif
Learn the English Phrases "to put a damper on something" and "a wet blanket"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO PUT A DAMPER ON SOMETHING and A WET BLANKETIn this English lesson, I wanted to teach you the English phrase to put a damper on something. When you put a damper on something, it means that you make it not fun. Or something can also put a damper on something else. Right now, the weather is putting a damper on Jen's ability
Learn the English Phrases "to put together" and "to pull yourself together"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO PUT TOGETHER and TO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHERIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to put together. When you put something together, it means there are pieces. And then you attach all the pieces together with glue or screws or nails or something like that.If you're wondering what the noise is,
Learn the English Phrases "the wrong side of the bed" and "to make the bed"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED and TO MAKE THE BEDIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to get up on the wrong side of the bed or to wake up on the wrong side of the bed or to get out of the wrong side of the bed. There's a lot of different variations to this phrase, but basically it m
Learn the English Phrases "to sugarcoat" and "a coat of paint"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SUGARCOAT and A COAT OF PAINTHi. I'll teach the phrase in a moment. I just got to get my gas pumping here. And then I will get started on the phrase to sugarcoat. Let me see here. Almost ready. There we go.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please co
Learn the English Phrases "to cover your tracks" and "to cover all the bases"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO COVER YOUR TRACKS and TO COVER ALL THE BASESIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to cover your tracks. Now, if you do something and you don't want anyone to know you did it, you might want to cover your tracks. Let's say there are cookies in the kitchen and I'm not supposed to ea
Learn the English Phrases "to belt out" and "to tighten your belt"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO BELT OUT and TO TIGHTEN YOUR BELTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to belt out. So a belt is something you wear on your pants so your pants don't fall down. But it's also a verb we use to talk about someone who's singing very, very loudly. You can belt out a song. Let's s
Learn the English Phrases "a real headache" and "a splitting headache"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases A REAL HEADACHE and A SPLITTING HEADACHEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the phrase a real headache. Now this can have two meanings. The actual meaning is that your head hurts and maybe you need to go to a pharmacy to get some medicine so that you don't have a headache anymore. Maybe you have a real headach
Learn the English Phrases "That's the spirit!" and "a kindred spirit"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THAT'S THE SPIRIT and A KINDRED SPIRITIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase that's the spirit. When we say that's the spirit to someone, we are encouraging them or recognizing that they did something cool or that they're excited about something. I'm not sure I'm explai
Learn the English Terms "face-to-face" and "in person"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms FACE-TO-FACE and IN PERSONIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term face to face. When you meet someone face to face, it means that you're in the same room, you're in the same spot. It's not the same as meeting them online. If I was talking to my boss and I had a complaint, maybe I'm ta
Learn the English Phrases "mistaken identity" and "identity crisis"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY and IDENTITY CRISISIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase a case of mistaken identity. When you say that something is a case of mistaken identity, it means it's a situation where someone thinks someone is someone else, but they're not. So maybe as you're wa
Learn the English Phrases "past their prime" and "prime time"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases PAST THEIR PRIME and PRIME TIMEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase past their prime. When you say someone is past their prime, it means they peaked at whatever they do well and now they aren't as good at it. We usually use this to talk about athletes, a professional athlete. Often when they
Learn the English Phrases "a textbook example" and "to set a bad example"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE and TO SET A BAD EXAMPLEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase a textbook example. When something is a textbook example, it's something in real life that could have been in a textbook, maybe. Let me explain a little bit better. A textbook is a book you use in school to learn
Learn the English Phrases "mutually beneficial" and "the feeling is mutual"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL and THE FEELING IS MUTUALIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you understand the English term mutually beneficial. When something is mutually beneficial, it benefits both people. The other day in my lesson I used the term win win. When something's a win win, it means it's good for both people who
Learn the English Phrases "sight unseen" and "out of sight, out of mind"
Preply is a great way to find an English conversation partner. Use this link http://preply.sjv.io/e1gM5D to get 50% off your first lesson or use code BOB50 at checkout. In my experience Preply is a great way to take your language learning to the next level.Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases SIGHT UNSEEN and OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MINDIn this English lesson, I wanted
Learn the English Phrases "My heart skipped a beat!" and "a hop, skip, and a jump"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT and A HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMPIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English expression my heart skipped a beat. Now this can be used in a couple of ways. It can be used in a romantic way. Like I could say, the first time I met Jen, my heart skipped a beat, meaning that I found her attractive
Learn the English Expressions "That's the way it goes sometimes!" and "It is what it is!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES SOMETIMES and IT IS WHAT IT IS.In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English expression, that's the way it goes sometimes. This is an expression we use when you know life. Things just happen in life and there's nothing you can do about it. I picked this expression or phrase b
Learn the English Phrases "bound and determined" and "to be bound to"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BOUND AND DETERMINED and TO BE BOUND TOIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase bound and determined. When you are bound and determined to do something, it means you are going to do it. It means you are serious about doing it. It means that you are committed to doing it. The best example I could come
Learn the English Words "airhead" and "airball"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English words AIRHEAD and AIRBALLIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English word airhead. Now, this is not a nice word. This is a word you use to talk about someone who isn't very smart, someone who makes a lot of mistakes. You might call them an airhead. Actually, it's more like someone who doesn't remember th
Learn the English Phrases "in the dark" and "a shot in the dark"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases IN THE DARK and A SHOT IN THE DARKIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase in the dark. When you are in the dark, it means you don't know about something. I use this example a lot, but if someone was planning a surprise party for me, they would want to keep me in the dark. They would want to make
Learn the English Phrases "wishful thinking" and "to think big"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WISHFUL THINKING and TO THINK BIGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase wishful thinking. Wishful thinking is when you think positively about something, but it probably isn't going to go the way you think it will. Here's a great example. If you don't study and you have an English test
Learn the English Phrases "to work well with others" and "a team player"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO WORK WELL WITH OTHERS and A TEAM PLAYERIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to work well with others. When you are working and you are working with other people, either you work well with others or you don't work well with others. Some people work better by themselves. Some people enjoy wo
Learn the English Terms "heavy hitter" and "heavy heart"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms HEAVY HITTER and HEAVY HEARTIn this English lesson, I'd like to help you learn the English term heavy hitter. When you say someone is a heavy hitter in a certain area, it means they are like the most famous or most powerful person in that area. If I was to have a guest on my YouTube channel, if I could convince Lucy from Engli
Learn the English Phrases "might as well" and "freezing rain"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MIGHT AS WELL and FREEZING RAINIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase might as well. We use this phrase when we're saying that we should do something. I think a good example is this. If you're driving in your car on the highway and you pull over to get gas, you might as well get something
Learn the English Word "one" and the phrase "a good one"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English words ONE and the phrase A GOOD ONEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn some interesting ways to use the word one. We can use the word one sometimes in sentences like this. You could say, that was one amazing movie, that was one awesome song. That was one amazing cool concert. So somehow the word one ends up in the sentence
Learn the English Phrase "to edge out" and "a double-edged sword"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO EDGE OUT and A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORDIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to edge out. When you edge someone out, it means you pass them. Maybe at work you and a colleague are both trying to get a promotion, but there's only one spot. And maybe because you know a bit more, you can edge out you
Learn the English Words "schemozzle" and "bamboozle"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English words SCHEMOZZLE and BAMBOOZLEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the word schemozzle. When there is a schemozzle, it means that something is a mess. Let's say you're at work and you need four truckloads of, I don't know, flour in order to make bread that day. Maybe you work at a bread factory and only one t
Learn the English Phrases "to bottom out" and "from the bottom of my heart"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO BOTTOM OUT and FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEARTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to bottom out. So whenever something is going down, like the price of a stock on the stock market, eventually it will bottom out and then it will start to go back up again. So to bottom out means kind of to hit the b
Learn the English Sayings "the carrot and the stick" and "to stick your neck out"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THE CARROT AND THE STICK and TO STICK YOUR NECK OUTSorry, I had to put my glove on using my mouth. It's a Canadian technique. I think I showed you that before. But super cold out here today. In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase the carrot and the stick. So the carrot and the stick refers to a
Learn the English Phrases "the calm before the storm" and "to storm off"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM and TO STORM OFFIn this English lesson, I wanted to teach you the phrase the calm before the storm. Now, you can use this literally to talk about the fact that there's going to be a storm later today. But it's actually quite calm and peaceful out here right now. And that's actually true. I
Learn the English Phrases "to lay low", "to lie low", and "a low blow"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO LAY LOW, TO LIE LOW, and A LOW BLOWIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrases to lay low or to lie low. This is one of the situations where we use lie and lay in the same way, and it means to hide. Usually you will hear these phrases if you're watching a show where the police are chasing some c
Learn the English Phrases "You're seeing things!" and "Seeing is believing!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases YOU'RE SEEING THINGS and SEEING IS BELIEVINGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase you're seeing things. We say this to someone when they describe something and you find it really hard to believe. If we were driving along and Jen said, I just saw 50 airplanes in the sky, I'd probably
Learn the English Phrases "to takes sides" and "from all sides"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO TAKE SIDES and FROM ALL SIDESIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to take sides. Now I'll tell you this. It's actually better to not take sides. When you take sides, it means you agree with one person when two people are arguing. So let's say two of my kids are arguing, I usually
Learn the English Phrases "to sink in" and "sink or swim"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SINK IN and SINK OR SWIMIn this English lesson, I want to try and not freeze my butt off and also teach you the English phrase to sink in. When something is allowed to sink in, it means that you hear it and eventually you will understand it. Sometimes when you're in school, the teacher will teach a lesson and it might tak
Learn the English Phrase "Happy New Year!" and the word "gingerly"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase HAPPY NEW YEAR and the word GINGERLYWell, in this English lesson I just want to say Happy New Year. I do have another phrase or word here to teach you. There's a couple couple geese flying over. They're probably excited because of the water behind me, but Happy New Year. This is not what it normally looks like on January
Learn the English Term "no-show" and the phrase "to show up"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English term NO-SHOW and the phrase TO SHOW UPIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term no show. When you say someone is a no show, it means you planned to meet with them somewhere and they didn't come. Maybe you and a friend are going out for coffee and you go to the coffee shop at the time that you said you were
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Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS and MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESSIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, it's none of your business. So I was walking out of class today, and there were two students in the hall. And the one student said, what did you get on your math test? And the other student said, i
Learn the English Phrases "to hit the spot" and "in a tight spot"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO HIT THE SPOT and IN A TIGHT SPOTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to hit the spot. Sometimes you are craving something. Sometimes you really want something to eat or to drink. And then after you eat or drink it, you say, oh, that hit the spot. When something hits the spot, it means it satisf
Learn the English Phrases "to push through" and "to push it too hard"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO PUSH THROUGH and TO PUSH IT TOO FARIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to push through. This past weekend, Jen was sick and I was a little bit sick, but I decided to push through. I took one day off work and I probably went back to work one day too early because I decided to push through. When
Learn the English Phrases "in a little bit" and "it's going to be a while"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases IN A LITTLE BIT and IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase in a little bit. Now, when we say in a little bit, we mean a small amount. And we can be talking about time or an actual thing. Here's a good example. Let's say that my mom is coming over to visit and o
Learn the English Ending "-wise" and Term "wise guy"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English ending -WISE and the term WISE GUYIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn how to use the suffix wise. A suffix is something that comes at the end of a word and when we use wise it means in relation to something. So if I was to say this, temperature- wise, it's a really nice day today. If I look in my wallet though, money-
Learn the English Phrases "by day", "by night", and "night owl"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BY DAY, BY NIGHT, and NIGHT OWLIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrases by day and by night. I'm a teacher by day and a YouTuber by night. So when you use by day and by night, you're describing when something happens. You often hear this in a superhero movie, Superman is Clark Kent by day a
Learn the English Phrases "I beg to differ" and "It begs the question"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases I BEG TO DIFFER and IT BEGS THE QUESTIONIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase I beg to differ. This is a phrase when someone says something and we don't agree with them, we might start by saying, I beg to differ. If someone was to say, I think that, let's see, France has the best football
Learn the English Phrases "to rub off on" and "to rub someone's nose in it"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO RUB OFF ON and TO RUB SOMEONE'S NOSE IN ITIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase To rub off on. Now we use this phrase to describe when the behavior of one person starts to be mimicked or copied by another person. Sometimes one person can rub off on another person. So here's a good exam
Learn the English Terms "bad attitude" and "positive attitude"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BAD ATTITUDE and POSITIVE ATTITUDEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term bad attitude. If someone has a bad attitude, it means they think something's going to go badly before it even starts or even while it's happening. Here's a good example. Maybe you go to watch your favorite sports t
Learn the English Phrases "more or less" and "less is more"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MORE OR LESS and LESS IS MOREIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase more or less. In English, when we say more or less, it means almost or sort of. If you asked me if I was done cleaning my house, I might say more or less. That means I have most of the work done. Maybe there's a couple little t
Learn the English Phrases "fall colours" and "black and white"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases FALL COLOURS and BLACK AND WHITEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase fall colors. If you live in a country where the leaves on the trees turn a different color in the fall, in the autumn, we call those the fall colors. I'm not sure if you can see behind me, this tree is still green, but way i
Learn the English Phrases "to breeze through" and "to shoot the breeze"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases TO BREEZE THROUGH and TO SHOOT THE BREEZEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to breeze through. When you breeze through something, it means you do it quickly and easily. At school, I had a whole stack of student work that I needed to look at. Well, that truck's pretty loud. I'm not sure if you
Learn the English Terms "double whammy" and "double double"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms DOUBLE WHAMMY and DOUBLE DOUBLEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term double whammy. When we say something is a double whammy, it means two bad things happened right in a row. And I have a good example for you. I was really busy at work, and then when I was done being busy at work, I got sick. I got a s
Learn the English Phrases "to plug away" and "to pull the plug"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases TO PLUG AWAY and TO PULL THE PLUGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to plug away. When you plug away at something, it means you work out it slowly and methodically until it's done. It doesn't necessarily mean it's something exciting, either. Sometimes you plug away at things that you don&
Learn the English Phrases "on good terms" and "on bad terms"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms ON GOOD TERMS and ON BAD TERMSIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase on good terms. When you're on good terms with someone, it means that when you talk to them, they're happy to see you. It means that if you see them in the street and they see you, they'll wave or they'll come and
Learn the English Phrases "between jobs" and "odd jobs"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases "BETWEEN JOBS" and "ODD JOBS"In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase between jobs. When someone says they are between jobs, it means they don't currently have a job. It's kind of a nice way of saying that you're unemployed. If someone says they're between jobs, it mean
Learn the English Phrases "to sit in on" and "to sit out"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SIT IN ON and TO SIT OUTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to sit in on. It's a nice phrasal verb with two prepositions at the end, which makes it a little confusing. This means to go to something like a class to observe rather than take it. At work, sometimes the principal needs to chec
Learn the English Phrases "no pun intended" and "pun intended"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases "no pun intended" and "pun intended"In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase no pun intended. Now, first, I should explain what a pun is. A pun is when you say something and it's funny because maybe one of the words has two meanings. So sometimes you say something and you realize afte
Learn the English Phrases "to flip-flop" and "to do an about-face"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO FLIP-FLOP and TO DO AN ABOUT-FACEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English verb to flip flop. When you flip flop on something, it means you change your mind. Usually it means you change your mind to the exact opposite. Let's say your boss said everyone is going to get Friday off this week. And then th
Learn How to Pronounce "reach / rich" and "peach / pitch"
Read along to practice your English pronunciation of the words REACH and RICH, PEACH and PITCHIn this English lesson, I wanted to talk about the difference in pronunciation between reach and rich. This is actually from a question that's from a viewer that I'm going to read later, but I'm going to answer the question first. At the beginning of the video, when you reach for something,
Learn the English Phrases "out of reach" and "out of touch"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases OUT OF REACH and OUT OF TOUCHIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase out of reach. When something is out of reach, it simply means when you try to grab it, it's a little too far away. Sometimes in the kitchen, there are things on the top shelf and they are out of reach. You can't reach them
Learn the English Phrases "stuck in your ways" and "to be stuck on something"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases STUCK IN YOUR WAYS and TO BE STUCK ON SOMETHINGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase stuck in your ways. When you're stuck in your ways, it means you do certain things a certain way, and you will not change the way you do it. You are stuck in your ways. I'm stuck in my ways for some thing
Learn the English Phrases "All done!" and "Been there, done that!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases ALL DONE! and BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase all done. Now, you probably know this phrase. It's a pretty common one. It means that you've done a job and the job is finished. You are all done. I love it when I finish something and I can say that I'm all do
Learn the English Phrases "to run out of steam" and "to be steamed"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO RUN OUT OF STEAM and TO BE STEAMEDIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to run out of steam. When you run out of steam, it means you're really tired after working for a long time or maybe hiking all day or doing something that is a bit exhausting. Yesterday I worked really long. I worked ti
Learn the English Phrases "to thin out" and "to spread yourself too thin"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO THIN OUT and TO SPREAD YOURSELF TOO THINIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to thin out. Now, this has two meanings or two ways that you can use this. One is kind of when you see something thin out and then you can actually thin something out. Let me explain. If you were to go up a mountain, a
Learn the English Phrases "to deal with" and "a good deal"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO DEAL WITH and A GOOD DEALIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to deal with. When you need to deal with something, it means you are going to take care of it. You are going to take responsibility for maybe solving something or doing something. Here are two examples. Let's say at school there
Learn the English Saying "Two can play that game!" and the term "two-faced"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English saying TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME and the term TWO-FACEDIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English saying, two can play at that game. This is a phrase we use when someone does something, maybe not a nice thing, and you think to yourself, hmm, two can play at that game. And then you do something similar. Let's say you
Learn the English Saying, "It's not the heat, it's the humidty!" and the Phrase "to beat the heat"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English saying IT'S NOT THE HEAT, IT'S THE HUMIDITY and the phrase TO BEAT THE HEATIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English saying, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. So it is really, really hot out here in Ontario, Canada right now. The last few days have been over 30 degrees celsius, and today it&ap
Learn the English Phrases "to get the wrong idea" and "to be in the wrong"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO GET THE WRONG IDEA and TO BE IN THE WRONGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to get the wrong idea. Now, we usually use this to talk about when someone interprets what someone else says or does and they interpret it wrong. And it usually happens in a situation where someone is just being frien
Learn the English Phrases "to clue in" and "to not have a clue"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO CLUE IN and TO NOT HAVE A CLUEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to clue in. When you clue into something, it means you've heard some small facts about something and then suddenly you realize something has happened. Jen's at market right now and I'm home today. I think Oscar ha
Learn the English Phrases "the short term" and "the long term"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THE SHORT TERM and THE LONG TERMIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase the short term. When we say the short term, we're talking about for the next day or the next few hours or the next week, like a short amount of time between now and a future situation. Sometimes we fix things for the short t
Learn the English Phrases "to go off on someone" and "to go off"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO GO OFF ON SOMEONE and TO GO OFFIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to go off on someone. When you go off on someone, it means you get angry. It means you're annoyed with them. They've done something that has really, really annoyed you, and then you are angry. You might even be yellin
Learn the English Phrases "to feel at home" and "There's no place like home!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO FEEL AT HOME and THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to feel at home. When you go somewhere else, somewhere that's not your home and you really enjoy it. You can describe it by saying that you feel at home. Sometimes when you go and stay at a friend's h
Learn the English Phrases "to have a reputation" and "your reputation precedes you"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO HAVE A REPUTATION and YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOUIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to have a reputation. When you have a reputation, it means that something about you, one of your character traits is so strong that people think about you when they think about that character trait. Let me tr
Learn the English Phrases "all the rage" and "road rage"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases ALL THE RAGE and ROAD RAGEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase all the rage. When something is all the rage, it means everyone is doing it or everyone is wearing it. In my world, people who are my age, it's all the rage to wear dad shoes. I'll put a picture here of what dad shoes look li
Learn the English Phrases "homeward bound" and "a straight shot"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases HOMEWARD BOUND and A STRAIGHT SHOTHey, it's been a lot of fun hanging out with Brent. Today's the day where I might be leaving later today. I might be leaving tomorrow morning. I'm gonna be homeward bound. So homeward bound means that you are on your way home. Right, now, so do you think that you're going to s
Learn the English Phrases "finally done" and "finely done"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases FINALLY DONE and FINELY DONEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase finally done. Now, I used this phrase, actually, in yesterday's video. I think I said something like, the school year is finally done. And this simply means that something that you want to be finished has actually finished. And
Learn the English Phrases "makes sense" and "doesn't make sense"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MAKES SENSE and DOESN'T MAKE SENSEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase makes sense. When something makes sense, it just means it's logical. If it's something that someone designed, they design it in a logical way. In a way that makes sense. There's a store in North America call
Learn the English Phrases "Why the long face?" and "the long way home"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WHY THE LONG FACE? and THE LONG WAY HOMEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, why the long face? This is a question you might ask someone if they look sad. Like if their face looks sad, if they look sad, you might say, hey, why the long face? Now, I haven't actually used this question a lot l
Learn the English Phrases "above and beyond" and "beyond compare"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English saying ABOVE AND BEYOND and BEYOND COMPAREIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase above and beyond. When you go above and beyond, it means you do a really, really good job. If at work, my boss said to me, Bob, can you work on this project? And if I worked on it for like, ten or 12 hours a day, seven days a w
Learn the English Phrases "to play dirty" and "a dirty look"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English expressions phrases TO PLAY DIRTY and A DIRTY LOOKIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to play dirty. When you play a game, maybe you're playing soccer or what most of you call football, or you're playing a board game. If you cheat or if you use tactics that aren't good, we say that you are
Learn the English Saying "No harm, no foul!" and the Term "foul language"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English saying NO HARM, NO FOUL! and the term FOUL LANGUAGEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English saying no harm, no foul. This is a saying we use when we do something that maybe could be bad, but if nothing bad happens, then no foul has occurred. A foul is like a negative thing in life or in a sports game. If you do some
Learn the English Phrases "I hear you!" and "I got you!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English expressions I HEAR YOU and I GOT YOUIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase I hear you. Now, this can simply mean that you can hear someone. But we also use this when we agree with what someone said and we want to let them know that we think the same way as them. So someone might say to you, hey, the boss wa
Learn the English Phrases "at this stage" and "stage fright"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases AT THIS STAGE and STAGE FRIGHTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase at this stage. Now, this is something you can use to talk about life. You can use it to talk about a project, and you use it to talk about the part that you're in right now. So here's a few examples. At this stage in my l
