Bite Sized English

This entry is part of the Sightseeing series.
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On vacation, we like to visit things that are very big or very old. Many people will [...]

March 31st, 2009 | Tags: big, holiday, old, sightseeing, vacation, Vocabulary | Category: English One, Vocabulary, listening | Comments (2)

This entry is the first entry of the Sightseeing series. The other entry in this series is the “Big and Old Vocabulary” entry.
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“Don’t go [...]

March 30th, 2009 | Tags: holiday, sightseeing, travel, vacation | Category: Topic, Vocabulary, listening | Leave a comment

This entry is part of the Complaining in English series. You can find more vocabulary there.
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My grandfather was an amazing person. He could [...]

March 28th, 2009 | Tags: idioms, jack of all trades, phrases, renaissance man | Category: Vocabulary, listening | Leave a comment

You might be used to quizzes on Friday.  And, I think that a quiz to test your vocabulary is a good idea.  This week, however, there’s no quiz.  Instead, there’s a week of vacation in Paris for me.
It’s true that, if I organized my time better, I could have prepared the quiz in advance–I did [...]

March 27th, 2009 | Category: Bite Sized English | Leave a comment

This entry is part of the Complaining in English series. You can find more vocabulary there.
This entry is available as a Adobe Acrobat file for printing or use in a class.This entry is spoken, so that you can listen to it while you read. (MP3)

After three days of talking about complaints, I think [...]

March 26th, 2009 | Tags: complain, complaining, complaint, real complaints | Category: English Three, listening | Leave a comment

This entry is part of the Complaining in English series. You can find more vocabulary there.
This entry is available as a Adobe Acrobat file for printing or use in a class.This entry is spoken, so that you can listen to it while you read. (MP3)

Now you know what it means to be furious. [...]

March 25th, 2009 | Tags: complain, complaining, complaint, feeling, preposition | Category: English Two, Grammar, listening | Leave a comment