Download free PDF + quiz: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-sports-idioms/  Sports are a huge part of American culture, and we even have a lot of sports idioms in English - informal expressions that come from baseball, football, tennis, and more! Today you’ll learn 12 sports idioms, what they mean, and how to use them. I recommend you download the PDF guide to this lesson, because it includes a quiz to help you practice these expressions. You can do that by clicking here get that PDF by e-mail. OK, let’s kick off this lesson - kick off means to start, and it’s from soccer, since the game starts with a player kicking the ball. That’s a little bonus expression for you! I hope you enjoyed these sports idioms - and now, the ball’s in your court - your next action is to download the PDF and try the quiz - give it your best shot! And if you’d like to continue learning idioms, come join my 300+ idioms course available at EspressoEnglish.net  

Sports Idioms in English

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Contractions combine two words into a short form with an apostrophe – for example, I am becomes I’m; could not becomes couldn’t... and many more that you’ll learn in this lesson. Contractions are extremely common in spoken English and informal written English, and today you’re going to learn 50 of them – yes, we do have that many contractions in English! Make sure to download the free PDF guide to this lesson so you can save the full contractions list and all the example sentences. ⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF:  https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-50-contractions-in-english/ ⭐ Advanced Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/ 

50+ Contractions in English!

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MAYBE vs. MAY BE (with examples)

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Sports Idioms in English

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