These two phrases are often used in the same situations by native speakers. But is there a difference in meaning? There sure is, and it will help to know the difference when you decide which one to use.

Sometimes you may have to take an alternate route. But when you do is it a shortcut or a detour? These two words are useful in business and daily life, but are you using them correctly? We’ll talk about that in this episode.

Have you been told to stand-up? Have you been stood-up? Are you a stand-up person? Have you stood-up for what you believe in? These are a few ways to use the phrasal verb stand-up. Do you know the meaning of all these phrases? This week we talk about standing up!

The little word “drop” has a lot of meaning! It can be used as a noun or verb, in formal speech or slang, and is often a part of idioms and set phrases. In this podcast, we talk about 8 different meanings or usages of the word “drop.” But there are many more usages. In fact, this podcast is just a drop in the ocean!

These three verbs are often followed by the preposition “about”. But is that correct? We’ll look at the usage of these three verbs in this episode.

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These two idioms sound a lot alike, and they may be seem to mean the same thing. But they are not interchangeable. In this podcast we talk about the difference between “as far as” and “as long as.”

 

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Welcome to season two of  “3 Minute English!” I hope you enjoy the new season of English tips. You might have heard someone tell you “I need this report yesterday!” Were they crazy, confused or just using bad English? Well maybe none of these. We’ll talk about this idiom today.

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The words “care” and “worry” seem like they should be interchangeable. But are they? In this episode we talk about the differences between these two words.

“Seem” is a tricky verb to use in a sentence because the object seems like the subject and the subject seems to be missing. What? Listen to this week’s podcast and I hope everything becomes a bit clearer!

I don’t think there’s a flying pig, but in English we use the idea of flying to make quite a few idioms. In this episode we talk about “when Pigs Fly” and other idioms that come from flying.