Bite-sized English

By Mathew Rideout

Learn English in bite-sized pieces. With each daily episode, Matt will take you through a large variety of topics to help improve your listening and speaking bit by bit. Each episode will also feature... more

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The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.

Bite-sized English episodes:

March 16, 2018 March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
We celebrate the national day of Ireland by talking about the origins, celebrations, and meaning of Saint Patrick's Day!
Vocabulary:
-Catholic saint
-shamrock
-diaspora
-Ireland/Irish
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9min
March 15, 2018 March 16 - Scary
Matt covers the different feelings of fear, from the mild to the extreme. He explains how different words like startling and spooky are used.
Vocabulary:
spooky and eerie
scary and terrifying
startling / startled
nervous
Phrases:
scared the crap out of me
scared stiff
butterflies in my stomach/tummy
Please do send an email to [email protected] if you have any questions.
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11min
March 15, 2018 March 15 - Angry!
Matt covers how we express our anger! He covers some important synonyms and some practice on how we can sound angry.
Vocabulary:
-mad, angry, furious
-Short temper (noun) and short tempered (adj)
-enraged
-blood boiling
-hot blooded
Phrases we say when we are angry:
-Oh come on! For Pete's sake! You gotta be kidding me! You must be joking!
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11min
March 14, 2018 March 14 - Disappointed w/ Thomas
Matt is joined by a guest, Thomas, to talk about the feeling of disappointment. They practice "disappointed in" and the following phrases:
Let down
Bummer
Fall short
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18min
March 13, 2018 March 13 - #sad
Matt talks about the two main ways we use the word "sad." It can be used as a feeling of unhappiness, but also as an insult for a situation or person that is unaccomplished or pathetic.
Examples:
-I am sad to hear that you are leaving.
-She looked sad when I told her the news.
-Does that make you feel sad?
-That was a sad showing from the local sports team.
-A: Did you see that guy fail? B: Yeah, that was pretty sad.
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8min
March 12, 2018 March 12 - Happiness
We start the week of emotions with one of the best ones: joy and happiness. Matt covers the verbs we use with the adjective happy, and reminds us how to use emotional nouns like joy.
Phrases from today:
-happy as a clam
-happy hour
-happy camper (commonly "not a happy camper")
For questions or comments, do be scared to send an email to [email protected]. Matt will be HAPPY to help you. <(^.^)>
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10min
March 11, 2018 March 11 - Present Perfect
Matt covers the basics of the Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous tenses. The example sentences are below:
-I have seen that movie before.
-She has written eight books.
-You haven't cooked dinner for months.
-Have you seen my watch??
-I have been living here for three years. OR I have been living here since 2015.
-Frank hasn't been eating much these days.
-Has Sam been watching The Price is Right all day?
-Have you been watching TV all day!?
Remember to comment if you have any questions or send an email to [email protected]!
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10min
March 10, 2018 March 10 - Seconds, Minutes, Hours
We have a shorter episode today, covering some ways we use these three vocabulary words in phrases and practical spoken English.
To focus on:
half an hour, quarter of an hour, two and a half hours (NOT 2.5 hours)
24 hours describing a store, 24/7 describing something constant.
"Give me a minute/second/half a minute/18 seconds" - I need more time
"There are only so many hours in a day" - I don't have time to do everything.
Please send an email to [email protected] for any questions or comments about the podcast!
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9min
March 09, 2018 March 9 - Phrases using "time"
Today's phrases:
"It's time to +verb"
"The time has come"
"On time"
"I don't have the time"
"Time's Up"
"Good times"
"You got me at a bad time"
"It's a matter of time"
"Time flies"
"I am pressed for time"
"It's about time"
Be sure to post your questions or comments to [email protected]!
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13min
March 08, 2018 March 8 - Time Prepositions
Matt goes over the main three prepositions we use with time, and also covers three less used (but still very important) prepositions.
We use in with: months, years, centuries, periods of time, times of the day
We use on with: days of the week, days+parts of the day, dates, special days
We use at with: clock times
Be sure to comment or send an email to [email protected]!
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9min

FAQs about Bite-sized English:

How many episodes does Bite-sized English have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.