Bite-sized English

Bite-sized English

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  • 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
    9 min
  • 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.
    11 min
  • 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!
    11 min
  • 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.
    8 min
  • 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. <(^.^)>
    10 min
  • 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]!
    10 min
  • 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!
    9 min
  • 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]!
    13 min
  • 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]!
    9 min

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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…