In this episode, Christina and Matthew talk about: 

• some of the most common grammar mistakes they hear students make
• how to prioritize the mistakes you keep making to improve your English faster
• the corrections to some of the most common grammar mistakes
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to get into [something] =to talk about something in-depth
• to bite the bullet = to get something over with because it is inevitable
• to get [something] out of your system = to get rid of something in your life
  
  

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Christina:

Hey everybody, I hope you are having a lovely summer. And I hope that you're enjoying these review episodes with the videos, where you can go back and review some of our past video lessons on topics like listening, skills, grammar, business English, whatever. And we're also doing podcasts to go with them and help you guys review a little bit these different topics, because revision is important if you want to remember. Anyway, I'm here with Matthew today. Matthew, how are you doing?

Matthew:

I'm super excited to be talking about grammar today.

Christina:

Aren't we all? Don't we love gra

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In this episode, Christina and Linda talk about: 

• ways to understand native English speakers better
• how to pronounce "do"
• how to pronounce "will"
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• a bunch of = a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together; a lot of
• to owe = have an obligation to pay or repay (something, especially money) in return for something received
• to come up with [something] = to think of something
  
  

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Christina:

Hey everybody, I hope you are enjoying these review lessons that we're putting together for you over the summer and today I am with Linda. Linda, how are you doing today?

Linda:

I'm good. Yeah. Doing well. Thank you. You?

Christina:

Doing well. Yeah, exactly. Well, right now it's late June, but the time this podcast is coming out, it's early August. So, I will be back from vacation by the time this comes out. Nice, relaxed and ready to get back to work. Anyway, today we are doing a little work on helping everyone better understand native speakers, or even very advanced speakers who speak very fast and use a lot of connected speech and things

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In this episode, Christina and Kristina talk about: 

• how to improve your emails
• how to make small talk
• how to improve your business meetings
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• a heads up = an advance warning of something
• to go back = to return
• menacing  = suggesting the presence of danger; threatening
  
  

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Christina:

Hi, everybody. I hope you are well into your summer vacation, and maybe you're listening to this podcast on the beach, or out in the mountains, or maybe just in your office and maybe there's a lot of people on vacation and you can actually work on things now. Anyway, I hope you're all having a lovely, lovely almost August. Anyway, Kristina, how are you doing today?

Kristina:

I'm doing pretty good. How are you?

Christina:

Doing well. Doing well. So for just a heads up for you guys, for the next couple of weeks, since it's the summer, we're taking a little bit of a break, slowing down a bit. And that means that the podcasts and the videos for the next three weeks are going to be review lessons where we go back and we revisit some of the things from the past year. And today it's about e

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In this episode, Christina and Matthew talk about: 

• their methods of making reservations
• staying at Airbnbs
• some of the destinations that they have been to

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to make a reservation = arrange for something such as a table in a restaurant or a room in a hotel to be kept for you
• to keep [one's] options open = to wait before making a final decision about something to allow for the possibility of having a different choice
• a good deal = to buy something at a lower price than normal; a bargain
  
  

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Christina:

Hey everybody. I hope you're having a lovely month of July and a lovely summer. Maybe you've got some summer vacation. I hope you're enjoying it if you're listening to this on the beach, in the mountains or wherever. Today, I'm here with Matthew. Matthew, how are you doing today? How's your summer going?

Matthew:

Oh, good, good. It's strange when you live in a tropical place, it's always the same weather so the seasons don't really change.

Christina:

Yeah.

Matthew:

I guess it's good. Good, as always.

Christina:

It's like, we

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In this episode, Christina and Linda talk about: 

• some of the business trips they have taken
• how they were able to have some fun on their business trips
• writing off business expenses 
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to get ready for [something] = to prepare for something
• to mix business with pleasure = to combine fun with work
• to wander around = to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction
  
  

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Christina:

Hey, everybody. Christina here for your Faster Fluency Conversation Club podcast. I hope you're all doing well. And today I'm here with Linda. Linda, how are you doing today?

Linda:

I'm doing all right. And how about you?

Christina:

I'm doing well as well. I'm getting ready for vacation. Well, when they will be listening to this, I will already be on vacation, but as we're recording this, I am getting ready for vacation. So looking forward to that soon.

Anyway, so let's see, we're talking about mixing business with pleasure. And for example, when you go on business trips, do you take advantage of the trip to maybe visit some of t

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In this episode, Christina and Kristina talk about: 

• summer activities with the word 'go'
• other outdoor activities with 'go'
• popular outdoor activities where they live 
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to go with = to seem good, natural, or attractive in combination with something
• an inner tube = a large inflatable circular tube for riding on water or snow
• nerve-wracking = causing stress or anxiety
  
  

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Christina:

Hey everybody, this is Christina here, and I hope you're all having a lovely, lovely summer. Today, I'm here with Kristina with a K. Kristina, how are you doing today?

Kristina:

I'm doing good, how are you?

Christina:

Doing well, doing well. Trying to stay out of the summer heat. Rather unsuccessfully, but that's life. It's summer. It's hot, whatever.

Kristina:

Yup, it is. That is the case for sure.

Christina:

Hot, hot, hot. Anyway, so today we're going to actually talk about something that I guess goes with summer and vacation and things like that, and it's outdoor activities with go, because in English we have a lot of expressions that have make or do or go o

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In this episode, Christina and Karyn talk about: 

• vacationing at the Jersey Shore
• vacationing in Florida and the Smoky Mountains
• other vacation spots in the US
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to go down to [somewhere] = to go somewhere (typically south of your starting point)
• a boardwalk = a promenade along a beach or waterfront, typically made of wood
• to go back and forth = to alternate 
  
  

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Christina:

Hi guys, Christina here for your Faster Fluency Conversation Club podcast. The start of a new summer month. It's July. My birthday's at the end of this month, so I'm very excited about that. But that's not the topic of today's episode today. We're talking about summer vacation and where you went on vacation as a kid. And today I'm with Karyn. Karyn, how are you doing?

Karyn:

I'm doing wonderful. Happy birthday.

Christina:

Yeah, thank you.

Karyn:

In July.

Christina:

I was like, it's at the end of the month, but it's coming up. I'm counting down the days. Very happy about that. Anyways, today we're going to talk about places that we went on vacation when we were kids grow

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In this episode, Christina and Matthew talk about: 

• reviewing the past 3 weeks
• useful tips for learning English when watching TV
• how to talk about TV shows to make small talk 
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to sink in = (of words or facts) be fully understood or realized
• to feel bad about [something] = to experience regret, sadness, embarrassment, or a similar unpleasant emotion
• to keep [something] in mind = to remember, think about, or consider someone or something  (in regard to something else)
  
  

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Christina:

Hey, everybody. Christina here with the Faster Fluency Conversation Club podcast. I hope you're having a lovely month of June. And trying to stay cool despite the massive heat wave that seems to be going on all over the world. Climate change, I suppose. Yay. Anyway, Matthew, how are you doing there, over there in Thailand? How's the weather first of all?

Matthew:

Well, yeah, it's funny you say that because now the rest of the world is catching up to here and maybe even surpassing here because in Thailand it's always 32, 33 degrees Celsius.

Christina:

Yay.

Matthew:

And I've

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In this episode, Christina and Kristina talk about: 

• the types of TV shows they like
• the specific shows they are watching now
• time travel shows
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to get into [something] = to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity
• a trailer = advertise (a movie or program) in advance by broadcasting excerpts or details
• to check [something] out = establish the truth or inform oneself about someone or something

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Christina:

Hey, everybody. Christina here. I hope you're having a lovely summer in FFCC or wherever you are, or wherever you’re listening to this podcast today. I'm with Kristina. Kristina, how are you doing today?

Kristina:

I'm good. I'm good. How are you?

Christina:

Doing well. Doing well. So, yeah, we're just kind of hanging out, making a bit of small talk, talking about TV shows and things like that. And I guess the classic question, what are some good TV shows that you're watching right now?

Kristina:

Honestly, I'm kind of strange. I do all of my TV shows on Netflix. So, right now at the moment, I'm not really watchin

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In this episode, Christina and Linda  talk about: 

• how they watch TV to learn a foreign language
• to use subtitles or to not use subtitles
• a bonus part about 'series'
  
  

The extra mile (useful English vocabulary you'll hear in the podcast): 

• to articulate = to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words
• a play on words = manipulation of language to create humor
• to go through = to examine (something)
  
  

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Christina:

Hi guys, Christina here with your Faster Fluency Conversation Club podcast. And today I am with Linda. Linda, how are you feeling today?

Linda:

I'm good. I'm having some small problems with my allergies, but overall good. So hopefully everyone can still understand me.

Christina:

We'll work through it. I would say maybe it'll probably be easier to understand you than it is to understand movies and television in English. So I think we should be good.

Linda:

Yes. I am still articulating more than many people do on the TV shows. So yeah, it should be okay.

Christina:

I think we'll be good. And I think I'm pretty proud of my transition into the subject of today's podcast, because th

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