Enhancing Your English podcast

This episode will look at some common portmanteaus (blended words) in English.

This episode will look at some English words and expressions that come from the names of company products. Included in this episode are:

-google

-photoshop

-Kleenex

-xerox

-dumpster

-dumpster fire

-band-aid

-spam

-drinking the Kool-Aid

This episode will look at five more common English expressions that are related to things in nature. Included in this episode are:

1. 'a slippery slope'

2. 'caught between a rock and a hard place'

3. 'make waves' / 'rock the boat'

4. 'water under the bridge'

5. 'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it' / 'we'll cross that river when we come to it'

This episode will look at five common English expressions that are related to things in nature. Included in this episode are:

1. 'don't beat around the bush'

2. 'can't see the forest for the trees'

3. 'out of the woods'

4. 'to go out on a limb'

5. 'to extend an olive branch'

This episode will look at some common English expressions that have to do with foods and drinks. Included in this episode are:

-it's a piece of cake

-it's a cakewalk

-it's easy as pie

-it's like taking candy from a baby

-the icing on the cake

-have your cake and eat it, too

-sell like hotcakes

-bread and butter

-butter someone up

-don't cry over spilt/spilled milk

-don't put all your eggs in one basket

-walk on eggshells

-egg someone on

-take something with a grain/pinch of salt

This episode will look at some common texting and chatting abbreviations in English.

This episode will look at some common health and medical terms for English language learners.

This episode will look at some common phrasal verbs in English. This show will cover:

'turn up' and 'turn down'

'bring up'

'come up' and 'coming up'

'come up with' and 'come down with'

'work out'

Phrasal verbs are two or three-part verbs such as 'turn down,' 'run into,' and 'come up with.' This episode will give an introduction and explanation to phrasal verbs, and will be a companion to Episode 16, when we look at examples of common English phrasal verbs.

This episode will look at six terms and expressions in English that use the color blue. Included in this episode are:

1. 'feeling blue'

2. 'to come out of the blue'

3. 'once in a blue moon'

4. 'blue-collar'

5. 'blue chip'

6. 'blueprint'