Collocations are two words that are very often seen together. In this English lesson I'll help you learn some very common English collocations that we use when talking about towns and cities. Let's go on a tour of my town and I'll help you learn as we go from place to place!

In this English lesson you'll learn words like: close-knit community, community centre, public library, residential area, commercial area, industrial area, busy street, quiet street, small town, big city, and more!

I hope you enjoy this free English class about town and city collocations, and I hope you enjoy the views along the way!

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnH1HHzaho or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Collocations"

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In this English lesson I will help you learn 10 phrases that you can use to describe starting again. We all take breaks in life for one reason or another, but at some point we resume what we were doing.

Maybe you took a break from studying English, or stopped playing a sport because of an injury. Maybe you took some time off work.

When you return to what you were doing before, these are the common English phrases you would use.

In this English lesson you'll learn the phrases: back at it, back on track, back in the swing of things, back in the groove, pick up where you left off, ease back into it, get into a rhythm, back in action, back to business, and make a comeback.

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-0YV6i_wyw or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Starting Again"

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In this English lesson you will learn the difference between some English word pairs. Do you know the difference between an apartment and a condo? What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? Have you seen a mouse or a rat in your apartment? Can you tell the difference between all of these things?

In this English lesson I'll help you learn about: sea and ocean, frog and toad, sensitive and sensible, democracy and monarchy, to lend and to borrow, pancake and crepe, needs and wants, to lie and to lay, ice cream an gelato, jam and jelly, and many more!

I hope you're able learn some new vocabulary words that you can use in your next English conversation!

Have a great day and don't forget to learn some English!

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvYpIKb3Ihs or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Differences"

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In this English lesson I will help you learn vocabulary that you can use to talk about injuries, health care, and medicine. I'm a bit of an injury expert right now as I recently hurt myself while playing baseball. In this English lesson I'll relate my story, and I'll also help you learn some English along the way.

In this English lesson you'll learn words and phrases like: to hurt yourself, to injure yourself, to call an ambulance, emergency room, to diagnose, to treat, painkiller, ice pack, swelling, sling, crutches, wheelchair, x-ray, ct scan, and many more!

I hope you enjoy this English class about injuries!

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://youtu.be/oO4y4d-3Eus or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Injuries"

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Welcome to part 3 of this English lesson about people's flaws. 

In this English lesson you'll learn vocabulary like: neglectfulness, envy, intolerance, cowardice, blame-shifting, overthinking, control issues, distrustfulness, and lack of empathy!

I hope you enjoy this free English class about describing people's flaws. Have a great day!

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Welcome to part 2 of this English lesson about people's flaws. 

In this English lesson you'll learn vocabulary like: insecurity, judgmental, pessimism, manipulative, perfectionism, over-sensitivity, greed, gossiping, closed-mindedness, over-dependence, passive-aggressiveness, and overconfidence!

I hope you enjoy this free English class about describing people's flaws. Have a great day!

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In this English lesson we'll learn about people's flaws. In a previous English class I talked about virtues. Flaws are sort of the opposite. They are the negative characteristics of people. The types of things that other people find annoying or aggravating.

In this English lesson you'll learn vocabulary like: laziness, short temper, overconfidence, gossiping, perfectionism, cowardice, envy, jealousy, procrastination, neglectfulness, pessimism, greed, and many more!

I hope you enjoy this free English class about describing people's flaws. Have a great day!

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In this English class I will help you learn some words and phrases that were inspired by the behaviours or looks of the animals around us. Sometimes animals look or behave in a certain way, and we've decided to add words and phrases to the English language to describe people and things using animal words and phrases.

In this English lesson you'll learn words and phrases like: catwalk, drowned rat, to squirrel away, dog days, underdog, to pig out, to hog something, goose-neck, to hold your horses, to have ants in your pants, pecking order, bull market, bear market, and many more!

I hope you enjoy this English lesson about animal inspired words and phrases. Have a great day!

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5tssFNkxsg or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Animals"

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In this English lesson I'll share 5 strategies that you can use when you forget English words when speaking. This is a common problem for people who are learning English. They know the words. They can understand the words, but when they need them during a conversation they forget them.

In this lesson I outline a couple tried and true strategies as well as three unique strategies that you can use when you find yourself in this situation.

I sure this will help you a lot in your next English practice conversation. Enjoy!

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WViet2fy5Es or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Forgetting"

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In this English lesson I will help you learn the English vocabulary to talk about virtues. Virtues are the things that make people good people. You may know someone who is timely or patient. You might try to be on time all the time. These virtues would be described with the words: timeliness and patience.

In this English lesson you'll learn words like: honesty, patience, wisdom, justice, responsibility, kindness, honesty, integrity, and many more.

I hope you enjoy this English lesson about virtues! Have a great day!

Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnS9YwiILFk or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Virtues"

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