Little Seal English

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  • 85. News Podcast: Kelowna is Growing!

    Today’s episode is based on the town of Kelowna, BC. Kelowna is a growing city and with that comes some controversy. This episode looks at a new development happening in Kelowna and some people’s thoughts about it.


    Check out the random key English covered in the podcast:

    • Grease your palms
    • Story
    • Floor
    • Council
    • Wind tunnels
    • NIMBY
    • En mass
    • Developer
    • The next big city in BC
    • Expanding
    • Urbanization
    • Growing in size
    • Exploding
    • Thriving
    • Transforming
    • Booming


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    19 min
  • 84. Idiom Podcast: Boggle my Mind and Confusion

    On today’s episode of the Little Seal English podcast we talk about confusion!

     

    Key Expressions:

    • Boggle my mind
    • It’s a mystery to me
    • I can’t wrap my head around
    • I’ll never understand how/why/people who…
    • I don’t get it/him/her


    I hope you enjoy the podcast and don’t forget to check out my socials.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Ronan

     

    Check out my website: www.littlesealenglish.com

    Make a podcast request: www.littlesealenglish.com/requests

    Check out my Instagram: www.instagram.com/littlesealenglish

    Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@littlesealenglish

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    14 min
  • 83. Story Podcast: My Parents Came to Visit: Grouse Mountain and The Grouse Grind

    On today’s episode of the Little Seal English podcast we talk about Grouse Mountain and the Grouse Grind.

    Grouse Mountain is located just outside of Vancouver city in BC, Canada.

     

    I have included some questions and the answers are in the podcast, here are the questions:


    1. How far from downtown Vancouver is Grouse?
    2. What was one of the first things Ronan noticed when he got out of the Uber?
    3. Who coined Grouse mountain?
    4. When was the ski club founded?
    5. When did the Sky Ride open?
    6. How long did it take to get up to the top of Grouse in the past compared to now?
    7. How many stairs are on the Grouse grind?
    8. How high is the summit of Grouse mountain?
    9. How many people complete the Grouse Grind annually?
    10. What are the bears names?

     

    I hope you enjoy the podcast and don’t forget to check out my socials.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Ronan

     

    Check out my website: www.littlesealenglish.com

    Make a podcast request: www.littlesealenglish.com/requests

    Check out my Instagram: www.instagram.com/littlesealenglish

    Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@littlesealenglish

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    26 min
  • 82. Idiom Podcast: Chickens - 7 idioms with or about Chickens!

    On today’s episode Ronan looks into chickens! This is a very quick podcast, mostly unplanned.


    • Chicken out
    • Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
    • Running around like a headless chicken
    • Hen party
    • You’re not spring chicken
    • Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Fly the coop/leave the nest


    I hope you are happy, I hope you are healthy, and I hope you recommend this podcast to a friend 😊

    Have a good one,

     

    Ronan

     

    Check out my website: www.littlesealenglish.com

    Make a podcast request: www.littlesealenglish.com/requests

    Check out my Instagram: www.instagram.com/littlesealenglish

    Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@littlesealenglish

     

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    12 min
  • 81. Phrasal Verb Podcast: 5 C2 Phrasal Verbs

    Episode Description

    On today’s episode Ronan looks into five C2 phrasal verbs. You may know the meaning of these phrasal verbs but I’ll be sharing unique ways to use them.

    • Take on
    • Bring about
    • Stand up for
    • Put off
    • Get away with


    Check out my website: www.littlesealenglish.com

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    21 min
  • 80. Vocab Podcast: Use Dump in English!

    Thanks for downloading and listening to my podcast, you rock!


    My name is Ronan and I help working professionals boost their already amazing English so they can fully represent themselves in the English language!



    This podcast is all about the word DUMP, in this podcast we focus on:

    • Dump as a verb
    • Dump as a noun
    • Idioms with dump


    I hope you enjoy and know how to use dump after this podcast!


    Cheers,


    Ronan



    Follow my Instagram to laugh and learn:

    https://www.instagram.com/littlesealenglish/

     

    Join the free Little Seal English Telegram channel:

    https://t.me/LittleSealEnglish





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    45 min
  • 79. Idiom Podcast: Diets!

    Hey!


    Thanks for downloading and listening to my podcast, you rock!


    Random English

    • To go out the window
    • To go off the rails
    • To get back on track
    • A good way to get
    • A smoothie is a good way to get X
    • My weight is like a rollercoaster
    • They never put on a pound


    Types of Diets

    • Carnivore/Vegetarian/Keto/paleo/etc. diet
    • The diet went off the rails
    • Get the diet back on track
    • Crash diet
    • Fad diet
    • Healthy/balanced diet
    • Meat heavy diet
    • Sugar free diet
    • Whole 30 Diet


    Collocations with Diet


    Go on a diet

    •   When you go on a diet, you are starting a diet for a purpose. Usually to lose weight. 
    •   My doc told me to go on a diet, I need to lose weight fast. 


    Have a healthy diet

    •   I have a healthy diet. 
    •   I like to think I have a healthy diet. 
    •   My diet includes…
    •   Do you have a healthy diet?


    Keep a stable diet

    •   Your daily food intake
    •   I find it hard to keep a stable diet
    •   I find it difficult to keep a healthy diet
    •   It’s not difficult to keep an unhealthy diet


    What’s your diet like?

    •   What do you eat every day?
    •   Is it healthy?
    •   Does it include fast food?
    •   My diet includes X.
    •   I cut out carbs from my diet. 100% eliminate. 
    •   I cut down on red meat. I reduced my red meat consumption by about 40%.


    You need to introduce carbs to your diet. 

    •   You need to up the carb intake. 
    •   You need to get more carbs in your diet. 
    •   You need to increase the amount of X you ingest/in your diet. 
    •   I find it difficult to include more…
    •   Start introducing more…
    •   I need to change my diet



    Make sure to check out my website and my socials, all the links are below.


    Follow my Instagram to laugh and learn:

    https://www.instagram.com/littlesealenglish/

     

    Join the free Little Seal English Telegram channel:

    https://t.me/LittleSealEnglish




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    25 min
  • 78. Free Training Week!

    My name is Ronan and I got a gift for you.

    Introducing The Little Seal English CELPIP 9+ Free Training Week!


    www.LittleSealEnglish.Com/FreeTrainingWeek

     

    Schedule of Free Training Week

    • Monday: Language Challenge
    • Tuesday: Podcast and Live Tutorial
    • Wednesday: Language Learning Activities
    • Thursday: Live Conversation Class and Tutorial
    • Friday: Language Challenge 2


    How to Join

    It’s simple, go to my website and register.

    www.LittleSealEnglish.Com/FreeTrainingWeek

    Once you go there, it’ll give you instructions on how to register. All you need is a name and an email address, how easy is that?!

     

    You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. 

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    10 min
  • 77. Story Podcast: A Catch up with Ronan 11

    Download my free eBook:

    www.littlesealenglish.com/CELPIP



    On today’s unplanned episode we talk about:

    • Ronan being sick as a dog
    • The new semester at work
    • Ronan’s friend is in town
    • Ronan and the gang go to Revelstoke
    • Summer plans


    Not much to it, grab a pen and paper and get ready to learn! 


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    35 min
  • 76. Story Podcast: What happens in Vegas...

    What happens in Vegas…


    Sit back, relax, and listen to a podcast teaching you English and information about Las Vegas!


    This podcast is broken up into two different parts.


    First, we talk about Fremont. Then, we speak about the Las Vegas Strip.


    Anyways, go give it a listen!


    Download my eBook:

    www.littlesealenglish.com/CELPIP


    Videos to see Fremont yourself:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilm8LxfgbkY&ab_channel=DetailsinLuxury


    Las Vegas Strip:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjklndipGGQ&ab_channel=IslandHopperTV


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    41 min

About Little Seal English

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This podcast is aimed at upper intermediate - fluent levels. We talk about anything and everything in this podcast.


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