Master English With Tim

Few people like job interviews- it's often a question of bad, worse and worst, even if you do get the job you want. Okay, there are exceptions, but not many.
In Episode 88, Tim tells about a tragicomic (sad and funny) interview he attended earlier this year. Let Tim's pain and disgust become your entertainment and jollification, just by listening to Episode 88.
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People associate the US with hard work- but don't forget that here in the US (but also Canada!), we spend around 15 percent of the year in the holiday season that starts with Halloween and ends with New Year's. The second holiday in this long holiday season is of course Thanksgiving. In this week's episode, Tim tells about his Thanksgiving travels before telling how he shared this special holiday with family and a couple of new friends.

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In this week's episode, Tim focuses on just one phrasal verb, take down, with three different meanings and ten examples.

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English root words and English word histories are an awesome (and sadly underused) tool for learning vocabulary. A word root is a group of letters at the beginning of a word that has a certain meaning. For example, several English words include the Germanic root DR- which is connected with drinking or liquid. This shared meaning across several words makes words more interesting and easier to learn.
If you're curious about word roots, then don't forget to listen to episodes 15, 19, 34, and 45.

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Mangrove roots at low tide - Mangrove - Wikipedia

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Words are like stairs- they take you to beautiful places, but only if you do the work!
This week, Tim continues progressing through the 2800 words of the New General Service List, or NGSL- these are the words you need first for a high score on IELTS and TOEFL, and to reach C1 English. This week's five target words are: wind, none, exchange, budget and famous. Five words, twelve meanings. If you think you know these five words but only know one meaning for each one... then you don't really know these words.
Tim has said it before, and now he's saying it again: if you want to really master English, you need to know the different meanings of words!

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Learning vocabulary is the biggest task you have when studying English, so it's natural to try to learn more words and expressions... But you also need to know words well, and not stop just at pronunciation, spelling, and one meaning. In Episode 83, Tim explains what it means when you REALLY know your vocabulary, or if your knowledge is too basic and you need to go back and learn more.

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Everyone knows about Halloween costumes and trick or treating... but some Halloween traditions are more personal and secret. In Episode 82, Tim shares some unique personal and family Halloween traditions involving skeletons, pudding and haunted garages.

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How can you master NGSL vocabulary? Word by word, and with many meanings for each NGSL vocabulary word.
In this week's episode, Tim explains 13 meanings of five NGSL vocabulary words: survey, majority, stick, request, rich. These are common words, but they have additional meanings that you need to reach a C1 (or higher!) level of English.

Episode 2: The NGSL- 2800 Words For Better English.
Episode 11: NGSL 1331-1340. 10 Words, 27 Meanings.
Episode 62: NGSL 1341-1350.
Episode 73: NGSL 1511-1520
Episode 80: NGSL 1001-1005

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"Rome wasn't built in a day."

The NGSL, or New General Service List, is a list of the 2800 most used words in English. If you know NGSL words well, you will speak and understand better, and also perform better on tests like TOEFL and IELTS.
Don't forget this important detail: if you know NGSL words well. When you know words well, that
means knowing several definitions for each target word. This is a must!
This week's episode, episode 80, will help you to learn 15 meanings of words 1001 to 1006 on the NGSL.
Earlier episodes in the series:
Episode 2: The NGSL- 2800 Words For Better English.
Episode 11: NGSL 1331-1340. 10 Words, 27 Meanings.
Episode 62: NGSL 1341-1350.
Episode 73: NGSL 1511-1520

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What's the best way to learn something? Make it interesting.
Learn the most used irregular verbs from A to H with 51 fun and amusing micro-stories.

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