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Many new English learners get stuck using "How are you?" to greet. In this episode Patrick and Andre introduce some other more natural ways to greet in English.

Easy English Podcast Ep2 - Greetings

I talk to Luke from Luke’s English Podcast – one of the longest-running ESL podcasts – about one of our favourite topics: comedy.

We discuss our favourite British sitcoms and comedians.

We also look at how you can improve your communication skills by “keeping things light” and even being weird and surreal.

And you also get to hear at least three pirate jokes (and two cheese jokes, too).


List of shows and comedians mentioned in this episode:
Alan Partridge (also referred to as simply “Partridge”)
Monty Python (also referred to as “The Pythons”)
The Mighty Boosh
The Young Ones
The Goon Show
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
The Office
Tintin
Asterix
Hancock’s Half Hour
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Keeping Up Appearances
Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
One Foot in the Grave
The Thick of It
Peep Show
Phoenix Nights
The Day Today
Brass Eye
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Have I Got News for You
Tommy Cooper
Book: The Naked Jape by Jimmy Carr and Lucy Greeves

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Episode 28 - Talking about Comedy with Luke from Luke’s English Podcast

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Welcome to this pilot (test) episode of the TF Podcast. In this episode, my wife and I talk about Thanksgiving.

Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp--TdCU9GI

This gives you a great way to listen to a real conversation in both British and American English.

*** LESSON NOTES ***

☆ We're hoping she's going to be quiet - notice that I use 'hope' in the continuous? Learn more about 'hope' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx3kbTAI4M

☆ Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Learn more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade

☆ That's what it boils down to - this is a great phrase to mean "the main reason for something."

☆ Put on a parade - to organize a parade (phrasal verb)

☆ It's a pretty big milestone - a significant event

☆ I did not grow up eating that - learn about grow up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkUHx5qVP8

☆ Potluck - a party where everyone brings a dish. For Thanksgiving, people are assigned a certain dish

☆ To go back for seconds - to get another plate of food after eating your first

☆ It has a special place in everyone's heart - This means that's it's emotionally important. Learn more here: http://www.phrasemix.com/phrases/something-holds-a-special-place-in-ones-heart

☆ Black Friday has become a huge thing now - this means that Black Friday is important and widespread

☆ I'm a person who leaves it to the last minute - I wait until near the deadline to do something. I use this phrase here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYNHJHzSNA

☆ I didn't take those days off - I worked those days

☆ It's going to be very difficult to travel with two children - I'm sure you know what this means!

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What did you think about this podcast? I hope you enjoyed it. If so, we'll make more episodes soon!

Learn English Podcast - Episode 0 (Pilot) - A Conversation About Thanksgiving

In this English lesson, you're going to learn 43 commonly used phrases related to romance. You're going to do this by watching a video of David and Sarah meeting in a hotel bar.

Get the definitions and watch the video here: https://www.tofluency.com/53-english-phrases-romance

*** RESOURCES ***

English fluency book:
https://www.tofluency.com/5-step-plan/

To Fluency Program:
https://www.tofluency.com/tfp/

52 Phrasal Verbs (similar lesson):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpvtm9KngQ8

Methods I recommend you follow for English fluency:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZOJurmtexYpQYEvWTJaieyehensaC_eU

*** The 43 Phrases ***

- Sitting on her own at a hotel bar
- Sarah has recently broken up with her long-term boyfriend
- David is, let’s say, a little bit of a player
- He likes to chat up women
- He likes to go out on lots of dates
- At the moment he is single too
- He’s checking the football results on his phone
- He starts to check out Sarah
- He likes what he sees
- He finds her very attractive
- He thinks she’s very beautiful
- She has this special aura about her
- To see if she’s noticing him as well
- He’s starting to get a little frustrated
- He’s trying to build up the courage to go over to her
- Finally, he gets up out of his chair
- Walks over to Sarah at the bar
- And makes his move
- This is the first time that she has seen him
- There is instant chemistry
- They flirt with each other straight away
- Although she’s a little hesitant
- She starts to open up about what she does
- This tattoo caused the breakup of her long-term relationship
- He’s happy she’s single
- They’re glancing at each other and flirting a little bit more
- David orders two shots
- They raise their glasses
- He downs it in one
- She needs to go back to her room soon to prepare for her presentation
- He hands over his phone
- He asks her put her number in it 
- He thinks about when he’s going to text her next

Learn English Podcast: 43 Advanced Phrases about Romance (Story)

Do you want to improve your listening skills in English? Today, I’m going to explain why listening in another language is so difficult, why this skill is very important, and how you can actually improve your listening skills.

English for Everyone ESL Podcast

Episode 18 - How to Improve Your Listening Skills

In this Episode, we talk about the weirdest / scariest experiences we have encountered. From Religous beliefs to Sleep paralysis.

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