This week we are looking at 5 phrases native speakers use which can be useful in making your level sound much more advanced! To go Dutch, to be framed, a stitch in time saves nine, not half, to whet someone’s appetite. Read what they mean and see how to use them!
10 Ways to have a better conversation by Celeste Headlee. Celeste’s 10 recommendations with language notes (definitions for the more difficult English words).
Recommended reading Practice: Listening to people, Harvard Business Review, 1957. Last week’s Valentine’s Vocabulary Quiz Answer Key.
The Most Irritating English Mistakes Native Speakers make on Social Media. Can you guess what they are? Will they be very complicated words or spellings? Have a look at my article and check you aren’t making these mistakes.
Motivation quote, pronunciation tip for tough, Scottish slang with Gerald Bitler, a robot BBC article, a great Susie Dent tweet, Moose and why isn’t it plural meese, English Quiz
How to write basic numbers, How to pronounce the difference between 18 and 80, Comma for thousands, Odd and Even numbers, Favorite numbers, Spot the mistake quiz question
Kim Griffiths English 