In these times of international business, many movers and shakers find it important to be able to speak English! In today’s episode, we talk about people who have ambition and drive, and can make things happen. Some people are really more »
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Learn from natural English conversation – Movers and Shakers
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: A go-getter, A self-starter, Businessmen, english idioms, Mad Men, Movers and shakers, Politicians, Rich and famous, To float around, To move (on) up the ladder
Let’s just play it by ear
Are you the kind of person who likes to plan everything? Or would you rather just play it by ear? This episode is about being in the moment, not planning too much, and accepting what happens. To play it by more »
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: Best English Podcast, english idioms, english podcast, Lets play it by the ear
That’s sick!
There are tons of negative words that are used as positive slang. We’re looking at a few of the more popular ones in this episode. Andrew and Maura give you their take on sick, mean, and wicked. If you look more »
Word
This time we’re looking at casual ways to agree with a person. The expressions in this episode are cool casual slang, more often used by younger people. But if you’re older, don’t worry! These expressions can be found in music, more »
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: Culips esl podcast, English Conversation, My word is my bond, Sweet, To be down, To be game, To be laid back, To grab, To take on, Wine and cheese, word
Hanging by a thread
Do you use things until they almost stop working and become useless? Maybe you have a TV that’s hanging on by a thread. Or do you have an old t-shirt that’s on its last legs? This time Andrew and Harp more »
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: Aw, Culips, english podcast, ESL Podcast, hanging by the thread, here you go, Idioms: Hanging by the thread, To almost kill yourself, to be dead, To skip
Go call your folks
Everyone’s got some kind of parental unit, so there’s gotta be some slang to talk about it. We’re talking about mommy and daddy in this episode and reviewing some of the fun names we can call them. We also review more »
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: A tight family, folks, Go call your folks, lingo, Mum, to be in town, to get the hang of
You pulled a fast one on me
Do you know someone who always likes to joke around? In this episode, we talk about expressions that can be used to describe when one person tricks another. It could be just for fun, or someone might intentionally try to more »
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: A junker, To deke, To pull a fast one, To pull someone's leg, To stop and look at something, To take a car for a spin
Don’t rock the boat
We don’t like making trouble at Culips, but we do like making episodes about it! The expressions in today’s episode are all about causing problems and making changes when everything was just fine to begin with. Are you someone who more »
Host’s choice episode – Maura’s choice: Pig out!
This episode goes all the way back to 2009 in Culips history! Maura thought this would be a great episode to share with you because people often pig out around Christmas and New Year’s. There are so many dinners and more »
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It’s as clean as a whistle
It’s great when you have a nice, clean space, and you may want to talk about it. This episode is all about expressions for saying that something is really clean. Harp and Maura also talk about whether their bedrooms were more »
Posted in Catch Word Tagged with: As clean as a whistle, Canadian English, Culips esl podcast, English expressions used in everyday conversation, english podcast, ESL Podcast, expression, Expressions, grammar, idiom, idioms, learn english, Learn English expressions, Listen to Natural English Conversation, Pronunciation, To be blown away, vocabulary
