Welcome to another episode on Engine English today we will be looking at idioms. Idioms are one of the hardest parts of learning a language. For those of you who don’t know, an idiom is a phrase that has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they’ve never heard of.

If you have any questions or ideas for my next episode please feel free to drop me a message in the comments section.

Engine English

5 Essential English Idioms

A：张老师星期六也不休息啊？
B：是啊，他这几天很忙，没有时间休息。
A：那会很累吧？
B：他每天回来都很累。


HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 2 text 4

This episode introduces two idioms with the word cake. 

Idiom Corner

Cake

Please let me know if you have any requests of words or phrases that you wish you’ll be able to say in casual Japanese so I’ll make an episode about it!🙌
In this episode, I’m gonna let you know how to say  “I didn’t know that you is the same age as me”  in the way not like Japanese textbooks tell you but how Japanese people actually talk. 
Thank you very much for listening to this podcast😁

#japanese #japan #nihon #nihongo #hiragana #katakana #kanji #jlpt


Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

🎌Useful Japanese phrase | “Is that tasty?” 

Oggi vediamo insieme 13 parole in italiano che cambiano genere in italiano.  Nella lingua italiana alcune parole possono avere un cambio di genere tra plurale e singolare come per esempio: il dito, le dita, il riso , le risa, il labbro, le labbra, il ginocchio, le ginocchia.
Un saluto e alla prossima!

Italiano espresso

13 parole in italiano che cambiano genere al plurale

Recruiter: Why do you want to do this job?

Candidate: I would be very happy to work here because I really respect the work that this company does and I have always had a positive opinion of it. I believe that with the skills that I have learned over the past six years in this industry, I would be an excellent person to have on the team.

Recruiter: What experience do you have?



Candidate: When I started, I worked as a sales rep for two years and learned a lot during that time and went to a lot of training courses. After two years, I was promoted and became an area manager with a small team of two other people. I did that for three years, before moving to the job I do now. I currently manage a different area with a larger team of five people and since I have been there, our sales have increased by 25%.

Recruiter: Why are you looking for work?

Candidate: Ihave been with this company for six years now and I would like to have experience with a new company and I’m looking for a new challenge. Also, I have a new manager who started a couple of months ago and I don’t really get along with him. He’s pretty stupid.

Recruiter: How would you describe yourself?

Candidate: I’m a hard worker and enjoy learning new skills. I really love working in sales and don’t have a problem with working as long as I need to reach my goals. I’m good at working as part of a team, but I’m happy to work by myself too.

Recruiter: What is your dream job?

Candidate: Selling ice cream on a beach! Sun, ice cream, and sales: my three favorite things.

Recruiter: What are you good at?

Candidate: One of my biggest strengths is listening to customers to find out what they need and building relationships with them.

Recruiter: How do you deal with a large amount of work?

Candidate: First, I decide what are the most important tasks to deal with and I do those first. If I’ve got a lot to do, I will get up extra early and get a head start.

Recruiter: What are your hobbies?


English Conversation/Dialogue

Job Interviews

When do you think people should network?
Why should somebody network when they're looking for a job?
How can people network online?
How would you recommend someone who’s new to networking get started?
Can you tell me a networking success story?
Tune in to hear candid and lively answers to my questions from the delightful Language and Communication Coach Lucy Samuels. 

Lucy has more than a decade of experience working with job seekers, and one of her specialties is teaching people to network strategically. Of course, I was eager to have her on the show! The second part of our conversation will be released in the next episode. 

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Episode originally published September 10, 2021

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Will Networking Get Me a Job? Strategic Networking With Lucy Samuels

In this episode we will learn more interesting "Color" phrase, you will learn how to say 【evil mind,put sb. in blacklist,rejoice too soon】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天继续和大家聊一聊一些有趣的颜色短语。颜色我们一般用“深”和“浅”来形容。例如，浅蓝色，light blue，深蓝色，dark blue。如果一件衣服的颜色很多，或者很亮，我们可以说这件衣服颜色很鲜艳。“给点儿颜色看看”你知道是什么意思吗？它的意思是“让对方知道你的厉害，使对方感到害怕。”例如“他总是欺负我的好朋友，今天我要给他点儿颜色看看。”
我们来看看黑色有什么有意思的用法。第一个，黑心，一个人的心是黑色的，说明他的心很坏。例如“他是一个黑心商人，为了赚钱竟然卖过期的食品。”第二个，黑车。黑车不只是黑色的车，还有一个意思是“不合法经营的出租车”。如果一个人不小心上了黑车，那是很危险的。第三个，“拉黑”，拉到黑名单。如果你的微信上有一个朋友，你不想再收到他的信息，那你可以把他拉黑。最后一个，“黑脸”。如果我们说：“他黑着脸”，意思是他很不高兴。
接着我们来看看白色。第一个，小白，我们说一个人是小白，意思是他没有经验。例如“我刚接触这个工作，还是个小白，要向各位多多学习。”第二个，“白”加动词或者形容词。例如，“我去他公司找他，结果他不在，我白跑一趟了。”“本来以为他能陪我过生日，结果他要加班，我白高兴一场。这里的“白”是没有结果的意思。
哪个用法你觉得最有意思呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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鲜艳	/	xiān yàn	/	bright-colored
给点儿颜色看看	/	gěi diǎn ér yán sè kàn kàn	/	give sb. a lesson
欺负	/	qī fù	/	bully,tease
黑心	/	hēi xīn	/	black heart; evil mind
黑车	/	hēi chē	/	unlicensed/illegal car
拉黑	/	lā hēi	/	put sb. in blacklist
黑着脸		hēi zhe liǎn		a face like thunder,pull/wear a long face
小白	/	xiǎo bái	/	green hand
接触	/	jiē chù	/	get in touch with
动词	/	dòng cí	/	verb
形容词	/	xíng róng cí	/	adjective
白跑一趟	/	bái pǎo yí tàng	/	go to a place in vain
白高兴一场	/	bái gāo xìng yì chǎng	/	rejoice too soon