How should we apologize? What's the best way to say "sorry" in a casual situation? 
Expressions we use: 

My bad / That's my bad (casual). 
Hey, uh, Tim, I accidentally ate the food you made for yourself for lunch. Hh... my bad. I won't 
Honey, I forgot to take out the garbage again tonight. My bad. Look—I'll do it in the morning.

I'm sorry + forgive me (more serious, intimate)
I'm sorry, I broke your favourite coffee mug, hun. I'll get you a new one, and it'll be even better.
Paul, I'm sorry for missing your birthday party, I completely forgot about it. Can you forgive me for that? I... I need to be a better brother.

I'm so sorry I let your parrot escape! I'll go look for her. 
I'm so so sorry about that, Riley—next time I'm going to be late, I will call you. 

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English with Eric

Informal English with Eric: Apologizing

What a difference six months make. If you asked me a year ago what my plans were, I probably would have said something along these lines: “Well, considering Covid restrictions seem to finally be easing, and considering the fact that we haven’t really been in the South of France that long, I think we should probably stay at least another year or two or three. Try to put down some roots. Keep trying1 to build a little community here.”

English with TedPal

Changing in directions and phrases with "keep"

Hi everyone, this is Jesse, your story writer, and you’re listening to the Being a Cloud podcast. 

More teachers are waking up to the power of stories to teach languages, and on this show, I share the stories I’ve made with my italki students for you to enjoy. 

Are you an ESL student? Do you want to make a story? Book a lesson with me and let’s create one together. 

In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

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Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

~~~

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Being a Cloud

Orangutan the Orange

Today, ex-IELTS examiner Cambridge David shares a great idiom that you can use whenever you're talking about how expensive something is, no matter whether that's in a restaurant, on a holiday, or just talking about any object you've bought recently. Idioms are often the key to getting a great score in the 'vocabulary' criteria of IELTS Speaking. Learn this idiom, and start using it in your next IELTS exam.  

IELTS with Cambridge David

A great idiom for talking about how expensive something is

Te cuento algunas curiosidades del español

Español en Acción

Temporada 2 Episodio 7 Curiosidades del español que no sabías

In this episode we will see the approach of learning language. And what are the technique as non-native speaker we should use to get command over new language.

5 min Hindi 

Introduction

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12 Espressioni particolari col verbo stare

In italiano i verbi "essere" e "stare" a volte hanno alcuni elementi in comune (per esempio alcuni tempi composti) ma presentano anche molte differenze. 
Il verbo stare in particolare presenta molte espressioni idiomatiche e oggi in questo podcast ne vedremo 12 molto usate in italiano. 

1)Stare ai dati / ai fatti → Rimanere concentrati sui fatti. Esempio:


2) Stare ai patti → Mantenere i patti. Esempio: Stiamo ai patti e non comportiamoci in modo scorretto

3) Stare allo scherzo → Accettare lo scherzo. Esempio: Jasmine non sa stare allo scherzo: si arrabbia subito!

4) Stare a qualcuno → toccare a qualcuno. Esempio: Sta a te oggi lavare i piatti !

5) Stare sulle spine → stare in attesa e in ansia. Esempio: Sto sulle spine per il risultato dell'esame di matematica.

6) Stare con le mani in mano →rimanere senza fare nulla. Esempio: Mario, invece di stare con le mani in mano, aiuta Lucia a pulire la casa.

7) Stare addosso a qualcuno →creare tensione, incalzarlo, opprimerlo.
Esempio: il mio fidanzato mi sta sempre addosso, non mi lascia mai un momento libera

8) Stare sulle sue→essere molto riservati, discreti spesso scostanti. Esempio. Lucia sta sempre sulle sue e non dice mai nulla della sua vita.

9) Stare a cuore→importare molto. Es: a Fatima sta a cuore la felicità di sua figlia.

10) Tutto sta → l'essenziale. Es: Sono certo che Luca, anche se ha detto di no, alla fine verrà con noi: tutto sta nel convincerlo.
 11) Ci sta che→ è possibile, plausibile, accettabile. Esempio: Dopo tutto il lavoro che hai fatto negli ultimi mesi, ci sta che adesso ti prendi un mese di vacanza.

12) Non sta né in cielo né in terra→è assurdo, non logico e comprensibile.
Es: non sta né in cielo né in terra che Bruno pretenda di venire a cena senza pagare nulla.


Italiano espresso

12 espressioni italiane col verbo "stare"

Today’s episode is about dealing with failure and I will teach you some techniques about how to reframe it and how to overcome it.

 If you're ready to take your Spanish to the next level do get in touch to book a trial lesson here: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/2112111