A brief history of Venezuelan food called: Hallaca. It is very common to eat it at Christmas in the Caribbean country. The hallaca is very similar to the tamale, so many times people confuse them, but their preparation and origins may be somewhat different.

Narrated with a Venezuelan accent.*

Spanish Audio bites

Hallaca o tamal

"Run Into... a Surprise!" 

Welcome back to *Phrasal Verbs Gone Wild! 

Today, let’s “run into”… “run into”.
 
To *run into* someone means to meet them by surprise.

Maybe you’re sneaking out for a late-night treat, only to “run into” an ex at the bar.

Awkward.

But it’s not just people—you can also “run into” issues, like “running into” last-minute work emails when you’re ready to unwind.

Basically, whether it’s unexpected people or problems, you never know when you’ll “run into” something.

Catch you next time—and maybe you’ll “run into” me instead!

"Phrasal Verbs Gone Wild!"

Ep.5 "Run Into ... a Surprise!" 

Speculating
If I was to ask you about your dream job you may not know exactly what that would involve. In this case you would have to speculate. Here is some useful language for speculating. 
maybe/perhaps
It is fairly/quite/very/extremely/ (un)likely that
It's quite possible (that)
I imagine/suspect (that)


Everyday English with Teacher Alyse

Speculating

There are few things you can do to 'start' impressing the interviewer.

Check the short recording and utilite it in your next interview!

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Job Interview Preparation | Build Strong Communication Under Pressure

How to impress the interviewer?

¿Quieres hablar español con más claridad y confianza? La clave puede estar en la escritura. En este episodio descubrirás cómo escribir frases simples cada día puede entrenar tu mente para pensar y hablar más rápido en español.

👉 Recuerda: “If you can write it, you can think it. If you can think it, you can say it.”
Cada palabra que escribes es un ladrillo en tu camino hacia la fluidez.


Español No Excuses: Level-Up Your Mind, Speak Out Loud

Escribir para pensar: cómo la escritura acelera tu camino al español

La expresión de mal en peor se parece mucho a una expresión del inglés que quizás conoces. Te lo cuento aquí.

Expresiones en español

De mal en peor

Conversation Starters #4 "Food"

A topic we ALL love and enjoy, food, is a super simple way to connect with others and use simple language. Let's unpack it together in this short and sweet podcast episode. :)

Baffling Lingo

FOOD

There's a video on TikTok in which a user takes a jar of seasoning called "Everything But the Bagel" and carefully separates the ingredients into small piles to find out the secret to the recipe.

The video has been viewed almost 2 million times — a sign of just how popular this seasoning mix, made by US company Trader Joe's, has become.

People like to put it on top of bagels and use it in lots of different meals.

However, fans of the mix have been finding out that it's not welcome everywhere in the world.

Signs have been posted at Incheon Airport in Seoul, telling passengers they can't bring jars of the seasoning into the country.

The reason is that one of the ingredients is banned in South Korea.

The mix contains things like sesame seeds, dried garlic, dried onion and salt — but poppy seeds are the problem.

Poppy seeds are banned in South Korea because they are narcotic-related items, according to the airport. The ban is not new but travelers have said that airports are now cracking down on the seasoning mix.

The seeds are also banned in a number of other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

The poppy plant is used to make drugs like heroin and morphine, although the seeds don't contain any opiates.

However, the country worries that the seeds could be contaminated by opiates.

In fact, in the US, members of the armed forces have been advised not to eat products containing poppy seeds in case they affect the results of drug tests.

Drug tests can be very sensitive but experts say that it would be almost impossible to eat enough poppy seeds to feel any narcotic effect.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

South Korea Cracks Down on Popular Seasoning Mix

CONJUGACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL EN TIEMPO PRESENTE.