This podcast challenges the idea that two words really can have the same meaning. In each episode, we’ll compare two synonyms, and dig deep to find differences in connotation, formality, sense & more.

No Such Thing as a Synonym

大小多少（李一笑）
一个大，一个小
一只老虎一只猫，
一边多，一边少
一群大雁一只鸟。
数一数，瞧一瞧，
大小多少记得牢。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

大小多少

Oath :

I took an oath 
Please take an oath that you will remain loyal  to us 


Engsavvy ( 504 Absolutely Essential Words )

Lesson 1 Word 5 ( Oath )

Why do cats purr? Is it just because they are happy? Could it help improve our health?

The Social Evolutionary

Should We Learn to Purr Like a Cat?

除夕 chú xī：Chinese New Year's Eve
除去 chú qù：eliminate；remove；work off
除了chú le：besides；except
烦恼 fán nǎo：be worried
迎接 yíng jiē：move towards；meet face to face
希望 xī wàng：hope；wish；expect
发财 fā cái：get rich；make a fortune
如意 rú yì：as one wishes; as one likes it; according to one's wishes
幸福 xìng fú：happiness；well-being
安康 ān kāng：be hearty and robust；enjoy good health]
顺利 shùn lì：smoothly；successfully]
龙腾虎跃 lóng téng hǔ yuè：dragons rising and tigers leaping，a scene of bustling activity.

今天是2024年二月九日星期五，
jīntiān shì 2024 nián 2 yuè 9 rì xīngqī wǔ，

今天就是除夕了，除夕除夕，除去烦恼，迎接希望。
jīntiān jiùshì chúxī le，chúxī chúxī，chúqù fánnǎo ， yíngjiē xīwàng 。

除了祝福，还希望你开心，除了如意，还希望你顺利，
chúle zhùfú ， hái xīwàng nǐ kāixīn ， chúle rúyì ， hái xīwàng nǐ shùnlì ，

除了健康，还希望你平安，除了发财，还希望你好运，
chú le jiànkāng，hái xī wàng nǐ píng ān ， chú le fā cái ， hái xī wàng nǐ hǎo yùn ，

祝你在新的一年，龙腾虎跃，幸福安康！
zhù nǐ zài xīnde yīnián，lóng téng hǔ yuè，xìngfú ānkāng ！

“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

龙年“除夕[lóng nián chú xī]

حكيم	        Wise	
عادل	         Just	Fair
مملكة	         Kingdom
مخلصًا	          Loyal	Faithful
يُدعى	          Called	Named
يُساعد	          Helps	
سردها	         Narrated it	Told it
أرويها	         I tell it	I narrate it
بحث عن	         Searched for	Looked for
اتخاذ القرارات	Decision-making
العديد من	         Many of	A lot of, Numerous
لم يتمكن من	Was unable to
يمكنني أن	I can	I'm able to
خطرت فكرة	An idea occurred	

Singular and plural words

بلد	بلدان / بلاد	Country
قرار	قرارات	        Decision
فكرة	   أفكار	        Idea
ملك	ملوك	         King
ملكة	ملكات       	Queen
وزير	وزراء	                Minister	
زوجة	زوجات	        Wife


Learning MAS through stories.

A part of a story from One Thousand and One Nights.

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Natural Nihongo Chat

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The "th" sound is the hardest sound for everybody. You need to give it special attention.

Tongue twisters with “th”
		The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
		
		I thought a thought. But the thought I thought Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought, Had been the thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought I thought.
		
		Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug – although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty-year-old thug thought of that morning.
		
		Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.


English for IT Pros

The th Sound in English

A party atmosphere as people celebrate Ireland's National Day. 
Transcript:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z2SljV73hkBiKhZpO9c6n7wsG5AjUlZM/view?usp=drivesdk