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.

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Engine English

5 Essential English Idioms

This podcast is about the national sport of Argentina. Many countries such as North Africa, Canada, United States, Middle East and many others followed the trend and adopted the Duck game in their customs. 

Culture and Heritage of Latin America

The Duck Game

Intermediate Chinese Listening：冬天跑步  Running in winter

Intermediate Chinese Listening

Chinese Moments with Nene

Learn Year of the Horse Blessings in 3 Minutes 🐎

In this episode, I am talking about books. This episode is perfect for beginners who just embarked on their German language journey. This podcast series will help you to get used to the German language and is suitable for A1-B1 level. Make sure that you also check out my future episodes. 

Learngermanwithfalk

Slow German Podcast for Beginners / Episode 23 Bücher (A1-B1)

ヒージンさんに筋トレと運動について話してもらいました。

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送  継続は力ニャり

Vol.5 ヒージンさんと　筋トレと運動について


耶 和 华 喜 爱 敬 畏 他 和 盼 望 他 慈 爱 的 人。
Yēhéhuá xǐ’ài jìngwèi tā hé pànwàng tā cí’ài de rén.
The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love

Read the Bible in Chinese

诗篇147:11

Man 1: Several years ago, I was in a car accident that left me with a back injury. As a computer programmer, I am still able to do my job, but I often have to take painkillers. When the pain gets particularly bad, I sometimes have to lie down on my back for a while until it goes away because sitting up really hurts. When we were in the office, I would worry that my colleagues would see me taking pills. Since we’ve been working from home, it has been much better. I can go and see my physical therapist more often too. I don’t have to worry as much and if I need to lie down for a little while to help my back, I can. When we were in the office, I’d sometimes be in a lot of pain but didn’t feel like I could say anything.

Woman: I have suffered from depression for a long time. Most of the time I manage it, but I often feel very nervous. Working in an office was really hard as I was always scared that I might panic and my colleagues would wonder why I was acting strangely. Working at home has been so much better for me as I don’t have to talk to so many people and I can have a relaxed environment and play peaceful music. Management is talking about going back to the office soon and I can already feel a lot of anxiety about it. I’m worried that I will not be able to hide that I’m depressed and people will judge me.

Man 2: I’m quite deaf in one ear. I don’t like to mention it when I’m at work because I feel as though there is often a stigma around disabilities. I worry that people will treat me differently. The problem is, sometimes I don’t hear when people are talking to me and then they think I’m ignoring them or I’m not listening. Working at home has been great for me because all of our communication has been online or video calls and I can wear headphones like everyone else. I’m not looking forward to going back to the office and I don’t see the point as I can do my job perfectly well from home.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Living With Disabilities 

Today, I am in a coffee shop talking about the phrase the life of Reilly and the 60s movie Mary Poppins gets a warning.