Listen to a summary of the book His Sacred Incantations by Scarlett Gale (Book 2 in the series)

Vocabulary:
mage- a person who can do magic
grimoire- a spellbook

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Beginner Chinese Listening：新年快乐  Happy New Year

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Det sjunde avsnittet av min podcast kommer handla om Japan, ännu en gång. Och idag lite mer specifikt min värdfamilj som jag hade i Japan.

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In this episode, I answer the question many of my students ask me, "Which English test is easier?". As you will hear, it is not quite so simple...

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In this first premiere episode of "Let's Learn English with Adam!" we learn English idioms! Thank you so much for joining me!

Some key words and phrases from this episode:
• Literal, literally
• Figurative
• Hatch
• Non-literal
• Colleague (co-worker)
• Lottery 
• Interest (from a bank account)
• ...and many idiom phrases, like "once in a blue moon"!

I hope you enjoyed the first episode! If you'd like to learn more English topics, please book a one-on-one lesson with me today on iTalki! :)

Note: This first episode is suitable for all levels of English learners. However, pre-intermediate (A2) or intermediate (B1) learners will likely understand more of the content. Do not be sad if you do not understand everything! Keep practicing!

Let's Learn English with Adam!

Episode #1: Let's Learn English Idioms with Adam! [All Levels]

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Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 


