In this episode of Hey Alexis!, I’m joined by Jerome as we dive into fun and useful English idioms! We break down expressions like keep in touch, playing with fire, and crash a party—explaining their meanings and how to use them naturally in conversation. Tune in for a lively chat and start adding these idioms to your English toolkit! 🎙️🔥

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

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Hey Alexis!

Idioms in Action: Keep in Touch, Playing with Fire & More (with Jerome!)

Beginner Chinese Listening

Beginner Chinese Listening：你去哪儿？Where are you going?

Today we're talking about comparative adjectives like "easier", "better", and "taller". In specific, we're talking about ways that we can emphasise and stress these words. A common mistake is to use the collocation "more easier" but this is a mistake. So, let's explore some ways that we can do this correctly. I hope you find today's podcast useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

This is much easier than it was 5 minutes ago!

CHISTES MEXICANOS

¿CUÁNDO SUCEDERÁ ESTO?

本期聊了关于手机沉迷的一些话题。
希望大家听得愉快！

In this podcast, we talked about Smart Phones Addiction.
Maybe we are not serious about the content what we talked about, but hope it is helpful for you to practice your listening. 

Can check our youtube channel to watch more videos: Chinese Mandarin Cherry; Regan Radio.

Bilibili Channel: Regan Radio. 

Cherry Blablabla｜Chinese&English

手机，想说恨你不容易！｜Smart Phones.. The Love Hate Relationship

Examples of a range of more advanced, more formal, or more descriptive words and phrases that you can use as an alternative for "bad"

Never at a Loss for Words

Episode 3 - synonyms for "bad"

今日は使役受身形です。みなさんは、受身形「みんなの日本語37課」と使役形「みんなの日本語48課」を勉強しましたか。今日は使役受身形です。

意味を考えてみてください。
お酒が好きじゃないのに、吉田さんは課長にお酒を飲まされました（飲ませられる）。
田中さんは課長にアメリカに出張させられました。
妹は兄にいつも泣かされます 。
いつもお母さんに野菜を食べさせられます。
部活で先輩に走らされました（走らせられた）。

使役受身形です。
グループ１です。
飲む→飲ませられる→飲まされる　（「飲ませられる」の「せられる」をつけるのは長い形です。短い形をよく使います）
飲む→飲まされる
言う→言わされる
買う→買わされる
立つ→立たされる
書く→書かされる

「出す」や「話す」のように、「す」で終わるときは違います。このときは、短い形がありません。
出す→出させられる
話す→話させられる
押す→押させられる

グループ２です
食べる→食べさせられる（「ます」ドロップで「させられる」です）
見る→見させられる

グループ３です。
する→させられる
来る→来させられる



にほんごのれんしゅう

使役受身形

なんで日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しているのに、会話(かいわ)ができないの！？ 
How come I can't speak Japanese even though I'm studying Japanese!?


이렇게 열심히 공부하고 있는데 왜 대화가 못 돼!?

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

なんで日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しているのに、会話(かいわ)ができないの！？ | How come I can't speak Japanese even though I'm studying Japanese!?

📘 오늘의 일기

오늘은 아침에 일찍 일어났습니다. 일어나서 따뜻한 차를 마셨습니다. 기분이 아주 좋았습니다.
그다음에 집 근처 공원을 걸었습니다. 날씨가 조금 추웠지만 하늘이 맑아서 좋았습니다.

점심에는 친구를 만났습니다. 친구와 같이 한국 음식을 먹었습니다. 저는 비빔밥을 먹었고 친구는 김치찌개를 먹었습니다. 음식이 아주 맛있었습니다.

저녁에는 집에서 한국어를 공부했습니다. 새로운 단어를 외우고 짧은 문장을 연습했습니다. 공부는 조금 어려웠지만 재미있었습니다.
오늘 하루는 조용하고 행복한 날이었습니다.