Bеfоrе thе mееtіng уоu rеhеаrѕе thе ѕеntеnсе іn уоur hеаd.
Іt ѕоundѕ соnfіdеnt. Lоgісаl. Сlеаr.

Thеn thе mееtіng mоvеѕ оn…
Ѕоmеоnе аѕkѕ fоr уоur оріnіоn…
Аll еуеѕ turn tо уоu.

Аnd ѕuddеnlу — thе ѕеntеnсе dіѕарреаrѕ.

Υоu ѕtаrt аgаіn.
Uѕе ѕіmрlеr wоrdѕ.
Ѕhоrtеn уоur роіnt.
Оr dесіdе іt’ѕ bеttеr nоt tо ѕау аnуthіng аt аll.

Аftеrwаrdѕ, уоu рrоmіѕе уоurѕеlf:
“І juѕt nееd tо іmрrоvе mу Еnglіѕh.”

Вut thіѕ іѕn’t аbоut lеаrnіng mоrе.

Іt’ѕ аbоut whаt hарреnѕ tо уоur thіnkіng
whеn уоu hаvе tо ѕреаk undеr рrеѕѕurе.

Тhіѕ роdсаѕt іѕ аbоut whу уоur іdеаѕ ѕоund ѕhаrр іn уоur hеаd —
but fаll араrt whеn іt’ѕ tіmе tо ѕау thеm оut lоud.

🎙 One-Minute Speaking Challenge by Anatoly Glazkov – Voice Unlock Method™

Clear in Your Head. Quiet in the Meeting.

Why it's important to learn a little bit of the history of the English language in order to understand,  remember and use phrasal verbs correctly. 

The Language Journey

How to Learn Phrasal Verbs

『新完全マスター語彙　日本語能力試験N2』（2011年、スリーエーネットワーク） 教科書を1課ずつ読んでいきます。 N2、N1に必要な語彙です。 今日は、第6章1課です。

N2合格

N2 語彙　6章1課

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well.

The BBC news article from this week's episode can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797773

The Breaking News Podcast

Bigger breakfasts better for controlling appetite, study suggests

Which are more important to you, your friends or your family?

Listen to how I answer this particular question, and get some short English explanations about some vocabulary and expressions I use in my answer.  Try to answer the questions in the vocabulary examples using the new vocabulary and expressions.

Speak English With Muki

Episode 6: Friends or Family

The newest Express to Impress Podcast episode will give you tons of new English vocabulary. Tune in to learn fun idioms like Burn a Bridge.

This episode is part two of 4 Tips for How to Negotiate a Job Offer. Learning to detect and use English idioms in use will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear English idioms and phrases and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Episode originally published August 5, 2021.

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/esl-idioms/

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See infographics for this episode on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter

Express to Impress

Burn a Bridge and Other ESL Idioms

Full script with Furigana: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストのシーズン３の５回目です。前回のエピソードで体調不良についてお話ししたら、何人かの生徒さんが心配してくれました。検査は受けていませんが、症状はもう治りました。おそらく、ただの食中毒だったと思います。私は元気です。いつもポッドキャストを聞いてくださって、ありがとうございます。

Hello. This is episode 5 of season 3 of my podcast. After I talked about my health problems in the last episode, some of my students were concerned. I haven't been tested (for a stomach ulcer), but my symptoms are gone now. It was probably just food poisoning. I am fine. Thanks again for listening to the podcast.

もうすぐ春なので、新しい生徒さんが増えています。春は新しいことを始めたくなる季節ですね。私も現在いろいろなことを計画しています。たとえば、エピソード３でワイヤレスイヤホンを買った話をしました。なので先週、イヤホンをデスクトップパソコンでも使えるようにするために、パソコンに無線LANカードを取り付けました。無線LANカードのWi-FiやBluetoothは思ったより良かったので、キーボードもマウスもワイヤレスにしようと計画しています。そうすればケーブルが少なくなって、机の周りがすっきりします。

It's almost spring and I have more new students. Spring is the season when you want to start something new. I’m currently planning a lot of things myself. For example, in episode 3 I talked about buying wireless earphones. So last week, I installed a wireless LAN card in my computer so that I can use the earphones with my desktop computer. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the wireless LAN card were better than I expected, so I plan to make the keyboard and mouse wireless as well. That way there will be fewer cables and a cleaner desk area.

計画はもう一つあります。私はよくベッドで本を読みますが、うちにはサイドテーブルがないので、飲み物を置く場所がありません。私は家で運動するので、部屋にサイドテーブルを置きたくありません。インターネットでカップホルダーを探しましたが、なかなかちょうどいいサイズのものがありません。そこで３Dプリンターを使って、ベッドのヘッドボードにつけられるカップホルダーを作ろうと考えています。３Dモデルを自分でモデリングしてデータを送ると、３Dプリントしてくれるサービスがあります。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S3E5. 新しい計画

Alamin kung paano magsakripisyo ang nanay na octopus.
(Learn how a mother octopus sacrifices)