This is the first in a 5 part episode series. I will teach you the most common business idioms that you can use at the office today! These idioms are also common in everyday life as well. Check back soon for the next part of this series!

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Today's idioms are:
1- A long shot
2- Back to the drawing board
3- To corner the market
4- Hands are tied
5- Up in the air

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Business (and everyday!) common idioms series: Episode 1/5

Here is a question to ask yourself: Are you a reader or a listener? Do you process information better in written form or when it’s delivered to you verbally? Have you ever thought about what the difference between the two is? A reader is someone who learns easily from reading from things like articles, textbooks, or even powerpoint slides. A listener learns from hearing things like lectures  or presentations. 

* If you want to skip vocabulary part, you can move straight to 1:33

All-Weather English

Are you a reader or a listener?

Learn how to count from 0 to 100, and how to use numbers in daily life situations, and stay tuned until the end for cultural insights. ☺️

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~11 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution



Braziliant

🎙️ Episode 4: Numbers in Everyday Situations

De entre ese archipiélago de islas preciosas que es Indonesia, hay una que es muy especial: La isla de Flores. Cuando el barco va llegando al puerto ya lo notas en el paisaje y una vez en tierra, nada más ver a los autóctonos, con su anatomía peculiar, te das cuenta de que es como estar en otro tiempo. Ese pequeño trozo de la Tierra estuvo durante milenios aislado y eso trajo consecuencias que se pueden ver en este trozo de paraíso.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

En poSItivo

Beginner Chinese Listening：世界公民----你是哪里人？

Beginner Chinese Listening

Fao nos cuenta cómo llega a Suramérica después de 10 años viviendo en Oriente; cómo recorre Brasil a dedo y va descubriendo su riqueza cultural y musical

Ritmos del mundo

#6 Brasil

Which part are you worried about?

I met a student from China who came to prepare for IELTS speaking, and while reading his goal, I picked certain areas from his answer that he wasn't even aware of. 

This was the goal: (I will hide the name, just to illustrate some of my student's goals), so here were his goals:

"My goal is to break through 5.5 in IELTS speaking. I often don't know what to say when communicating, especially during exams, and the answers are a little incoherent and overly nervous."

These were the issues I identified

a) Not knowing what to say (being stuck).
b) During exam fear (most people have 'exams-fear'.
c) Doubting about the answers (whether its correct).
d) Fear, anxiety when communicating.

What about you, do you have some of these concerns? If you said yes - I know how you feel and that's exactly what I am addressing in all of my IELTS speaking classes because the issues are similar in most cases.

Please listen to the podcast and pick what will resonate with you, and join my 1-on-1 VIP classes for your outrageous success in communication improvement whether for IELTS speaking, job interview preparation or business English.

See you in my classes.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

Which part are you worried about?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ThTukvUDLBkNoZJMtbbO8BNlVa51nRFC/view?usp=drivesdk

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Coronation Day (with transcript)

The phrase to be packed out and America's versions of Stonehenge.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q2H70MoBA4qpVB-zP2aSz1TtcsB-LrWV/view?usp=drivesdk