Hi everyone! After a long hiatus, I am gradually participating in the community again. Today, I'd like to share five useful idioms with you. Feel free to comment your thoughts below :) 1. Ahead of the pack - to be in front of, faster than or more advanced than other people or organisations doing the same thing. Examples: a) With this plan, we can get ahead of the pack and gain some significant market share. b) When hiking, it is important not to get too far ahead of the pack but to wait for everyone to catch up on you. 2. By all means - of course, certainly, please do so. Examples: a) By all means, feel free to help yourself to the drinks. b) By all means, don't let me stop you from taking a look at the posters here. 3. Fit in - to get along well with people in a certain culture or environment. Examples: a) Amy has fit in well with her colleagues in her new company. b) Peter had some trouble fitting in with his new classmates, but soon made some good friends. 4. Once in a blue moon - not often, rarely. Examples: a) He only drinks alcohol once in a blue moon. b) She is generally punctual and is only late once in a blue moon. 5. Sticking with - not choosing something new but going with the familiar. Examples: a) I am sticking with my usual choice and ordering rum and raisin ice-cream. b) What do you think about sticking with this supplier for 2026?

When you are eating out in Turkey or let's say, at your friend's house: ❌ Don’t say: Teşekkürler yemek için (sounds unnatural) ✅ Say: Eline sağlık Although, simply "teşekkür ederim" (thank you) is okay to say it. If you wanna put a smile on the cook's face, you say: ELİNE SAĞLIK 🙌 It’s warmer than just saying “thanks”. You’re basically saying: “Your hands did a great job.” Examples: Yemek çok güzel, eline sağlık. (The food is delicious, thank you.) Anne, eline sağlık! (Mom, thanks for the food!)

What’s harder for you in Spanish: understanding natives or speaking without freezing? 😅

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A good tip for learners of English is "if you can't see it, you can't i-n-g it!". This means that any verb which you cannot see someone doing cannot be used in a continuous tense. For example, you cannot say "he is having two brothers" because you cannot see this just by looking at this guy. Also, you cannot say "I am wanting something" because I cannot see you want it. It is the same for every continuous tense.

The formula you were never taught — and why 15 years of learning English didn’t work Stress → Freeze → Shutdown (No access to your real knowledge) If this feels familiar, you’ve been climbing the wrong ladder all along. Not the knowledge ladder — but ignoring the psychological layer of communication. Fear creates stress. Stress creates freeze. Freeze blocks access. That’s why more grammar, more courses, more preparation don’t solve the problem. People come to me when traditional methods stop working. When books don’t help. When grammar, reading, and writing don’t translate into real speaking. They come to be stretched — and to activate what’s already inside them. Over 20,000 sessions. Clients from 70 countries. From teenagers to CEOs. This is not language learning. This is communication activation. The work follows a simple but non-obvious logic: Discover → Design → Deploy → Accountability If you’ve felt stuck for years, this recording will change how you see the problem.

Learning languages should be fun and interesting. Here are some ways you can learn a foreign language: 1. Watch shows with subtitles in your target language 2. Write a journal in your target language 3. Listen to music in your target language 4. Learn words and phrases that are useful to you I’ve done these to learn Japanese and it helped me a lot. It improved my speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Writing can help you express your thoughts and subtly improve your speaking skills. When you enjoy what you are doing, you will retain information a lot faster.

English students try this!

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