Show notes: Today's podcast is a short vocabulary lesson about binomial pairs, which are common pairs of words (e.g. rise and shine) which will help you sound more natural and to understand native speakers. Here are all the examples from today: I’m sitting on a back road in my car. I’m looking at the trees, I’m looking at the forest around me, the different plants, the wind is blowing through the leaves—I’m far away from the hustle and bustle of life. When I saw the avalanche starting, I knew it was do or die—I ran as fast as I could. When they handed her the microphone she knew it was her only chance—it was do or die. She started to sing. When you are a solo entrepreneur, it is sink or swim. If you don’t do the work, no one will! Although I didn’t know how to play electric guitar, only acoustic, It was sink or swim, so I tried my best! Jump in the pool, Timmy! It’s now or never! You have to learn to swim someday. John said to himself, “Okay, it’s now or never, I’ve got to propose tonight, the sunset looks so perfect and it’s the last night of our vacation.” Oh, John, you didn’t know she would say no. Live and learn buddy. You’ll find a better partner, there are plenty of fish in the sea! I bought a car and it turned out to be a total lemon! I had to sell it as scrap metal and buy a new one—oh well, live and learn, eh? If you made it to the end of this episode's show notes, let me know by commenting the name of an English song you like which has a binomial pair in the lyrics! See you soon—over and out.