The Paralympic Games are starting in Paris! So today I have a couple of pieces of vocabulary for you that come from sport and we can use at work. We have three idioms today, all involving balls. These are "get the ball rolling", "drop the ball", and "keep your eye on the ball". I hope you find them useful

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Please don't drop the ball!

A：我要去北京旅游，你觉得什么       时候去最好？
B：九月去北京旅游最好。
A：为什么？
B：九月的北京天气不冷也不热。



日常对话 daily conversation

去旅行

Welcome to another episode on Engine English today we will be looking at idioms. Idioms are one of the hardest parts of learning a language. For those of you who don’t know, an idiom is a phrase that has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they’ve never heard of.

If you have any questions or ideas for my next episode please feel free to drop me a message in the comments section.

Engine English

5 Essential English Idioms

¡Bienvenidos a Cómo le llamas a esto en tu país! En esta segunda edición continuamos aprendiendo más palabras de Colombia y Perú.

En esta ocasión les contaremos dos anécdotas distintas, cada una incluye 6 palabras propias de nuestros países. Estas anécdotas tratan de nuestra rutina diaria. Ustedes deberán identificar estas palabras únicas, las respuestas estarán en la descripción del episodio y en la página web.

Minibus: el micro - la buseta
Workplace/Job: la chamba - el camello 
Cap: la gorra - la cachucha 
Backpack: la mochila - el morral
Pen: el lapicero - esfero, bolígrafo
Sweater: la chompa - el suéter

Maria & Pablo Spanish

6. ¿Cómo le llamas a esto en tu país? Edición anécdotas

孙子说：一般用兵作战，要动用战车一千辆，辎重车一千辆，集结全副武装的士兵十万人，还要千里迢迢运送军粮。这样国内外的各种费用开支，招待使节、策士的费用，维修作战器械的胶、漆等材料费用，保养战车、甲胄的支出等，每天都要耗费巨大。做好了这些准备后，十万大军才能出动...

《孙子兵法》

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Engine English. 

Today's episode is part one on 21 essential business English idioms. People still seem to have doubts about the differences there are between general and business English. 

Although there’s substantial overlapping, there are some clear differences. I will give you 10 useful idioms that you can use in the office with examples that will help you understand how you can use them. 

21 Essential Business Idioms Part 1

A fun podcast with fun facts about greek words

It's all Greek to me 

3 fun fact about the Greek words 

Escucha a estos amigos yendo a un centro comercial para comprar ropa. Escucha para saber qué comprarán y el precio de lo que comprarán. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

¡Vámos de compras en árabe!

电影是我们生活中很流行的消遣方式。恐怖片、喜剧片、爱情片…… 今天这集播客会介绍一些常见的电影类型，一起来学习吧！