This podcast will teach you nine new idioms. The nine idioms it will teach you are:

there are many ways to skin a cat
a hard nut to crack
having a coffee
bite your nose off to spite your face
shoot yourself in the foot
go the extra mile
kill two birds with one stone
give it a shot
It’s not rocket science.

To get the band score you need in IELTS it’s important to learn the skills the examiners are looking for.

Listen to this podcast to learn 9 idioms to use in your IELTS speaking exam.



IELTS Speaking Practice

9 more idioms for IELTS

Turkish listening

WATCH THIS BEFORE YOU LOSE ANOTHER YEAR OF YOUR LIFE | Mel Robbins Turkish Voice Over

A student from a very competitive culture felt that his English was not good enough. I shared a tip with him that changed everything. Listen to this episode to hear the fix.

Real English Skills

He Thought His English Wasn't Good, Here's What I Told Him

In today's episode we discuss the summer and winter vacations spent around the world and which activities people get up to.

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 19 : Summer and Winter Vacation time around the world. What are your plans? 

When you pronounce 'e', first, open your mouth natually, and don't move your lips. Not like this, naturally: e. Then, make your tougue intense, narrow it. At last, try to lift the back of the tougue as much as possible, and at the end of the sound, drop the back of the tougue to the original position, make your jaw come back too.

Learn Chinese Pinyin with Crystal 

Pinyin Course 1: a, o, e

ハルカちゃん、頼みもしないのに、 俳句 haiku 作りました！でも、8-7-5は だめでしょう。今度5-7-5 を教えてやります。ま、愛媛（えひめ）は俳句が盛んな土地なので、AIも調子に乗りましたね。温泉入って、みかん食べて、私はここに人生の極楽（ごくらく heaven ）を見ました。母が住んでいます。私も移住したいです。

スクリプトは⁠こちら⁠。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/16-9a990c7b16514da38f4b3ea77de5da78?pvs=4
楽しみ方は⁠こちら⁠を見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/S2-1114d60c575442768615bc975767fd41?pvs=4

今年はこれで一休み。最後は10分オーバー、年末スペシャルです。
来年も「行ったことのある場所」主義で、続けていきます。
ご期待ください。じゃあ、またね。


すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第16話　長生きするなら、松山へ（愛媛）

Strop. Codswallop. Knackered. Just like the picture of a chair in the street above (no, we don’t get it either), we Brits do say some strange things sometimes – usually because they evolved from the many, many (many) vastly different regional dialects that exist across the UK (or the strange and very long history of the English language.) Unfortunately, that doesn’t help if you’re learning English in Britain and can’t understand half of what people are saying!

Engine English

6 British English phrases that make no sense

In questo episodio, parleremo degli italiani e della loro proverbiale superstizione. E tu ci credi?  