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Russian with Natasha

Learn English with The Alphabet of Idioms: The letter S

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The Jerome Meadows Experience

Idioms with the letter S

"He's Expecting" is a Japanese series about a man who gets pregnant and the issues he faces in society because of it. 

Vocabulary:
expecting: when used to refer to a person, it means the person is pregnant
morning sickness: sickness a person feels during the first stage of pregnancy
ultrasound: used to take an image of the baby before it's born
pregnancy test: a tool used to check if someone is pregnant
prejudice: an unfavorable view of someone, usually without knowing about that person
support group: a group that shares an experience and helps one another

Learn English with Stories

TV Series: He's Expecting

Let's see what  {  Let's play it by ear } means:

It means:

Let's see  what happens and we will make decisions  
let's go with the flow  because we are unsure of the plan
we will make decision on the go
we don't need to make our decision final now  because we don't know what's gonna happen next, so we will see what happens  and make decisions based on the events !!!

English for Work with James

Episode 13 : Let's play it by ear 

Ride in a car         (HSK 1)
坐车
Zuò chē

一天，爸爸带儿子去玩。回来的路上，儿子对爸爸说：”爸爸，我累了，我们坐车吧。”

”那要看你表现。”爸爸说。

儿子说：”好的，如果我表现好，我们就坐公共汽车回去；如果我表现不好，我们就坐出租车回去。”

Yī tiān , bà ba dài  ér zi qù wán 。Huí lái de lù shang ，ér zi duì bà ba shuō ：”bà ba，wǒ  lèi le ，wǒ men zuò chē ba 。”

”nà yào kàn nǐ biǎo xiàn 。”bà ba shuō 。

ér zi shuō ：”Hǎo de ，rú guǒ wǒ biǎo xiàn hǎo ，wǒ men jiù zuò gōng gòng qì chē huí qù ；rú guǒ wǒ biǎo xiàn bù hǎo ，wǒ men jiù zuò chū zū chē huí qù 。”



Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

Ride in a car 坐车 （HSK 1-2)

A gerund is a verb in its present participle form (root verb + “ing”) that acts as a noun in a sentence. 

What are the different kinds of gerunds?
Subject
Direct object
Indirect object
Object of a preposition
Subject complement
Object complement

Dusty's LETS TALK!

What Is a Gerund? Not just "ing"

En este episodio hablamos acerca de la Coca-Cola: ¿Por qué culturalmente en México se consume mucho?, ¿Por qué nos gusta?, las consecuencias de consumirla en exceso, remedios caseros y una reflexión final.