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Expressions
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AE 1164 - Expression: Pull Your Own Weight
In today's episode... Happy Sunday, you guys! Welcome to this weekly English expression episode on the Aussie English podcast! Today’s expression is “pull your own weight” . Whether you're overweight, underweight, lightweight, featherweight, erm ... we're not going to lift metal barbells here. Speaking of weight divisions for sports, the expression "pull your own weight" was invented because of rowing (the sport)! As usual, we will break down the meaning…
AE 1161 - Expression: Over My Dead Body
In today's episode... Happy Sunday, you guys! Welcome to this weekly English expression episode on the Aussie English podcast ! Today's expression is "over my dead body" . No, I am not going to die! No one's going to die, no worries. This expression is widely used in English literature, as its meaning connotes a very strong "NO"! As usual, we will break down the meaning of the words in the expression. I will also give example situations where you can use…
AE 1160 - Expression: Have a Knack for Something
In today's episode... Happy Sunday, you guys! Welcome to this weekly English expression episode on the Aussie English podcast ! Today's expression is "have a knack for something" . This is quite a popular expression used when you admire someone's ability for doing something . Do you now have a clue on what this expression means? As usual, we will break down the meaning of the words in the expression. I will also give example situations where you can use…
AE 1158 - Expression: Get Wind of Something
In today's episode... How’s the weekend so far, you mob? In today’s English expression episode on the Aussie English podcast, we are going to talk about the expression “get wind of something”. It sounds like we’re going to catch the ‘wind’ here but not really! I will break down the meaning of the words in this phrase and give you the meaning of “get wind of something”. I will be giving out sample situations where you can put this expression to use, along…
AE 1154 - 5 Expressions To Sound Fluent in English | Part 9
In today's episode... It’s time for a quick review of the English expressions I taught you here on the Aussie English podcast! Over the past few episodes, I talked about 5 English expressions that you can use for your daily conversations: Make A Fool Out Of Yourself Read Between The Lines Where The Rubber Meets The Road Take No Prisoners Foot The Bill As always, I’ll give the definition of these expressions and use them in sentences to help you…
AE 1149 - Expression: Foot The Bill
In today's episode... Welcome to the weekly expression lesson episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I am going to teach you about the English expression “foot the bill” . Yes, quite funny & gross when you hear it being said – you begin to imagine someone giving a chopped off foot to a restaurant waiter. That’s morbid. So let’s let that slide! I’ll give you example situations where you can use the expression “foot the bill”…
AE 1148 - Expression: Take No Prisoners
In today's episode... Welcome to the weekly expression lesson episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I am going to teach you about the English expression “take no prisoners” . I will give you a breakdown of the meaning of the words in the expression and its full meaning. There will also be examples given so you’ll know how to use the expression. Plus, you will learn the grisly origin of this expression! I will also answer a…
AE 1146 - Expression: Where The Rubber Meets The Road
In today's episode... Welcome to the weekly English expression lesson here on the Aussie English podcast! Besides telling you that I am now obsessing over plants at home, I am going to teach you all about the English expression “where the rubber meets the road” . In today’s episode, I will answer a question from Jasmin : what is the difference between ‘fairly’ and ‘rather’? Listen in, guys, this is “rather” an advanced English lesson for you! We will…
AE 1144 - Expression: Read Between The Lines
In today's episode... Welcome to this weekly English expression episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I will talk about the expression “read between the lines” . As always, I’ll break down for you the meaning of the words in the expression, then give you the real meaning of the full expression. I’ll also be answering a question from Luciana, and she asks how open Australians are to immigrants. Yeah, I’d say Aussies are! There…
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