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False alarm
False alarm
Episode description
In this week’s bonus episode, Andrew makes a big announcement about the new Culips Discord server. Plus, he tells you a story about a false alarm and teaches you the idiomatic expression ‘like a champ.’
Study with the interactive transcript here:
Support Culips and take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips Member. To sign up, visit Culips.com.
Join the Culips Discord server here:
Watch the Discord tutorial here:
Listen to Simplified Speech 170, The little joys in life here:
5/6/2023
30:17
Real Talk #058 – How to compliment someone’s appearance
It feels great to give compliments, but do you know how to do it in English? When done correctly, it can help you create warm connections with others. In this Real Talk episode, Andrew and Kassy guide you through effective and easy-to-understand ways to compliment someone's appearance.
By learning these expressions, you'll be able to make your friends feel good and appreciated while also improving your own English fluency and cultural understanding. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to improve your conversational English in a fun and meaningful way!
Fun facts
A fun and simple expression to remember is “You look like a million bucks!” This is a great way to compliment someone on their makeup, clothes, or hairstyle.
Expressions included in the study guide
To be pretty [adjective] oneself
To make something pop
Don’t make me blush
To make waves
All dolled up
To pull something off
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Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free
Image: Hiển Nguyễn [pexels.com]
2/6/2023
24:09
Rain, shine, and moving time
Rain, shine, and moving time
Episode description
In this week’s bonus episode, talks about celebrating his anniversary and getting ready for his upcoming move. Plus, he teaches you a useful English expression that will improve your listening and speaking, ‘to be in flux.’
Study with the interactive transcript here:
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Listen to Simplified Speech 122 here:
Listen to Simplified Speech 171 here:
29/5/2023
27:03
Catch Word#269 – Move mountains
Have you ever had to move mountains to achieve something? In this episode, Andrew and Suzanne teach you two useful idiomatic expressions that mean to work extra hard: to bend over backwards and to move mountains. Give this episode a listen to learn how to use these expressions!
Catch Word is the Culips vocabulary series for intermediate and advanced English language learners. With this series you will learn idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs that will help improve your English listening and speaking skills.
Fun facts
In this episode, Andrew and Suzanne agree that moving mountains is a nearly impossible task. But hypothetically, what would happen if someone did that? It would very likely result in environmental chaos: disturbed plants and animals, drastic climate change, and natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes.
Expressions included in the study guide
To bend over backwards
To move mountains
In a nutshell
It was meant to be
That’s the spirit
To do/work wonders
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For more information about this episode, visit culips.com.
Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free
Image: ervenur Yelkenci (Pexels.com)
26/5/2023
22:17
Pioneers of the Continuum
Pioneers of the Continuum
Episode description
In this week's bonus episode, Andrew chats with Alastair Budge. Alastair is the creator of the English for Curious Minds podcast. They discuss an exciting new audio drama that Alastair has created called Pioneers of the Continuum, which features voice actors from the English language podcast community.
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Pioneers of the Continuum:
English Learning for Curious Minds:
Learning English is tough stuff, but we’re here to help every step of the way. This podcast is for English language learners who want to improve their lives by becoming fluent in English. Our high-quality lessons are free, fun and taught by our expert hosts. Listening to Culips is like sitting in on an interesting chat between good friends. Your fluency, listening skills, vocabulary, and pronunciation will improve naturally as you get to know our hosts and learn about interesting topics and trends in Canada and around the world. Get awesome at English, with Culips!