This is the first in a 5 part episode series. I will teach you the most common business idioms that you can use at the office today! These idioms are also common in everyday life as well. Check back soon for the next part of this series!

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Today's idioms are:
1- A long shot
2- Back to the drawing board
3- To corner the market
4- Hands are tied
5- Up in the air

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Business (and everyday!) common idioms series: Episode 1/5

Uh oh Did you just ask someone out and you didn't mean to?! Don't make this mistake! Understand the difference between asking someone out and asking someone over in this episode of Stairway to English!

In this episode, you will learn 8 phrasal verbs using "ask"

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Don't ask around to learn how to use the verb! Instead listen to Stairway to English and learn 8 phrasal verbs using the verb "Ask"

Do you feel like you need a study routine? You are in luck! Tune in for one of my favorite study routines that I share with my private students! Every 5 days, the routine begins again. You practice listening, reading, writing, and speaking.

Make sure to get a pen and paper before listening to this episode of Stairway to English! Each day is a different activity that builds on the previous until you reach day 5.

Make a commitment to yourself and get started with this routine today!

The 5 Day Study Routine You Need to Improve Your English and Learn New Vocabulary

Practice speaking English quickly and fluently by using tongue twisters! This is the first episode in a series of episodes I will do highlighting different tongue twisters with different target sounds.

Today's tongue twisters are:
⭐ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
⭐ How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
⭐ I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. 

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Tongue Twisters Series: Practice English intonation and the sounds P, W, Ch, S, Sh

Practice speaking English quickly and fluently by using tongue twisters! This is the second episode in this series of episodes. Today's tongue twisters are:

⭐Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter

⭐How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

⭐I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

Remember to pause the video to practice the sounds!

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Tongue Twisters Series: Practice English intonation and the sounds B, TT, C, Cl, Cr, Sc

In today's episode of Stairway to English, understand the idiom "to have a lot on my plate". You will be able to use it in sentences and understand the meaning. Comment on this podcast with a sample sentence and I will correct your work!

See you in the next episode! 