With 26 letters, (but 44 different sounds), and not many rules, English pronunciation is sometimes difficult.
Sometimes, reading a word, does not help you to say it.  Here is some help.


Pronunciation 

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English for Business

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Confusing words - intermediate 

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A2 - B1  
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Confusing words  (A2 - Elementary)

être au régime: estar de dieta, to be on a diet
être au courant: estar a par, to know
être à l’heure: estar na hora, to be on time
être en avance: estar adiantado(a), to be early
être en retard: estar atrasado(a), to be late
être en panne: dar uma pane, to be out of order
être de retour: estar de volta, to be back
être de bonne humeur: estar bem humorado(a), to be in a good mood
être de mauvaise humeur: estar mau humorado(a), to be in a bad mood
être pressé: estar com pressa, to be in a hurry



Professeur Maxime

Quelques expressions avec "être" (deuxième partie)

In today's episode we look at Hofstede's second cultural dimension which is Individualism (vs Collectivism), including what it means to be individualialistic/collectivist, as well as some possible consequences. 

More Than English Podcast

INDIVIDUALISM vs COLLECTIVISM (1/2) Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions | More than English Podcast #012

みんなの日本語、第ニ課15ページ、かいわより。 リスニングとリーディングのれんしゅうです。私が言ったあと、リピートしてください。 2かいめは少しはやいです。
It‘ｓ for your practice of listening and reading. Repeat after me without reading みんなの日本語１、evern though you have the textbook. I speak a little faster in the sencond time.
もしあなたが中級（ちゅうきゅう）でも、いいれんしゅうになると思います。 
If you are intermidiate level student, it should still be good practice. 


【Shall we go together?】 

Sato: Mr. Miller!

Miller: Yes?

Sato: I`m going to see the cherry blossoms tomorrow with some friends. Would you like to come with us, Miller?

Miller: That sounds good. Where are you going?

Sato: Osaka Castle.

Miller: What time shall we go?

Sato: Let`s meet at Osaka Station at ten o`clock.

Miller: OK.

Sato: See you tomorrow, then.


【いっしょに行（い）きませんか】

さとう：ミラーさん。

ミラー：なんですか。

さとう：あした　ともだちとおはなみを します。ミラーさんもいっしょに行（い）きませんか。

ミラー：いいですね。どこへ行（い）きますか。

さとう：おおさかじょう です。

ミラー：なん時（じ）に行（い）きますか。

さとう：じゃ、またあした。


ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

みんなの日本語　6課

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Streetwise English

SWE 147 Written by AI or Human?  News Article

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Dr Suess stories

Dr. Suess ABC

HSK vocabulary

HSK1 interrogative pronoun 谁

Today we're talking about the verb to "iterate" and the noun "iteration". I hope you find this podcast useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I've lost count of what iteration we're on now!

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Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English podcast. My name is Carl. Today I want to talk about breaking the ice. So breaking the ice means meeting someone new that you don't know for the first time. So when you go to a party or you go to a new workplace or a new school, you're always going to have the occasion where you need to meet people for the very first time.


And sometimes this can be awkward and you can feel embarrassed about talking to someone if you don't know them and they don't know you and you're not friends yet. So I just wanted to talk really briefly about some advice that I have for you to meet people for the first time in any environment. And this is especially true if you are not a native speaker of their language.


So the first tip I have is to simply smile. Make your face look friendly and welcoming and give eye contact to the person that you want to talk to. It sounds really simple and obvious, but if you missed this step um, you know, this is a very important step and this is half the battle. So make sure that you look approachable yourself and you smile And you might even make a slight hand gesture, like, uh, a mini wave of some sort.  And the next thing is to simply say hello.


You don't have to come up with any kind of clever saying or pick up line or joke just simply saying hello. And you can see if the other person is interested in having a conversation with you.


And another tip is that you can be observant of what the person looks like or what clothes they're wearing and use that as a clue um, to tell you about who they are. For example, if the person is wearing very nice running shoes you kind of have the idea that this person likes to run or this person may be a runner or if you notice that the person has, um, cauliflower ears, you know, scarred ears from wrestling OK, this guy is probably a fighter. (please subscribe to the Streetwise English Podcast)



