Learn some Bulgarian idioms that are used in everyday life. Check out this list with audio pronunciation and description!

Bulgarian Today

Some of the most popular idioms in Bulgaria

"I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing."


A 30-day positive affirmation journey with Rose

Day 1

In today's episode we're going to talk about the expression "Break the ice", it's meaning and how to use it in sentences.

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - "Break the ice"

Odyssea meets the evil Queen Reveka who has staked a claim on Nausico.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-7-ithaca

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 7.2 Ithaca

안녕하세요.
오늘은 감자에 대한 이야기를 해 보려고 합니다. 

여러분은 감자를 좋아하세요?
보통 대부분의 사람들은 감자를 좋아하는 것 같아요.
특히 유럽에서는 감자를 많이 먹는 것 같아요.

감자에 대한 저의 이야기는 7년전으로 거슬러 올라갑니다. 
원래 저는 감자에 대해서 어떤 특별한 선호도 없었어요. 
좋지도, 싫지도 않았어요.

그러다가 저는 2015년에 독일 함부르크(Hamburg)로 교환학생을 가게 됩니다. 
독일에 6개월 동안 살면서, 매일매일 감자를 먹었어요. 
태어나서 독일에 가기 전까지 먹은 감자의 양보다 독일에서 6개월 동안 먹은 감자의 양이 더 많았어요. 대학교 학생 식당에서 매일 점심으로 감자를 먹고, 또 저녁으로 친구들과 식당에 가면 감자를 먹고, 너무 많이 먹었어요.
그렇게 저는 독일에서 감자를 질리게 먹어 버렸습니다.
그 이후로 저는 감자에 완전히 질렸어요. 

어떤 것을 너무 많이 해서 이제 더이상 하고 싶지 않을 때, ‘질리다’라는 단어를 사용할 수 있어요. 특히 같은 음식을 너무 자주 많이 먹어서 더이상 안 먹고 싶을 때, ‘-에 질리다’라고 말할 수 있어요. 

저는 한국 사람이라 주식이 쌀이에요. 그래서 매일 밥을 먹어도 질리지 않아요. 하지만 감자는 저에게 익숙한 주식이 아니라서 매일 먹으면 질리는 것 같아요. 

오늘 제가 감자 이야기를 한 이유는
저의 오늘 저녁 메뉴가 감자 요리이기 때문입니다.

감자를 별로 안 좋아하지만
지금 제가 살고 있는 핀란드(Finland)에서 감자가 정말 싸요. 그래서 가끔은 감자로 요리를 해서 저녁을 먹습니다. 오늘은 감자 샌드위치를 만들 거예요. 사실 한 번도 만들어 보지 않았는데 처음으로 만들어 보려고 합니다. 제발 맛있었으면 좋겠어요. 

여러분은 특별히 좋아하거나 싫어하는 음식이 있어요?
너무 자주 먹어서 질린 음식이 있어요?

모두 맛있는 저녁을 드시기를 바라며
오늘 저의 감자 이야기를 끝내겠습니다.

저녁 식사 맛있게 드세요.
감사합니다. 


선호 preference, 질리다 To be fed up with a thing, food, etc., 주식 A main food in meals such as steamed rice or bread, 밥 steamed rice


Korean with Rumi

감자_Potato

(真好 大家庭 第二页）part  1 
In this video, you will continue to listen to the story and follow me to read the nice story in this book. 
Please take your time, and read the subtitles at the beginning to learn the characters and later you can just practice your listening without even look at the pictures. 
Happy study and enjoy the Chinese learning. 
Annie

Story learning Chinese with Annie

Chill out story listening practice ( Comprehensible input Chinese for beginners and intermediate)

Try these tips during awkward silences or when you don't know what else to talk about.

1.   Don't reject your own ideas thinking that they are not worth sharing. When you filter most of your stories and experiences you have fewer topics to talk about. 
 
2.   Don't list your points, instead elaborate on each point using examples or personal experiences. This also gives the opportunity to the listener to add to the topic or share their own experiences making it a two-way conversation.
 
3.   Speak at the right pace. If you speak too fast, you end the conversation very quickly. It’s usually because the listener doesn’t understand you and therefore can’t keep the conversation going.  
 
4.   Learn to ask smart questions to keep the conversation going. Ask open-ended questions such as, “what do you think about …?” with follow-up questions “why do you think …?”. This helps you build up on the information that you received.
 
5.   Practise thinking critically so you always have something to say. When you practice critical thinking and ask yourself counter-questions, you are able to spontaneously think of ideas and form arguments using your background knowledge. You can easily connect the dots and be eloquent while talking to people.
 
6.   Learn a few speech frameworks such as Past - Present - Future, Problem – Solution - Benefit, or other storytelling formats such as ‘the mountain’. When you have a structure, you don’t lose your chain of thoughts and you don’t run into dead ends. Your listeners are also able to understand you better and remember what you said.
 
7.   If you are using a second language to communicate such as English, then simplify your complex thoughts in your native language first and then translate them to English. Lots of times when translation is tough, we give up and change the topic. But this practice helps you make the translation process easy. 
 
If you want to learn more, please book a session with me. 


Sensei Ann

Tips for not running out of things to say

Meetings can be intimidating for a lot of people, even to native speakers! 
Especially if you’re meeting with people who you don’t know very well, if at all. Today we’re going to look at a few pieces of vocabulary that you might hear in meetings and that you might be able to use yourself. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question'.

You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!

Breakout Business English

Breakout Business English - Ep 1. Meetings

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
今日のPodcastは旅行について話しますね。
日本もようやく規制が緩和され、海外の個人旅行規約も入国できるようになりました。

まだあまり海外の方は見かけませんが、ニュースなどでは増えていることをよく言っています。

僕は先日、2日間、北海道の函館に行ってきました。
人生では2回目の函館でしたが、久しぶりだったのもあり、とても楽しかったので、オススメの場所など、話しますね。

今日は、食べ物について話します。
① 函館朝市
ー函館は港もあるので、海鮮が有名ですね。
ここはJR函館駅の目の前にあります。
ここでは、海産物や土産物などがたくさんあります。
食堂のようなものもあるので、海鮮丼などを食べることもできます。
函館はイカが有名みたいなので、この市場の中で、イカ釣りをして、そこで釣ったイカを目の前でさばいてくれるような場所もありました。
イカはとても新鮮でおいしかったです！
朝5:00-14:00までの時間だけあいているので、早めに行ってくださいね。


② ラッキーピエロ
ーここは函館では、とても有名な店です。
ハンバーガーやオムライス、カレーなどなど、いろんなものがあります。人気なのはチャイニーズチキンバーガーというものが人気みたいなので、オーダーしました。チキンを揚げて、甘辛いソースで味付けしているものを、ハンバーガーにしていました。とてもボリュームがあって、食べ応えがありました。チェーン店なので、何か所かありました。
店はけっこう個性的でした。おもしろい場所なので、もし函館にいった時はぜひ行ってみてくださいね！


③ ハセガワストア
ーここはコンビニです。ですが、中で弁当を作っています。
ここのやきとり弁当が人気です。やきとりと言っていますが、鳥ではなく、豚の肉を使っているそうです。

北海道の道南エリアでは、一般的に「やきとり」というと豚肉のことを指すようです。この地域には養豚場が多く、鶏より豚が安くに手に入ったので、豚のことをとりと言うようになったようです。



今日は、函館のご飯のスポットについて話しました。
今日紹介したのは、全部函館にしかない場所なので、もし旅行で函館に行った時は、ぜひ行ってくださいね！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！




