Ciao amici! Vi descrivo brevemente Pia, il mio animaletto. Che animale sarà?

L'italiano con Mimi 

Il mio animale domestico

Oggi impariamo insieme 10 modi di dire sugli animali che gli italiani amano usare! 

- Essere in quattro gatti 

- Conoscere i propri polli 

- Non sapere che pesci pigliare 

- Cavallo di battaglia 

- Sputare il rospo 

- Essere a cavallo 

- Sputare il rospo 

- Ingoiare un rospo 

- Lavorare come un mulo 

- Far venire la pelle d’oca 

- Essere un capro espiatorio

Subtitled Italian

Season 1 / Episode 6 - Idioms related to animals

Today we're looking at vocabulary that we can use when someone has been asking us to do something for a long time, and you don't really want to do it, but you eventually agree! We're taking a look at the phrasal verbs "to give up", "to cave in", and "to capitulate". I hope you find today's podcast useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

There's a cave in this podcast.

In this episode you will learn the different uses for prepositions and conjunctions, you will also learn new prepositions and conjunctions.

Spanish with Jas

EP 39. PREPOSITIONS & CONJUNCTIONS

Today we're talking about a professional piece of vocabulary that we can use to talk about ourselves in a critical way, especially in the form of a jokes. This is "self-deprecating". Take a listen to today's episode of the podcast for a full explanation and I hope you find it useful!

Don't forget that if you're an international professional who want's to improve the way they use English at work then I help people like you every day, right here on iTalki. Feel free to book some of my time and let's get to work!

I'm really bad at making podcasts!

Recycled Human Hair Is Cleaning Belgian Water
Imagine if the hair caught in your drain could actually help to clean it.

That's what's happening in Belgium, where human hair is being recycled to help clean the country's water.

Around the country, hairdressers are taking the hair they cut from their customers' heads and putting it into bags. These bags of hair are then collected by a non-profit organization that runs a project called "Hair Recycle."

The hair collected by Hair Recycle is put through a machine and made into 60-centimeter-wide square mats. These mats can then be put into a drain to absorb oil and other pollution before it gets into a river or stream.

According to the Hair Recycle website, 1 kilogram of hair can absorb up to 8 liters of oil.

To take part in the project, hair salons have to pay a small fee. They then receive bags to collect the hair, and a sticker for their window, so they can show their customers that they are helping the environment.

Salons in Luxembourg and the Netherlands are also taking part in the Hair Recycle project.

Belgium's Hair Recycle is not the only hair recycling project, however. In the UK and Ireland, a company called Green Salon Collective is recycling hair and other waste from salons, including metal, paper, plastic and chemicals.

And a similar company called Green Circle Salons is recycling hair and other salon waste in the US and Canada.

So maybe hair in the drain can be a good thing?

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Recycled Human Hair Is Cleaning Belgian Water

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.