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English Idioms – Sweating Buckets

Today’s idiom is “sweating buckets” and I sweat buckets every summer. Maybe you can imagine already that this idiom means to sweat a lot. […]

Sometimes it’s easy to confuse the different forms (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) of words that are part of the same group. We have been talking

Are you watching the World Cup? Many people around the world are watching the World Cup, and this year the games are being video

It’s the round of 16 now! 32 teams qualified for the 2014 World Cup so 16 teams have been eliminated. On May 19th I

Audio listening practice! Listen to the MP3 from the story and fill in the blanks. Click the image the audio! An apple a day

For today’s post we will: 1. Learn a new proverb 2. Read a news story 3. Practice using the conditional clause “IF” that we

During the World Cup we will hear the verb win a lot. (hopefully used for our favorite teams!) We can win a game but

The World Cup is very popular but I was reminded by one of my English students in Japan that not everyone likes soccer/football. In

More World Cup English! The word goal has 3 main uses in English. Two are from sports and one is about our future plans

Dirty look Today let’s look at an idiom with look. Look is a verb, and most often used with the proposition at. “Hey look