"Call someone out" - What does it mean?

Has this ever happened to you – someone asks you a question in English, and you don’t understand it at ALL? One reason for the difficulty is that when native English speakers are talking fast, we often change how we pronounce the words at the beginning of questions. It can be frustrating and embarrassing when you don’t understand a question… but this video will help! When you know about these pronunciation changes, then you can recognize them when you hear them – and understand questions a lot better. The secret to improving your pronunciation is practice, practice, lots of practice – and you can get it inside my American English Pronunciation Course. It will help you speak English more clearly, correctly, and confidently!

12 Heinä 20234min

Let's practice 100+ words with long and short vowel sounds! Download lesson text 👉 https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/long-short-vowels-pdf-audio/  A vowel is a sound we make with our mouth and vocal cords open, without touching our tongue to any other part of our mouth. In vowel sounds the air flows freely (differently from consonants, in which we block the air with our tongue, lips, or teeth). Vowels in English are represented by the letters A, E, I, O, and U. The letter Y is considered a “semivowel” because sometimes it represents a vowel sound, and sometimes it represents a consonant sound. English vowels can be divided into two types: long vowels and short vowels. The difference between them is in the duration of their pronunciation. Long vowels are pronounced with an extended sound, while short vowels have a quicker sound. Want to improve your pronunciation even more? Join my pronunciation course!   Pronunciation & Shadowing Courses:    30 lessons each course: Listen & repeat words & phrases to practice all the sounds of American English and speak more continuously. Pronunciation evaluation: Send us a recording of your speaking, and get corrections and feedback from an Espresso English teacher. Speak English more clearly & confidently!

5 Heinä 20237min

Don’t say “I’m thinking to buy a new car.” The correct way is “I’m thinking about buying a new car.” There are actually multiple prepositions we can use after the verb “think,” but what’s the difference between them? That’s what you’ll learn in today’s lesson! How can you improve your grammar so that you don’t make mistakes with prepositions? I have resources for all levels – from my Basic & Intermediate Grammar E-Books to my Advanced Grammar Course. These lessons will explain English grammar clearly, so you can understand and use it confidently!

28 Kesä 20235min

Download the PDF of this lesson text - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/100-idioms-free-pdf-audio/  Now let's continue learning inside my 300+ Idioms Course! The lessons in the idioms course are more than just lists... instead, they help you learn the expressions more actively: First you'll see examples of idioms in sentences, and you’ll try to guess what they mean from the context. Then, you can watch a video where I teach the idioms’ meanings. Next, try a quiz to see how well you remember the idiomatic expressions. Finally, there are short-answer questions to help you practice using these common idioms yourself – and you can get feedback and correction.

26 Kesä 202314min

Download the PDF of this lesson text - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/100-idioms-free-pdf-audio/  Now let's continue learning inside my 300+ Idioms Course! The lessons in the idioms course are more than just lists... instead, they help you learn the expressions more actively: First you'll see examples of idioms in sentences, and you’ll try to guess what they mean from the context. Then, you can watch a video where I teach the idioms’ meanings. Next, try a quiz to see how well you remember the idiomatic expressions. Finally, there are short-answer questions to help you practice using these common idioms yourself – and you can get feedback and correction.

23 Kesä 202312min

Do you know the English words for toiletries? Wait... what are toiletries? Like – a toilet + trees? No – toiletries are things used for taking care of your hygiene and appearance. Today you’ll learn 20 vocabulary words for common personal care items. When you expand your English vocabulary, then you can speak more fluently, without having to stop and think “oh, what was that word again?” or check Google translate all the time. You can improve really fast inside my Vocabulary Builder Courses, because each one teaches you more than 1000 English words, covering lots of topics in daily life. The courses include not only lessons, but also quizzes and short-answer exercises to help you practice.

21 Kesä 20234min

Prepositional phrases are groups of words starting with a preposition, that describe nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We’ll see lots of examples in this lesson! Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/prepositional-phrases-examples-sentences-usage-tips/  500 phrases e-book: https://bit.ly/FreeEbook500Phrases  Verb + preposition combinations: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-verbs-prepositions-list/  Adjective + preposition combinations: https://www.espressoenglish.net/common-adjective-preposition-combinations/  Advanced English Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/

19 Kesä 202312min

You know what it means to make a phone call. But what does it mean to call the shots, call someone’s bluff, or call dibs? Today you’ll learn 10 idioms and expressions with "call." To be fluent in English, you need to be familiar with common idioms, these little phrases or expressions that can’t be translated literally! You can learn more than 300 idioms in 30 days when you join my course. The lessons will not only teach you the idioms... but also help you practice them to remember them better.

14 Kesä 20236min