Espresso English Podcast

A student asked about the following four phrasal verbs: flip out freak out piss off tick off She asked, "Are they all the same? Are they all appropriate to use?" Good questions – I'm going to explai...

18 Nov 20207min

The English language has a number of words that sound nice and are fun to say! Today I'll teach you 10 words that many people find beautiful - you can learn what they mean and practice pronouncing th...

11 Nov 20207min

Do you ever use the wrong word in English? It's a very common problem - and it affects students at all levels, from beginner to intermediate to advanced. These mistakes are especially common when the ...

4 Nov 202011min

This month we've been doing a series on different ways to say things in English, in order to help expand your vocabulary and know what to say in lots of situations. Today we'll cover 20 ways to say "t...

28 Okt 20208min

Today you're going to learn 20 different ways to say "sorry" in English. Why should you learn all these different expressions? Because they're used in different situations. There are many different ti...

21 Okt 20209min

Last week you learned 20 different ways to say "yes" in English, and today you'll learn 20 different expressions for "no." These are especially important to learn because we often want to be polite wh...

14 Okt 20206min

Today you're going to learn a lot of different ways to say "yes" in English. But wait – why should you learn these expressions, when you could just use "yes" to keep things simple?   There are two goo...

7 Okt 20206min

Today you're going to learn 14 business English "buzzwords" – informal expressions that you might hear at work or in a professional context. I'll tell you a little story that will teach you expressio...

30 Sep 20204min