Espresso English Podcast

Today you're going to learn one of the "shortcuts" to expanding your vocabulary - focusing on prefixes and suffixes, the beginnings and endings of words. The word "colorful" means "full of color," and...

18 Mar 20157min

Today you're going to learn one of the "shortcuts" to expanding your vocabulary - focusing on prefixes and suffixes, the beginnings and endings of words. The word "colorful" means "full of color," and...

11 Mar 20157min

The English language has a number of words that are very similar. These eight verbs in English seem like they are the same… but there are some small differences in their meanings and/or use. Listen to...

4 Mar 20157min

Do you know the difference between OB-ject and ob-JECT? Today you’ll learn 8 English words that can be pronounced two different ways… the meaning and use of these words changes based on how you pronou...

25 Feb 20158min

Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb + preposition, such as take out, take off, take over, take in, etc. In today’s lesson, you’ll learn 18 different phrasal verbs with the word “take” - with exam...

18 Feb 20159min

In this episode, you’ll learn the idiomatic expressions: like a fish out of water come hell or high water in deep water in hot water dead in the water not hold water test the waters ke...

11 Feb 20156min

The word “just” can be used in two ways: 1) Recently Be careful – I just washed the floor, and it’s still wet. (= I washed the floor a few minutes ago) He just finished a big project. (= he fi...

4 Feb 20156min

This is a free sample from the e-book  600+ Confusing English Words Explained. It will help clear up your doubts about how to use English words correctly, so that you can speak and write more confiden...

28 Jan 20155min