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Free grammar cards!
Our second giveaway is ready at the small guide site. Download this free grammar card for yourself or for a friend who needs to organize & get a better grasp of the verb tenses and the conditionals. Good luck, and enjoy! front back
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TT4BS /i/
In this TongueTwisting4BetterSpeech pronunciation lesson, we will practice the long vowel sound /i/. As usual we practice the words first, then we’ll practice the sentences. You should exaggerate the sound when you practice to give your vocal apparatus a chance to get used to making the sound.Listen carefully and repeat the following words: Feel, veal,… Read more »
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A giveaway at the small guide site!
This is one of three greeting cards that you can download at the small guide site. Simply print them out, fold or cut, and add your own message inside. The other two say, Break a leg! (Do your best.), and You can do it! Encourage a friend or family member with your own funny, poetic,… Read more »
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Making it to somewhere
The expression making it to somewhere means being able to get to or arrive somewhere. Let’s take a look at the following examples.1. Did you make it to the party? 2. The manager says if she doesn’t start making it to work on time, they might have to let her go.3. They never made it… Read more »
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TT4BS /I/
This TongueTwisting4BetterSpeech pronunciation lesson is on the short vowel sound /I/. As usual, we’ll begin with the words, then we’ll practice the tongue twisters. Slowly first, then faster as you get used to making the sound.the words:Fit, sit, rich, bid, tinSpin, trip, slip, cringe, blissAdmit, pity, mistake, remiss, pillowthe tongue twisters:1. His sis kicks pillows… Read more »
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psyched (adj)
Psyched is a slang (very informal) word that means excited or ecstatic. Basically, you can be psyched to do something, be psyched about something, or you can just be psyched. Let’s take a look at these examples:1. I’m so psyched about the long weekend coming up. 2. Tom’s psyched that this girl at work that… Read more »
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calling someone’s bluff
To bluff means to deceive or to lie. When you tell someone he’s bluffing, you’re saying you don’t believe what he’s saying. Similarly, when you call someone’s bluff, you’re exposing the person’s lie or deception, and you’re basically telling the person that you know he’s lying. This could also involve making the person prove that what… Read more »
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TT4BS – /e/ & /æ/
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get to do, be able to do, and can do something
Getting to do something is a phrasal verb that has the same meaning as being able to do something. Both talk about the ability to accomplish a task. However, getting to do something is more commonly used in informal speech, while being able to do something tends to be more formal. Each pair of sentences… Read more »
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Try This! Housesitting for Jim & Linda
It’s been awhile since I worked on this story. It began with a family planning a trip to the Grand Canyon, which by the way, is one of my favorite places. This is the eighth episode, and it’s titled Housesitting for Jim and Linda. Our main characters are Jake and his wife Katy, their two… Read more »