PICK UP THE TAB Pick up the tab means to pay for a meal in a restaurant. The boss always picks up the tab when we have dinner after a meeting. It’s your birthday, so I’ll pick up the tab! How about you? When was the last time you picked up the tab or someone picked up the tab for …
Talk Into – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
TALK INTO When you talk someone into something you convince them to do that thing. I talked my mom into baking an apple pie! Jack said that it was impossible to talk his wife into going to Las Vegas. How about you? Have you talked anyone into anything recently? Has anyone talked you into doing anything recently? Leave a comment …
Sooner or Later – One Point Vocabulary Lesson
SOONER OR LATER Sooner or later is a conversational phrase and it means eventually or someday. Jack comes to work late too often. Sooner or later, he’s going to get fired. Sooner or later, I’m gonna buy my dream house. How about you? What are you gonna do, sooner or later? Leave a comment below and let us know!
Rack Up – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
What are you racking up these days RACK UP Rack up means to collect or gather something, like points in a game, frequent flier miles, and so on. Jen racked up 10 points in the first 5 minutes of the game. I rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles. How about you? What are you racking up these days? …
Wuh-Duh-Yuh – Natural American English Pronunciation
How To Pronounce What Do You In this one point lesson, let’s look at the natural way that we pronounce the phrase “What do you” in American English. How about you? Whu-Duh-Yuh think? Leave a comment below and let us know!
Run Something By Someone – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
RUN BY When you run something by someone, you tell them something in order to get their opinion or feedback. Let’s run this meeting schedule by the boss before we send it out. Can I run something by you? I’m thinking of… How about you? What have you run by someone recently? Leave a comment below and let us know!
The Early Bird – One Point American Idiom Lesson
What does The Early Bird mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! The Early Bird is an idiom that a person who likes to wake up early. You can also use early bird to mean a person who wakes up early because they have to for work or school, even if they don’t like to …
Turn Out – English Phrasal Verb One Point Lesson
What does the phrasal verb Turn Out mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! Turn Out has a few different meanings. The one we will look at today is “produce.” The factory turns out a lot of products every week. My students turn out great essays each week. What have you turned out recently? How …
New YouTube Lesson – Linking Sounds In English – Natural American Pronunciation
Here is another NEW YouTube English lesson for you! In this lesson, we will look at the natural American English pronunciation of: Gotta , Got A, and Have Got To. Check it out! I got a new pen → I gotta new pen. He has got to get a ticket → He’s gotta ged-uh ticket. I hope you like this …
To Have A Green Thumb – One Point American Idiom Lesson
What does To Have A Green Thumb mean? Here is a one-point lesson to help you learn this English! To Have A Green Thumb is an idiom in American English. Someone who has a green thumb is good with plants and gardening. My mom has a green thumb. You should see our tomato garden. Jenny has a green thumb. Her …