510 – 7 Ways To Use HAPPEN

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hey guys it’s Michael here from Happy English and I’m back with another podcast English lesson. I can’t believe that it’s August already! Wow! This summer is flying by. Fortunately, it hasn’t been too hot these days in New York, but I’m sure that the dog days of summer …

502 – Win vs. Earn vs. Gain

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hey guys, it’s Michael here. It’s officially spring here in NYC, but you wouldn’t know that by walking around outside this morning. The temperature was around 1 degree Celsius. And it’s really windy. Luckily, this winter wasn’t as cold as it usually is. I can’t wait for the warm …

485 – 9 Ways To Use RUN

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Run is an interesting verb in English because it has so many different meanings and uses. We often think about verbs like make and do as being very flexible in their meanings, and I think run is in that same category. For today’s English lesson let’s take a look …

451 – Gone vs. Been in American English!

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS The other day, one of my students was asking me about the difference between gone and been, as in, I’ve never been to Paris or I’ve never gone to Paris. That’s a great question and so I’ve decided to answer it here on the podcast. Today, we’ll look at …

449 – Using Make Part 3 – Phrasal Verbs & Idioms

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Today is the second in a three part series of podcasts focusing on make. As I mentioned in Episode 447, make is one of those interesting words in English because it has a number of different meanings and uses. In this episode, we’ll look at some common phrases and …

447 – Using Make, Part I

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Today, I’m going to start a three part series of podcasts focusing on make. Make is one of those interesting words in English that has several different meanings and uses. For today’s English lesson, are going to look at the verb to make, what it means, and how it …

444 – Using HIT

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hit is an interesting word in English and as a verb, hit has a number of different meanings and uses. For today’s English lesson, let’s check out the various ways we can use hit in everyday English. We’ll also look at the idiom, to hit the books. Keep in …

421 – 4 Ways To Use SEEM

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS One of the listeners of the Happy English Podcast asked me about using seem. There are a few different ways that you can use seem, so I thought I would share them with you today. Here are the example sentences. To get the details of this English lesson, you …