Real English Conversations: Itchy palms (superstitions)
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Introduction: Hi! Lori here, welcoming you to another episode of Real English conversations from Better at English dot com. In today’s conversation, my English friend Michael and I talk about superstitions. You’ll learn about the idiom “to have an itchy palm” as well as what superstition tells us that it [...]
Business English vocabulary: bubble sitter
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Business English vocabulary: perk
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Welcome to 2-minute English! Today’s word is perk.
One of the perks of my job as a salesperson is that I get to travel around the world.
Perk.
Meaning
In business contexts, a perk is an informal advantage or benefit that you get because of your job. In everyday English contexts, a perk is some kind of advantage or [...]






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