Real English Conversations: Office Pranks
Lori and Michael discuss office pranks.
Intermediate
Podcasts and articles for learners at the intermediate level
phrasal verbs: spending money unwillingly for boring stuff you don’t want
Nobody likes paying for things they don’t want or like, like excess baggage fees, fixing broken items, etc. Lori gives you a collection of phrasal verbs that are used in that situation.
Phrasal Verbs: to ramp (something) up
Lori explains the meaning of the phrasal verb “to ramp up”
idioms: to deal with (something)
Lori explains the meaning of the phrasal verb “to deal with”
English idioms: to keep track (of something)
Lori explains the phrasal verb “to keep track (of something)”
English vocabulary: pointer
Lori explains the meaning of the word pointer (meaning “piece of advice”).
English idioms: screw up
Lori explains the idiom “to screw up”, which is slang for “to make a mistake”
Video and audio resources for learning English – and how to use them
Lori gives you a collection of good audio and video resources for learning English.
English idioms – to make a killing
Lori explains the English idiom “to make a killing.”