English Extras

Discover the art of using euphemisms to playfully describe someone as not the brightest. From quirky phrases like 'a few fries short of a Happy Meal' to the amusing visual of 'the lights are on but nobody's home,' learn how to add humor and subtlety to your conversations. Delve into expressions like 'not playing with a full deck' and 'couldn't find their own butt with help' that cleverly convey a lack of smarts. Find out why these witty alternatives are more socially acceptable and entertaining!

Send me a message!Halloween has arrived! So what does that mean exactly? It means a lot of things: pumpkins and ghosts and spiders but also candy and scary movies and haunted houses. In this episode, I give an overview of Halloween in America as well as where some of today’s traditions come from.📄 Follow along with the transcript here: https://ko-fi.com/s/e5d9565bba🏁 New to English Extras? Start with episode 1, “Ways to say Hello, how are you”☕️Subscribe for $5 a month to get access to all the transcripts!🗣️ Do you celebrate Halloween in your country? How do you celebrate it?🎶 Music by Mikhail Smusev from PixabaySupport the show

Send me a message!This episode tackles two topics: the weird ways we use (or don't use) "the" with geographic features AND a common mistake I hear when people say where they are from. Do you make this mistake?Transcript available here!Support the show

Send me a message!Conversation fillers–in linguistics, it’s also known as discourse markers–are words or phrases that have many purposes: conversation fillers can help start a conversation, maintain a conversation, clarify what we say, better show our opinion, or make our words softer.Transcript can be found here.Support the show

Send me a message!In this episode, I'm going to share 5 common mistakes I hear from my students as an English language teacher. They include: incorrect use of mass nouns much versus many incorrect irregular plural nouns confusing to tell, to talk, to say, and to speak switching adjectives and adverbsTranscript hereSupport the show

Send me a message!We talked about anger. We talked about happiness. Now it's time to talk about sadness. Spoiler alert: it's a bummer.You can find the transcript hereSupport the show

Send me a message!In episode 19, I shared how to express anger and irritation. In this episode, I share six idioms to express happiness!Transcript available hereSupport the show

Send me a message!How can we express our anger or irritation? There are a TON of ways. In this episode, I share 6 ways. Transcript available hereSupport the show

Send me a message!Small talk can be scary, but the other person is probably more nervous than you are! In this episode, I talk about how to start small talk, maintain small talk, and end small talk, so you can feel more comfortable talking to strangers or acquaintances 👍🏻Transcript available hereSupport the show

Send me a message!"Many" is a common way to say the number of things--many apples, many ideas. But native speakers use other phrases to say the number of things: a bit of, a lot of, a ton of, and more! And sometimes the pronunciation changes, too.Transcript hereSupport the show