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Aug 5, 2013 • 3min
After
Join Li and Finn at a crowded bar where confusion over drink orders leads to playful misunderstandings. Explore the idiomatic expression 'after' for expressing desires, like shopping for formal shoes and drinks.

Jul 29, 2013 • 3min
Weather idioms
Using weather idioms: is Jen chasing rainbows, or is it a storm in a teacup?

Jul 23, 2013 • 3min
Legend
Legends are stories about people who lived long ago, right? Well, there's more to it than that.

Jul 15, 2013 • 3min
It's doing my head in!
Annoyed? Frustrated? Angry? Maybe it's doing your head in!

Jul 8, 2013 • 3min
The bee's knees
Finn wants to share some special food with Li. But they receive some uninvited guests who also want to eat their delicious picnic snacks.

Jul 1, 2013 • 4min
To put all your eggs in one basket
How many eggs should you put in one basket? And what has that got to do with taking risks?

Jun 24, 2013 • 3min
Don't make me laugh!
It's laughable. How to say that you think something will never happen.

Jun 17, 2013 • 3min
A leopard can't change its spots
Can someone change their personality? A leopard can't change its spots.

Jun 10, 2013 • 4min
To see red
Seeing red: what is making Jen and Feifei so angry on their day trip?

Jun 3, 2013 • 4min
Haven't slept a wink
Zzzz... Neil had a crying child in his room and Feifei had a mosquito in hers. That's why neither of them has slept a wink.


