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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.
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Jul 29, 2013 • 3min

Weather idioms

Using weather idioms: is Jen chasing rainbows, or is it a storm in a teacup?
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Jul 23, 2013 • 3min

Legend

Legends are stories about people who lived long ago, right? Well, there's more to it than that.
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Jul 15, 2013 • 3min

It's doing my head in!

Annoyed? Frustrated? Angry? Maybe it's doing your head in!
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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.
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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?
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Jun 24, 2013 • 3min

Don't make me laugh!

It's laughable. How to say that you think something will never happen.
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Jun 17, 2013 • 3min

A leopard can't change its spots

Can someone change their personality? A leopard can't change its spots.
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Jun 10, 2013 • 4min

To see red

Seeing red: what is making Jen and Feifei so angry on their day trip?
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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.

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