Every weekday morning I make a short video to help you learn English. You can read along to practice your English as what I am saying in the video is always …
4:293.4K views · 4d ago · 4:29
Read along to learn the English phrases TO SKYROCKET and TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English verb to skyrocket. When something skyrockets, it means it goes up. The price of gas has certainly skyrocketed. Sorry, past tense there. The price of gas has skyrocketed, and I hope it doesn't skyrocket more in the future.
4:118.2K views · 3w ago · 4:11
Read along to learn the English phrases TRACK RECORD and TO GET SIDETRACKED In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "track record." When you refer to someone's track record, you're talking about how they've performed in the past. As a teacher, I think I have a good track record when it comes to doing my job well.
4:1419K views · 1mo ago · 4:14
Read along to learn the English phrases YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU and YOLO! In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English saying, "You can't take it with you." When you say you can't take it with you in English, it's a humorous way to talk about the fact that when you die, it's a loud train, eh? Can you guys hear that? I'll just keep going.
4:2011K views · 1mo ago · 4:20
Read along to learn the English phrases THAT KIND OF MONEY and TO BE ROLLING IN IT In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "that kind of money." We use this phrase in a humorous way to talk about really, really wealthy people. You might be wondering, Bob, why don't you have a Ferrari? Why don't you have a Lamborghini? Well, it's because I don't have that kind of money.
4:4012K views · 1mo ago · 4:40
Read along to learn the English phrases THE REAL DEAL and TO KEEP IT REAL In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "the real deal." If you say someone is the real deal, it means they're really good at what they do. If you think about the sport of soccer or football, and you think about a player like Messi, he's the real deal.
4:2616K views · 2mo ago · 4:26
Read along to learn the English phrases GOOD CATCH and A REAL CATCH In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "good catch." We say this phrase when someone else tells us about a mistake we've made.
4:169.8K views · 2mo ago · 4:16
Read along to learn the English phrases GO FIGURE! and TELL ME ABOUT IT! In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "go figure." When you say to someone "go figure," it means there's a situation that is illogical and doesn't make any sense and is hard to understand. Here's a great example: in Canada, gas is a dollar seventy a liter, and the federal government removed the carbon tax a few months ago, and they're going to put it back on in September.
4:156K views · 2mo ago · 4:15
Read along to learn the English phrases THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR and THAT HAVING BEEN SAID / THAT BEING SAID In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "There's something to be said for," and then after that phrase, you mention something. There's something to be said for exercise. It really makes you feel good. So when you use this phrase, you're about to say something positive about something.
4:106.8K views · 2mo ago · 4:10
Read along to learn the English phrases ALMOST NEVER and HARDLY EVER In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase almost never. When you say that you do something almost never, it means you do do it. I just used the word do two times in a row. That's kind of a funny thing with the English language, isn't it? You do do that thing, but just not very often.
4:173.3K views · 2mo ago · 4:17
Read along to learn the English phrases TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING and TO THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to hit the ground running. When you're about to do something, if you are completely prepared and you have lots of energy and you're ready to do it, we say that you are ready to hit the ground running. We always want students to be ready to hit the ground running on the first day of school.
4:235.7K views · 3mo ago · 4:23
Read along to learn the English phrases FOR THE SAKE OF and OLD TIMES SAKE In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, for the sake of. When you do something for the sake of someone else, it means you're doing it for their benefit, you're doing something for their safety, for their benefit, or you're doing something good for them. Sometimes people in Canada will donate money for kids who don't have parents and we do that for the sake of the kids.
4:144.2K views · 3mo ago · 4:14
Read along to learn the English phrases TO FEEL THE HEAT and TO FEEL THE PRESSURE In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to feel the heat. When you feel the heat, it means you're in a situation where you're supposed to do something and someone is making sure that you know that you're behind and you need to get it done. And they're putting pressure on you and they're telling you over and over again to get it done.
4:223.6K views · 4mo ago · 4:22
Read along to learn the English phrases TO HAVE A FIELD DAY and A DAY OFF In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to have a field day. When you say someone or a bunch of people are going to have a field day, it means they're going to be really excited and eager and, really looking forward to doing something.
4:334.2K views · 4mo ago · 4:33
Read along to learn the English phrases TO WHILE AWAY THE TIME and A WHILE BACK In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to while away the time. And I should note that sometimes while is spelled with an H in this phrase and sometimes people leave it out. And both apparently are correct. But when you while away the time, it means you spend time doing something so that time will pass and it's usually something relaxing.
4:034K views · 4mo ago · 4:03
Read along to learn the English phrases TO MILL ABOUT and RUN-OF-THE-MILL In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to mill about. Sometimes people say to mill around as well. When you mill about or when people are milling about, it means they're in an area and they aren't there for any particular reason and they're just kind of waiting and walking around a little bit.
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