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QUIZ: Our channel may be exactly the right thing to help you learn English - but which phrase can you use to express this? Try answering this…
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Are you in a rush? Need to say something quickly?
Here are some quick-related phrases for you to use.
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Here’s a phrase for when someone gets the credit that you feel was yours…

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Vocabulary

Here are some words for when you think there are no words to describe something incredible!

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🎧News Review

πŸŽ™UN advises forceful peacekeeping

UN peacekeepers are now being advised to be more forceful. Dan and Catherine teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story.

Vocabulary: foil / escalating / shy

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The answer is A.
This is about certainty. Use β€˜if’ for situations which are possible - but not likely, and β€˜when’ for situations which are likely to happen.
The computer might never break down. But 'if' it does, you call Bob! If you had an old computer that didn't perform well, you would expect it to break down, so you’d use β€˜when’.

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Shakespeare

Here is an expression from William Shakespeare’s days. It’s still in common use today! It describes someone who is strong, reliable and good in a crisis. Can you complete it correctly?
The correct answer is B – the expression is β€˜a tower of strength’.
Example:
"My husband was a tower of strength when I had that operation - he really looked after me well."

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πŸŽ™Antarctic discoveries

Learn today's words and phrases: glacial ice, icy seas, frigid ice, wall of life, unique ecosystem


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πŸŽ™Present and past passives

Welcome to the Grammar Gameshow! Test your knowledge in this crazy quiz! The presenter is a bit strange, the points don't make sense and the prizes could use some improvement, but at least the grammar is correct!


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