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🧐 ‘interesting’ is an adjective we use very often in English for things that catch our attention, but its 🗣️ pronunciation is not as simple as it first looks. 👀Watch Andrew explain how native speakers really say this word and 🚀 improve your pronunciation in under a minute!

Did you 👂hear another word with a dropped syllable in the video? ✍️ Write it in the comments.
Beth is addicted to board games 🎲, but Georgie doesn’t really enjoy them. 😅 How can Georgie reject Beth’s invitation without sounding rude? 🤔 Do you know of any other ways to politely reject an invitation? Write a comment! 👇

Do you know the difference between ‘alone’ and ‘lonely’? ⬆️⁣⁣
👀 Scroll through these slides and then fill in the gap in this sentence 👇 !⁣⁣
🗣️ I lived ______ until I moved in with my fiancé.⁣
a. lonely⁣⁣
b. alone⁣
EXTRA: Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? 🤓 Click on the link in our bio to watch an English in a Minute episode about the difference between 'alone' and 'lonely'.
🤔 Do you know the difference between ‘so’ and ‘such’? 😊 Choose the correct sentence and we’ll tell you the answer later! ⁣

🤓 Learn more about intensifiers like 'so' and 'such' by clicking on the link in our bio.⁣

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🤔 What English expressions can we use when starting a business? Nicola is here to teach you 5 business expressions to use when setting up a business. 💬 Can you think of any more words or phrases you might use when starting a business? Write a comment!
Do you feel like you’re not achieving your 🎯 goals? 🎤 Rapper Nicki Minaj has some advice for you! ✍️ Tell us about your goals. How do you stay 🏋️ motivated when things aren’t working out?⁣
‘Pants’ – in American English this word means 👖 ‘trousers’; in British English, ‘pants’ are 🩲 underwear and you wear them under your trousers. 🤓 Here are some English ‘pants’ idioms for you! 🤔 Can you use one in a sentence?⁣

Learn some of the differences in spelling between 🇬🇧 British English and 🇺🇸 American English by clicking on the link in our bio. ⁣

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👋 Do you know how to invite someone out in English?! What about how to ‘yes’ 👍 to invitations and how to say ‘no’ 👎 if you can’t – or don’t want to - attend! Well don’t worry, George and Sian are here to help you with the phrases you need! 😃

Which are you favourite ways to say yes or no to an invite?
There’s a mistake in this sentence – do you know what it is? 🤔 We’ll tell you the answer later! 😊

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Let's touch base for a minute... have you ever started a new job and had no idea what everyone was talking about?

It was probably business jargon: words or phrases used by a team in an office that not everyone else understands.

We caught up with @bbclearningenglish to help explain some of the stranger English office jargon out there.

🎧 Click the link in our bio to hear more.
Improve your English by expanding your vocabulary with these 5 alternatives to 'if'. 😊 We'd love to see if you can use one in a sentence below! 👇

(Note: not all the words and phrases are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)⁣⁣⁣

EXTRA: Learn all about conditionals using 'if' with Georgie on our website! Link in our bio. ⁣
😤 Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up feeling annoyed, and things don’t go right? There's a perfect English expression for that! 🤔 Can you guess what it is? We’ll reveal the answer later.⁣

EXTRA: 😴 Learn this phrase and many more phrasal verbs and expressions to talk about sleep in this lesson. Click on the link in our bio.⁣
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🤔 Do you want to know more about these two forms? 🤩 Visit our website for a longer video with lots more differences between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous: https://bit.ly/4fbCJFX