Podcasts by Figure Out English
Bi-weekly English lessons to help you improve your understanding and fluency in English. Learn collocations and vocabulary secrets, get expert teacher advice, and just have fun learning English!
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Podcast on the topic Sprachen lernen
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45 Positive Adjectives to Describe People from 2019-05-10T10:20:11
Let's discuss some useful words for describing people's personality. I am teaching you 10 positive character adjectives in this episode.
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44 Asking questions: 3 Useful Grammar Hacks from 2019-05-01T13:49:43
Today's episode is about grammar. Let's learn 3 useful hacks to help you with asking questions in English.
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43 Collocations with WORK - Part 2 from 2019-04-10T11:55:10
This episode is the second part of the lesson about collocations with WORK. You will learn how to use WORK as a verb and which phrasal verbs it forms.
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42 Collocations with WORK - Part 1 from 2019-03-26T11:58:31
Learn collocations with the word WORK. In the first part of this episode, you will learn how to use WORK as a noun.
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41 How to talk about your English level from 2019-03-10T17:07:12
How good is your English? Learn useful phrases for talking about your language skills in everyday life and career.
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40 Tricky Words with -ly: How to use them from 2019-02-25T09:15:20
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is about grammar and vocabulary at the same time. I am showing you how not to confuse tricky words like HARD and HARDLY, HIGH and HIGHLY, and others ...
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39 How to say 'Hurry up' - conversational phrases from 2019-02-10T09:10:13
How to say you don't have much time and make other people move faster? Learn these simple conversation phrases to sound more natural in English.
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38 Common Speaking Mistakes You Need to Avoid from 2019-01-25T10:50:15
Let's learn to avoid some of the most common prepositions mistakes. Great help for your speaking!
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37 Idioms about Dreams and Ambitions from 2019-01-11T09:24:41
What do you want to achieve this year? Let's learn idioms and set phrases you can use to talk about your dreams and ambitions.
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36 Phrasal Verbs about Using the Phone from 2018-11-15T11:37:17
Let's learn phrasal verbs about using the phone in English. You will need them for everyday conversations all the time. Do you know and use all of them?
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35 How to improve your pronunciation in English from 2018-10-29T09:00:04
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34 Is English difficult to learn? from 2018-10-07T16:30:50
We are thinking over the question 'Is English difficult to learn?' You will know about levels of language proficiency, principles of language complexity and a lot more!
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33 Positive phrases to use in everyday conversations from 2018-09-20T10:00:25
We are working with your speaking skills in the today's episode. Learn phrases to express positive emotions in your everyday conversations in English.
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32 How to write emails in English from 2018-09-10T07:45:05
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' is teaching you how to write emails in English easily and effectively.
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31 Idioms about Learning from 2018-08-30T11:03:46
Let's celebrate the beginning of a new school year! I am teaching you today set phrases, phrasal verbs, and idioms about learning.
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30 How to showcase your skills in English from 2018-08-20T08:45:04
Preparing for the job interview in English? Want to learn more phrases on how to talk about your skills? Listen to this episode of 'Figure Out English' and improve your business vocabulary.
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29 Synonyms and collocations with 'difficult' from 2018-08-10T11:09:58
Let's continue expanding your vocabulary! Today we are learning collocations and synonyms for the word 'difficult'.
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28 10 most common phrasal verbs for speaking from 2018-08-04T13:18:07
Let's learn 10 most common phrasal verbs in English speaking. Improve your fluency in English with the correct usage of phrasal verbs.
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27 How to use TV shows for learning English from 2018-07-27T07:05:03
10 Easy TV series to Learn English - Read on my blog https://www.stordar.com/10-easy-tv-series-to-learn-english/...
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26 How to use 'have' in everyday English from 2018-07-20T08:55:04
Let's talk about ways to use 'have' in everyday English (and it's not about owning something). Listen to the episode now!
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25 Ways to say 'I don't know' in English from 2018-07-11T07:05:04
Let's learn more conversational phrases in English. In this episode, I am telling you about 3 different ways of saying 'I don't know' in English.
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24 Phrasal Verbs about Travel from 2018-06-26T10:44:40
Let's continue the holiday topic! In the today's episode of 'Figure Out English', I am teaching you phrasal verbs about travel.
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23 How to Prepare Your English For Travel from 2018-06-16T21:49:06
How to prepare your English for travel? Be ready for your holiday abroad with the today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast. I am giving some tips and recommending great resources for a quick...
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22 How to use 'get' in 6 different meanings from 2018-04-23T10:59:31
Let's learn how to use 'get' in a new episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast. I will teach you 6 meanings the verb 'get' has and how to use them in everyday English. This will help you speak Engli...
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The Most Mispronounced Words In English from 2018-04-19T14:18:49
In our new course 'Say it right!', I am teaching you all the basic reading rules which you need for pronouncing the most words in English without problems. Here are some major ones:
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21 Learn English Vocabulary: Synonyms for beautiful from 2018-04-09T18:48:22
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is about vocabulary. I am giving you a couple of tips on how to expand your vocabulary in English and how to remember words better, without losing th...
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20 How to ask for help from 2018-03-23T11:41:37
Learn how to ask for help with today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast. I am teaching you set expressions you can use to: a) ask somebody to help you, b) say 'thank you', c) respond to othe...
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19 How To Use Likely from 2018-03-08T19:52:46
Welcome to episode 19 of the 'Figure Out English' podcast. Today I will teach you how to talk about probability using 'likely'.
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18 How to use 'like' in different meanings from 2018-02-18T17:37:19
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is about vocabulary. I am showing you how to use 'like' in 2 different everyday contexts.
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17 How to use Verb Patterns for your New Year Resolutions from 2018-01-07T19:16:39
This episode was recorded on December 23d, 2017.
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is about grammar. I am showing you how to make plans and resolutions correctly. I talk about ho...
16 How To Give And Ask For Recommendations from 2017-11-20T18:33:53
Learn how to give recommendations and advice about places to visit, food, books and so on. I am teaching you set expressions you can use in everyday conversations.
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15 Which prepositions to use after 'go' and 'arrive'? from 2017-10-02T09:59:25
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is about grammar. I am showing you how not to get confused about which prepositions to use after words like 'go', 'move', 'fly' and 'arrive' (which i...
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14 How To Remember Vocabulary in English from 2017-09-09T18:31:32
Listen to my answer to the question: How to remember vocabulary in English.
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13 Everyday Phrases - It depends, It matters, It takes from 2017-09-02T13:02:15
Learn 3 phrases which you can't do without when speaking English. We learn to use 'it depends', 'it doesn't matter', and 'it takes' in the today's episode.
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12 Talking about the Weather - 'it' structures from 2017-08-22T22:42:51
It seems easy to discuss the weather in English, but we, English learners, face a couple of difficulties with impersonal structures we use to talk about this topic. Let's figure out how to speak ab...
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11 How to Pronounce Regular Verbs in the Past from 2017-08-17T12:06:32
Today we are practising pronunciation of regular verbs in English. When we add the ending 'ed' to the verb to talk about the past actions, you can pronounce it in 3 different ways. Learn a simple r...
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10 What are you good at? Describing skills from 2017-08-08T14:39:59
We are practising today a very handy structure which can help you describe your skills, your strengths and weaknesses without getting lost in English modal verbs.
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09 Ways To Say You Like Something from 2017-08-04T17:47:37
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is telling what you like doing. We will train the most used expressions which will help you sound natural when talking about preferences.
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08 Is 'more easier' right? Comparatives from 2017-07-27T15:25:35
Today's episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast is about grammar. I am showing you how to easily make up comparative forms of adjectives in English.
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07 What to ask when you arrive in your holiday accommodation from 2017-07-25T19:07:03
This is another episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast with communication tips. Today we are talking about travelling. Let's revise basic words and phrases you might use when communicating to the ...
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06 I didn't mean to be rude - apologising from 2017-06-28T06:57:03
This is another episode of 'Figure Out English' with communication tips. I am teaching you a way to apologise and avoid conflict in confusing situations. Do you know that the verb 'mean' has two me...
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05 How Much Does It Cost? from 2017-06-26T13:22:59
This is another episode of 'Figure Out English' with communication tips. I am teaching you two ways to ask about a price of something: 'How much is it?' and 'How much does it cost?'. Listen for ex...
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04 Easy way to ask questions in English from 2017-06-06T18:52:02
You don't need to know complex grammar to communicate. Try to learn some basic patterns to make standard phrases easily. Today I will show you how to ask many questions based on 1 simple pattern. I...
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01 How Do You Do or How are you? from 2017-06-06T18:48:13
How do you say 'hi' in English? Is 'How do you do' a good phrase to use? I will answer this question in a new podcast episode today.
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03 So do I / Neither Do I from 2017-05-26T20:40:52
In communication, we often want to say that something is the same for us, show we have something in common. We can simply say 'Me too' or 'Me neither'. There are also other structures we can use, a...
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02 Ways to say 'I don't understand' in English from 2017-05-25T18:50:13
This is a new episode of 'Figure Out English' podcast for English learners.
Today we will learn how to deal with the situation if you don't understand something.
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00 Introduction Episode from 2017-05-25T16:45:47
Hello everybody. This is me, Daria Storozhilova, and this is my new podcast for English learners. This will be a series of short episodes, about 5 minutes long going live on weekdays: five days a w...
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