No Pain, No Gain

This is an extremely useful and widely used phrase in spoken English. The phrase is “No pain, no gain“. “If something in life is too easy, then you won’t have any success”.

I think many cultures have the same idea.  It’s that life isn’t easy.  We need to work hard to get real results.  If you workout in a gym, your trainer might say to you, “no pain, no gain“.

All I want is...

You're single. You've been on a few dates with different men recently, but they all went badly. Now you're frustrated that you can't meet someone normal. You complain to your friend.

All I want is to meet a guy with a stable job and a good sense of humor. Is that too much to ask?

How To Use Get

Get has several meanings in English. For today’s English lesson, I am going to show you how to use get in a variety of situations.

1. We use get to mean receive something. When you get something in this meaning, it is

Solve the Mystery

The Mysterious Gift     Written by Moe Zilla

Suspect List:  Cindy,  Josie's mother,  Lester,  Lorraine

The engine roared on her pink Corvette, and Josie laughed insanely as its tires squealed up the highway ramp. “Catch us if you can!”she laughed.

Look forward to...

the stork brings the baby

- And this is my office.
- What do you do?

Bored, boring, etc.