Idiom

Idiom of the day: Kill two birds with one stone.
Meaning: To complete two tasks at one time with a single action.

anecdote

A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time.

Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window, "Pull over!" 
"No," she shouts back, "a pair of socks!"

Using «take» to talk about time

Take is an interesting word in English because it has a lot of different uses. For today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at how to use take to talk about time in everyday English conversation and writing. Listen to the podcast:

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Here are the example sentences:

find out about smth

You go to an event for people who are interested in learning and studying English. You introduce yourself to someone and ask them this.

How did you find out about this?

alternative words for “thing”

The word thing is ubiquitous, i.e. it’s everywhere. A good thing, a bad thing, many things, something, anything, everything; we use the word a lot.

And the reason thing is such a common word?

The Nutcracker Ballet

Sheep