Apologizing for small mistakes
Simply saying "sorry" is most common with small mistakes, like bumping into someone or saying someone’s name wrong. In these situations, people often say:
Self-Study Tasks.REMEMBER THAT WHAT YOU SAY IS USUALLY LESS IMPORTANT THAN HOW YOU SAY IT.
Simply saying "sorry" is most common with small mistakes, like bumping into someone or saying someone’s name wrong. In these situations, people often say:
By combining words that have completely different individual meanings, we get idioms.
English idioms are extremely common in everyday conversation and, therefore, essential for language progression.
When you're learning English, you can find a lot of phrases that seem to mean the same thing, but are a little bit different. It can be really hard to know which phrase you should use. A good example is phrases that you use to tell someone that you love them. There are so many different ways; which one should you use?
When was the last time you had to explain something in English to a friend, colleague, classmate or boss?
Sometimes, we just need to describe what happened. Other times, we may have to give our opinion, or explain what the options are.
What jobs did you have when you were younger?
In the United States, many young people work during the summer.
They do this to save money for a holiday, to buy a car or to have money so they can go out with their friends.
But what sort of jobs do they do?
In this short video lesson on U.S. culture, you’ll find out about some of the jobs young Americans do in the summer.