Feelings & Emotions in English — How to Say What You Feel 😊😠😨
🎯 A2–B1 ⏱️ 5 min 💬 The word that changed everything: In a job interview in Sydney, I was asked “How are you feeling about the…
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Food & Drink in English — 20 Words Every Beginner Needs 🍎☕
🎯 A1 ⏱️ 5 min 🍽️ Welcome! Food words are the first vocabulary every English learner needs. Whether you are 6 or 60, you need to…
ReadPrefixes and Suffixes: Build Your Vocabulary Fast
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience When I was working towards French C1, I noticed I could guess words I’d never seen by breaking…
ReadCollocations: The Words That Go Together
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience When I was working as a barista, I noticed that English speakers didn’t say ‘do a coffee’ —…
ReadBody Language and Communication: What You Say Without Words
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience In hospitality, a guest’s body language told me more than their words. Arms crossed? Not happy yet. Leaning…
ReadListening Skills: Predict Before You Hear
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience My daughter is 18 months old. Before she can speak, she listens with her whole body — watching…
ReadDescribing Places: The Language of Home and Belonging
⏱ 5 Minutes · A2/B1 📖 From Experience I have called four places home: Chittagong, Sydney, Plessis-Trévise near Paris, and Réunion. Each one needed its own…
ReadWork and Career Vocabulary: The Words You Need in an Interview
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience I have had job interviews on three continents — in English, in French, once in broken Creole in…
ReadWords for Feelings: Beyond Happy and Sad
⏱ 5 Minutes · A2/B2 📖 From Experience When I arrived in Sydney in 2005, I could say I was ‘happy’ or ‘sad’. That was it.…
ReadWine and Drinks Vocabulary: From Bitters to Barolo
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1 📖 From Experience I trained as a sommelier at Uccello and Establishment — two of Merivale’s restaurants in Sydney CBD. The…
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