Learning a Language as an Adult: Vocabulary Strategies
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Category: Vocabulary & Collocations
Word combinations, collocations, lexical sets, and vocabulary building across all CEFR levels.
Lesson 12: Prepositions of Place & Movement — In, On, At, Along, Into (A1)
By Sourov Deb — Cambridge CELTA course completed — 120 supervised teaching hours and four written assignments validated to the required standard.
LIFE025 · Work and Career Collocations: The Verbs That Signal Competence
📖 From Sourov's world: I have held many job titles: bar manager, sommelier, barista, teacher, writer. What I noticed is that English career language works in fixed pairs. You don't "do" a career — you…
LIFE023 · Workplace Idioms: The Subtext Native Speakers Hear
📖 From Sourov's world: "Get off your high horse." That was said to me in a professional feedback session. It was idiomatic, it was intended to dismiss, and at the time I understood every word…
LIFE019 · Collocations at the Table: Restaurant and Hospitality English
📖 From Sourov's world: As a sommelier at some of Sydney's finest restaurants — the Ivy, Uccello, Establishment — I learned that wine vocabulary is mostly collocations. You don't "make" a reservation, you "make" one…
LIFE014 · Personality Adjectives: Beyond ‘Nice’
📖 From Sourov's world: In fifteen years of hospitality I met thousands of people. The ones I remember were not the loudest or the wealthiest. They were the ones who were genuinely curious — who…
LIFE006 · At the Airport: The Phrases I Needed in 2005
📖 From Sourov's world: When I arrived at Sydney airport in 2005, I sat on the kerb outside for three hours. I did not know which bus to take, and my English was too basic…
LIFE005 · Food I Love: Describing Taste in English
📖 From Sourov's world: I grew up eating rice and dal every day in Bangladesh. Then I worked in some of Sydney's finest restaurants — Uccello, Popolo, Establishment. I spent years tasting wine and learning…
LIFE004 · Where Are You From? Countries and Nationalities
📖 From Sourov's world: I was born in Bangladesh. I lived in Australia for over a decade. Now I live on Réunion — a French island. When someone asks me "Where are you from?", I…
English Bite — English for Parents: Talking to Your Child’s School
A teacher says "Your child is making good progress." What does this mean?