Restaurant and Food Vocabulary — The Words Every Diner Needs (A2)
From Sourov's world: In my early days at Uccello in Sydney — a fine Italian restaurant in the Merivale group — a guest pointed at the menu and said: "Can I have the thing with…
Tag: Vocabulary
Academic Word List — Upgrade Your Vocabulary Register (C1)
Same idea, higher register — the vocabulary that examiners reward
Fixed Expressions and Idioms of Feeling (B2)
From Sourov's world: When I moved from Sydney to Saint-Pierre in La Réunion to be with my wife Vanessa, I had to relearn how people express feelings in French. The French say "avoir le cafard"…
Word Families — Learn One Word, Get Four (B2)
Word families share the same root. We change the form using suffixes (endings) and prefixes (beginnings).
Phrasal Verbs for the Workplace (B1)
The everyday work verbs that textbooks don't always teach you
Collocations: Verb + Noun — The Words That Travel Together (B1)
The words that always travel together — get them right, sound natural
Collocations in English — Words That Go Together Naturally
💬 Why your English sometimes sounds "off": A student once told me she "did a mistake." She knew the vocabulary. She knew the grammar. But native speakers "make" mistakes — they don't "do" them. This…
Inferring Meaning from Context — A Reader’s Detective Guide
💬 The detective approach: I learned this skill when reading French — I didn't look up every unknown word. I asked: what must this word mean, given everything around it? I was right about 80%…
English at the Doctor’s — What to Say When You’re Ill
💬 When language fails at the worst moment: My first year in Australia, I hurt my back. I sat in a medical clinic, could not explain my symptoms clearly, and left with the wrong prescription.…
Numbers 1–100 in English — Let’s Count! (Kids & Beginners)
🔢 Hello! Numbers are the first things you need in any language. Age, price, time, phone numbers — everything uses numbers. Let's count together, step by step!