Bob's Short English Lessons

Nov 01 2024 443 ep. 4 mins 88

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If you want to learn English with short easy-to-understand lessons then you've come to the right place. I'm Bob the Canadian and I make videos on Youtube (Just search for "Bob's Short English Lessons" on Youtube!) as well as podcasts right here to help you learn English. Four times each week I upload a short English lesson with a complete transcript in the description. During these lessons I teach one or two curious phrases from the English language and answer a listener question. Thanks for joining me and I hope your English learning is going well!

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Learn the English Phrases "I beg to differ" and "It begs the question"

Nov 01 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases I BEG TO DIFFER and IT BEGS THE QUESTIONIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase I beg to differ. This is a phrase when someone says something and we don't agree with them, we might start by saying, I beg to differ. If someone was to say, I think that, let's see, France has the best fo

Learn the English Phrases "to rub off on" and "to rub someone's nose in it"

Oct 30 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO RUB OFF ON and TO RUB SOMEONE'S NOSE IN ITIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase To rub off on. Now we use this phrase to describe when the behavior of one person starts to be mimicked or copied by another person. Sometimes one person can rub off on another person. So here's a goo

Learn the English Terms "bad attitude" and "positive attitude"

Oct 25 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BAD ATTITUDE and POSITIVE ATTITUDEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term bad attitude. If someone has a bad attitude, it means they think something's going to go badly before it even starts or even while it's happening. Here's a good example. Maybe you go to watch your favorite sports

Learn the English Phrases "more or less" and "less is more"

Oct 23 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MORE OR LESS and LESS IS MOREIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase more or less. In English, when we say more or less, it means almost or sort of. If you asked me if I was done cleaning my house, I might say more or less. That means I have most of the work done. Maybe there's a coup

Learn the English Phrases "fall colours" and "black and white"

Oct 16 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases FALL COLOURS and BLACK AND WHITEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase fall colors. If you live in a country where the leaves on the trees turn a different color in the fall, in the autumn, we call those the fall colors. I'm not sure if you can see behind me, this tree is still green

Learn the English Phrases "to breeze through" and "to shoot the breeze"

Oct 11 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases TO BREEZE THROUGH and TO SHOOT THE BREEZEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to breeze through. When you breeze through something, it means you do it quickly and easily. At school, I had a whole stack of student work that I needed to look at. Well, that truck's pretty loud. I'm not sure i

Learn the English Terms "double whammy" and "double double"

Oct 02 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms DOUBLE WHAMMY and DOUBLE DOUBLEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term double whammy. When we say something is a double whammy, it means two bad things happened right in a row. And I have a good example for you. I was really busy at work, and then when I was done being busy at work, I got

Learn the English Phrases "to plug away" and "to pull the plug"

Sep 27 2024 5 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases TO PLUG AWAY and TO PULL THE PLUGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to plug away. When you plug away at something, it means you work out it slowly and methodically until it's done. It doesn't necessarily mean it's something exciting, either. Sometimes you plug away at things that you don

Learn the English Phrases "on good terms" and "on bad terms"

Sep 25 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms ON GOOD TERMS and ON BAD TERMSIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase on good terms. When you're on good terms with someone, it means that when you talk to them, they're happy to see you. It means that if you see them in the street and they see you, they'll wave or they'll come and talk

Learn the English Phrases "between jobs" and "odd jobs"

Sep 13 2024 4 mins

Read along to practice your English and to learn the phrases "BETWEEN JOBS" and "ODD JOBS"In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase between jobs. When someone says they are between jobs, it means they don't currently have a job. It's kind of a nice way of saying that you're unemployed. If someone says they're between jobs, it means somehow their last job