#201 Shopping & Consumerism

This podcast series is based on the idea that fixing just one or two of the biggest mistakes in your English will have the largest effect. I noticed that students from the same countries always made the same mistakes in English, so let's go around the world and share the biggest ...  Show more

This is Part 2 in my series of comparing formal and casual English, with the aim to make your English sound more natural for everyday conversations. You can listen to part 1 in Episode 388.I give you a list of phrasal verbs and their more formal synonyms while giving examples of ...  Show more

Americans are obsessed with shopping and spending money! Learn some fun slang and useful English words to talk about shopping.  Time Stamps: 1:08  Recommendation of the week 2:30  "Shopaholic" "BOGO" 3:56 "Bargain hunter" 6:44 "Browsing" or "Shopping around" 8:05 "Tighten your b ...  Show more

The holiday season is a time for shopping, which means lots of decision-making. Who will you buy gifts for? How much will you spend? Oh yes, and there's one more decision with Chinese characteristics. Find out what it is in this Chinese lesson. Episode link: https://www.chines ...

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In this episode of the Real Life English with Gabby podcast, we’ll dive into the world of shopping.

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The holidays are here and it's peak shopping season. How do we buy everything we need for others (and...probably mostly for ourselves) without breaking the bank? This week Raj and Noah welcome back HuffPost editor Emily Ruane to talk about how to buy smarter, use right research, ...  Show more