This week we have a bit of a silly episode focused on the pronunciation of the 'f' sound.

Episode 87 covers more pronunciation.

You can find the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/N2BZg718a-8 Note: I filmed this video before the American election so...sorry, hopeful moment included😨😭 I'll explain it in the video but the words we're covering this week are: Fond, Find, Fund, Fend, Fanned And Fill, Full, Fall, Fell, Fowl/Foul The phrases we'll review are: To bid a fond farewell To fend for yourself To find yourself To fan the flames To fill your cup (and my cup runeth over) To fall foul of something To fall over/He fell over To fell a tree A foul fiend/A foul mood Additional Vocabulary A cheeky one - showing a lack of respect or politeness in a way that is amusing or appealing - in this case because my final word doesn't follow the first rule I set for myself. To fall into obscurity - to go from being relevant to no longer being relevant, important To trip us up - of course this might mean actually falling over, but we can also mean getting into trouble or making something more difficult or harder to succeed at. To put something in our way - to put an obstacle or situation in the way and make something harder. Personification - giving human characteristics to something that isn't human I hope this is fun and useful for your pronunciation. Let me know if you'd like more pronunciation videos. #emmaseslenglish #english #englishpronunciation

This week we're looking at animal idioms. Surprisingly there's not as many of these as you might imagine (there's far more of the body part ones from last week!) This weeks idioms are: A frog in your throat: Have you got a cold? It sounds like you've got a frog in your throat. As mad as a box of frogs: Watch out for that one, he's as mad as a box of frogs. At a snails pace: Come on! Let's go! You always walk at a snails pace! Watch like a hawk: Careful, he's watching you like a hawk. The world is your oyster: Just remember, the world is your oyster. Hold your horses: Wait! Hold your horses! We're not in a hurry! Pet peeve: Being late is one of my pet peeves. Additional Vocabulary: erratically - doing something in an unpredictable, random or even dangerously irregular way predictably - doing something in a way that we can figure out what will happen next homing pigeon - these are birds who have been trained to find a particular location, they are often in races to see which birds get home fastest. Mad as a box of ferrets - idiom - used just like 'mad as a box of frogs' to mean someone or something is crazy Mad as a hatter - idiom - as above, same meaning and use. Slow coach - idiom - used to mean someone is always going slowly Bird of Prey/ hawk - large birds who hunt small animals or other birds, in the UK our biggest bird of prey is the Golden Eagle in Scotland, you can now commonly see Red Kites in Wales and Southern England after a very effective reintroduction program a few years ago. #emmaseslenglish #english #englishgrammar #englishidioms #englishidiomsandphrases

This week we're learning some English idioms that use body parts! There are SO many of these so do Google for more if you'd like. I mentioned Rob Words, here's his YouTube video trying to trace English back through time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeAx3QZ7eRs Episodes 179 and 180 of this podcast both talk about the different influences on English and why it's so complicated. There is an English Idioms playlist on my YouTube page if you'd like more. Today's idioms are: A list as long as my arm: I've got a list as long as my arm of ideas. Give the cold shoulder: It was going great, but suddenly she started giving me the cold shoulder. Don't hold your breath: Look, I know you want an answer but everyone's busy so don't hold your breath. To breathe down someone's neck: I know he want's it, he hasn't stopped breathing down my neck since Tuesday! At the top of your lungs: Hey! Calm down! There's no need to yell at the top of your lungs! Joined at the hip: Oh those two, they're in the honeymoon phase, always joined at the hip! Additional Vocabulary all the ins and outs - idiom - all of the little details going/blowing/running hot and cold - idiom - sometimes likes you sometimes hates you so it's difficult to know how they really feel Ghosting - a modern term referring to when someone is talking and everything seems fine and then suddenly disappears, mostly used for acquaintances or people you met online Finite - something that is limited Honeymoon phase - idiom - refers to the very happy time after someone gets married or starts a new relationship when their partner can do no wrong Lovey-dovey - English phrase describing people who seem very much in love. #emmaseslenglish #englishidioms #englishidiomsandphrases #englishvocabulary