英语博客-北美风情 155、To get it off the ground

Sometimes it can be difficult to get things off the ground. In this episode we are talking about expressions used at the beginning of a new project or plan. We look at to get it off the ground, to get off on the wrong foot or the right foot, and to p

英语博客-北美风情 207、Let’s go to the movies

Movies are an important part of almost every culture on the planet. Theyre made for entertainment, but we can also learn about languages and cultures from them. In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about famous movie quotations that are part of pop c

英语博客-北美风情 206、She has a bun in the oven

In this episode, Mauras friend Melanie visits to talk about slang terms for being pregnant. Melanie is a bit of an expert on this topic, because shes pregnant herself! There are tons of expressions to talk about being pregnant. Some of them are polit

英语博客-北美风情 169、You can’t teach an old dog

In this episode, we look at expressions that tell us that people find it hard to change. You cant teach an old dog new tricks and a leopard cant change its spots are two proverbs that arent really talking about animals. Maura and Harp talk about the

英语博客-北美风情 171、Going down in flames

This was a question from one of our listeners in China: What does the expression to go down in flames mean? In todays episode, were happy to answer that and to give you some other related expressions. In this episode, youll learn about different situ

英语博客-北美风情 172、She has something up her slee

This episode is about having secret plans or tools that you use at a specific time to help you get what you want. At different times in life, we may have something that we need to get and we have information or a strategy to help us get it! The expre

英语博客-北美风情 175、Working like a dog

Many people try their best and put in a lot of effort at work or school. This week, were talking about expressions that mean to work hard. You can work like a dog, work your butt off, or put your nose to the grindstone. As usual, we give you lots of

英语博客-北美风情 176、Who has to go to the bathroom

This week at Culips, our episode is about a topic that most people dont really like talking about. We finally decided to talk about going to the bathroom, including how we talk about it in Canada and other details, like what a restroom looks like ove

英语博客-北美风情 178、Tightwad

No one likes to be thought of as cheap, but some of us just dont like to spend money. Harp and Maura are two of these people! This is an episode about slang terms for people who are always saving their money. Most of these expressions are considered

英语博客-北美风情 181、A light bulb moment

We hope that everyone has some bright ideas in 2012! This episode it about coming up with new ideas and having realizations, and the expressions we can use to talk about this. Of course, were always brainstorming at Culips to come up with new ideas f

英语博客-北美风情 187、Fears

As promised in our New Years episode, here is our episode about fears. No matter where we live or what language we speak, were all afraid of something! In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about a few expressions you might use when you feel scared. T

英语博客-北美风情 188、Blah blah blah

Heres an episode for you about slang that should only be spoken in casual conversations, not spoken or written in more formal situations. These slang expressions replace real words. Blah blah blah and yadda yadda yadda are fun words that people use t

英语博客-北美风情 192、Teamwork

At Culips we work in a team, so heres an episode with expressions used to talk about working in a group. We have a couple idioms that express how positive it can be to work in a group, and one that says sometimes working in a group can cause problems

英语博客-北美风情 190、The proof is in the pudding

Has your English improved lately? The proof is in the pudding! In this episode, were talking about having (or not having) evidence to believe something is true. We look at expressions that can be used to talk about having proof to judge all kinds of

英语博客-北美风情 137、Holidays throughout the year.

图片1 Happy New Year everybody! We hope your 2011 is going very well so far. Now that we have 2011 in front of us, we have lots of other holidays to look forward to. Jessie and Maura do a general overview of the statutory holidays in Canada, when t

英语博客-北美风情 139、Are we on the same page?

图片1 Do you know someone who understands you? Does this person often agree with you or have the same ideas when you are working together? If this is the case, it sounds like you are both on the same page. In this episode we look at that expression

英语博客-北美风情 8、Catching Up Part 2

图片1 Tara and Fred havent seen each other in awhile. In this episode they continue their meeting in a cafe and catch up. And someone walks in on their boss in the washroom! Oh no, how embarrassing! Check out the explanations of all the new vocabul

英语博客-北美风情 92、Slang: Party pooper

图片1 Do you like to go to parties? Are there usually any party poopers? A party pooper is someone who is not having fun and does not create more fun. Another expression that we talk about is a wet blanket. That doesnt sound like very much fun does

英语博客-北美风情 57、Culture: Facebook

图片1 Have you already heard of Facebook? Are you already on Facebook? Facebook is a very popular website and so we wanted to tell you a little bit about it, in case you dont know about it. It is fun to use and helps you stay connected to people yo

英语博客-北美风情 72、Culture: Wedding anniversaries

图片1 Eliza from China emailed to ask us about Wedding Anniversaries. Here we talk about different ways to wish someone a happy anniversary, what couples do on their anniversaries and the special names of some anniversaries. If youre married or not