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图片1 Are you single or dating someone? Are you in a relationship, but remember your days of dating? This is a fun episode with Harp and Maura talking about dating in North America. They talk about dating rules, some of their own experiences, and r
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In this episode, were doing something a bit different: Were looking at expressions we use in English that arent actually English! English speakers often use certain words from other languages as if they were English. Here, we choose just four, from G
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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图片1 If you want to tell someone to keep something a secret or promise to keep a secret for someone else you can use this expression: mums the word. At first it seems like a strange expressionmum is the word? Weird. But you will see it is not so c
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图片1 If you bite off more than you can chew things might be difficult for you. This expression might sound like it is talking about eating but dont be fooled it is not. Another expression with a similar meaning is to get in over your head. You can
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图片1 Dude! This word is very popular nowadays, especially with young people. You can often hear this word in movies and television shows, or with your Native English speaker friends. It has been around for awhile but young people are using the wor
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Today were going to look at a question about pronunciation. Lets listen to David from Greece. I am having a difficult time telling the difference between cant and can. Their meanings are totally opposite of each other. Help me better understand the p
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