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🎯 Say aloud: “Hi, I’m [your name]. I’m learning English to improve my communication.”
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Open full lesson and review steps →Listen to a short coffee order, then answer the two questions aloud or in your notebook.
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Customer: Hello. Could I have a medium coffee, please?
Barista: Of course. Would you like milk or sugar?
Customer: A little milk, please, but no sugar.
Barista: Is that to drink here or to take away?
Customer: To take away, please. I am on my way to work.
1. A medium coffee.
2. No. The customer asks for a little milk but no sugar.
📝 Write 3–4 sentences about a personal mistake and what it taught you.
Start with: “One time, I misunderstood…”
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Browse all words →/ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt/
To free people from control or restrictions that limit their rights, choices or opportunities in life.
Learn this word →/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
To get a response, information or a reaction from someone, often by asking questions or prompting them.
Learn this word →/ɪˈɡriːdʒiəs/
Extremely bad and noticeably unacceptable, especially when describing a mistake or someone's behaviour.
Learn this word →/ɪˈklektɪk/
Combining ideas, influences or styles from a wide range of sources instead of following just one.
Learn this word →/dɒɡˈmætɪk/
Insisting that your beliefs are correct and should be accepted, without properly considering other views or evidence.
Learn this word →/daɪˈvɜːdʒənt/
Different from one another, especially when opinions, interests or developments have moved in separate directions.
Learn this word →/dɪsˈpæʃənət/
Considering something calmly and fairly without allowing strong personal feelings to influence your judgement.
Learn this word →/daɪˈɡres/
To move away from the main subject while speaking or writing and begin discussing something else.
Learn this word →/ˈdɪfɪdənt/
Lacking confidence in yourself and therefore feeling shy or hesitant about expressing your views or abilities.
Learn this word →/daɪˈkɒtəmi/
A division into two sharply different groups or ideas that are presented as opposites.
Learn this word →Read the meaning and example, then try the idiom in your own sentence.
Browse all idioms →Meaning: Extremely useful or helpful.
Example: Our patient volunteer coordinator is worth her weight in gold.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: Have a difficult or demanding task ahead of you.
Example: We have our work cut out if we want to finish before Friday.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: A person who appears friendly or harmless but hides a harmful character or intention.
Example: The charming adviser in the novel turns out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: Avoid someone or something, or keep well away from them.
Example: We gave the noisy café a wide berth and found a quieter place to study.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: Everything involved in a situation, including all the extras.
Example: They organised music, decorations, food and games—the whole nine yards.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: Young and inexperienced.
Example: I was still wet behind the ears when I joined my first project team.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: Show your emotions openly instead of hiding them.
Example: I wear my heart on my sleeve, so everyone knows when I’m excited.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: In a difficult situation.
Example: Without a spare key, we would have been up the creek.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: For a very long time.
Example: We could discuss the title until the cows come home, but we need to choose one.
Learn this idiom →Meaning: Controlled or strongly dominated by someone else.
Example: In the story, the committee is under the wealthy patron’s thumb.
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