English Grammar

Like many people, you’ve probably used idioms or phrases like these without giving them a second thought. But if you were to take a moment to step back and learn about them, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to discover the mesmerizing and sometimes outright bizarre origins to these fun sayings! In Why Do We Say That?, we have curated 202 of the most regularly used idioms, proverbs, turns of phrases, and colloquial terms that have the most fascinating backstories. For each phrase, we explain how it was coined, how its use evolved, and how it gained its contemporary use.

Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is a must-listen for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world - if you know where to look.

Wenn du hier gelandet bist, dann wahrscheinlich, weil du mit Englisch endlich anfangen willst — aber richtig. Ohne Schulbuchstress, ohne komplizierte Erklärungen und ohne das Gefühl, dass alle schneller lernen als du. Keine Sorge: Genau dafür ist dieser Kurs gemacht. Stell dir vor, du sitzt entspannt im Auto oder zu Hause… und ohne Druck wächst dein Englisch jeden Tag ein Stück. Ganz natürlich, auf dem Niveau A1 bis A2, also vom echten Anfänger bis zu einem sicheren Grundgerüst, mit dem du dich in Alltagssituationen gut behaupten kannst.

Si estás buscando una nueva forma para enfrentarte a los ejercicios de inglés con toda la teoría gramatical y vocabulario incluidos en un mismo sitio, este es tu audio. Este segundo volumen explica y ofrece una cantidad sustancial de ejercicios orales en cada punto gramatical hasta el nivel avanzado.

What is a palindrome? Listen to this book to find out! Brian P. Cleary will wow listeners with playful rhymes that introduce palindromes - words, phrases, or numbers that are spelled the same forward and backward. Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome? turns traditional grammar lessons on end. Listen and share in the delight of the sense - and nonsense - of words.

What are comparatives and superlatives? After listening to this book, you'll have a much clearer idea and will be the best at forming these descriptive words! Brian P. Cleary explains how these forms of adjectives compare nouns through the cleverest rhymes that are sillier than ever.

What's a contraction? You'll find the answer inside this audiobook - it's brimming with contractions! Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes don't shy away from creatively clarifying the concept of contractions. You won't want to miss the comical cats that reinforce each idea. I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction? turns traditional grammar lesson on end. Listen to this audiobook and share in the delight of the sense - and nonsense - of words.

What are irregular plurals? You'll find the answer inside this book - full of ponies, teeth, potatoes, and geese! Brian P. Cleary's whimsical rhymes give helpful guidelines for forming plurals when the usual rules of adding s or es don't apply. Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What are Irregular Plurals? turns traditional spelling lessons on end. Listen and share in the delight of the sense - and nonsense - of words.

What is a suffix? You'll find the answer inside this audiobook - it's overflowing with wonderful suffixes. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes creatively present the concept of suffixes for young listeners. -Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix? turns traditional grammar lessons on end! Listen to this audiobook and delight in the sense - and nonsense - of words.

Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the audiobook chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including decimate, hopefully, enormity, that vs. which, enervate vs. energize, bemuse vs. amuse, literally vs. figuratively, ain't, irregardless, socialist, OMG, and stupider.

To make it convenient for listeners to learn thousands of words with just one audiuobook and in a span of only two to three months, an attempt has been made in the form of The English Bunny. The English Bunny is a collection of short stories and prides itself on covering close to 2500 words and their meanings. Like never before, The English Bunny is here to revolutionize the way you learn and improve your English vocabulary.

Learn Urdu: A Course Designed for Beginners. Urdu is spoken by over 66 million individuals across the world and is the 11th most widely spoken language in the world. Urdu emerged in Delhi, India because of a combination of Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Hindi, or Sanskrit speaking communities. Urdu was lingua-franca in North and Northwest British India and now it’s a national language of Pakistan. This audiobook offers the learning of Urdu in a modern and relevant context.

"Travel words and phrases in Punjabi". 300 essential words and phrases and the 100 most common verbs. Punjabi is a language spoken in Punjab (India and Pakistan) by about 100 million speakers. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionized: you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list.

¿Quieres aprender gramática para hablar y escribir correctamente en inglés? Aprende con el curso "Inglés - Grammar Master: Grammar Tenses + Grammar Practice - New Edition" que enseña gradualmente todos los tiempos verbales más importantes y las formas gramaticales necesarias para comunicarse correctamente en inglés en el nivel medio y avanzado. ¿Por qué elegir el curso "Inglés - Grammar Master: Grammar Tenses + Grammar Practice - New Edition"? Para perfeccionar su forma de expresión no es suficiente conocer las reglas gramaticales.

An expat's witty and insightful exploration of English and American cultural differences through the lens of language that will leave listeners gobsmacked. In That's Not English, the seemingly superficial differences between British and American English open the door to a deeper exploration of a historic and fascinating cultural divide. In each of the 30 chapters, Erin Moore explains a different word we use that says more about us than we think.

Do you think there's no more to know about homonyms and homophones? This audiobook will prove you wrong! With dozens of laughs per second, the value of the lesson doesn't lessen the second time around. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes creatively present fresh examples of homonyms and homophones for young listeners. A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones turns traditional grammar lessons on end!

Improve your English with this book of prepositional phrases in dialogues. Jackie Bolen has 20 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. With her help, you'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all! With her help, you'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all! This book is written for intermediate English learners.

This audiobook is a fun and easy way to introduce your child to the alphabets, while learning the French language and the correct pronunciation of French alphabets. Written in English and French, with French pronunciation.

Here, you will learn the most popular and effective strategies on how to "hack" into a language and learn it as fast as possible. There is no "one rule fits all" to acquiring a new language. As each language is unique, so is each person and his or her learning style. But with everything that needs to be mastered, there must always be guidelines, and this audiobook will give you the different paths to choose from in your road to learning a new language.

This is the summary of the book going over all of each letter's meanings. It is the equivalent to an index. The Egyptian meaning gleanings are not included.