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  • 860 - Saturday Short- Wanna, Gonna, Gotta

    860 - Saturday Short- Wanna, Gonna, Gotta
    2025/08/16
    Welcome to another Saturday Short, your quick tip for speaking English naturally. Today, let’s talk about three super common words in spoken English:

    👉 Wanna, Gonna, and Gotta

    Now, you won’t find these in a textbook, but native speakers use them all the time in conversation. Today, we'll see how they work.

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    2 分
  • 859 - American Culture - County Fairs

    859 - American Culture - County Fairs
    2025/08/15
    Have you ever been to the county fair? Those events have the whole nine yars, including the food. Yeah, that fair food is a total gut-buster, but it sure does taste good!

    Today, I want to give you a little behind-the-scenes tour of what an American fair is like, and at the same time, we’ll learn a few really natural, fun expressions that go along with the fair experience.

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    11 分
  • 858 - How to Say You Don’t Know in English

    858 - How to Say You Don’t Know in English
    2025/08/13
    Somebody asked me the other day how many phrasal verbs there are in English. That’s a tough question. So I said, beats me. And then she said, but you’re an English teacher. I dunno. I have no clue. How many phrasal verbs are there? Who knows!

    Native English speakers have a lot of ways to say at they don’t know. Today, I want to share some fun and natural ways to say “I don’t know” — the way native speakers really talk.

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    9 分
  • 857 - Lindsay From All Ears English

    857 - Lindsay From All Ears English
    2025/08/11
    I'm so excited to bring you my chat with Lindsay McMahon, the founder and cohost of the All Ears English Podcast. In this podcast English Lesson, you'll hear a natural English conversation between two native English speakers. We're talking about life in Japan, cultural differences and similarities, how things have changed in 25 years and how things have stayed the same.

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    20 分
  • 856 - Saturday Short - Saturday Short - What Does Turn Down Mean?

    856 - Saturday Short - Saturday Short - What Does Turn Down Mean?
    2025/08/09
    Hey there! It’s Michael here — and welcome to the very first Happy English Saturday Short.
    Every Saturday, I’ll be here with a quick, one-point English lesson to help you build your vocabulary, fix common grammar issues, and to help you sound more natural when you speak. These lessons are short — just a minute or two — but packed with practical English you can start using right away.

    So let’s kick things off with a useful phrasal verb: 👉 Turn down. There are a number of meanings for turn down but for today, we use turn down to mean refuse or say no to something. Like, “I had to turn down the job offer because it was too far away.” When Eddie asked Jenny to go to the party, she turned him down. Last night at the restaurant, they offered me a second slice of chocolate cake, and… yeah, I didn’t turn it down!” 😅 No surprise there, right?

    So how about you? What’s something you turned down recently? Leave a comment below, on the blog, or come tell me on Instagram @happyenglishny — and don’t forget to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s Saturday Short. Thanks for listening — and until next time, keep learning and keep it cool.

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    2 分
  • 855 - Speaking Naturally – Sentence Stress and Emphasis

    855 - Speaking Naturally – Sentence Stress and Emphasis
    2025/08/08
    Sentence stress. It’s not the kind of stress, that keeps you up at night. And in fact, it’s not anything bad at all. It’s an essential part of English!

    And when I say sentence stress, I’m not talking about being stressed out about learning grammar. I’m talking about how we say certain words louder, longer, or more clearly — and how that changes the feeling, and sometimes even the meaning, of what we’re saying.

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    10 分
  • 854 - Beach Life – Sunscreen, Umbrellas & Snacks

    854 - Beach Life – Sunscreen, Umbrellas & Snacks
    2025/08/06
    Are you ready to pack a picnic and have some fun in the sun? Before calling it a day, check out today’s English lesson podcast all about beach life, part of our summer series on American Culture.

    We’re gonna talk about beach life, which could be the beach at the ocean or a lake, and to some degree even the neighborhood swimming poll. Along the way, I’ll show you five idioms and phrases that match the sunscreen, beach umbrellas, and beach snacks theme: fun in the sun, catch some rays, pack a picnic, chill out, and call it a day.

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    11 分
  • 853 - Speaking Naturally – Thought Groups and Pausing

    853 - Speaking Naturally – Thought Groups and Pausing
    2025/08/04
    Just because you’re speaking fast, doesn’t mean you’re speaking fluently. Fluency is not about speed. Fluency is about rhythm. It’s about sounding natural — with the right pauses, the right tone, and the right feeling.

    Today, I want to help you speak more naturally by focusing on something that native speakers do all the time — even if they don’t realize it. And that is: Thought Groups.

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    10 分