Bob's Short English Lessons
If you want to learn English with short easy-to-understand lessons then you've come to the right place. I'm Bob the Canadian and I make videos on Youtube (Just search for "Bob's Short English Lessons" on Youtube!) as well as podcasts right here to help you learn English. Four times each week I upload a short English lesson with a complete transcript in the description. During these lessons I teach one or two curious phrases from the English language and answer a listener question. Thanks for joining me and I hope your English learning is going well!
Episodes
475 episodes
Learn the English Phrases "mistaken identity" and "identity crisis"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY and IDENTITY CRISISIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase a case of mistaken identity. When you say that some...
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Episode 469
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4:20
Learn the English Phrases "past their prime" and "prime time"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases PAST THEIR PRIME and PRIME TIMEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase past their prime. When you say someone is past their prime, it mean...
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Episode 468
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4:23
Learn the English Phrases "a textbook example" and "to set a bad example"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE and TO SET A BAD EXAMPLEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase a textbook example. When something is a textbook exampl...
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Episode 467
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4:33
Learn the English Phrases "mutually beneficial" and "the feeling is mutual"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL and THE FEELING IS MUTUALIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you understand the English term mutually beneficial. When something is mutually be...
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Episode 464
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4:18
Learn the English Phrases "sight unseen" and "out of sight, out of mind"
Preply is a great way to find an English conversation partner. Use this link http://preply.sjv.io/e1gM5D to get 50% off your first lesson or use code BOB50 at checkout. In my experience Preply is a grea...
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Episode 463
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4:14
Learn the English Phrases "My heart skipped a beat!" and "a hop, skip, and a jump"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT and A HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMPIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English expression my heart skipped a beat. Now this can be us...
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Episode 462
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4:22
Learn the English Expressions "That's the way it goes sometimes!" and "It is what it is!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES SOMETIMES and IT IS WHAT IT IS.In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English expression, that's the way it goes sometimes. This ...
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Episode 461
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4:39
Learn the English Phrases "bound and determined" and "to be bound to"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BOUND AND DETERMINED and TO BE BOUND TOIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase bound and determined. When you are bound and determined to ...
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Episode 460
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4:18
Learn the English Words "airhead" and "airball"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English words AIRHEAD and AIRBALLIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English word airhead. Now, this is not a nice word. This is a word you use to talk about someone...
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Episode 459
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4:22
Learn the English Phrases "in the dark" and "a shot in the dark"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases IN THE DARK and A SHOT IN THE DARKIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase in the dark. When you are in the dark, it means you don't know a...
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Episode 458
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4:24
Learn the English Phrases "wishful thinking" and "to think big"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WISHFUL THINKING and TO THINK BIGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase wishful thinking. Wishful thinking is when you think positively a...
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Episode 457
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4:15
Learn the English Phrases "to work well with others" and "a team player"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO WORK WELL WITH OTHERS and A TEAM PLAYERIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to work well with others. When you are working and you a...
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Episode 456
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4:39
Learn the English Terms "heavy hitter" and "heavy heart"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms HEAVY HITTER and HEAVY HEARTIn this English lesson, I'd like to help you learn the English term heavy hitter. When you say someone is a heavy hitter in a certain area, it...
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Episode 455
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4:25
Learn the English Phrases "might as well" and "freezing rain"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases MIGHT AS WELL and FREEZING RAINIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase might as well. We use this phrase when we're saying that we should ...
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Episode 454
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4:39
Learn the English Word "one" and the phrase "a good one"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English words ONE and the phrase A GOOD ONEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn some interesting ways to use the word one. We can use the word one sometimes in sentences ...
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Episode 453
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4:48
Learn the English Phrase "to edge out" and "a double-edged sword"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO EDGE OUT and A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORDIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to edge out. When you edge someone out, it means you pass them...
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Episode 452
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4:21
Learn the English Words "schemozzle" and "bamboozle"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English words SCHEMOZZLE and BAMBOOZLEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the word schemozzle. When there is a schemozzle, it means that something is a mess. Let's say y...
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Episode 451
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4:18
Learn the English Phrases "to bottom out" and "from the bottom of my heart"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO BOTTOM OUT and FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEARTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to bottom out. So whenever something is going down, l...
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Episode 450
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4:26
Learn the English Sayings "the carrot and the stick" and "to stick your neck out"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THE CARROT AND THE STICK and TO STICK YOUR NECK OUTSorry, I had to put my glove on using my mouth. It's a Canadian technique. I think I showed you that before. But supe...
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Episode 449
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4:32
Learn the English Phrases "the calm before the storm" and "to storm off"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM and TO STORM OFFIn this English lesson, I wanted to teach you the phrase the calm before the storm. Now, you can use this literally to talk ab...
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Episode 448
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4:22
Learn the English Phrases "to lay low", "to lie low", and "a low blow"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO LAY LOW, TO LIE LOW, and A LOW BLOWIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrases to lay low or to lie low. This is one of the situations whe...
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Episode 447
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4:25
Learn the English Phrases "You're seeing things!" and "Seeing is believing!"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases YOU'RE SEEING THINGS and SEEING IS BELIEVINGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase you're seeing things. We say this to someon...
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Episode 446
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4:23
Learn the English Phrases "to takes sides" and "from all sides"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO TAKE SIDES and FROM ALL SIDESIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to take sides. Now I'll tell you this. It's actually better to not...
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Episode 445
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4:21
Learn the English Phrases "to sink in" and "sink or swim"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SINK IN and SINK OR SWIMIn this English lesson, I want to try and not freeze my butt off and also teach you the English phrase to sink in. When something is allowed ...
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Episode 444
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4:21
Learn the English Phrase "Happy New Year!" and the word "gingerly"
Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase HAPPY NEW YEAR and the word GINGERLYWell, in this English lesson I just want to say Happy New Year. I do have another phrase or word here to teach you. There's a couple...
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Episode 443
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