Learning English expressions is a great way to increase your vocabulary. If you want to speak English like a native speaker or understand native spoken English, there are many common expressions and idioms that you can learn. Here are several timeless expressions from this week on Twitter. If you haven’t […]
Idioms
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Situation: Two friends are talking about their English classes and studying for tests. Su Rin: How is your English class this semester? Min Hee: Great! We talk a lot in English. I think I’m going to ace the final exam. Su Rin: Really? My class is killer. The professor never […]
Meaning and Use The end is in sight means that something will soon be ending. Usually, it means something difficult will soon be over or a difficult goal will soon be accomplished. We can use it with hang in there as a form of encouragement. If something is in sight, we can see it. […]
화이팅! Hang in there! is a great translation for *some uses of Fighting! (화이팅!) In case you don’t already know this, Fighting! is Konglish. It is not used by native English speakers…unless they are super cool and learned it from a Korean! Hang in there! We say Hang in there! when we want to encourage […]
Real English, spoken by native speakers, is very idiomatic. There are many expressions we use every day that don’t make sense, even if you understand each word. It can be very confusing! Hang in there! You can learn them! That rings a bell!/That doesn’t ring a bell. These expressions aren’t […]
What is an idiom? An idiom is a group of words that has a meaning that is unrelated to the individual words in the group. For example, “It’s raining cats and dogs.” means that it is raining very heavily (lots of rain coming down fast and hard). This idiom is […]