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This is a short introduction to the English conversation lesson, Career Pivot . I'm sure you'll find it engaging and insightful.    You can access the webpage for the lesson Career Pivot  here:  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LessonCareerPivot     At ArtisanEnglish.jp, we emphasize enabling students to improve the sophistication of their English through meaningful communication while rece...

Toss and turn : toss and turn is a term used to describe the restless and uncomfortable movements people make while trying to sleep.   https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TossAndTurn     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the firs...

Come to think of it : Using come to think of it in a conversation indicates we have had a new thought or realization about something we hadn't considered earlier. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/ComeToThinkOfIt     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve thei...

This is a short introduction to the English conversation lesson, Consciousness. I'm sure you'll find it engaging and insightful.    You can access the webpage for the lesson Consciousness here:  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LessonConsciousness     At ArtisanEnglish.jp, we emphasize enabling students to improve the sophistication of their English through meaningful communication while re...

Pooh-pooh : when you pooh-pooh something, you say it is not practical or a foolish idea. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Pooh-pooh     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to perfect your English ability. Take a F...

Posterity : posterity refers to future generations, the people who will come after us and inherit the world we leave behind.  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Posterity     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to p...

Turn the other cheek : to respond to an offence or injury with kindness rather than retaliation. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TurnTheOtherCheek     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to perfect your English a...

An eye for an eye : the idea behind an eye for an eye is that justice should be served in a way that is proportional to the crime that was committed.   https://links.artisanenglish.jp/AnEyeForAnEye     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabul...

In stitches : have you ever laughed so hard that you thought you were going to split open? That's what it means to be in stitches!  Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to perfect your English ability take a F...

Foolhardy : foolhardy people are brave but foolish. They take unnecessary risks and either wind up dead or place other people's lives in danger. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Foolhardy     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  T...

Calculated risk : A calculated risk is a decision made after carefully considering the potential disadvantages and benefits. It is not a reckless decision.  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/CalculatedRisk     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English v...

Cash in hand : cash in hand refers to instances when people receive cash for selling a good or providing a service instead of digital payment or a cheque. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/CashInHand     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabul...

Live to tell the tale : to survive a dangerous or challenging situation and be able to talk about it afterward.  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LiveToTellTheTale     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to perfec...

Smartphones are ubiquitous in society: Everybody has one. The use of smartphones in schools ultimately comes down to how they are used and regulated by the school and its staff. We can ban technology, but at what cost? Once the cat is out of the bag, you cannot put it back in. Instead of banning smartphones, perhaps we should be teaching children how to use them effectively.    You can access the...

Like it or love it, every culture has old wives’ tales. The term is not meant to be derogatory; it’s the truth. Since time immemorial, women have been the keepers of knowledge and wisdom and passed that down to the next generation of women. Life is what it is, and the truth is what it is. Humanity has survived as long as it has, in no small part due to old wives’ tales.    Old wives' tales : s...

We all daydream. The mind wanders, and suddenly five or ten minutes have gone by, and we have lost track of time. As children, we were told not to daydream in class, but what if I told you daydreaming is beneficial and necessary? Apparently, it is. That's why I have created a lesson about it uniquely called Daydreaming. I'm sure you'll find it engaging and insightful.    You can access...

Suitor : a suitor is someone who courts or woos a man or a woman or seeks to marry them. The person you are dating or who asks you out is a suitor. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Suitor     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take...

Hunt-and-peck : to type the same way a chicken eats - find something, peck it and then look for the next one and peck that. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HuntAndPeck     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to p...

This is a short introduction to the English conversation lesson, Carbon Capture & Storage . I'm sure you'll find it engaging and insightful.    You can access the webpage for the lesson Carbon Capture & Storage here:  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LessonCarbonCaptureAndStorage     At ArtisanEnglish.jp, we emphasize enabling students to improve the sophistication of their English...

Get the hint : Get the hint is commonly used when someone is trying to communicate something indirectly, but the recipient isn't picking up on it.  ttps://links.artisanenglish.jp/GetTheHint     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary....

Breadwinner : a breadwinner is a person who brings home a salary to their family. If a family is a two-income family, then both parents are breadwinners. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Breadwinner     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabul...

This is a short introduction to the English conversation lesson, National Productivity. I'm sure you'll find it engaging and insightful.    You can access the webpage for the lesson National Productivity here:   https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LessonNationalProductivity At ArtisanEnglish.jp, we emphasize enabling students to improve the sophistication of their English through meaningful co...

Heinous : when something is heinous, it is beyond the definition of ordinary wrongdoing and has crossed into the territory of the truly reprehensible.  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Heinous     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary. ...

Shortcoming : A shortcoming is a fault or failure to meet a certain standard. It could be a character flaw in a person or errors in a plan or system. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Shortcoming     Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary....

This is a short introduction to the English conversation lesson, Dreams.    You can access the webpage for the lesson Dreams here:  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LessonDreams     At ArtisanEnglish.jp, we emphasize enabling students to improve the sophistication of their English through meaningful communication while receiving 100% error correction and detailed after-lesson written feedback.     ...