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Today’s episode is for Sunday, November 7, 2021. Our phrase for today is ‘speak your mind.’ If you can speak your mind you are able to say what you think, even if that means disagreeing with someone else or upsetting them. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SpeakYourMind Try a Weekly Thu...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, November 6, 2021. Our idiom is ‘cast your net wide.’ To cast your net wide means to try to consider as many things as possible to find what it is you are looking for or want. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/CastYourNetWide Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz fr...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Sunday, July 12, 2020. Our phrase is ‘put a stop to (something).’ People in authority often put a stop to something when they want to prevent it from continuing or happening in the first place. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/PutAStopTo Try a...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Saturday, July 11, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘call someone out.’ To call someone out can mean 1) to send for someone to help in an emergency. 2) tell workers to go on a strike. 3) criticize someone. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/CallSome...

Today’s episode is for Monday, November 1, 2021. Our idiom today is ‘under your belt.’ Under your belt means you have achieved something or gained experience. You can also use this idiom when you have consumed something. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/UnderYourBelt Try a Weekly Thurs...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, October 31, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘pig-headed.’To be described as pig-headed means to be stupidly stubborn or refuse to change your ideas or behaviour. It's not a good thing to be. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/PigHeaded Try a Weekly Thursday Qu...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, October 30, 2021. Our word for today is ‘Long COVID.’ Long COVID is when people experience symptoms of COVID-19 and do not fully recover for several weeks or months after their symptoms begin. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LongCovid Try a Weekly Thur...

Today’s episode is for Friday, October 29, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘gobbledygook.’ Gobbledygook is the jargon of specialists that sounds important and official but is unnecessarily difficult to understand. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Gobbledygook Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz fr...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, October 28, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘drive.’ Go-getters and those with resilience cannot do anything without drive because it's the energy and determination to achieve what they want. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Drive Try a Weekly Thursday Qui...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Friday, July 10, 2020. The phrase we are looking at today is ‘throw caution to the wind.’ When you throw caution to the wind, you stop worrying about the risks or consequences of a decision and go for it. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Throw...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Thursday, July 9, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘leap of faith.’ When you take a leap of faith, you believe something that is not very easy to believe. It does not have to be related to religious beliefs. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LeapOf...

Today’s episode is for Monday, October 25, 2021. Today we're looking at the idiom is ‘become poisoned with.’ You can become poisoned with a dangerous chemical, or your relationship can become poisoned with a careless action. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BecomePoisonedWith Try a Wee...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, October 24, 2021. Our phrase is ‘make sense of (something).’ To make sense of something such as an event or situation means to find meaning or coherence in what's going on around us. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/MakeSenseOf Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz...

This episode was published on October 23, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘have a head for (something).’ When you have a head for something, you have the innate ability to understand or deal with something such as mathematics or engines. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HaveAHeadFor Try a...

This episode was published on Friday, October 22, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘false commute.’ A false commute occurs when people who are working from home walk, run or go for a bike ride during the time they usually commute to the office. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/FalseCommute...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, October 21, 2021. Today our phrase is ‘dig in the ribs.’ If you give someone a dig in the ribs, you try to get their attention by using your elbow to nudge them in the side. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/DigInTheRibs Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from A...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Monday, July 6, 2020. Our phrase today is ‘sort itself out.’ When a problem or issue sorts itself out, without the requirement for anyone to use any effort the problem or issue fixes itself. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SortItselfOut Try a...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Sunday, July 5, 2020. Our phrase is ‘bend the truth.’ Bend the truth means to tell white lies which are not untrue, but not 100% truthful either. They exist in a grey zone between truth and lies. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BendTheTruth T...

Today’s episode is for Monday, October 18, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘Mondayitis.’ If Mondayitis sounds like a disease, that's because it almost is. It's a feeling of negative emotions that a person has on Monday morning. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Mondayitis Try a Weekly Thur...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, October 17, 2021. Today our phrase is ‘niggle.’ To tie up loose ends means to complete the parts of something such as projects, tasks etc., that have not been completed. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TieUpLooseEnds Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from Artis...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, October 16, 2021. Our phrase for today is ‘a flash in the pan.’ The phrase, a flash in the pan, can be used to describe a person, event or thing that has a moment of fame but cannot sustain it. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/FlashInThePan Try a Weekly...

Today’s episode is for Friday, October 15, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘in droves.’ The word drove by itself means a large herd of animals moving from one place to another. 'In droves' means in large numbers. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/InDroves Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from Ar...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, October 14, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘breathe easy.’ When you breathe easy, you feel relaxed and relieved. All your anxiety, stress and tension are gone. You feel released and refreshed. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BreatheEasy Try a Weekly Thur...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Saturday, July 4, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘pull through.’ Pull through means that someone with a severe illness or injury or someone who is in a difficult situation will recover. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/PullThrough Try a Weekly T...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Friday, July 3, 2021. Our idiom is ‘hit rock bottom.’ When you hit rock bottom, you're at an extremely low point and unable to go any lower. It may be financially, emotionally or physically. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HitRockBottom Try a...