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Today’s episode is for Friday, September 10, 2021. Our phrase is ‘justice is blind.’ Justice is blind means that justice is impartial and objective. Whoever comes before justice is treated equally in the eyes of the law. 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/JusticeIsBlind Try a Weekly Thur...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, September 9, 2021. Our phrase is ‘put the fear of God in you.’ When you put the fear of God in someone, you make them very afraid. Often this is done to change their behaviour in some way. 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/PutTheFearOfGodInYou Try a Week...

Today’s episode is a BLAST FROM THE PAST for Friday, June 26, 2020. Our phrase is ‘food for thought.’ Food for thought is any topic that requires serious consideration. If you spend a lot of time pondering something, it's food for thought. 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/FoodForThough...

Today’s episode is a BLAST FROM THE PAST for Thursday, June 25, 2020. We'll be reviewing ‘humble pie.’ When we eat humble pie, we apologize humbly for something we have done or a mistake we have made. Humility teaches us to be better people. 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/HumblePie T...

Today’s episode is for Monday, September 6, 2021. Today, our phrase is ‘lose the plot.’ When you lose the plot, you lose your ability to understand or cope with what is happening. Somebody, please tell a politician. When you lose the plot, you lose your ability to understand or cope with what is happening. Somebody, please tell a politician. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, September 5, 2021. Our phrase today is ‘straighten you out.’ If someone says they are going to straighten someone out, they mean they are going to improve their behaviour. 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/StraightenYouOut Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from A...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, September 4, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘double jeopardy.’ Double jeopardy means you cannot be charged in criminal court for the same crime twice, or face two challenges simultaneously. 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/DoubleJeopardy Try a Weekly Thur...

Today’s episode is for Friday, September third, 2021. Our phrase is ‘cooking with gas.’ The phrase cooking with gas is used by people to mean you are making excellent progress or doing something very well. 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/CookingWithGas Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from...

We're back after our summer break. It was a tough one, but we are relaxed and rearing to go. Today’s episode is for Thursday,　September 2, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘caveat emptor.’ OK, it's two words, but seriously, who's counting? Caveat means "take care." Emptor means "the purchaser." Put them together and caveat emptor means 'buyer beware.' You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Monday, June 22, 2020. Our idiom is ‘be still my beating heart.’ Be still my beating heart is used in romantic situations or when excited about something. It may sound tacky or sarcastic to some people. 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/BeStill...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Sunday, June 21, 2020. Our proverb is ‘all's well that ends well.’ All's well that ends well means that a happy outcome makes up for all of the problems you had to go through to achieve that outcome. 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/AllsWellTh...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, May 27, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘mixed metaphor.’ We have a mixed metaphor when someone uses two or more incompatible metaphors together. Often this mixing sounds foolish or funny. 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/MixedMetaphor Try a Weekly Thursda...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Saturday, June 20, 2021. Our idiom for this day is ‘a nail in the coffin.’ A nail in the coffin means small failures add up to big ones. 'A nail' is a minor fail, and 'the coffin' is a major failure. 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/NailInTheC...

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Friday, June 19, 2020. Our phrase is ‘work smarter, not harder.’ Using technology to decrease workloads while simultaneously increasing efficiency, is what it means to work smarter, not harder. 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/WorkSmarterNotHa...

Today’s episode is for Monday, May 34, 2021. Our phrase is ‘in stereo.’ If you listen in stereo, you hear the same sound coming from two different places. It's the same for seeing & speaking. We can see in stereo. 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/InStereo Try a Weekly Thursday Qui...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, May 23, 2021. Our phrase today is ‘with a vengeance.’ The phrase with a vengeance is used to emphasize how strongly something happens. Vengeance is similar to revenge. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: I also offer FREE 20-minute lessons twice a month for anyone. All you have to do is si...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, May 22, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘overnight success.’ An overnight success is someone or something that becomes successful very quickly. It rarely happens because success takes a lot of work. 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/OvernightSuccess I also...

Today’s episode is for Friday, May 21, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘end up.’ When you end up somewhere it means arriving or finding yourself in a location, situation or condition you never planned for or expected. 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/EndUp Try a Weekly Thursday Qui from A...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, May 20, 2021. Your phrase for today is ‘end of the world.’ The phrase end of the world means a disastrous destiny or at least a very unpleasant few seconds before the explodes into googol pieces. 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/EndOfTheWorld Try a Week...

This is a BLAST FROM THE PAST episode from Thursday, June 18, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘lax.’ To be lax means not to enforce rules and regulations strictly. We must use care, attention and control when following rules, or we'll be lax. 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/Lax Want to k...

Welcome to another BLAST FROM THE PAST EPISODE. This one is from Monday, June 15, 2020. Our phrase is ‘the benefit of the doubt.’ Giving the benefit of the doubt is to believe what someone says or does is right or justified until you have a reason not to believe them. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.ar...

Today’s episode is for Monday, May 17, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘deadbeat landlord.’ A deadbeat is a lazy and good-for-nothing person. Deadbeat landlords will never fix anything that breaks or goes wrong with their apartments. 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/DeadbeatLandlord Want...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, May 16, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘smooth talker.’ A smooth talker is the type of person who can persuade anyone to do anything. They can be very dangerous and take advantage of others. 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/SmoothTalker Want to keep your En...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, May 15, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘hot-desking.’ Hot-desking is an office concept of no one having a dedicated desk. Workers can choose to sit wherever 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/HotDesking I also offer FREE 20-minute lessons twice a...

Today’s episode is for Friday, May 14th, 2021. Our phrase today is ‘between a rock and a hard place.’ To be stuck between a rock and a hard place means to have to choose between two equally impossible or undesirable choices. 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/BetweenARockAndAHardPlace Wa...