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Today’s episode is for Sunday, April 18, 2021. Our phrase is ‘take the cake.’ Take the cake is used to describe something as the most remarkable, not in a good way, or most foolish of its kind. 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/TakeTheCake Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, April 17, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘famished.’ To be famished is to be extremely hungry. If that doesn't sound interesting, imagine you are hungry enough to eat a horse. That's famished. 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/Famished Want to keep your En...

Today’s episode is for Friday, April 16, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘plug and play.’ Plug and play means we can plug one device into another, and it works immediately without us having to reconfigure or adjust it in any 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/PlugAndPlay Want to keep y...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, April 15, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘lifesaver.’ A lifesaver is a person or thing that saves your life or something or someone that rescues from an unpleasant situation such as boredom. 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/Lifesaver Want to keep your Eng...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, June 4, 2020. Yes, 2020. It's a chance to redo something you may have forgotten. Our Word of the Day is ‘pang.’ A pang is a sudden sharp painful emotion (a pang of jealousy) or an unpleasant feeling in your stomach (hunger pangs) when you are hungry. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: h...

Today’s episode is for Monday, June 1, 2020. Our Idiom is ‘lead you down the garden path.’ If you let someone lead you down the garden path, you allow yourself to be misled or deceived, but not in a malicious or illegal 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/LeadYouDownTheGardenPath Wan...

Today’s episode is for Monday, April 12, 2021. Our phrase is ‘the end justifies the means.’ The meaning of the end justifies the means is it's OK to use any means, even bad ones, to achieve a goal as long as that goal is good. 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/TheEndJustifiesTheMeans Wa...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, April 11, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘offhand.’ When you make an offhand comment, you say something coolly and calmly without thinking that someone finds it offensive. You also give the impression that you don't care if it bothers someone or not. Read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, April 10, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘peach fuzz.’ Peach fuzz is the very fine, soft, light-coloured hair that begins to grow on a boy's face as they enter adolescence. 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/PeachFuzz Want to keep your English knowledge sha...

Today’s episode is for Friday, April 9, 2021. Today's idiom is ‘read between the lines.’ If you can read between the lines, you can understand the difference between what people say or write and what they actually mean. 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/ReadBetweenTheLines Want to keep...

Today’s episode is for Monday, April fifth, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘green thumb.’ Yes, I know it's really two words. Don't be picky. If someone has a green thumb, they are very good at nurturing plants and making them grow. They often have lovely gardens. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanen...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, April 4, 2021. Our phrase is ‘lift your spirits.’ Something that lifts your spirits causes you to become more cheerful or happy. A sunny day or nice coffee can lift your spirits. 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/LiftYourSpirits Want to keep your English k...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, April 3, 2021. The phrase we're looking at today is ‘in its infancy.’ Something is in its infancy, is still in the nascent stages or just beginning. Technology is continually developing and in its infancy. 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/InItsInfancy W...

Today’s episode is for Friday, April 2, 2021. This time we have a proverb, ‘history repeats itself.’ Nothing occurring now is new. History repeats itself means everything happening now has happened before and will happen again. 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/HistoryRepeatsItself Want...

Today’s episode is for April 1, 2021. The phrase we'll look at today is ‘point of no return.’ Any project you work on will progress to a certain point beyond which it is impossible to stop and when you cannot prevent or avoid its effects from taking place. We call this the point of no return. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred...

Today’s episode is for Monday, March 29, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘pivot.’ To pivot means to move on a point. A door pivots on hinges. When people and businesses pivot they change opinions or decisions. 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/Pivot Want to keep your English knowledge shar...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, March 28, 2021. Our helpful phrase for today is ‘pause for thought.’ When you pause for thought, you take a moment to stop and think or reconsider something carefully because you have doubts. 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/PauseForThought Want to keep y...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, March 27, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘free rein.’ Free rein is the freedom to say or do whatever you like. It comes from letting go of the reins (leather straps) used to control horses. 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/FreeRein Want to keep your Engli...

Today’s episode is for Friday, March 26, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘cold turkey.’ When someone goes cold turkey, they suddenly quit an addictive habit. Often, it's used when someone gives up drugs, alcohol or cigarettes. 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/ColdTurkey Want to keep your...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, March 25, 2021. Our phrase is ‘the odd one out.’ If you are the odd one out, you are different from or not part of a particular group. Being unique is not always preferable. 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/OddOneOut Want to keep your English knowledge...

Today’s episode is for Monday, March 22, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘on the rebound.’ A person on the rebound is often unhappy and confused because a romantic relationship they were in has ended. 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/OnTheRebound Want to keep your English knowledge sharp?...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, March 21, 2021. Today's idiom is ‘put your foot in it.’ To put your foot in it is to accidentally say or do something embarrassing or upsetting to someone. In the US, it's a cooking compliment. 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/PutYourFootInIt Want to keep...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, March 20, 2021. Our idiom is ‘rise from the ashes.’ Rise from the ashes is used to encourage people to be renewed after suffering destruction of some kind, as a phoenix is reborn after burning. 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/RiseFromTheAshes Want to k...

Today’s episode is for Friday, March 19, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘circadian rhythm.’ Your circadian rhythm is the 24-hour sleep-wake cycle that repeats every time the sun rises. It's the rhythm of life. 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/CircadianRhythm Want to keep your English kno...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, March 18, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘branch out.’ Branch out means to begin to do something that you usually would not do. It's used concerning work but can pertain to your personal life. 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/BranchOut Want to keep your E...