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Today’s episode is for Sunday, November 15, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘vice versa.’ Vice versa is a Latin term commonly used in English. It means that if one thing is true one way, it's also true the opposite way. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeViceVersa Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes. Vis...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, November 14, 2020. Our Idiom this day is ‘bite the dust.’ One meaning of bite the dust is to end in failure. The other meaning is quite literal. It is falling and hitting the ground. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeBiteTheDust Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes. Vi...

Today’s episode is for Friday, November 13, 2020. Our phrase today is ‘a breath of fresh air.’  A breath of fresh air can literally mean going outside for some fresh air or it can mean a welcome change from routine. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeABreathOfFreshAir Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, November 12, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘summa cum laude.’  The highest Latin honours a university can bestow on a graduate is summa cum laude. It's Latin and means with the highest praise.  You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeSummaCumLaude Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try...

Today’s episode is for Monday, November 9, 2020. Today our phrase is ‘Out of favour.’  When someone falls out of favour, they lose approval or acceptance. Every time a politician loses an election they fall out of favour. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: (http://bit.ly/aeOutOfFavour) Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, November 8, 2020. Our idiom today is ‘a different/new ballgame.’  Describing a situation as a new ballgame or different ballgame means it is completely different from what it was before or was expected to be. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeANewBallgame Want to keep your English knowledge sha...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, November 7, 2020. Today our phrase is ‘slow on the uptake.’  If someone is slow on the uptake, they learn things slowly or take longer to figure things out than others do. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeSlowOnTheUptake Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes . Visi...

Today’s episode is for Friday, November 6th, 2020. Today our phrase is ‘Lord it over.’  People who lord it over us like to think they are better than everyone else, and that gives them the right to tell others, and us, what to do. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeLordItOver Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my...

Oh man, I have a terrible election day hangover! Today’s episode is for Thursday, November 5, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘antsy.’  The 2020 US election made us all antsy. That means we were all worried, excited and nervous at the same time and not in a good way. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeAntsy Want to keep your Eng...

Today’s episode is for Halloween 2020. Our Phrase is ‘come back to haunt you.’ The phrase come back to haunt you means that mistakes and bad decisions of the past can have unforeseen negative future consequences. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeComeBackToHauntYou Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes...

Today’s spooky episode is for Friday, October 30, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘death trap.’  A death trap is something such as a workplace, home or vehicle that is extremely dangerous. In fact, so dangerous that it could kill you. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeDeathTrap Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, October 29, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘bewitched.’  When someone is bewitched, they are either very attracted to something or totally controlled by it. It's like a spell has been put on them. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeBewitched Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Week...

Today’s episode is for Monday, October 26, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘gloss over.’  When we gloss something over, we choose to ignore problems, inconvenient facts or faults to make things progress smoothly or avoid a hassle. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeGlossOver Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Week...

Hey there! Thanks for visiting today. This episode is for Sunday, October 25, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘flip side.’  The flip side is the B-side of a record or cassette tape. It's also the other side of an argument, debate or story. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeFlipSide Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, October 24, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘sugarcoat.’  We sugarcoat things to make them seem more positive, pleasant and palatable or to fool people into doing something they'd rather not. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeSugarcoat Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Qu...

Today’s episode is for Friday, October 23, 2020. The phrase today is ‘every man and his dog.’  The phrase 'every man and his dog' means a lot of people. You'd think, though, that it should be every one and their dog also to include women. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeEveryManAndHisDog Want to keep your English knowledge...

Welcome to the episode! Thanks for dropping by. This one's for Thursday, October 22, 2020. Our idiom today is ‘a dog's age.’  A dog's age just means a very long time. It's more a statement of fact rather than a statement with a negative nuance. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/ae-Dogs-Age Want to keep your English knowledge s...

Hey there! Thanks for visiting. Today’s episode is for Friday, October 16, 2020. Our phrase today is ‘what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.’  What doesn't kill you makes you stronger means you should embrace hardship and difficulty because it strengthens you for future challenges. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeWhat...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, October 15, 2020. Our topic is ‘keep your eyes on the prize.’  To keep your eyes on the prize is to you maintain focus on your goal and refuse to be distracted by problems and setbacks. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeEyesOnThePrize Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Q...

Today’s episode is for Monday, October 12, 2020. Our Phrase today is ‘throw you a curveball.’  If someone throws you a curveball, they do or say something that gives you an unexpected challenge or disrupts the way things typically work. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeThrowYouACurveball Want to keep your English knowledge...

Today’s episode is for Sunday, October 11, 2020. Our phrase today is 'what makes you tick.'  I have a deep question for you. What makes you tick? In other words, what are the reasons you behave the way you do? You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeWhatMakesYouTick Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes...

Today’s episode is for Saturday, October 10, 2020. Our phrase today is 'all bets are off.'  Predictability is nice and cozy. When things are unpredictable with any degree of accuracy, English speakers will say all bets are off. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE : or by copying and pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeAllBetsAreOff Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try m...

Today’s episode is for Friday, October 9, 2020. This time we have an idiom, 'off the bat.'  The idiom off the bat originates in America and means immediately. In baseball, a player runs immediately after the ball bounces off the bat. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying a pasting this link: http://bit.ly/aeOffTheBat Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my...

Today’s episode is for Thursday, October 8, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘shell out.'  When a high cost is unexpected or unwanted, that's when we think we are shelling out. Everyone wants good value for money at the lowest price. You can read along as you listen by following this link : http://bit.ly/aeShellOut Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my weekly quizzes. Visit ArtisanEng...

Today’s episode is for Monday, October 5, 2020. The phrase today is 'rose-coloured glasses.'  To look through rose-coloured glasses is to unrealistically maintain a positive attitude while intentionally ignoring the negative things. You can read along as you listen by following this link :  http://bit.ly/aeRoseColouredGlasses Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try a Weekly Quiz....