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+ ED rule for the past. Brush -> brushed, cook -> cooked, repair -> repaired.

Phrases/words to note : naughty, shy, literally, five minutes AGO, step away from…, good, fluffy, not short in the confidence department, Seriously?, crazy, battle, fight, huge. “Welcome, everybody. I'm Deborah Ingram, your host, and today we have more Action from the Cats. Misha, you can't want feeding again. I fed you literally five minutes ago. Really? You get away from the cat? Yeah, I know, I...

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Deb does DIY, ok , I prepare for doing it ;) Transcription: “Good morning everybody, DebOnAir here. How was your weekend? I went to the local DIY center because my plans changed because of all that rainy weather. It was horrible, wasn't it? But it gives us a good piece of new vocabulary. DIY, do it yourself. All those projects, making a shelf, etc. Where you need wood, nails, all those things. DIY...

Phrases to look for: It has become a habit. Practise what you preach. What a great enrichment it has brought to my life. The moral of the story. Transcription: “Hello there, everybody, how are you doing? DebOnAir here, and today it's Friday. And it's now part of my routine on a Friday that I begin my day with an hour of yoga at my local fitness studio, Galaxy, and with the lovely Carl. It was not...

Question: What is a quirky habit you have? Answers from Doris, Mystery man Banksy and Gorana and me. Transcript: “Welcome to DebOnAir, everybody. This one's a special recording, so it's longer. It's a weekend edition. And it's about a night with my friends at my house with pizza and podcasts. We decided to get together to do a few podcasts and then go out. And in the end, we just stayed in, did po...

Choosing pizzas is not easy… Transcription: “Hi there everybody, DebOnAir here. Hope you're having a great day. Remember that podcast we did about what's your favorite pizza topping? Well, here we have what happens when you get exactly the same people together for an evening, and we try to order pizza. I hope it's easier at your house. How many points or stars? It's got 4.5. And it takes delivery...

Deb buys 4 croissants for the price of 3. Transcription: “Hi there everybody. Deb on Air here. And today we look at bargains. Everybody loves a bargain, but I'm not sure I'm the right person for these special offers. The other day, they had one for buy four laugen croissants, and I thought, oh, that's a good deal. So I bought four laugen croissants. I thought, that'll be good. I can have one every...

The difference between the two phrases “in common” and “common” . Transcription: “Hi, guys, DebOnAir here. Hope your date is going really, really well. And if not, I hope I can make it better. Okay, today, I thought I'd look at a piece of vocabulary that people sometimes have trouble with. And that is the phrase, in common. In common is not the same as the word common alone. If I say, what do we h...

A nice phrase (ok, not THAT nice😆) for your vocabulary. Transcript: “Good morning, everybody, DebOnAir here. How are you doing today? I thought I'd tell you a little story from yesterday. A bird flew into my kitchen yesterday, and Mika, my cat, well, let's put it this way, within three seconds, it was no longer flying, but in Mika's mouth. But in another two seconds, Mika was in my hands, and so...

What is a pub quiz? “Hello and welcome everybody to DebOnAir. Tonight in honour of St. Patrick's Day, we're going to talk about the Pup Quiz. So come along, everyone. Picture yourselves in a friendly pub where people gather together to play a game. We call it the pub quiz, and it's a lot of questions, trivia questions mostly, about all sorts of things. And we get into teams to figure out the answe...

Catastrophe at the Breakfast club and discussion about gaining / putting on weight. Transcription: “Welcome to DebOnAir Breakfast Club. It's full of action today. This has no connection to my cleaning the oven episode. The potatoes are OK. Yes. English Breakfast Club. So that was our breakfast club for today. We set fire to nearly half the kitchen, and we ate a great deal, and we also discussed sp...

Back to work (and the gym) after a lazy holiday. Transcription: “Hi there, everybody, DebOnAir here. How was the long weekend for you? Did you enjoy the sunshine? I certainly did. I spent most of my weekend in the garden. But now, it's Tuesday and it's back to work time. How has your morning been so far? I have written a few emails. I have prepared the Johnny's Pub Quiz for Thursday, where we all...

Did you know the name of this holiday in English? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Transcription: “Fascinating fact. Do you know what we call the long weekend holiday we've just had in English? We call this Whitsunday. And it was Whitsunday, and yesterday was Whit Monday. It's a short form of White Sunday. White Monday. Ah, there you go. Interesting nugget of information for today. Stay tuned now for today's episode. Bye...

A typical mistake in English. Transcription: “Hi, guys, DebOnAir here. Yesterday, we talked about ways to express fun, interest, pleasure, enjoyment. I like dance-ing. I like cook-ing. I like plus-ing. OK, now then, hands up everybody who thinks you can also say, I like to dance. I like to cook. And it means the same thing. It's wrong. Sorry. It doesn't mean the same thing. Like to normally comes...

I like dancING . Me too. Transcription: “Hi guys, welcome to DebOnAir. So yesterday, I said, I like gardening. Now, that's very interesting. It's very important to say what we like and we don't like, and after it, we need an extra ing. So, what do I like? I like dancing. I like doing yoga. I like gardening. Talking about what you like doing is a great thing for conversations, because if I say, I l...

Vocabulary : Spade, dig, herb garden, raspberry bushes, flower beds. Transcription: “Hello, everybody, and welcome to DebOnAir, Deborah here. Once again, the sun is shining, and it's another beautiful day this morning. How is your week going so far? Today I'm digging in the garden. It looks like this is my new hobby. Gardening! Yep, I have found out I quite like gardening. Talking about interests...

An attempt to improve my Instagram knowledge. Transcription: “Hello, everybody, it's DebOnAir here. Hope your day has been good, if it's already at an end, or is going well if you are in the middle of it. Today, I am trying to sort out how to use Instagram and be a better student for Gaurana. So far, I have discovered, I do not know the difference between a story and a post. And I have no idea if...

Early start! Red sky at night… Transcription: “Good morning, everybody, DebOnAir here. How are you doing this morning? It's a very early start for me. It's about five o'clock. The sun is thinking about coming out. I see red sky over to my right. Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning, is a saying in English. This basically means that red sun sets, good wea...

How to express a day off work. Bank Holidays. Transcription: “Hi there, guys. DebOnAir here. How you all doing today? Yesterday was a holiday. And did you take today off work? Today is a Friday between a Thursday holiday and a Saturday Sunday weekend. In Austria, you call that a window day. We don't really have this term in English, but we can ask questions like this. Have you taken an extra day o...

Planning a trip to go for a walk with some vocabulary many people get a little bit wrong! Go for a walk, go by bus, drive, sunbathing, we will meet (not with us!!!! ) Transcription: “Good morning, everybody. DebOnAir here. How are you today? Today, the sun is shining, and we have Breakfast Club. But because the weather is so fantastic, it's Breakfast Club on the road. We are going to Mödling in Lo...

Deb goes kamikaze and explains the 3 main tenses in under 2 minutes 🤣. Transcription: “Good morning everybody, DebOnAir here. Wow, I have had a crazy couple of weeks. I don't know about you, but tomorrow it's a holiday in Austria. Woohoo! Yesterday, I was at the pub, so I went to the pub, and I drank a coke. I say drank, because the word drink goes drink, drank, drunk. It has three forms. So in g...

A friend of MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS Transcription : “Hi there everybody, DebOnAir here again. I just wanted to say one or two things about today's episode, Tuesday lunchtime. Good vocabulary and an exciting piece of grammar. Let's have a quick look at one particular piece of vocabulary that was in that episode. And that is a friend of mine. Not a friend of me, it's a friend of mine, a...

So far I have written a few emails VS. Yesterday I went out. Transcription: “Hi there everybody, DebOnAir here. How are you doing today? It's lunchtime here with me on a Tuesday afternoon, or yes, it accounts as the afternoon. We've got past 12 o'clock, and I am just looking at my plans for the rest of the week. So far today, I have written a few emails, and I have made a few telephone calls. And...

Alternative version of cleaning the oven for all those language learners who love a crazy challenge! Look out for some wild, wild, wild vocabulary! Transcription: “Welcome, everybody, DebOnAir here to The Battle Against the Oven. Today, we are going on an epic escapade to try and clean my filthy oven. At least, I think it's my oven under there. I'm armed with sponges, sprays, and elbow grease, and...