English Plus with Danny

In Vocabulary Builder 20 | The Lewis and Clark Expedition episode, you will learn the words: alliance, bewilder, buffoon, controversial, dishearten, fruitless, hostile, inflammable, inflict, malignant, mortify, orthodox, procure, scurry, sodden, spirited, virtual, void, wayward, and wince. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-20-the-lewis-and-clark-expediti...

In Vocabulary Builder 19 | The Art of Speaking Out episode, you will learn the words: animated, brood, culminate, downright, drone, goad, indulge, ingredient, literate, loom, luster, miscellaneous, oration, peevish, seethe, singe, unique, upright, verify, and yearn. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-19-the-art-of-speaking-out/ Practice, learn more and en...

In Vocabulary Builder 18 | Life on the Range episode, you will learn the words: available, cater, customary, dissuade, entrepreneur, firebrand, hazard, homicide, indifference, indignant, indispensable, lubricate, mutual, pelt, plague, poised, regime, retard, transparent, and unscathed. Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patr...

In Special | What Are Collocations episode, you will learn everything you need to learn about collocations. What are collocations? Why do we need to learn them? And how best to learn collocations in English. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/special-what-are-collocations/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Commun...

In Vocabulary Builder 17 | Mammoth Cave episode, you will learn the words: foretaste, humdrum, interminable, and trivial in the context of the story Underground Majesty. Find the full transcript of this episode along with interactive activities and downloadable PDF activities on my website: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-17-mammoth-cave/ Also, learn the full list of 20 new words on...

In Grammar | Past Simple and Past Continuous episode, you will learn about the past simple and past continuous and all the differences between them. We will talk briefly about forming them but we will focus more on using the past simple and past continuous. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/grammar-past-simple-and-past-continuous/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time o...

"In Idiomatic Expressions | Proverbs episode, you will learn about proverbs used in conversations as idioms. You will learn about some proverbs used in positive situations, negative situations, and other common proverbs. Episode Notes/Transcript & Quiz Link Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/idiomatic-expressions-proverbs/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.c...

In this episode, you will learn the words: wistful, prosecute, wholesome, data, pessimist, and encounter in the context of an inspiring story about a school that did make a difference. Learn more words and get the full transcript of the episode along with interactive and PDF downloadable activities on my website: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-16-making-a-difference/ Practice, lear...

In this Vocabulary Builder 15 | Zydeco episode, we will learn the words: abstain, accommodate, amalgamate, glum, responsive, and transform. Learn more words and get the full package on my website. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-15-zydeco/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patre...

In this Vocabulary Builder 14 episode, you will learn the words: adhere, deter, empower, supplement, surge, and trait. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabualry-builder-14-mary-cassatt/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dannyballan Support the show Support our miss...

In this Vocabulary Builder episode, you will learn the words: abduct, ambiguous, balk, compact, confer, earmark, frigid, implement, incalculable, indisputable, intensive, maneuver, sabotage, scant, stealthy, strapping, strident, thrive, titanic, and valiant. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-13/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://english...

In this Vocabulary Builder episode, you will learn the words: burly, distort, extinct, fossil, inevitable, and prevail. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-12/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dannyballan Support the show Support our mission to keep...

In this Grammar episode, we will conclude our small series about the present continuous and the present simple and we will talk about some advanced uses of the two tenses. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/grammar-present-continuous-and-present-simple-3/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon htt...

In this Literature episode, we will talk about the Odyssey by Homer. We will talk about the plot, the character, and the main themes in this immortal book from Greek literature. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/literature-the-odyssey/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.patreon.co...

In this Understanding Human episode, we will talk about the key traits of human personality—extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and honesty-humility. We will talk in detail about what these traits mean and the main characteristics of the people who score high or low in these personality key traits. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/unders...

In this Vocabulary Builder episode, you will learn the words: abominable, bumbling, consequence, delude, dole, engulf, foil, formulate, initiative, memento, nonconformist, null and void, panorama, posterity, pry, refurbish, resourceful, rigorous, subsequent, and unerring. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-11/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on h...

In this Poetry episode, you will listen to five poems: Not Black from Chaos, I Wanna Outrun the World from Identity, The Social Bluff from The War Edition, Come Take Away from Juno, and Mighty Ulysses from The Scream. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/poetry-whats-wrong/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Communi...

In this Heroes episode, we will talk about Odysseus, the trickster hero and what makes Odysseus an unforgettable hero that is still a source of inspiration today. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/heroes-odysseus/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dannyballan Support...

In this Essential Guides episode, we will talk about the French revolution, one of the most influential events in modern history. We will talk about it starting from the causes of the revolution to its aftermath. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/essential-guides-the-french-revolution/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our l...

In this Education episode, we will talk about the global challenge to educate and why that matter is never a simple one and why there can never be one fits all solution for global education. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/education-the-global-challenge-of-education/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community...

In this Grammar episode, we will compare the uses of the present continuous and the present simple. We will learn about the more advanced uses of the two tenses. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/grammar-present-continuous-and-present-simple-2/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.p...

In this Literature episode, we will talk about Homer's Iliad. We will talk about the plot, the character, the themes, and much more. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/literature-the-iliad/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dannyballan Support the show Support our miss...

In this Understanding Human episode, we will talk about how our human nature is related to evolution and how that leads us to behave in ways that are not in our best interest. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/understanding-human-the-evolution-of-human-nature/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patre...

In this Vocabulary Builder episode, you will learn the following words: avenge, cede, deluge, discretion, giddy, impact, intimidate, liberate, logical, misrepresent, optional, outright, rendezvous, rotund, saunter, sluggish, subordinate, tint, variable, and verge. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/vocabulary-builder-10/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://e...

In this Vocabulary Builder episode, we will learn the following words in context: consistent, endear, exploits, figment, jocular, portray, scenario, spoils, ultimate, and unflagging. Episode Notes/Transcript Link: https://www.dannyballan.com/word-power-1/ Practice, learn more and enjoy your time on https://englishpluspodcast.com Support our learning Community on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dan...