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ESL Podcast 692 – Recommending Someone for a Job
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In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “to stop by” and “sharp.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Acting as an Employment Reference.”
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English Cafe 297
Topics: The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Famous Authors: Anne Rice; to generate versus to create versus to make; a tad off target; run-on sentence
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In “What Insiders Know,” you will read about the famous Dracula actor “Béla Lugosi.”
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ESL Podcast 693 – Following a Dress Code
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In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “to pack” and “catch.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Dressing for Business.”
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Thank you Jeff and Lucy, as much as I listen to your podcast the best opinion I have
about your work.
Now reading some of the post that some of our friends write so profusely I have to confess that I have
a lot of difficulties to understand the majority of them.
Sure it is my fault, but there are such a lot of new words and expressions I don´t see in the easy books
or papers I use to read that is too much difficult for me to follow what we are talking about.
Usually I am lost, what a pity.
The worst of all is that I don´t like to use the dictionary so frequently to understand the text, so please don´t be worry
if I try to write a little fewer and less frequently.
Yes, seeing what I see now I am sure that my level is decreasing little by little.
All the best friends.
emiliano
Emiliano ,
It is totally unlike Youri talk like that
The way I know you
You are this positive ,life affirming pal
Keep the atttiude up
And stop beating yourself for what you don’t know
But,be happy for your improvement
Keep up the good work man
Hi! Dear Emiliano, I think ESLPOD team refers and to you when they say “we are lucky to have you as a listener”.
All your posts are very interesting, open-harted and humorous.
We are waiting for you every day.
Tania
What’s up, Emiliano?
I think there isn’t an English game neither in this website among us nor all around the world… The only goal would absolutely be: to feel good ourselves and quiet…
The world is too fast, we must slow down… It’s a very good thing people like you and me – just a little bit less young than the others, a really tiny difference…
– are studying English without pressure…
About dictionary, if you want, I could tell you how I use it at the computer: for exemple, now writing to you, I’ve opened another window like WordReference.com
or other online vocabulary, where I go quickly to seek for words every time I need… It’s a easy way, believe me (there’s English-Spanish too). And if I make mistakes… then nevermind!
I’m sure you all are really kind. By the way, my email is sirjoe.smith@libero.it
“Ciao” my spanish friend.
Sergio
I do think we write too much frequently and it is needed to give more chances to
other friends.
Also living in a not English speaking country to me is very hard to understand your
way of writing, so natural or so difficult, I can´t measure what is the real problem
of the subject.
It should be nicer to me, and it is the second or three time I have told you, if you
use a clear easy English as people like me than are not using English speaking so
frequently like you, have problems to follow some of the new phases and
expressions you are accustomed to use,
Lately I use to pass over the majority of your posts and that is not the right way
of have a good time in the Blog.
That is the matter to consider my first position that I have said above.
I like to enjoy my free time also learning some English but I hate to be
all the time looking at the dictionary.
So long Peter,
emiliano
Dear Emiliano,
I am sorry to hear that our main writer Emiliano wants to reduce his contribution here.
I did write here some months ago saying I wanted to write less. I was tired and I needed to spend more time other things then. But when I saw Emiliano’s writing and when I saw his encouraging words for me, I wrote more and more everyday.
Writing/composing can be tiring, we all should take a break from time to time. Prolonged staring at the screen of our computer or whatever we use to post a message can be damaging for our eyes as well.
I am with you, Emiliano, please don’t free obliged to write here, only write when you feel like it.
We are here to enjoy Jeff and Lucy’s podcast, life is for enjoyment, for ourselves and for our family.
I will continue to read everything you write here, Emiliano, when you write; but I will be thinking of you when I don’t see your writing here.
I know you are reading this blog so I’d better behave and write properly.
All the best to you and Cuca.
Betty
P.S. I had to check the dictionary for the word ‘profusely’ in your message, I would not have learned this word if I did not have your message to read.
Emiliano,
No response yet
I m a bot worried about you
Man,get ur hope high
U r doing well my friend
What is with all these self-inflecting talk
Bro,
Pull your self together ,and Keep on writing,listening ,and checking the dictionary
There is nothing wrong with looking up words
It is what we all do
We are entitled to make mistakes
Emiliano,
No offense,You are talking nonsene
As far as I know Jeff has not set any limitation on the number of comments we can post here
Is not like there is a limit to it
Emiliano
What is the ulterate reason for all this
Has been Any complaints there?
Something does not add up here
You have been with this blog more than all of us
U are a pioneer to this blog man
How come all of sudden you broke down
Does not seem right to me
As Jeff said
There is something wrong with this pic
I m so sorry pall,
I did mean to be a source of any inconvenience or negative feelingS
It has nothing to do with living in an English speaking Country
Man,
You write way better than all my friends combined
They have Been living here for long bro
Take it from me
You are doing very well
I make mistakes like all the time
It is the way we learn man through mistakes
Thank you dear friends, Betty, Tania, Sergio and Peter.
Difficult to explain our feelings or how are we perceiving things in general.
There is a moment that a bit ray of light came to us and see that something is
not going the way we like.
That is my situation now and I would try to explain the subject.
I would like to see more people here, more short comments of friends
that use to read the post and they don´t dare to write just because
we use to write too much and too frequently, so for them is like climbing
a high mountain as we put the level extremely high for them.
(I know this because I have some friends here in Madrid that they have
said it to me).
Also there is something that to me is clear or are my feelings. I think that every
one of us could do our best to have a good time but also improve our
English doing a nice good job, somehow just to transmit a right way of using the language
writing nice an clearly, but also with less strength and less frequently giving
the option to other of trying also to put their short comments and seeing
their names in the Blog list…only five are shown usually.
I sent two or three messages to Peter telling him about my personal
point of view, but I think dear Peter that you see this subject by a
quite different side of mine, what is right as my own opinion is as valid as yours
despite a could not agree with it.
Lately what I have seen is just the contrary of what I would like for this Blog,
in fact five or six of us are monopolizing the Blog and I don´t like to do this at least
for a period of time.
My option is clear, I am not going to monopolize the site for a period of time
being the first in giving an example.
Talking about dictionaries of course, I could use a dictionary, but this is not the question
important to me, despite I don´t like it.
If I need a dictionary to see or understand what is written what it could be for other
friends that are less accustomed than me to read, what really they obtain from
the Blog?, that is the point.
Just a rest I think is necessary to see what happens.
Sorry, sorry and sorry again Peter (specially you) and all other friends, I know it is
complicated of explaining but that are my reasons.
Of course, I am going to be here reading and writing shorter and less
profusely (Betty you are so nice person) giving a chance to other friends and I shall see what is
going to happen.
Yes, I think it could be a good worthy experience for our dear Blog.
So long friends, emiliano
I think emiliano is show us an example. There is no limit but you can limit yourself not to annoy other people with so many comments everyday. But emiliano plese don’t stop. I like your comments very miuch and I rad them always. I don’t write here many times but I read. Don’t stop plese.
Thank you so much Reena, you have got my reasons perfectly well.
Clearly and shortly you have said what I mean.
The Blog is a part of my life, I am not going to give up.
A message like yours is what make me strong to continue and trying to provide
new ideas to improve its good qualities.
Thank you from my heart.
emiliano
Emiliano,
Suit yourself
But,nobody is hoging the blog
Every body can participate
There is no limit to it
Reena,
I can’t undrestand
If a comment is that annoying to you
Just skip it
U don’t need to read it through
You don’t need to go through the comments at all
It is not comments per say that is important ,it is the practice you get
The more you write ,the better you get
Betty,
What Is with all the negative talk
It is totally unlike you
There is nothing tiring about writing
In fact, It is very cheerful
Let me put it another way Betty,
Writing is like driving
Initialy when you start driving ,it is hard and tiring. You must give it a 100 percent. By that I mean you need eye and hand coordination
You must be alert of everything
The cars driving pass by ,the gear changing ,the mirrors check everything
But after a while constant driving ,you don’t even think while driving.Because You have developed a muscle memory for it. Driving has become your second nature. The same principals apply to writing
Keep on writing until it becomes your second nature
No braging, but I can write gibberish Here ,like 10 pages without even thinking about what I m writing
You know why,because I practiced doing so
So ,stopped with the negativity ,and go back to your positive side
Yours
Peter
The discussion we are having here is absurd
Hi Peter, Yes, I understand you, but many people in the whole world started learning driving and gave up after a few lessons. Many people passed their driving test in Hong Kong and stopped driving from the day they passed the test.
I agree with you in comparing driving to learning English. I have many friends whose English is very bad but they will never want to improve it because they simply do not enjoy it.
When I see that they need my help, I always help them with English, but I will not irritate them by asking them to learn more or improve their English.
Does it do anyone any good to force them to learn English? No!
It would not be good to force someone to drive a vehicle neither.
I am sure Emiliano will not give up English. As he said writing on this blog is part of his life, he simply needs a little rest and then he will write even more when he is ready.
I sincerely hope that I do not sound silly by saying the above.
Best Regards
Betty
Emiliano
You never overstep your bounds
The more ,the merrier 🙂
Never may you sound silly Betty, I think you are absolutely right.
All my best to you.
emiliano