Episode #3: Listen to English

Hi everyone!
Here is what I will talk about in this episode:

Techniques

2:00
Oraganize your podcast subscriptions with gPodder
- automatic downloading
- mark as read
- synchronizing (both MTP and MSC)
- Synchronizing
gPodder.net podcasts directory

Phrasal verbs

9:40
cross your mind
if an idea or thought crosses your mind, you think about it for a short time.
Example: The thought did cross my mind that she might be taking drugs.
The idea of failure never crossed his mind.

knuckle down
To start working hard.
Example: I want you to knuckle down to your work and stop worrying about the past. Come on. Knuckle down. Get busy.
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Resources

12:30
ESL podcast
Spotlight radio
podcastsinenglish.com
CBC podcasts and radio

Episode #2: English is not effortless

Hi everyone!
I've created a small web site to organize different stuff that goes beyond this podcast.
You can find more information about spaced repetition software, that was discussed in previous episode.
Here is what I will talk about in this episode:

Techniques

A.J. Hog's Effortleess English
Study English through listening, subscribe to 7 rules for FREE.
Listen to my experience of using it.

Phrasal verbs

Mess up
make a mistake, screw up, get (something) wrong
If you mess up, you do something wrongly or badly, or you damage or spoil something.
Example: The podcaster messed up and point his listeners to the wrong place to study English.
Pick up
collect, get
If you pick something up, you collect it.
Example: Don't forget to pick all resources up before recording new podcast.

Idioms

Cut to the chase
Meaning to get to the point. A movie term from the 1920's, it originally meant to cut from a dramatic scene to an action scene (like a chase).
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Cut pronounces as [kʌt]. Don't follow my mispronunciation! :)

Vocabulary

no one vs nobody
- interchangeable
- no one is more formal than nobody
Example: Because nobody cares, no one likes you

Resources

Diana Tower's web site and social network.
Warren Ediger's web site.