Get comfortable speaking English

Showing 37–42 of 42 exercises

• B22:30

  The risk that paid off

  Tell the story of a risk you took that could easily have gone badly.

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• C13:00

  Years later, you understood

  Tell the story of something that only made sense to you years after it happened.

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• C12:30

  Shades of feeling

  Describe how your attitude to something shifted over time. Use: ambivalent, wary, indifferent, exhilarated, disillusioned, vindicated, at peace with.

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• B22:00

  Wellbeing and habits

  Talk about your health habits. Use: cut down on, work out, burnt out, get into a routine, sleep deprived, in moderation, a lifestyle change.

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• B12:00

  Learning a language

  Talk about learning English. Use: pick up, brush up on, be rusty, a false friend, fluent, come naturally, stuck, a breakthrough.

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• B12:00

  When things go wrong

  Describe a problem you sorted out. Use: come up, deal with, sort out, fall through, a setback, work around, in the end.

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