Those podcasts are made by a group of people to help English learners develop their English in a more interesting way. There are 4 categories: Chatter Box (discussing a topic each episode), Curious Questions (answering your questions), Close Up (analyzing everyday conversations), and Catch Word (explaining words and their uses). The PDF files content the transcrips and the exercises that are relevant.
How can a leftover slice of pizza point to a thief? What does an upside-down year have to do with a street address? And why will a turned-around clue catch a cheating treasure hunter?
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Just 50 words tell how Thomas the Tank Engine races Gordon, a big engine, to see who can get to the other side of the hill first. It is ncluded a page of cut-out mini learning cards--one for each word in the story.
Have you ever wondered about the origin of phrases such as "everything but the kitchen sink" and "long time no see"? Then this is the book for you. The Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases is a condensed version of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases concentrating on those phrases that may be found in current use. All of the entries have been rewritten; many are new and 25% are U.S. phrases or of U.S. origin. This will be the "bee's knees" for serious students or lovers of language.
Frequently, catch phrases are not, in the grammarians’ sense, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch phrases, like the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes arise from, and often they generate, the latter.
