Epic meaning: a long story or something very impressive
An epic is a long story about heroic events. In informal English, epic can also mean very large, difficult, or impressive.
Travel and making plans
Listen for the details that help people make plans. Replay a short section when a time, place or action is unclear.
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Future continuous: actions in progress at a future time
Use will be plus an -ing verb for an action that will be happening at a future time. For example, This time next week, we will be staying near the coast.
How to learn English quickly: a realistic practice plan
To learn English faster, choose one clear goal and practise it regularly with understandable input, active use, and feedback on your recurring mistakes.
Learn English online: choose a routine you can keep
Choose a small weekly plan with separate time for input, use, and review. For example, listen to a short recording on one day, write a reply on another day, and return to useful words at the end of the week.
Modal verbs for advice and recommendations
Use should or ought to plus a base verb for ordinary advice: "You should call first." Use had better plus a base verb when the advice is urgent or a bad result is likely: "You'd better call first."
Odd one out quiz: compare word groups and explain your choice
Read all the words, look for the strongest connection between most of them, and choose the word outside that connection. In bus, train, bicycle, and sandwich, sandwich is the odd one out because the other three are forms of transport.
Phrasal verbs with look: meanings and examples
Learn look phrases as complete units. Look after means take care of, look for means try to find, look forward to means wait happily for something, look into means investigate, and look up means find information.
Place and time in sentence order
When a sentence gives both place and time, put the place expression before the time expression in the usual neutral order. Keep the main verb and any object together first: We left the keys on the desk after lunch.
Stubborn meaning: use, tone, and helpful alternatives
Stubborn means unwilling to change an opinion, plan, or action, even when other people try to persuade you.
Suit or suite: clothing, fit, and connected rooms
Use suit for matching clothes or for something that fits or is suitable. Use suite for connected rooms or a related group of things.
Unless: state an exception or condition
Use unless to mean if not when one condition changes a result. Say, Unless the road is closed, we will take the usual route. The usual route is the plan, and a road closure is the exception.
Wanna and gonna: informal spoken English
Use wanna only as an informal way to say want to, and use gonna only as an informal way to say going to for a future plan. They show relaxed speech, not standard spelling. Write the full forms when the situation needs standard English.