214. The Second-hand Shop (B2 Story)

10/11/2024 22 min Temporada 4 Episodio 214
214. The Second-hand Shop (B2 Story)

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The upper-intermediate phrsal verbs studied in today's episode are:look up to - admire somebody because of their qualitiesfall apart - to break into pieces, probably because it's olddate from - saying how old something is, from what year something isthink sth over - consider something carefullytake on - offer a contract of work to somebodymiss out - not to take advantage of an opportunity which would bring benefitscome across - find something unexpectedly, find something you were not looking for or didn't expect to finddo without - not need something, even though it may or may not help youListen for the phrsal verbs in the story and not down the context. Youbcan find the answers at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-214.htmHere is a link to a Pdf extract from my new book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder" so you can see how it works and how it can help you reach a B1 English level. https://www.practisingenglish.com/pdf/Inchcape-rock-sample.pdf My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams).To about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform):https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning pages.https://www.practisingenglish.com/Be back soon with another podcast!Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and...