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Michael Digiacomo Happy English

Learn American English with Michael at Happy English. Fun, practical, and useful English lessons for students of all ages. Learn English idioms, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar American Culture and so much more. Get Happy, Get...

  • 6 minutes 25 seconds
    790 - Using How
    How about this? Let’s look at the word how and see all the ways you can use how to make your English sound more natural. How come? I’m glad you asked that. Because you depend on me to tell you these things. And how!

    There are a lot of basic words in English that have multiple meanings and uses in everyday conversation. One good example of this is the question word how. There are a whole bunch of conversational phrases with how that we use in American English these days, and that's what we're going to talk about in today's podcast. 

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    17 January 2025, 5:05 am
  • 8 minutes 26 seconds
    789 - The End
    Today, I have a podcast for your that’s all about the end. I hope you can stick around until the tail end because by the time we are at the end, you’ll know the difference between in the end and at the end. That should put an end to your confusion. 

    English is a language rich in idioms and figurative expressions. This makes the language both interesting and complicated at the same time. Today, let’s look at some common, conversational phrases that use the word “end.” We’ll start of by looking at at the end and in the end, two phrases that can be hard to get.

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    14 January 2025, 4:40 pm
  • 7 minutes 23 seconds
    788 - It’s Over And Above
    Let me tell you a bit about the setup I have here. First off, I’ve got two clocks in the office. One of them is on the wall above my desk, and the other one is above the whiteboard in the teaching area. I keep a sweater over the back of my chair to put over my shoulders when it gets too cold in here from the A/C.

    We can use both above and over to describe the position of something which is in a higher position than another thing. However, we use these two prepositions differently. In this English lesson, I’m going to show you how you can use above and over in your everyday English conversations. 

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    8 January 2025, 5:05 am
  • 8 minutes 27 seconds
    787 - Is It Bring or Take
    Bring and take. Both of these words can be used in English to talk about moving something or someone from place to place. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, believe it or not, these two words tend to cause headaches for a lot of English learners. For today’s podcast English lesson, let’s have a look at how we use bring and take in everyday English.

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    7 January 2025, 5:05 am
  • 7 minutes 56 seconds
    786 - How We Really Use SAY
    I saw a buddy of mine from high school the other day. It was really nice to catch up with him. He said he’s planing on selling his house. He said he wants to buy a sailboat and then he said he’s gonna sail from California to Indonesia. I said that’s crazy!

    Say is connected to the words we use and the different ways we really use say in daily conversation my surprise you.

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    30 December 2024, 5:05 am
  • 7 minutes 14 seconds
    785 - Six Ways To Use Go Out
    These days, I don’t go out as much on the weekends as I did when I was in my 20s. I remember that in those days, there were a lot of fashion trends that came in and went out. And basically, the only reason we went out is to try to find someone to go out with. 

    It’s time to go out. Actually, it’s time to look at another versatile idiom in English, go out. Let’s dive right in and check out six ways we use go out.

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    23 December 2024, 5:05 am
  • 7 minutes 17 seconds
    784 - Hand Phrasal Verbs
    I love my watch. It’s not a Rolex or anything like that, but it was handed down to me by my grandfather. He was a teacher too and I remember him telling me stories of how he would hand out the exams to his students wondering how many of them would hand it back with all the correct answers. 

    Today we have another phrasal verb English lesson to look at six phrasal verbs with hand. I really love helping you learn phrasal verbs because they are so common in everyday English and using them will make your English sound more natural.

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    18 December 2024, 5:05 am
  • 7 minutes 29 seconds
    783 - Is It Hard Or Hardly
    I’ve been working hard recently. It’s not that this is hard work, it’s just that I have hard schedule. Like today, I hardly had time to eat lunch. Sometimes, I just wish I had an assistant, but it can be hard to find exactly the right person to hire. 

    A lot of English learners tell me that these two words can be confusing, and they’re right. That’s because hard and hardly don’t follow the usual grammar rule. Let's dive in. 

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    16 December 2024, 5:05 am
  • 9 minutes 4 seconds
    782 - Winter Phrasal Verbs
    It snowed hard last night and when I opened the curtains, the windows were frozen over.  It seemed like I was snowed in. But because I’m so snowed under at work, I have to make it to the office somehow. 

    Have you ever been snowed under at work or in school? Do you tend to bundle up before going outside on a cold day?  Have you needed to scrape off the ice from your car windshield recently? Today we’re gonna warm up your English with some winter phrasal verbs.

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    13 December 2024, 5:05 am
  • 7 minutes 53 seconds
    781 - Using Kick
    I had an awesome lunch today. I went for Thai food and had green curry. It had a kick to it, but it was so tasty.  That restaurant is always kicking at lunch time. Actually, I’m kind of on a green curry kick these days. I go there almost every day. 

    When you strike something with your foot, you kick it. So we use kick as a verb, like, let's kick the ball. Hey! Nice kick! Kick is also used as noun. Yeah, nice kick. What an interesting word kick is. Beyond using your foot, we have a lot of other interested uses for kick. Let’s check it out 

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    11 December 2024, 5:05 am
  • 9 minutes 21 seconds
    780 - Using Go For
    As soon as I’m finished work today, I’m gonna go for a walk in Central Park. The park looks so nice after a snowfall. This morning when I walked by, I saw a lot of people who were going for a run. Not me, though. I just went for coffee!

    I’m sure you’ve learned the verb go. It’s a basic verb that lets us move around. Well, go gets a lot more interesting when it teams up with the preposition for. Go for. Today, we’re gonna tackle nine different ways that we use go for. 

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    9 December 2024, 5:05 am
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