Understand Your English Friends With Free English Lessons

Slower recording here:

Joe Slovenski has been practicing dance for a long time.  His sister is getting married today, and Joe is so happy he wants to paint the town red.  His sister has all the men in town wrapped around her finger, including Joe.  She wants him to dance at her wedding ceremony, like he is in the picture. He practiced for hours, and he thought he had it taped, but the final jump in the dance is very difficult.  His friends think he bit off more than he could chew with that jump. Right now he is practicing the jump outside one last time, but it is not very good.  He certainly rushed his fences when he agreed to do this dance.  Perhaps he will be embarrassed tonight when he finally dances in front of everyone.

 

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Listening, hearing the idiom is much more valuable than reading it if you want to really speak English.

Study hint: First read the list of idioms.  

Second, listen to the story and try to hear the idioms.

Then after you read the story, try to say it yourself out loud.  

Finally, after you can say the story without looking, try listening again. See how much easier it is?

Each story page on this site has a study hint.  Those are the free English lessons.  Practice each story until you have it perfect!