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Adnan was looking online for a study English course.  He wanted a short course that would be interesting.  But every course was long and difficult.

He had to start at the beginning for each course.  Sometimes he was repeating things he already knew! 

He found lots of podcasts, but he couldn't understand them.  He found lots of written stories but he couldn't listen to them.  Adnan was getting frustrated because he thought the internet would have a great study English course. 

That was a few years ago. Now, English Listening World can help with this problem.  All the stories are short, written by a native speaker, and you can listen to them.  You can start this course anywhere (there is no fixed order for the lessons), and listen to the stories in any order you like.

A few points to remember when you study':
  1. It is great practice to go online for English listening, and
  2. if you can read to it, that is even better, and
  3. if you can read it while you listen to it,you can practice pronunciation , and
  4. if you can memorize (practice many times) it and say it aloud while you listen to it  you can make the English yours!
 

A Load off Her Mind

Idioms List
1. In a pinch:  if it becomes absolutely necessary, in an emergency
2. Live from hand to mouth:  to have enough money to supply only what is really needed for survival, to be very poor
3. Turn over a new leaf:  to begin to behave well after a period of bad behaviour
4. Hope against hope:  to go on hoping that something will happen when there is no reason to believe that it will
5. Be a load off one's mind:  to be a relief from something that has
been worrying one





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Esmeralda is living from hand to mouth these days.  She used to keep extra money stored away secretly to use in a pinch, but last month her youngest son stole it.  He had done bad things before, but this time she sent him out to find his own place to live.  She was not hoping against hope, however, and discovered this when he turned over a new leaf. He found a place to live and a job and is now working to pay back the money he stole from her.  That has been a load off her mind and even though she does not have much money she is much happier.

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