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Skills
Episode 02 - Tom's party
Starting Out Episode 02

Sammy chats up Julia at Tom's party. What does he get from her?

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Grammar
Present Perfect

Read the grammar explanation and do the exercise.

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Vocabulary
Meals and cooking
Vocabulary exercises – Meals and cooking

Do these exercises and learn words to talk about meals and ways of cooking food.

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Business English
Episode 02
You're Hired

After firing the sales director, Phillip and Marcia discuss some job applications and the interview format.

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12 July, 2018 - 07:07
Hello walaa, Olivia already knows that Harry has a lot of job offers so when she says 'More?' she is expressing surprise that he is still looking. She is effectively saying 'You're looking for more...
from: Series 1 Episode 3 - Kicked Out!
12 July, 2018 - 07:07
Hello SonuKumar, As you say, 'take place' is an intransitive verb so it would not be used with a passive meaning. Please note that we generally do not deal with sentences taken from elsewhere as we...
from: Participle clauses
12 July, 2018 - 07:07
Hello saadat.f, I would say that beginning with "Dear Professor...' is the safest option here. It really depends upon your relationship, however, and that is something I cannot judge. Remember that...
from: Unit 4: Starting and finishing emails