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Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "bathers".Yes, you'll be hearing a lot of Aussies say this slang word especially during the summer season!Can you now figure out what it means?Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast!Here's another epic chin-wag episode for you mob!Meet Kyrin Down from Brisbane, Australia!Kyrin studied mining engineering at an Australian university. He then went on to work for Rio Tinto, a giant mining company.And all of a sudden, he threw all that away and chose to travel around the globe.He went around South America and Asia, fell in love with someone from Colombia - and he's not even 30 yet!Watch and listen in today to learn what it's like living in Brisbane, what stoicism is about, and why you should not focus on achieving happiness all the time.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this weekly episode of the Aussie English podcast!I will teach you all about the English expression "have a bone to pick with someone".No, you don't have to be holding a bone in your hand when you say this expression. With this English expression lesson, I will also be telling you about Australia's own dinosaur!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast!When speaking, native English speakers tend to shorten or contract words.In this case, the auxiliary verbs AM, IS, and ARE can be contracted with pronouns without changing their meaning.Mastering these contractions will make you sound more natural. You will also gain a better understanding of what native speakers are trying to tell you.First, I will teach you the correct pronunciation for the auxiliary verb (am, is, are) and the pronoun.You will learn how each of them should be sounded out when they are contracted together.There will be three examples provided for each contracted pair of the auxiliary verb + pronoun.Find a good spot where you can practice your pronunciation. Focus on how the sounds change and pay attention to the intonation.Let's get into this!Contraction #1: Am IContraction #2: Are YouContraction #3: Is HeContraction #4: Is SheContraction #5: Are WeContraction #6: Are TheyContraction #7: Is ItSo, how did it go for you?Did you get to the end of this lesson?Check out this link right NOW! 👉👉👉 https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/apc33Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "a basket case".You may have heard of this before. In a song? Yes, that metal-heady song perfectly describes the slang term "a basket case"!Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast.These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs.In today's episode, I am going to teach you all about the English expression "have balls".You and your funny brain are thinking of male body organs, isn't it? Surprise, this expression does have something to do with it!This week's exciting story is about a "ballsy" teenager who drove away a bear to protect her dogs -- there, you see the word "ballsy"?This episode is packed with real life examples on where and how you can use the expression "have balls".Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast!Here are 11 awesome, fair-dinkum, true blue Australian English phrases that you can use in your everyday conversations!For each phrase that I will talk about, I will explain the meaning of each phrase so that you have a true understanding of what it means.Also, I will be giving you situations where you can use each phrase - in real life English conversations.As a bonus, I will be telling you synonyms for these phrases - so you don't 'overuse' what you learn today.Oh, and another bonus, I'll remind you how to pronounce the words correctly. Note that some of these phrases are being contracted; the sounds are shortened; so that you sound just like a native English speaker.00:00 Start00:54 Phrase #1: Are you kidding?02:33 Phrase #2: As if!04:18 Phrase #3: That's epic!05:57 Phrase #4: No worries!07:51 Phrase #5: Tough luck.09:29 Phrase #6: Catch ya (later)11:07 Phrase #7: Sorry12:32 Phrase #8: What's going on?14:02 Phrase #9: Chugging along15:19 Phrase #10: I'm wrecked.16:05 Phrase #11: I'm going to bailStart practicing these on a daily basis, don't forget to download the FREE worksheet and make up your own sentences for each.As an added CHALLENGE: try to come up with a scenario where all 11 phrases are used correctly. No, it doesn't have to be in order (hah, tough luck on that!), as long as the story makes sense, of course!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "give it a bash".Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs.In today's episode, We are going to talk about two naked Aussies who got caught naked in the bushes!Yes, two buck-naked men recently got lost in the Royal National Park. SES (State Emergency Services) had to be called in and search for them. And so they got fined $1000 each for not following the travel restrictions.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast.These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs.I am going to teach you about the English expression "in the belly of the beast"!Do you remember the children's story about Pinocchio's dad getting swallowed by a whale?We got someone who experience just that in 2021.In this episode, I will tell you the meaning of the expression, how the expression came about, give you situations where you can appropriately use the expression. Also, I will talk about whales in Australia and introduce you to Migaloo!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!