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How You Can Be Prepared for Any Speaking Situation in English
Welcome back to another special blog + video lesson! [Or, if it’s your first time, welcome to learning outside the box!] As you know, the last few weeks have been extra special here on English Outside the Box, because they focused on your October Learning Plan. This week is unique as well because you are going to…
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English Prepositions of TIME
Let me begin this post by asking you a question. How often do you feel confused with prepositions? Have you ever used the words IN or ON incorrectly? Do you feel confident with English prepositions of time? It is very possibly that you do get confused with prepositions, have used ON and IN incorrectly and…
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Grammar Review: English Gerunds and Infinitives
If you stop to read this post, I promise you will stop being confused with English gerunds and infinitives. I know that it can be confusing to decide whether to use a gerund (verb+ing) or an infinitive (to + base verb) when speaking and writing in English, but luckily there are some basic rules to…
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How to Talk about Love and Dating in English for Valentine’s Day + 25 helpful verbs and expressions
Did you know that the official day of love and romance is right around the corner? Okay, Valentine’s Day might just be a “Hallmark holiday” (which means it was just created by the largely famous greeting card company called Hallmark to make them profits), but we can’t deny that love is in the air around this…
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English Expressions, Vocabulary, and Idioms for Shopping
Today seems like the perfect day to share with you some English expressions and English idioms related to shopping, since this weekend marks the busiest shopping time of the year. Not only do we have Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving, this year marks the 10th anniversary of Cyber Monday, a day dedicated to online deals…
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