Bob's Short English Lessons

If you want to learn English with short easy-to-understand lessons then you've come to the right place. I'm Bob the Canadian and I make videos on Youtube (Just search for "Bob's Short English Lessons" on Youtube!) as well as podcasts right here to help you learn English. Four times each week I upload a short English lesson with a complete transcript in the description. During these lessons I teach one or two curious phrases from the English language and answer a listener question. Thanks for joining me and I hope your English learning is going well!

Bob's Short English Lessons is a education podcast hosted by Bob the Canadian, with 485 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Bob the Canadian hosts Bob's Short English Lessons, a education show with 485 episodes published.

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  Learn the English Phrases "scarred for life" and "That's going to leave a scar!"

  May 30, 20254 minS0

  <p>Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases SCARRED FOR LIFE and THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK / SCAR!</p><p>In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase scarred for life. Now, this is a more serious phrase, and we use it to talk about when something traumatic happens to someone and it's something that they will remember for the rest of their life. I guess the best example would be this. When I was a kid, we were sitting, waiting for a lift, bridge to come down, and...

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  Learn the English Phrases "to put a damper on something" and "a wet blanket"

  May 23, 20255 minS0

  <p>Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO PUT A DAMPER ON SOMETHING and A WET BLANKET</p><p>In this English lesson, I wanted to teach you the English phrase to put a damper on something. When you put a damper on something, it means that you make it not fun. Or something can also put a damper on something else. Right now, the weather is putting a damper on Jen's ability to plant things. It's been raining for two days, and that has, certainly put a damper on progress on the farm...

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  Learn the English Phrases "to put together" and "to pull yourself together"

  May 21, 20254 minS0

  <p>Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO PUT TOGETHER and TO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER</p><p>In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to put together. When you put something together, it means there are pieces. And then you attach all the pieces together with glue or screws or nails or something like that.<br/><br/>If you're wondering what the noise is, Jen's driving by in her gator, which kind of cracks me up because one of the last comments was that there was too much...

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  Learn the English Phrases "the wrong side of the bed" and "to make the bed"

  May 16, 20254 minS0

  <p>Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED and TO MAKE THE BED</p><p>In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to get up on the wrong side of the bed or to wake up on the wrong side of the bed or to get out of the wrong side of the bed. There's a lot of different variations to this phrase, but basically it means that you're in a bad mood. If I was crabby and cranky...

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  Learn the English Phrases "to sugarcoat" and "a coat of paint"

  May 14, 20254 minS0

  <p>Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SUGARCOAT and A COAT OF PAINT</p><p>Hi. I'll teach the phrase in a moment. I just got to get my gas pumping here. And then I will get started on the phrase to sugarcoat. Let me see here. Almost ready. There we go.</p><p>WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"<br/><br/>If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadian<br/><br/>Well, hi. In this English lesson, I wanted...

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