Topics: Obesity, greeting people in the United States, terrific, finally vs. eventually أكثر...

Topics: Online dating, Pulitzer Prize winners, sitting duck, pronouncing cheap vs. chip and thank vs. tank, to cross your fingers أكثر...

Topics: How to tip in the U.S., famous American museums, pronouncing “a,” comfortable vs. convenient, “I used to” vs. “I use to,” of course أكثر...

Topics: John McCain, Little League sports, how to pronounce years and hours, using “some” plus a number, to hock, larger than life, to cheat on someone, I might say vs. I can say أكثر...

Topics: Country music, July 4th celebrations, clever vs. smart, you formal vs. informal, college vs. high school, to ride vs. to drive, “Tell me about it!”, to throw in the towel أكثر...

Topics: Newsmagazines, AMBER Alert, reading a map, “Get out of here!”, followed by, “Excuse me” vs. “I’m sorry,” to have something on someone, to teeter on the brink أكثر...

Topics: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Seattle, TV show 24, should be going vs. should go, spur of the moment, slam dunk, relatively vs. extremely vs. tremendously, angry vs. mad vs. upset, off-the-shelf أكثر...

Topics: Popular words in the US media, People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, to make a spectacle of yourself, to go berserk, basically, "I'm whooped," doozy, fault vs. defect vs. error, David versus Goliath أكثر...

Topics: The Da Vinci Code, how Americans pay for retirement, “I could use one,” to hang out, care for vs. care about, tag vs. label, allow vs. permit vs. let, to take the Fifth أكثر...

Topics: News anchors, public school curriculum, Mark Twain, dictionary vs. thesaurus, shortened words (rehab, lab, mag, celeb), "apparent suicide," feature presentation أكثر...

Topics: High school musicals, what a woman looks for in a man, to drive your point home, to call the shots, pilot TV shows, to be debt-ridden, to be in charge, on behalf of أكثر...

Topics: Rich Dad Poor Dad, how the US government works, sneak previews, this/that/these/those, "so to speak," by all means, to begin with, under a spell, down to earth أكثر...

Topics: American Idol, Phoenix, aced out, content or contents?, to delay, if vs. whether أكثر...

Topics: ESL Podcast's Audio Index; news on the Internet; what Americans think about the environment; Capote, Adobe, and Nike; think of vs. think about; "think tank"; when to say good afternoon, good evening, and good night; COB أكثر...

In this special edition of ESL Podcast, we answer your questions about English. أكثر...

Topics: New movie by Spike Lee, Ice Age, how Americans buy groceries, "Catch 22," can vs. to be able to, no longer, period vs. bottom line, "freak on a leash" أكثر...

Topics: Easter bunny, Income Tax Day, immigration protests in the US, actually, zero vs. nil, to be on your last legs, third straight time, despite versus in spite of. أكثر...

Topics: Illinois, checks and bills, periods and full stops, April Fool’s Day, just vs. only, to make up one’s mind, “in the eye of the beholder,” behind vs. beyond, MIA, for vs. on my part, pronouncing sheep/ship, feet/fit أكثر...

Topics: Political parties in the US, How to begin an email, Even vs. odd, Unless, "Six feet under" أكثر...

Topics: Dates for dogs, “Me, too!”, Something 101, I’m game, to hover over, travel vs. trip vs. journey, up to vs. until, “Word up!” أكثر...