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This podcast will introduce you to common banking terms. If you would like a full transcript of this podcast or additional exercises, please write to us at ESLHCMC@gmail.com Here are some of the most common words used in everyday banking: Money = well if you don't know what money is, I cannot help you, please pause this podcast and seek professional help. Welcome back. Okay now that everyone knows what money is let's move on. currency = specific form of money. Such as dollar, dong, or euro. funds = a sum of money denomination = set numerical series of values of a currency. Such as one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, and one hundred dollars. Cash = physical money to cash = to exchange a check for the specified cash amount bills = physical paper money change = coins, generally of lower denomination. Also the funds not used and returned in a transaction, commonly used as to give change or to make change to make change = to exchange cash denominations

This podcast will introduce you to common American idioms related to the subject of nature. In the first half of the podcast we will review the expressions. The second half is a dictation exercise that will test your understanding of these idioms. If you would like a full transcript of this podcast or additional exercises, please write to us at ESLHCMC@gmail.com Nature is all around us. It is the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the stones we build with. Nature is a complex system that extends from the dark underground labyrinths up to the highest billowing clouds. The sun and moon hold a great influence over nature as well. Our entire world has been sculpted by these forces of nature, by what some call, Mother Nature. Here are just a few common idioms and proverbs related to the wonder that is nature. To reach for the stars = to have high or ambitious aims under the sun = everywhere, anywhere, everything or anything make hay while the sun shines = take advantage of the opportunit

This podcast will introduce you to common American idioms that use the word "black". In the first half of the podcast we will review the expressions. The second half is a dictation exercise that will test your understanding of these idioms. If you would like a full transcript of this podcast or additional exercises, please write to us at ESLHCMC@gmail.com PART I- Idioms a black eye = an eye that is bruised a black spot = a dangerous road or corner where accidents usually happen a black day = an unlucky, sad or miserable day a black book = a list, usually of undesirable, unwanted and sometimes dangerous people a black list = a list, usually of undesirable, unwanted and sometimes dangerous people to blacklist = to be noted as someone to be punished or to be treated cautiously, often noted on a black book or list to be in someone’s black book = to be out of favor with someone a little black book = a list (real or abstract) of one's sexual partners, sometimes with details such as phone numbers a black look

This ESL podcast will teach several idioms using the word "blue" and puts your learning to the test with a dictation exercise. The color blue is one of the three primary colors. Blue has many different shades; such as sky blue, baby blue and navy blue. Blue can be associated with royalty, but it is also the color of the common man. Almost everyone, rich or poor, owns a pair of blue jeans. Blue is, of course, one of the more attractive eye colors. However, if any other part of your body were blue, it would mean something is very wrong. This is evident in many blue expressions and idioms. Here are some commmon expressions using the word blue: to feel blue = to feel sad to turn blue = to become cold to go blue = to become cold a blue blood = someone of the highest social class a blue-collar worker = someone who does physical work, often in a factory to be black and blue = to be severely bruised or to be bruised all over a blue-eyed boy = a man favored by someone in authority the boys in blue = the police