Hi, I wanted to say thank you for your videos. In June, I had a CAE exam for which I’ve learned a lot in this year. Your videos helped me with that, especially my speaking skills could improve thanks to you. I recently received the results and I passed with 196 points. I’m very happy with this and actually surprised that it went out so well. For this reason, thank you for providing such valuable content for English learners of all levels, you’re a great teacher
Hi, Ben! I shared my statement of result in your Instagram DM's. I am very happy with my results: 204 overall, 210 UOE, 204 Reading, 200 Speaking, 201 Listening, 203 Writing! Thank you so much for all the tips and advice. Your RU-vid channel is outstanding!
Hi Ben! Recently I have passed CAE exam at grade C, not my best but I was scared of not passing it at all, and I wanted to genuinely thank you for your help! 😊
I love this video! It reminded me about my English teacher Keneward, who helped me with the desert and dessert spelling. For those who know German, just make a connection between the two languages like that eat = eSSen, you eat the deSSert. No more drama from that moment on 😂 ❤ At some point, we have to start building bridges between the languages we know little or more about. Any stories behind the word origin turn the learning into understanding as well. ❤
As a person who has been completely head over heels with the English language (Brit) for about 20 years, and consider myself an anglophile from Argentina, I cant thank u enough for this video, this content, the lesson, the phrases, the info in nuances and etymology of the words. Wow! Im at a loss for words. You've made my day. Ive never heard nor read thesenphrases, and I spend all day everyday reading, watching and listening English, my Mancunian friend used 1 of these haha now I guess he tries to keep it simple for me. I LOVE learning this kind of things. I enrolled in your course last month and I enjoy answering the quizzes in the chat, learning nuances in the lessons and watching the videos to improve my writing skills bc my goal is to write a book someday and I want to do it in English as well. Bang for the buck indeed!! Thank u, Ben! Keep up the brilliant work and please keep these kind of videos coming! And no... Im not overreacting, ppl! 😂😂 I am THIS happy w this video. 🩵
Hi Ben! First of all thank you for another video. As you know I am preparing for the CPE and when you publish a new video of vocabulary I write the words you teach us because they are an excellent way to gain points in the speaking and also your videos are really entertaining. Take care!
I loved this vid. I usually like your videos but I especially enjoyed this one. Quick question though: He got just his just deserts and he had it coming could be considered similar expressions? I try to keep my vocabulary up to date using couples.
Hi Ben I gave a short shrift to your latest video but I wait with baited breath for your new course. For all your effort, much more followers is what you just desert😂(I really didn't want to make a negative sentence). Thanks fot this amazing video, you were both fantastic, loved it. Most of all I was chomping at the bit to learn more English expressions to widen my horizon.😊
Well done, Sabine! Great use of the fossil words 👏 (Two little corrections: "I gave short shrift to..." and "many more followers is your just deserts")
Could you please explain a little more about, what is diffrent between " Shebang and Caboodle"? For exemple, Can I use 'Shebang' word in a sentance like you've said "When I moved house, I took the whole shebang in a van"?
Hi Ben! Very interseting the class ...ang thanks Craig to share too. Really I have never listened to theses words and idioms? Are they used in diary situations?😊
Hi Ben, I want to take your premium package. End of September I will be taking the C1 exam, however, I am aiming for C2 but my language school currently does not offer it. Shall I choose the C2 package to practice the higher vocabulary level or rather stick to C1 because the exams vary too much? Thanks a lot!
Hi. You should enroll on the course corresponding to the exam you're going to take. Although the exams have many similarities, there are also some significant differences, especially in the speaking and writing papers. If you complete the C2 course but take the C1 exam, you will not be fully prepared. Let me know if you have any more questions.
.. I am so scared of using these nice new expressions I've learnt with my American colleagues and be laught at, or not understood, because maybe they are things only a brit would say.. 😅
Getting across your point with a lot of verbiage is a bit of overkill, especially on a RU-vid video. While I get your point of expressing your ideas with technical and overly formal words to use them and practice, register is important. Some of these words have very specific meanings, and their connotation varies, for example platitude imo has a far more strong connotation than, say, cliché, which is what you meant when you remarked upon Ben's examples.
