English Hack: English Slang–Hump Day

English Hack: English Slang–Hump Day

Hello there, Freedom students.  Yesterday, I said it was “hump day”.  What does that mean?  Well, we use the phrase to talk about Wednesday.  Why?   Well, Wednesday is the middle day of the week.  So, we can imagine that if the week was a hill, Wednesday would be...
English Hack: To Live vs Live

English Hack: To Live vs Live

Hey, Freedom students!  This week’s mini-lesson used an interesting word, so let’s chat about it!   Live (the adjective) is used to describe things that are happening right now, or to describe something that is currently alive.  For example: “We saw a live comedy...
English Hack: Slang–Drama Llama!

English Hack: Slang–Drama Llama!

English Hack: Slang–Drama Llama   Hello there, Freedom students!  This week, we’ve been focusing on an English slang phrase: drama llama.  What does that mean?  Why do we like it?  Let’s find out!   A drama llama is a person who over-reacts to...

English Idioms: Time Flies

Hey there, Freedom students!  Earlier this week, we had a mini-lesson about how quickly time passes!  In English, we have a great phrase for this: Time Flies!  We mean that time passes so fast that sometimes we don’t know where it went.  It simply flew away! Do you...
English Hack: Want to –> Wanna

English Hack: Want to –> Wanna

Hello there, Freedom students!  I’m sure you noticed in this week’s mini-lesson that I used the word “wanna”.  Wanna is how many speakers pronounce “want to”.  We use it so often that we also often type and text using wanna instead of want to. If you wanna sound more...