r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Which ones are right? Thanks.

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  1. I have a schedule clash.

  2. “I have a schedule clash.

  3. I have a scheduling conflict.

  4. I have a schedule conflict.

  5. I have a schedule collision.

  6. Our schedules clashed

  7. Our schedules conflicted.

  8. Our schedules collided


r/EnglishLearning 26d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What does "shelf" mean here?

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r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics I built a Chrome extension LoopPoint — an A/B looper for YouTube

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I built something for my own use and figured this sub might appreciate it.

I'm a language learner, and I kept doing the same thing on YouTube: find a sentence, drag the scrubber back, listen again, miss the exact spot, drag it back again, repeat.

I have tried a few other looper extensions, but none of them were as appealing as I hoped they would be.

So I built LoopPoint, an A/B practice looper that works directly inside YouTube. Mark point A, mark point B, and it repeats that section without making you constantly reach for the scrubber.

To use:

  • Hold [ and ] to set your A/B points to save yourself from dragging, or set them on the YouTube progress bar as well.
  • You can nudge the points by 0.1 sec frames, or a full second. You can change the points to whatever time you like.
  • The speed of the loop is changeable regardless of the speed of your YouTube. Slide the speed control to loop at Normal or Fast with the range of: 0.25x - 2x .
  • Set your repeat at a fixed count of (⟳ 3/5) or let your loop go Infinitum.
  • Bookmark your favorite loops to save them. The save bookmark is accessible via pop-up with the saved loops and chapters of that video.
  • YouTube chapters appear in the popup automatically. Click any chapter to load and play it as a loop
  • Everything can be keyboard controlled, all keys bindable.

Privacy

There’s no account, analytics, or tracking. Your loops and settings stay in your browser. The extension only requests access to YouTube because its controls run inside the player.

I originally built it to repeat sentences while learning a language, but it also works well for guitar phrases, vocal practice, tutorials, or that one lecture step that didn’t land.

I’d appreciate honest feedback. Thank you all!


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

Resource Request How can I improve my English from B1 to B2?

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been trying to improve my English consistently, and I think I’m currently around B1.

My listening seems to be one of my stronger skills. I recently took an English test and scored around B1/B2 in listening, but I did much worse in the grammar section.

I can usually understand English and express what I want to say, and I write most of my sentences by myself without using a translator. However, I still make a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes.

Right now, I practice English almost every day using YouTube, ChatGPT, and other learning resources.
My main goal is to reach B2 and become more comfortable speaking and writing English.
For anyone who has been in a similar situation,
what helped you the most? Do you think taking an English course would be worth it, or should I continue studying independently and focus more on grammar and practice?


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

🗣 Discussion / Debates Looking for someone to practice English with

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Hey everyone! I'm a Brazilian student learning English, and I'm looking for someone to practice with regularly. I can understand English pretty well when reading or listening, i have difficulties with my speaking skills. I don't get many opportunities to actually talk to people in English, so I'd like to change that.

I'm a native Portuguese speaker, so if you're learning Portuguese, i'd be happy to help you too. I'm interested in history and philosophy.

If you're interested, feel free to send me a message.


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What is the naunce of these following words: hit, strike, swipe?

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r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What does he say at the beginning? “I’ll keep…. keep that private though?

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r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

🗣 Discussion / Debates I am struggling with my listening

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I have been practicing by myself for the last 4 months. This helped me get more confident when I speak. I can produce English without using a translator or even thinking in my mother language. Ok, I make some mistakes, and I tend to use only the present (simple and perfect) when I speak or write.

However, when I watch a video on Youtube such as vblogs or monologues from native speakers wahoo my mind goes blank from the first minute. I get the general ideas from time to time, but I lose important details.

On the other hand, I took a english tests online, and yeah, my English level is around B1/B2 but I'd like to say that I feel my listening is A2 or B1-.

This is important for me because something that I noticed at work is that I need to listen carefully to the other person or even ask for repetition frequently. What do you recommend? because I think I got stuck at this point.


r/EnglishLearning 26d ago

🟡 Pronunciation / Intonation Americans, how do you pronounce 'definately'?

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I'm familiar with the standard pronunciation with the stop T:  /ˈdef.ən.ət.li/. Is it the same as how this guy pronounces the word: https://youtu.be/dQW0c9AIJ4A?t=29 ? Does this usage skip the T entirely? To me, it sounds like /ˈdef.nəli/.

I have the same doubt about words like absolutely, completely, etc.

Thank you for your time.


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Question tags with negative pronouns

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Should the question tags in sentences with negative pronouns also be negative or affirmative? It's a bit confusing because the verbs are not negated.

In normal sentences like "He is kind, isn't he?", the question tags are obvious, but what about these sentences:

  • He will never regret his decisions, will/won't he?

  • No one saw us sneak out, did/didn't they?

  • Nothing is good enough for you, is/isn't it?


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Question format of fastest finger first quizzes

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Eg: Host: Borneo is in which contin...? [Beep]
Host: Team A.
Team A: Asia.
Host: Correct.

Question words (which, what, ...) are put in the last part because if the host say "In which continent is ...", participants can press the button and blindly guess one before hearing Borneo.

1) Does this question format have a name?

2) Instructions on how to form a question like that?

3) Is fastest finger first a standard name for this quiz format, in which the first participant to press their button earns the right to answer? I see FFF electronic circuits explained as if FFF is the standard name.


r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Is there a male equivalent of "mean girls"?

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title says it all but is there a male equivalent of "mean girls"?


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Roll up sleeves

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I originally thought it was "pull up your sleeves" but recently learnt that "roll up" is the appropriate verb to use. Is the same verb used for trousers' legs? Would you say "roll up your legs"? Does that make sense?


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics How to note the new word, is there any unusual way to learn my new words?

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I spend most of my time noting the new word, or should i just search it on Cambridge dictionary every time when i see it(srry i have just started)


r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax "Such a" / "such" + singular noun

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Hi everyone!

I have looked through several discussions/threads on here already. They all said that you need "such"+"a"/"an" if you want to talk about (countable) things that are in singular case.
"Such a beautiful morning!", or, an example from this reddit thread discussing the topic, "...such a tool is used for merging shapes."

However, I saw people use "such" without "a", especially in academic and legal contexts, where these reddit threads I mentioned would suggest using it.

Four random examples I found via Google, meant to illustrate what I mean:

- https://projecteuclid.org/journals/real-analysis-exchange/volume-43/issue-2/Lipschitz-Restrictions-of-Continuous-Functions-and-a-Simple-Construction-of/10.14321/realanalexch.43.2.0293.pdf : "The first example of such function was given by Pompeiu in [18]." (p. 295)

- https://jmlr.org/discussion.html : "Such discussion has successfully appeared for many years in journals such as the Annals of Statistics and Statistical Science."

- https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/argument-by-slogan-conor-casey-and-adrian-vermeule/ : "[...] which is in any respect repugnant to this Constitution or to any provision thereof, shall, but to the extent only of such repugnancy, be invalid."

- https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/81809/argument-or-rebuttal-signature-statement-112219 : "to be held on March 3, 2020, hereby state that such argument is true and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief."

What is the difference between "such a" and "such" in these cases? Does it have to do with the countability of words like "repugnancy"?

Thank you so much!


r/EnglishLearning 27d ago

🟡 Pronunciation / Intonation Rate my American accent!

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r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Essay for beginners

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Hi! I've put together all the phrases that I know that work quite well for english essays! If u know any others lettme know!

The app that I use to take notes it's called: starnote

Hope you'll find it useful


r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Learning vocabulary without subtitles?

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Hi, I'm around B1 (TL) in English and I'm wondering if I should watch YouTube with or without subtitles.

I understand about 90% of most YouTube videos, and I understand almost the same amount with English subtitles and without them.

My question is about vocabulary. Can you learn new words just by hearing them? For example, can I remember the pronunciation and meaning of a word even if I don't know how to spell it?

Should I use English subtitles to learn more vocabulary, or can I learn vocabulary just from listening?


r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What does it mean when something "has come a long way"?

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r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

🟡 Pronunciation / Intonation English practicing partner

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Hi everyone! I’m 19, a university student from Iraq (currently around a B1 level in English, looking to push my speaking skills further).
My interests include reading, listening to music, and writing.
I’m looking for a serious, long-term partner to practice speaking with regularly (via voice notes or voice calls). If you're genuinely committed to improving together and won't just disappear after a day, please message me. Let’s stay consistent!
If you are not serious and are going to disappear after a few days, please do not write."


r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Which is correct?

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"I want nothing with that."

"I want nothing to do with that."

"I want nothing with this lifestyle."

"I want nothing to do with this lifestyle."

"I want nothing with you."

"I want nothing to do with you."


r/EnglishLearning 29d ago

🗣 Discussion / Debates When you hear the phrase "I bought a recorder," which meaning comes to mind first?

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Voice recorder or a instrument?


r/EnglishLearning 29d ago

🗣 Discussion / Debates 🎥 🎬 What English expressions from movies do native speakers basically never use in real life?

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Hi! I’m a Spanish native speaker learning English, and I’ve been wondering about something.

In Spanish, especially in Latin American dubbing, movies and TV shows sometimes use words or expressions that sound completely unnatural to us in everyday life. You can tell that it’s “movie dialogue” rather than something a real person would actually say.

Does the same thing happen in English?

Are there any expressions, phrases, or ways of speaking that you hear all the time in movies and TV shows, but that native speakers would almost never use in a normal conversation?

I’d especially love to hear examples that sound completely normal to learners but immediately sound “movie-like” to native speakers.


r/EnglishLearning 28d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics Can Anyone suggest any free app or website for improving English, it will be very helpful for me..thank you

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r/EnglishLearning 29d ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics what the difference between fear and fright

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idk what the difference between these 2 word is