English Seekers
137 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago -In English Seekers podcast I’m going to be sharing with you simple ways to take your English to the next level so you can speak fluently and confidently without even thinking about grammar rules or vocabulary. So much so, our focus will be on day to day English vocabulary, idioms, expression and grammar. Finally it’s going to be fun.🤓😁
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# Idiom 3: Pay Someone A Compliment!
February 27, 2023 09:58 - 39 seconds - 934 KBGreetings, English Seekers! Today's Idiom "To pay someone a compliment" Meaning: To tell someone nice and gentle words to make them happy. Example: My friend paid me a compliment that I would never forget. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ
# Idioms: Pay Someone A Compliment!
February 27, 2023 09:58 - 39 seconds - 934 KBGreetings, English Seekers! Today's Idiom "To pay someone a compliment" Meaning: To tell someone nice and gentle words to make them happy. Example: My friend paid me a compliment that I would never forget. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ
# Day 62: Love, The Real Kind!
February 27, 2023 09:55 - 1 minute - 1.56 MB"Love. Not the kind you see in the movies or hear about on the radio. The real kind. The kind that gets beaten down and bloody, yet perseveres. The kind that hopes even when hope seems foolish. The kind that can forgive. The kind that believes in healing. The kind that can sit in silence and feel renewed. The real kind of love. It's rare and we have it..." — Chelsea Fine (Sophie & Carter) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://b...
# Day 61: Love, The Real Kind!
February 27, 2023 09:55 - 1 minute - 1.56 MB"Love. Not the kind you see in the movies or hear about on the radio. The real kind. The kind that gets beaten down and bloody, yet perseveres. The kind that hopes even when hope seems foolish. The kind that can forgive. The kind that believes in healing. The kind that can sit in silence and feel renewed. The real kind of love. It's rare and we have it..." — Chelsea Fine (Sophie & Carter) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://b...
#Idioms: To Be On Edge
February 23, 2023 12:59 - 42 seconds - 1010 KBHello again learners! Our mystery Idiom is ( To Be On Edge ) Meaning: nervous Example:Ever since his car accident, Neil has felt on edge . Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
#Idiom 2: To Be On Edge
February 23, 2023 12:59 - 42 seconds - 1010 KBHello again learners! Our mystery Idiom is ( To Be On Edge ) Meaning: nervous Example:Ever since his car accident, Neil has felt on edge . Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 61: A Mote Of Dust!
February 23, 2023 12:54 - 1 minute - 1.53 MB"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer...
# Idiom 1: Just What The Doctor Ordered
February 22, 2023 09:21 - 42 seconds - 681 KBHello English Seekers, I am Aseel Mazen and we are learning idioms together to improve our language. Today's idiom is ( Just What The Doctor Ordered) Meaning: exactly what's needed Example: Our trip to Florida was so relaxing. It was just what the doctor ordered! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Idioms: Just What The Doctor Ordered
February 22, 2023 09:21 - 42 seconds - 681 KBHello English Seekers, I am Aseel Mazen and we are learning idioms together to improve our language. Today's idiom is ( Just What The Doctor Ordered) Meaning: exactly what's needed Example: Our trip to Florida was so relaxing. It was just what the doctor ordered! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 60: Uncomfortable!
February 22, 2023 09:08 - 25 seconds - 613 KB"Fear robs you of your freedom to make the right choice in life that can bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. On the other side of fear, lies freedom. If you want to grow, you need to be brave and take risks. If you're not uncomfortable, you're not growing." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3...
# Day 59: Attachments!
February 20, 2023 09:49 - 15 seconds - 369 KB"Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it." — Paulo Coelho (Like the Flowing River) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 58: Shine Your Light!
February 17, 2023 16:50 - 14 seconds - 336 KB"Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
#Day 57: In The End!
February 16, 2023 07:43 - 15 seconds - 359 KB"In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished." — Brandon Sanderson Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 56: Consistency!
February 14, 2023 08:17 - 12 seconds - 300 KB"Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 55: Doubters Just Doubt!
February 13, 2023 11:26 - 19 seconds - 472 KB"The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below." — Bruce Lee Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
#Day 54: The Comfort Zone!
February 12, 2023 11:40 - 24 seconds - 570 KB"The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
#Day 53: Stop Listening To People!
February 10, 2023 18:08 - 20 seconds - 477 KB"What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else's opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people's opinions control you." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 52: True Beauty!
February 09, 2023 19:15 - 58 seconds - 1.34 MB"True beauty, the kind that doesn't fade or wash off, takes time. It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that creates the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooths the rough edges. And from the violence, the furor, the raging of the winds, the roaring of the waters, something better emerges, something that would have otherwise never existed. And so we endure. We have faith that there is pu...
# Day 51: Change Your Priorities!
February 08, 2023 11:58 - 11 seconds - 278 KB"Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ
# Day 50: Your Time Is Way Too Valuable
February 06, 2023 11:34 - 11 seconds - 280 KB"Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are." — Turcois Ominek Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 49: Just Be Appreciative To These People!
February 05, 2023 09:02 - 23 seconds - 552 KB"Everyone enjoys being acknowledged and appreciated. Sometimes even the simplest act of gratitude can change someone's entire day. Take the time to recognize and value the people around you and appreciate those who make a difference in your lives." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 48: Hard To Kill!
January 31, 2023 09:37 - 26 seconds - 636 KB"Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill." — Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https:...
#Day 47: Choose Your Battles Wisely!
January 29, 2023 10:07 - 31 seconds - 755 KB"Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It's not winning battles that makes you happy, but it's how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, most important ones, let the rest go." — C. JoyBell C. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ...
#Day 46: Make The Best Out Of The Worst!
January 27, 2023 21:03 - 16 seconds - 401 KB"Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
#Day 45: Storms Unlock Your Truth!
January 24, 2023 20:51 - 14 seconds - 336 KB"Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0 #english #learningenglish #fluency #listening #speakingenglishfluently
#Day 44: Don't Worry About The Future!
January 17, 2023 12:04 - 28 seconds - 683 KB"It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future. You cannot change your past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about your future. Learn from the past, plan for the future. The more you live in and enjoy the present moment, the happier you will be." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit...
# Day 43: It Is You Who Can Save Yourself!
January 15, 2023 07:14 - 16 seconds - 388 KB"One of the most scariest thing in life is when you come to the realization that the only thing that can save you is...yourself" — Demi Lovato Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
#Day 42: Don't Limit Yourself!
January 13, 2023 21:30 - 17 seconds - 418 KB"You learn something valuable from all of the significant events and people, but you never touch your true potential until you challenge yourself to go beyond imposed limitations." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WKOTfE TikTok: https://bit.ly/3WWaOQQ FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3XyCj3d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3QrQip0
# Day 41: The Right Friendships!
January 09, 2023 12:56 - 37 seconds - 880 KBBe careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses." — Colin Powell Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3upSIKF YouTube: https://b...
# Day 40: Consider This!
January 06, 2023 09:07 - 40 seconds - 961 KBConsider this: Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere. — Colin Powell Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WK...
# Day 39: Toxic Friends!!!
January 04, 2023 08:23 - 49 seconds - 1.14 MB"The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or...
# Day 38: Understand Why You're Empty
January 01, 2023 07:22 - 39 seconds - 935 KB"If you want to understand why you're empty, know this... You were created with a reservoir and capacity for love and connection that is as vast as the sea, because you were designed for divine connection. And so, if you try to fill that reservoir with things like money or status or the creation, you are attempting to fill a space as deep and vast as the ocean, with only a few drops of water." — Yasmin Mogahed Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
# Day 37: Live With Love
December 29, 2022 07:29 - 21 seconds - 505 KB"Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love—be there for others—bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 36: Show Gratitude!
December 24, 2022 13:46 - 17 seconds - 422 KB"Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 35: Just Listen Carefully!
December 21, 2022 22:00 - 22 seconds - 541 KB"Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 34: Take Care Of Your Heart!
December 20, 2022 05:08 - 19 seconds - 471 KB"Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
# Day 33: Heros Aren't known For Their Trophies
December 18, 2022 07:53 - 1 minute - 2.13 MB"And in the end, it won't be how you walked in the sun, but how you handled the storm--that will determine your victory. It won't be about how you ran. It will be about how you fell, and then got back up. It won't be about how you shined in the light. It will be about how you managed the darkness--inside and outside yourself. Because in the end, it won't be about your triumphs. It will be about how you took defeat. It won't be about how you performed when you were strong, but how you did whi...
# Day 32: Improvements!
December 15, 2022 11:18 - 35 seconds - 846 KB"Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times you've failed at something. If someone is better than you at something. Then it's likely because she has failed at it more than you have. If someone is worse than you, it's likely because he hasn't been through all of the painful learning experiences you have." -Mark Manson- (The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od Apple Podcast: https...
#Day 31: We Aren't Above Correction!
December 12, 2022 08:47 - 14 seconds - 336 KB"It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 30: Some Things Cannot Be Taught!
December 09, 2022 23:33 - 16 seconds - 391 KB"Some things cannot be taught; they must be experienced. You never learn the most valuable lessons in life until you go through your own journey." — Roy T. Bennett Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 29: 7 Effective Ways To Give Importance
December 08, 2022 22:01 - 27 seconds - 655 KB"7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important 1. Use their name. 2. Express sincere gratitude. 3. Do more listening than talking. 4. Talk more about them than about you. 5. Be authentically interested. 6. Be sincere in your praise. 7. Show you care." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 28: Growing up!
December 08, 2022 21:54 - 1 minute - 2 MB"Growing up means learning what life is. When you're little, you have a set of ideals, standards, criteria, plans, outlooks, and you think that you have to sit around and wait for them to happen to you and then life will work. But life isn't like that, for anybody; you can't fall in love with a standard, you have to fall in love with a person. You can't live in a criteria, you have to live your life. You can't wait for your plans to materialize, because they may never materialize the way you...
#Day 27: Hard Lessons!
December 06, 2022 21:34 - 13 seconds - 324 KB"Never let hard lessons harden your heart; the hard lessons of life are meant to make you better, not bitter." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 26: Be A Lion!
December 06, 2022 21:12 - 20 seconds - 485 KB"Say what you wish in abuse of me, for my silence towards the idiot is indeed an answer. I am not at a loss for a response but rather, it does not befit the lion to answer the dogs." - Imam al-Shafi'i Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 25: Life Goes On!
December 04, 2022 21:42 - 20 seconds - 494 KB"Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?" — Elizabeth Scott (Perfect You) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 24: Believe In Yourself!
December 03, 2022 22:06 - 20 seconds - 494 KB"Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don't let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 23: Anger!
December 03, 2022 21:31 - 37 seconds - 893 KB"Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don't think it's any of that — it's helpless ... it's absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers ... and anger doesn't provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever." [Interview with CBS radio host Don Swaim, September 15, 1987.]" — Toni Morrison Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
# Day 22: Have Responsibility!
December 01, 2022 21:14 - 27 seconds - 647 KB"You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 21: Patience Is The Fuel Of Excellence!
December 01, 2022 21:02 - 22 seconds - 527 KBPatience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od
#Day 20: The Greatest Example!
November 29, 2022 22:09 - 43 seconds - 1020 KBExamples aren't there to be looked at and get fascinated or just to wow us. Examples are there to be followed, to show us the guidelines of various things in our lives so we can work accordingly. The greatest example in mankind that Allah has ever created is the prophet Muhammed (Pbuh). The example that we should admire, try to be like and most importantly follow. Read about him, know who he was and then follow him and you will see a great change in your life that will bring you peace of min...