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This English lesson explores a conversation between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler when they first meet.  It explains several advanced vocabulary items and collocations for intermediate and advanced learners. These provide great opportunities for learning descriptive words, common phrases, idioms, and an informal, playful way to talking. The scene from Sherlock [season 2, episode 1] is used. Alright, let’s get into it! In today’s lesson, we’re looking at the first meeting between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler. This scene is full of clever lines and interesting vocabulary. Let's watch and learn. " catch your name " means someone didn’t hear or remember the name of another person. This is a useful everyday phrase to ask someone for their name when you missed it, like in conversations or introductions. You can imagine being in a noisy place and asking someone to repeat their name because you didn’t " catch " it the first time. ' alias ' is a false name o...

This English conversation lesson combines a mixture of informal, everyday language with some advanced and idiomatic expressions. The mix of dialogue style and humor in this scene from 'Nobody Wants This' is a great material for learning real-life English. In today's lesson: 'gaslighting' — what does it mean? 'made eye contact' — what do you think this phrase means? 'desperately' — why does he say that? Today we learn English with a bunch of characters from Nobody Wants This. First, there's Noah. He was delayed at work and is hurrying to see Joanne. She is waiting for Noah at the street because she wants to see him. Then we have Morgan, her sister, trying to give Joanne a ride home. Lastly, there's Sasha, Noah's older brother, who seems quite eccentric. Let's watch and learn. Learn vocabulary ' get in ' is a phrasal verb that means to enter a space, here, into a car. ' pretend ' means to behave as if something is true w...