Bringlese Daily - Practice Listening to English Every Day!

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Are you moving too fast or too slow? How can your pace of life affect you?

Let's hop back on our plane and head to the English Island for some practice with Indirect Questions...

Consider this before you start complaining...

Today's theme: Tricky Past Participles

What's going on with this crazy hot summer?

Are we trying just a bit too hard?

This innocent preposition actually has quite a few meanings (along with its difficult pronunciation). Let's check it out!

You definitely know this... but you might not be aware of it...

Today's theme: Passive Voice

I want to show you guys a side of myself I don't always reveal...

Please, protect your ability to think!

"Look" is a versatile word, let's see how...

How can self-doubt actually benefit you?

Today's theme: Tag Questions

I have a deep, dark secret that I have to finally confess...

You have to admit it: The World Cup is so much fun...

Let's head back to our special island with a new topic: Pretty

Is society today smarter than society from 15,000 years ago?

Today's theme: Looong Subject Questions

Are we just enjoying our music or are we isolating ourselves?

Let's turn this monotonous journey into something sacred...

This is a really useful word but it's tricky because it doesn't exist in Italian...

Why have rock bands disappeared?

Today's theme: To ask

All of society is addicted to something you might not even notice...

Why are you the way you are? Why do you act like that? Did you choose this behavior!?

Let's try another round of the English Island. Today's topic is the important word "Gonna".

Is social media still what it was originally designed to be?

Today's theme: False Friends

A lot of adults have a hard time making friends (understandably)! But why is that? And how can we make it easier?

We're all time-wasters, fine. But can we reduce time wasted? How can we improve the time we have?

Let's try something new on Fridays! I'd like to present: English Island!

Being part of a community is a MUST! But why?

Today's theme: Figure out, Find out, Know, Understand

Good luck charms don't really work, right? Well, then why use them?!

Less fluff. More substance. That's my style. You too?

In this final episode before we take a one-week break, I talk about one of the most important lessons I learned as a little boy...

Today Chris, subbing in for Brian, talks about what's going on with all the sweet food in the US...

Today's Theme: Verb Forms: Infinitive, -ing and base

It's important not to forget that other people see us in their own unique way...

Does it sometimes feel like karma got you again? Or maybe bad things happen to good people? What's going on here?

Today's news comes from: China, the Atlantic Ocean and Argentina

I'm sure you thought you'd never hear me say this, right?

Today's theme: Short but Tricky Mixed Sentences

Is our standard for being stimulated waaay too high?

Why are "streaks" sooo powerful? How can they help you?

Today's news comes from: the US, Russia & Ukraine, and Belgium

Can Americans tell where other Americans are from?

Today's theme: Some & Any

Do you change depending on where you are?