Learn English 163 Podcast If You Stay In Britain You Will Know What A Drowned Rat Looks Like
Summary: Learn English 163 Podcast If You Stay In Britain You Will Know What A Drowned Rat Looks Like<br> A free <a href="https://adeptenglish.com/about-us/podcasts/">learn English quickly podcast lesson</a> from Adept English released weekly EVERY <a href="https://adeptenglish.com/2018/10/08/university-comparison-uk/">Monday</a> and Thursday<br> Today’s English language lesson explains the idiom “Like a drowned rat”. At first the drowned meaning suggests something rather unpleasant. When you read this sentence for the first time, you might think this popular English idiom is talking about death. However this idioms modern everyday use in Britain has nothing to do with drowning at all. It’s more to do with getting wet through and you may have seen a lot of rain memes taking advantage of this idea.<br> So Let’s try a different way of thinking about what this idiom means.<br> Imagine that you put on your favourite pyjamas and dressing gown. Jump into a pool of freezing cold water. Climb out and stand in the pouring rain. Then after 30 minutes you were to go back inside your house and look at yourself in a mirror. That wet, shivering, soaked through reflection of you in the mirror is to look “Like a drowned rat”.<br> As with all our learn English speaking podcasts, the audio and the pdf transcript of this English lesson are free to download. So have fun learning to speak English and don't forget to tell your friends about us.<br> The Adept English method of learning to speak English quickly is all about "Learning through Listening" so that you become very, very fluent in UNDERSTANDING English first of all. Sooner or later, when you’ve heard enough spoken English, you will be ready to speak it.<br> This Learn English 163 Podcast, "If You Stay In Britain You Will Know What A Drowned Rat Looks Like" is part of the FREE listening content we provide every week.<br> If you want to find out more about this type of learning then try our other articles explaining why we know this works in much more detail "<a href="https://adeptenglish.com/spoken-english/">Spoken English</a>" & "<a href="https://adeptenglish.com/english-conversation/">fluent English language</a>" or maybe see some quick and <a href="https://adeptenglish.com/2018/02/15/speak-english/">easy English language learning tips</a>. Its FREE so you have nothing to lose in trying. Have fun!<br> If you like this "Learn English Podcast" and want to know when the next podcast is published you can subscribe to an <a href="http://remindme.adeptenglish.com/">English podcast e-mail reminder</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Full Article: <a href="https://adeptenglish.com/2018/10/11/drowned-rat/">Learn English Quickly Lesson 163</a><br> As always we recommend you view the how to speak English fluently supporting pdf transcript. Adept English provides you with a <a href="https://adeptenglish.com/2018/10/11/drowned-rat/">full transcript</a> for every lesson, you can download this from our website, it is designed to support you while you listen to the podcast audio.<br> We try to make ourselves as accessible to everyone who wants to learn to speak English fluently so you can find us on these popular social media sites: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/adeptenglish">Facebook</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/learn-english-through-listening/id1134891957">Apple iTunes </a> <a href="https://player.fm/series/learn-english-through-listening">PlayerFM Android Podcast App</a><br> If you like what we do please visit our <a href="https://adeptenglish.com">website</a> adeptenglish.com for lots more language learning help and<a href="https://adeptenglish.com/2018/02/15/speak-english/"> Language Learning Tips.</a>
