Word of the Day: Close call

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today. These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary. Close call: when something dangerous almost happens to you but doesn't. A close call may be a near accident, for example. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/CloseCall Try a multiple-choice English Vocabulary Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz If you'd like to take a FREE TRIAL LESSON, please contact me, David, at https://www.artisanenglish.jp/contact/ I provide 100% error correction, fantastic discussion topics and the most detailed after-lesson feedback you have ever received. Below are two terms from today’s episode that may have been new to you. Perilous: When something is extremely dangerous – so risky that you could lose your life or be severely injured – you can say that it's perilous. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Perilous Three sheets to the wind: We can describe a drunk person as being three sheets to the wind. Like a sailing ship with loose sails in a storm they are out of control. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/ThreeSheetsToTheWind