Word of the Day: Freeloader

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. These podcasts and posts were created to help my students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary. Freeloader: a person who uses and abuses your hospitality without any thought of sharing the cost or taking any responsibility. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Freeloader 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/Freeloader Try an 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 Below are three terms from today’s episode that may have been new to you. Go off on a tangent: to begin talking about something that is not related to the original topic of your conversation. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/GoOffOnATangent In a nutshell: a little phrase people use when they want to say that they are going to use as few words as possible to explain something. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/InANutshell Matter at hand: whatever problem, situation or project you are concentrating on at the moment. Task at hand also has the same meaning. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/MatterAtHand