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Aimed at beginners and advanced beginners, this ongoing series of video lessons covers a range of topics that includes numbers, cooking, holidays, and just enjoying life.

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Sigrid explains - Swimming Pools - Part 1

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Sigrid shares what she has learned about having a swimming pool. As it turns out, having a pool is a lot of fun, but also quite a lot of work.

Sigrid explains - Swimming Pools - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

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There are various things we need to do to keep the pool clean and the water circulating. Sigrid describes some of them. It's quite a lot of work, but she thinks that having a pool is still worth it.

Sigrid explains - The Tipping Point - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In the first of three related lessons, we talk about the important and common word "point" as a noun in its most concrete form. We use "point" to talk about measurements, maps, numbers, and more.

Sigrid explains - The Tipping Point - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

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In this lesson, we talk about the word "point" in its figurative sense, and as part of the phrasal noun, "point of view." In addition, we talk about verb, adjective, and adverbial forms.

Sigrid explains - The Tipping Point - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

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In this lesson, we learn about the word "tip" and then we look at how it combines with "point" in the noun "the tipping point."

Sigrid explains - The Weather - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

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There's more than one way to talk about the weather. In part 1 of this lesson, we talk about it in the present. We use nouns, verbs, and adjectives to describe the weather.

Sigrid explains - The Weather - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

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This time, let's talk about the weather in the past using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. If we use the past tense, we can talk about yesterday, last week, last month, or even last year.

Sigrid explains - The Weather - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

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In this lesson, we'll talk about the weather in the future. One way to express the future is with "going to": "It's going to rain." The second way is with "will": "It will rain." You will hear both in this video, so keep your eyes and ears open!

Sigrid explains - Shapes - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

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In this video, Sigrid talks about the different types of two-dimensional shapes and some basic geometry.

Sigrid explains - Shapes - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

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We can use dots and circles to describe things figuratively. Sigrid gives us examples with expressions like "connect the dots" and "inner circle."

Sigrid explains - Shapes - Part 3

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A square is a shape, of course, but there are plenty of ways we use squares to describe things figuratively. Let's look at some examples of when and how we do this.

Sigrid explains - Shapes - Part 4

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What expressions are related to the word "line"? We use "line" when talking about the laundry, behavior, or even time.

Sigrid explains - The 5 senses - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

The senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell are essential in experiencing the world around us. Let's consider them one by one and learn how to use them in conversation. We start with "sight" and "hearing."

Sigrid explains - The 5 senses - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

This segment is about the sense of smell and the sense of taste. When it comes to the five senses, every language seems to have some quirks, and English is no exception. For example, we use the same verb — "to smell" — to talk about perceiving an odor ("I smell the lemon") and giving off an odor ("The lemon smells delicious").

Sigrid explains - The 5 senses - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

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We use a combination of the five senses to understand what is happening around us. If one sense is weak or lacking, we compensate with another sense.

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