Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Police raid the party Alice is at with her boyfriend, Sean, and she ends up in custody. A gravely disappointed Aunt Jennifer brings her home, having called on her neighbor, Will, to watch Alice's younger siblings.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Sigrid takes a walk in Huntington on New Year's Day. She talks as she walks, thinking about the year to come and about the changes to the area since she had last been there.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Jennifer is very worried about her niece and nephew, who are both being bullied at school. When Jennifer meets up with her boyfriend, Quinn, and tells him about how things are going, she is appalled by his lack of interest and sympathy.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Will brings Jennifer another gift from the house clearance, and this time Jennifer asks whether he’d like to help her out sometime. She checks in with her boss and has a family video call with Mandy and Brian, who are finally enjoying their freedom in Paris. At school, Flo finds that girls her age can be very fickle.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
USA
Enjoy another walk with pig brothers Piggeldy und Frederick, this time through the snow. In this video, Piggeldy wants to know what sledding is.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Mandy decides to stay in Europe after all. Jennifer takes Miles to school and discovers the extent of the bullying he is suffering every day.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Mandy has booked a flight home the following morning, and can no longer avoid a difficult conversation with husband, who wants her to stay for the romantic honeymoon he’s been waiting for. Back home, Jennifer drops Flo off at a birthday party.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Claire has trouble with the systems that her husband Phil installs in their house, and her impatience and frustration is only made worse by Phil's patronizing way of explaining them.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Jennifer is doing a great job with the kids, but her boyfriend, Quinn, is angry that she’s forgotten all about their plans. Newly arrived in Paris, Mandy receives the news that her parents won’t be coming to help out, and wants to fly home immediately, abandoning her vacation, and, very possibly, her husband Brian.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
USA
Who doesn’t wish for a big brother that answers all the questions one might have? Well, Piggeldy has one. In this episode Frederick explains to Piggeldy what “silence” is.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Spock and McCoy have traveled through time, but have lost the portal they need for their return. Time is running out and Captain Kirk hurries to bring them back to safety. For Spock, this means saying a difficult goodbye.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
USA
It's time to mix and match the formulas we've talked about. Sigrid mixes and matches them to talk about stuff she can't or doesn't want to do herself. She invites you to do the same.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
While Jennifer cooks dinner, the kids receive a Skype call from their mom, who still hasn't relaxed into her vacation. Jennifer and Mandy’s mom calls Jennifer and gives her an update on their dad’s health, but all is not as it seems! The next day, Will takes his chance to ask Jennifer out on a date.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth sings about a woman who used to be his girlfriend and continues to stalk him. Charlie doesn’t think she even loves him, but rather can't let go of the relationship.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
USA
This segment lays out the building blocks of a passive causative construction. We also compare and contrast causative constructions with other similar constructions. Sigrid uses the expression "to mix and match," which means putting different things together in different ways.
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