Daily Lessons / blog posts

“How do Americans celebrate Christmas?”

That’s what one Vitamin V reader wants to know. 

The short answer is, I don’t know. Read More >

Hello from America! 

I’m back home for Christmas. 

And home is on the east coast, near Washington D.C., in the lovely state of…  Read More >

Have you ever been to the US?

After you visit New York City…

After you visit the West (San Francisco… Grand Canyon… Death Valley… etc.)  Read More >

On Monday, I went into town to get a medical check up. 

While the nurse was rubbing some strange machine on my stomach, we started to talk. (Very common in the US, not so common in Europe.)

She told me she’s new to Virginia.  Read More >

What do you think about Elon Musk?

I think he’s fascinating.

I recently finished the Walter Isaacson biography on him. Read More >

Hello from US and A!

I’m home for the holidays.

Just arrived last night.  Read More >

This week we’re learning poker words and poker expressions.

Even if you don’t play poker, you’ll hear these expressions.

Quiz Time!

Do you remember the expressions we learned this week? Read More >

In English, we say it’s rude to talk about religion and politics at dinner. 

But this isn’t dinner.

And we already started talking about politics yesterday. Read More >

According to Señor Internet, there are hundreds of card games in the world.

But only one has made so many contributions to the English language.

I’m talking about…. Read More >

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Have you ever known someone who didn’t know when to fold?

For example… 

I used to know a guy who would get a girl’s phone number and then start sending messages. Read More >