{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68bffc4cf5c5afe5c257bd22/6a6ef42cf7c2060a1f93a607?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Around the Clock to Call It a Day: 4 Time Idioms in 5 Minutes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68bffc4cf5c5afe5c257bd22/7e083a29-b8d5-4033-90fd-dcf4a125b4c2.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This podcast is the result of a genuine human creative process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative structure, and pedagogical direction is designed, written, and carefully curated by real people who are deeply committed to making English learning a human, meaningful experience. Artificial intelligence plays a supporting role in two specific areas: it assists in the refinement and editing of scripts, and it powers the voice synthesis technology (ElevenLabs) that brings our hosts to life with exceptional phonetic clarity and natural pacing — qualities that are especially valuable for language learners. The result is a podcast where human intelligence leads, and AI serves. Every word was thought by a person. Every lesson was designed for you.</p>\r\n<p>Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: interactive transcript, Cinema Mode, translations in Farsi, Spanish, German and French, vocabulary practice, Practice Arena and free PDFs: <a href=\"https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/108-around-the-clock-to-call-it-a-day-4-time-idioms-in-5-minutes/\">https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/108-around-the-clock-to-call-it-a-day-4-time-idioms-in-5-minutes/</a></p>\r\n<p>Continue with Lesson 2 — Time — in our free 25-lesson idioms course: <a href=\"https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/idioms/lesson-02-time/\">https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/idioms/lesson-02-time/</a></p>\r\n<p>Have you been working around the clock? Did you finish something in the nick of time? Or is it finally time to call it a day?</p>\r\n<p>In this short conversational Slow English episode, Martin and Julia teach four useful time idioms from Lesson 2 of the free Your English Toolbox idioms course:</p>\r\n<ul><li>around the clock — continuously, all day and all night</li><li>in the nick of time — just before it is too late</li><li>once in a blue moon — very rarely</li><li>call it a day — stop working on something for the day</li></ul>\r\n<p>You will hear every expression in one natural late-night conversation, compare “on time” with “in the nick of time”, learn when “around-the-clock” needs hyphens and avoid the common mistake “call this a day”.</p>\r\n<p>The episode includes a spoken challenge and a direct connection to Lesson 2, where you can continue with listening, grammar, examples and interactive practice.</p>\r\n<p>Level: A2–B1 Focus: Idioms · Time and work Format: approximately five minutes of conversational Slow English</p>\r\n<p>Which expression describes your week? Write your own sentence in the comments.</p>\r\n<p>Keywords: English time idioms, around the clock meaning, in the nick of time meaning, once in a blue moon meaning, call it a day meaning, intermediate English idioms, English listening practice, slow English podcast, A2 English, B1 English, conversational English, learn English naturally</p>\r\n<p>#SlowEnglishPodcast #LearnEnglish #EnglishIdioms #EnglishListeningPractice #YourEnglishToolbox</p>\r\n<p>💬 We’d love to hear from you!</p>\r\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode, leave a comment, share your sentence or tell us which idiom you will use first. Your feedback helps us create better learning resources for you.</p>","author_name":"YOUR ENGLISH TOOLBOX"}