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Cultural Awareness for expats:
"Hold your horses" and take some time to read this article that explains you what's coming next in the USA.

The 145th Kentucky Derby is taking place during the first weekend of May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as 150,000 people come to watch.
The Derby is a famous horse race that has become an American tradition, whether you follow racing or not.

What to see?
- The 20-horse race lasts about 2 minutes and awards the winner 2 million dollars.
- The winner is wrapped in a blanket of roses, which is why the horses “run for the roses.”
- Aside from placing bets on which horse will win, it’s also another reason to have a party.
- People around the country gather in their derby “garb”, or special outfits, to watch the race and socialize.
- If you don’t want to dress up “to the nines”, or in other words get too elegant for the event, do make sure to wear a hat. The Kentucky Derby is known for its hat wearing spectators. The bigger and brighter the hat, the better.
- Don’t forget to say cheers to your friends with a refreshing Mint Julep, the Derby’s signature, bourbon-based drink.

To go along with the Kentucky Derby, here are some expressions related to horses:

*Hold your horses! – Another way to say, wait a minute, hold on.

*Straight from the horse’s mouth – When you hear something right from the horse’s mouth, you are hearing it from the original person who said it or from the person the information is about. You can be pretty sure about something being true if you hear it from the horse’s mouth.

*Dark horse – The dark horse is a candidate or competitor who people don’t know much about but ends up winning, in other words the odds are against him or her. For example, the horse Giacomo unexpectedly won the Derby in 2005, so you could call him the “dark horse” of the race.

*A one-horse race – When one competitor or candidate is far superior to all the other competitors and is expected to win. A one-horse race has little or no competition.

See the original post in our page http://primeralanguages.com/2018/05/01/cultural-training-4-american-expressions-that-you-want-to-learn-before-this-sunday/

Lucky you! Here is some "St. Patrick's Day" themed vocabulary to try this March.

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Understanding the headlines in the news can be extremely challenging for an English learner. Here is a list of common expressions used in the media to "save words". If you have more examples you can share them in the comments and we will help you deciphering them.

Comprender los titulares de los periódicos puede ser en extremo desafiante para quienes tamos aprendiendo inglés. Aquí te dejamos una lista de algunas expresiones usadas comúnmente por los medios para "ahorrar palabras". Si tienes más ejemplos similares puedes compartirlos en los comentarios y nosotros te ayudaremos a entenderlos.

Do you find it hard to understand headlines in the media? Here is a list of complex expressions, often used in the news

Conoces la diferencia entre "watch", "see" y "look"? Es un error muy común que te ayudaremos a corregir en este blog-post

Are you aware of this common mistake among English learners? We'll give you the clues in the following blog-post

Grammar Help: Do you know the difference between watch, see and look? Primera Languages for Business, the premier provider of language and cultural education in a business context

Have you used any of these? Primera presents: Six common winter expressions to include in your English vocabulary.
Let us know in the comments which one is your favorite.

Has usado alguna de estas expresiones? Presentamos 6 frases invernales para incluir en tu vocabulario de inglés.
Déjanos saber en los comentarios cuál de estas es tu frase favorita.

Primera Languages for Business on LinkedIn: "In this cold, cold weather, we would like to review some winter vocabulary with our English students: #reviews #vocabulary #english #vocabulary https://lnkd.in/gmCsCzu #plb " February 5, 2019: Primera Languages for Business posted an article on LinkedIn

The Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner. Practice some phrasal verbs with us, while you learn more about this upcoming American cultural event in the link below.
http://primeralanguages.com/2019/01/28/is-this-your-first-year-in-the-us-then-here-is-all-you-need-to-know-about-this-huge-american-cultural-event-named-super-bowl-sunday/

Learning English? Here is a short list of 6 English terms that may "come in handy" sometime. Have you used any of these lately?

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Primera Pop Culture: 5 terms to know for daily life in the US.

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Let's review some Spanish! Do you know when to use the verbs SER and ESTAR?

Another successful informative breakfast with our friends of WeWork Security Building in Downtown Miami. We'll be hosting a democlass there for and . If you are a WeWork member in Miami don't miss out this opportunity and sing-up by sending an email to [email protected]. Spaces are limited.