Welcome to the A to Z English podcast, where Jack and Sochil take you on a journey from learning the basics to mastering the nuances of the english language.
Our podcast is designed for non native speakers who are looking to improve their english skills in a fun and interactive way.
Each episode covers a wide range of topics, from grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture, to help you navigate the english speaking world with ease.
Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.
My name is Jack, and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast, and today I'm doing a solo episode.
So it's just me.
And today I'm going to talk about some words in English that are commonly misused by.
By native speakers.
And so what I've got here is, for our first set, I've got two words.
We're going to talk about the difference between literally and figuratively.
Literally and figuratively.
Literally means something actually happened.
It's not exaggerated for emphasis, it just actually happened.
Figuratively is used to convey a non literal meaning.
It means you felt like something was happening, but it wasn't actually happening.
So let me give you an example.
I think an example would be really useful.
I hear native speakers use sentences like this often.
They'll say something like, it was so funny, I literally died of laughter.
It was so funny, I literally died of laughter.