Do you know how to talk about success in English like a native speaker?
Would you like to sound more natural when you talk about this topic?
In today’s episode we’ll show you how to do it and we’ll talk about what makes a person successful.
Here are the expressions from today:
- “To stand out”: To draw focus to yourself. To be different in a way that draws attention or focus. Here is a sample sentence: “Successful people stand out in one way or another.”
- “To keep up”: To try to be the same as everyone else, to stay at the same pace as everyone else. “People who succeed in the world don’t try to keep up with others. They only focus on competing with themselves.”
- “To go above and beyond”: To do more than average. To do something more than most people do. “My friend goes above and beyond to please her customers.”
- “To come out on top”: To succeed, to have a positive result if you are in some kind of competition.
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What do you think makes someone successful?
Leave us a message in the comments and use the vocabulary words from today.
