In every language, there are set phrases such as "You're pulling my leg" that cannot be taken at face value. Silvia teaches us the Spanish equivalent of this English expression as well as many other such Spanish set phrases.

Now that you've learned a bit about how set phrases convey something beyond their word-for-word meaning, let's learn a bunch more that came up for Silvia during her week!

Let's learn more set phrases with Silvia! This time, Silvia shares with us a recent conversation with her sister-in-law that contains a couple of interesting ones, the meanings of which might not be so easy to guess!

Silvia continues the story about her brother's experience at a repair shop, introducing us to new new Spanish idioms and challenging to us include them in a scenario of our own.

Silvia continues her series on set phrases in Spanish, teaching us some common ones that we might find in fairy tales as well as in our daily lives.

Do you know which Spanish/English idiomatic expression had its origin in the sport of boxing? Let's find out with Silvia which one it is and learn some more set phrases in Spanish.

What means of transportation do you know in Spanish? Silvia will teach you a plethora of transportation-related terms as well as the various categories they can be grouped into.

In part two of this lesson on transportation, we will continue to learn the Spanish names for many additional means of transportation as well as the overarching groups into which they fall.

The verb "quedar" has many meanings and can thus cause a lot of confusion among Spanish students! In the first part of this lesson, Silvia reveals three of its most used meanings and gives us several example sentences.

Let's take a look at more meanings of the Spanish verb "quedar" as an intransitive verb. This time, Silvia will explain three more meanings in which "quedar" is used to indicate how much time, etc., "is left" or the impression that is made after a particular action or situation.

After enlightening us as to some of the most important meanings of the verb "quedar" as an intransitive verb, Silvia teaches us some more uses of "quedar" has as a pronominal verb.

Continuing with her series about the many meanings of the verb "quedar," Silvia focuses on one that is synonymous with "suiting" or "flattering" someone or something, as well as another that entails "fooling" or "kidding around." Let's explore these meanings with a multitude of example sentences.

In this episode of her series about the Spanish verb "quedar," Silvia invites us to put into practice everything we've learned so far. So, take a pencil and paper, and rewrite her sentences with this verb!

After teaching us various meanings of the Spanish verb "quedar," Silvia introduces us to some more colloquial expressions that include it.

This time, Sylvia teaches us several colloquial expressions with the verb "quedar" via a humorous story that took place on her sister's birthday.