English With JacobThe App
Speed up progress with our app
Every word that comes up in your lesson is on your phone before you get home — with real-life example sentences and pro tips made by our team!
to have
to order food or drink
Example
I'll have a beer.
Ordering, not announcing a plan.
Pro tip
Don't say I want in a restaurant — it lands as a demand. Say I'll have.
Combine in-person and online learning
Lessons Don't End When You Leave Class
As we build both our teacher and student software, during the class your teacher adds the vocab that comes up and it immediately shows up in your student app!
No Need To Take Notes
You don't need to take notes (unless you want to!) — all the words from each class are added by your teacher to your app after each class.
Human-Made Examples & Tips
Each word comes with examples and pro tips made by our expert team — no AI rubbish here!
Never Lose A Lesson
See the history of all your lessons in the app, from Lesson 1 to Lesson 50 — with the ability to revise a specific lesson or the whole course.
How the app works
Learn, Revise, Lessons & Library
Learn, revise and keep all the vocab you need to be conversationally fluent — with human-made translations and pro tips all made by our awesome team!
Learn Words Used Most Frequently In Real Life
The learn tab contains the 3 000 words you need for 95% of daily conversation, organised by level — simply choose the right level for you and start learning!
- Learn the 3 000 words used for 95% of conversation
- Save words you don't know to your revision list
- Skip words you already know (they'll still be in the library if you need them!)
And Make Sure You Remember Them!
Everything you save from the learn tab goes to your revision list. Simply revise and say if you got the word right or wrong, and the app keeps track of which words you find hard and shows you them more often!
- Revise all words with one click
- Per-word accuracy, so you can see which words you find hard
- Remove words from your revision list once you know them
All Your Lessons In One Place
If you have in-person lessons with us, you'll get the lessons tab where you'll see the vocab from each lesson, organised by lesson!
- All vocab added by your teacher before you get home
- Revise a specific lesson or all lessons together
- Add words you like to your personal revision list
Our Human-Made Dictionary
Our full dictionary, with instant search that even works offline! If a word isn't in there yet, submit it and we'll translate it properly and add it for all users!
- Search in English or in your own language at once — synonyms included
- Expand a word to see examples, pro tips and synonyms
- Add missing words — we review them, then add them for all users
Each word done properly
What's actually on a word card
Each word entry is written by our team with no AI help. Thousands of words, all with full metadata, pro tips, and fun example sentences.
to turn up
to arrive, especially unexpectedly
Example 1 of 2
He turned up an hour late.
He arrived, and nobody was expecting him to.
Pro tip
Don't reach for to appear — it sounds like a witch materialising in a puff of smoke. When someone simply arrives, say to turn up.
Synonym 1 of 2
to show up
She showed up without calling.
Same meaning, a shade more casual.
− Conjugations
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| I | turn up | turned up |
| you | turn up | turned up |
| he / she | turns up | turned up |
| we | turn up | turned up |
| you (pl.) | turn up | turned up |
| they | turn up | turned up |
How Often You'll Hear It
Every word carries its real-world frequency — 30+/day down to rarely. You always know whether something is worth the effort.
Info About The Word
Part of speech and the level it belongs to, at a glance. Verbs also show whether they are regular, and irregular forms are flagged inside the tables below.
Human-made example sentences
Written by our team, in both languages, about something a person would actually say — never machine-translated. Most words carry more than one, so you can swipe between them.
Pro Tips And Synonyms
The pro tip is what a native speaker would find odd about the obvious answer — the twist the podcast is named after. Synonyms sit right beneath it, each with its own example sentence, because seeing one used is what tells you it isn't quite the word you just learnt.
Conjugation tables
Every verb gets its full conjugation, tense by tense, behind a toggle — so the card stays short until you actually want the grammar.
Made for you
Written for Czech speakers learning English
A Czech speaker learning English doesn't get stuck on the same things as a Spaniard or a German does. The app is written against the mistakes Czechs actually make — which is what twelve years of teaching them gets you.
Pro tips written against real mistakes
Every pro tip is the thing that goes wrong when you translate straight out of Czech — not a generic learner's note. They come out of actual lessons, and they are the reason the word sticks.
The whole app in Czech, if you want it
Interface, word types, frequency labels, down to the last button. Or keep it in English if you would rather be immersed. Either way the cards lead with the English word.
Works With No Signal
Everything in the app works offline, so you can learn and revise your vocab from anywhere. On a flight or hiking through the desert, your words are always with you.
Totally Free
None of the app is gated behind a payment screen. Every word in it is completely free. Telling your friends about it is payment enough!
No Gamification
We don't like the Duolingo approach of gamifying everything. Our courses and our app are for adults, and we treat you as one.
Lesson Integration
If you're having lessons with us, sign up with the same email your teacher has for you — and the vocab from your lessons appears in a new tab, all on its own.
Use the app by itself, or together with your lessons.
You can use the app without ever having a lesson with me, and simply learn the 3 000 most used words in English. Or, for maximum progress, take lessons and use the app to revise all the vocab from them too.