{"id":72911,"date":"2024-03-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=72911"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:21:56","slug":"ielts-speaking-with-these-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-speaking-with-these-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 1365: Hold Your Own on IELTS Speaking With These Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>English idioms are vital on the IELTS Speaking exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You must use idiomatic language to score 7+ on test day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll share idioms containing the verb &#8220;hold.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll provide example sentences for IELTS topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practice using these to boost IELTS Speaking scores!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hold Your Own on IELTS Speaking With These Idioms - IELTS Energy Podcast 1365\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADWxtSk1gFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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