# Talking About Mondays vs Fridays in English | English Podcast for Beginners Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-english-academy-7784342/talking-about-mondays-vs-fridays-in-english-english-podcast-for-beginners Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-english-academy-7784342/talking-about-mondays-vs-fridays-in-english-english-podcast-for-beginners.md Podcast: [Everyday English Academy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-english-academy-7784342) Published: 2026-08-02T11:38:22+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everyday-english-academy/episodes/Talking-About-Mondays-vs-Fridays-in-English--English-Podcast-for-Beginners-e3mrsr9 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2721670218.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-english-academy-7784342/episodes/talking-about-mondays-vs-fridays-in-english-english-podcast-for-beginners Duration seconds: 1121 ## Resource Talking About Mondays vs Fridays in English | Everyday English Academy Ever notice how a Monday feels so different from a Friday? In this friendly English conversation, Sarah and Mike talk about the low Monday mood and the happy Friday rush, using the kind of everyday words you hear at work and around the dinner table. It helps you chat about your week, your weekend, and how you really feel when the alarm rings. Do you ever feel worried on Sunday night before a new week starts? Listen along and you'll learn how to talk about 'the Sunday scaries' and the Monday blues, ask a friend 'How was your weekend?', describe a boring day with words like 'mundane' and 'tedious', count down to 'hump day', and cheer for the home stretch as you finally clock off on Friday. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to build everyday work and weekend vocabulary and speak naturally about how their week feels. πŸ’‘ Tip: On Sunday night, write one sentence using 'the Sunday scaries' or 'dread' about tomorrow. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:22 Talk About Mondays and Fridays in English 1:02 Talking About Monday Feelings 3:14 Talking About Weekly Habits (Present Tense) 6:18 Describing Friday and the Weekend 10:12 Speaking Practice 14:40 Vocabulary Review and Next Episode πŸ“š Vocabulary in this episode β€’ hump day: Wednesday, the middle of the week β€’ anticipation: the excited waiting before something good β€’ clock off: to finish work for the day β€’ rat race: the tiring, non-stop rush of work life β€’ off day: a day you feel low or do things wrong β€’ the Sunday scaries: the worried Sunday feeling about the week β€’ the home stretch: the last part before you finish β€’ mundane: ordinary and boring β€’ tedious: long, dull and slow β€’ lull: a quiet, calm gap β€’ backlog: a pile of unfinished work β€’ de… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-english-academy-7784342/episodes/talking-about-mondays-vs-fridays-in-english-english-podcast-for-beginners/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-english-academy-7784342/talking-about-mondays-vs-fridays-in-english-english-podcast-for-beginners.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.