The English We Speak

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 32:38:31
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Synopsis

Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service

Episodes

  • Get with the programme

    23/05/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn an idiom used to encourage someone to accept new ideas or techniques.

  • Shout-out

    16/05/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn how to praise or thank someone publicly.

  • Fitspiration

    09/05/2023 Duration: 02min

    Get fit with this new word!

  • Hats off

    02/05/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn a phrase about impressing people.

  • Under your breath

    25/04/2023 Duration: 02min

    Make sure you're heard with this expression.

  • Be at a loss

    18/04/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn an expression for when you're not sure what to say or do in a certain situation.

  • Go off on one

    11/04/2023 Duration: 01min

    Learn an informal expression about becoming suddenly very angry.

  • Wiggle room

    04/04/2023 Duration: 01min

    Learn a phrase for when you need to change a budget to do something else.

  • (It's the) story of my life

    28/03/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn a phrase you can use to describe a bad situation.

  • No ifs or buts

    21/03/2023 Duration: 02min

    Stop making excuses and learn this expression!

  • Caught red-handed

    14/03/2023 Duration: 01min

    Learn an expression about being caught doing something wrong.

  • Rabbit on

    07/03/2023 Duration: 01min

    Learn a phrase about talking too much.

  • Thanks a bunch

    28/02/2023 Duration: 02min

    When does ‘thanks’ not mean ‘thanks’? Find out about an ironic English phrase.

  • Slow walk

    21/02/2023 Duration: 01min

    How do you describe something making slow progress?

  • Take something to heart

    14/02/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn a phrase about taking advice or criticism personally and very seriously.

  • Take something to heart

    13/02/2023 Duration: 02min

    If someone takes something to heart, what does it mean?

  • Know the score

    07/02/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn a phrase about understanding the situation.

  • Jog your memory

    31/01/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn a phrase about remembering.

  • A flying start

    24/01/2023 Duration: 02min

    Learn an expression we use to say a new task is going very well.

  • Steal someone's thunder

    17/01/2023 Duration: 02min

    If you get more attention than someone else, what are you doing? Here's a useful phrase!

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