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
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Get with the programme
23/05/2023 Duration: 02minLearn an idiom used to encourage someone to accept new ideas or techniques.
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Be at a loss
18/04/2023 Duration: 02minLearn an expression for when you're not sure what to say or do in a certain situation.
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Go off on one
11/04/2023 Duration: 01minLearn an informal expression about becoming suddenly very angry.
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Wiggle room
04/04/2023 Duration: 01minLearn a phrase for when you need to change a budget to do something else.
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(It's the) story of my life
28/03/2023 Duration: 02minLearn a phrase you can use to describe a bad situation.
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Caught red-handed
14/03/2023 Duration: 01minLearn an expression about being caught doing something wrong.
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Thanks a bunch
28/02/2023 Duration: 02minWhen does ‘thanks’ not mean ‘thanks’? Find out about an ironic English phrase.
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Take something to heart
14/02/2023 Duration: 02minLearn a phrase about taking advice or criticism personally and very seriously.
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Take something to heart
13/02/2023 Duration: 02minIf someone takes something to heart, what does it mean?
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A flying start
24/01/2023 Duration: 02minLearn an expression we use to say a new task is going very well.
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Steal someone's thunder
17/01/2023 Duration: 02minIf you get more attention than someone else, what are you doing? Here's a useful phrase!