The English We Speak

  • Autore: Vários
  • Narratore: Vários
  • Editore: Podcast
  • Durata: 34:52:38
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Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service

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  • Slow TV

    22/10/2019 Durata: 03min

    Learn about the TV trend that urges you to relax, slow down and chill out.

  • Tiger mother

    15/10/2019 Durata: 02min

    Trying to help your kids succeed in life? These mothers have a strong idea of what to do!

  • Buzzkill

    08/10/2019 Durata: 03min

    A phrase for when something spoils your fun.

  • Buyer's remorse

    01/10/2019 Durata: 02min

    Have you ever regretted an expensive purchase? This is the phrase for you!

  • Freecycle

    24/09/2019 Durata: 02min

    When you don't want to sell, freecycle! Learn what it means.

  • Carbon footprint

    17/09/2019 Durata: 02min

    Love to travel but worried about the environment? Here's a phrase for you to use.

  • To cough up

    10/09/2019 Durata: 03min

    When is a cough not a cough? We teach you a money-related phrase.

  • Brain fade

    03/09/2019 Durata: 02min

    We teach you a phrase that's worth remembering!

  • Fib

    27/08/2019 Durata: 02min

    We won’t teach you to lie, but you will learn how to use the word ‘fib’.

  • Hot under the collar

    20/08/2019 Durata: 02min

    Cool off and learn this phrase with us.

  • Eat your heart out

    13/08/2019 Durata: 03min

    Learn a humorous phrase about being the best!

  • Across

    06/08/2019 Durata: 02min

    When is 'across' not a preposition?

  • Fat chance

    30/07/2019 Durata: 02min

    Learn an expression about likelihood.

  • Milk it

    23/07/2019 Durata: 02min

    A phrase about taking advantage of a situation to gain sympathy or respect

  • To cherry-pick

    16/07/2019 Durata: 03min

    We’ve picked the best phrase for you to learn!

  • To fight tooth and nail

    09/07/2019 Durata: 03min

    Learn a phrase about working hard to get just what you want.

  • It's a small world

    02/07/2019 Durata: 02min

    Learn an expression about coincidences.

  • Vanish into thin air

    25/06/2019 Durata: 02min

    Learn an expression about disappearing

  • Get the short straw

    18/06/2019 Durata: 03min

    A phrase that sucks!

  • Soft skills

    11/06/2019 Durata: 02min

    These are job skills needed to deal with the public, and very much in demand.

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