The English We Speak

  • Autore: Vários
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  • Editore: Podcast
  • Durata: 34:55:33
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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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  • Smombie

    03/04/2018 Durata: 02min

    Are you a smartphone zombie?

  • Freegan

    27/03/2018 Durata: 02min

    Are you someone who only eats food that has been wasted or thrown away? Learn a word that describes what you are

  • Barking up the wrong tree

    20/03/2018 Durata: 02min

    Have you ever made the wrong assumption? Here's a dog-related phrase to describe your actions

  • Cloud cuckoo land

    13/03/2018 Durata: 02min

    Can you make the impossible possible? This phrase implies you can't but what's it got to do with a cuckoo?

  • A taste of your own medicine

    06/03/2018 Durata: 02min

    Payback time

  • Happy-go-lucky

    27/02/2018 Durata: 02min

    Relaxed about the future? Here's a phrase that might describe your character

  • Whizz-kid

    20/02/2018 Durata: 02min

    Young, clever and successful: find out a phrase that describes someone like this

  • The best of both worlds

    13/02/2018 Durata: 02min

    Can you enjoy the advantages of two different situations at the same time? You can if you use this phrase

  • Bone idle

    06/02/2018 Durata: 02min

    Are you taking it easy or just being lazy? Here's a phrase to describe your condition

  • To cut a long story short

    30/01/2018 Durata: 03min

    Have you got a story to tell? Here's a phrase about just telling the important bits

  • A thing

    29/01/2018 Durata: 02min

    Beards have been 'a thing' for a while. Is it now time to shave them off?

  • Just the ticket

    23/01/2018 Durata: 03min

    Rob and Feifei help teach a phrase to describe something you really want or need

  • Do a runner

    09/01/2018 Durata: 02min

    Is it time to go? Here's a phrase about avoiding a tricky situation

  • All that jazz

    26/12/2017 Durata: 02min

    We love slang, idioms, phrases and all that jazz! Learn a new phrase with us

  • Not gonna lie

    18/12/2017 Durata: 02min

    A phrase to use when you're being brutally honest

  • Up your game

    12/12/2017 Durata: 02min

    Don't know which one to use? You need to up your emoji game

  • To shout it from the rooftops

    05/12/2017 Durata: 02min

    Have you heard the good news? This programme has something to shout about!

  • To blow the cobwebs away

    28/11/2017 Durata: 02min

    No spiders involved. It's time to get lively and learn a new English phrase

  • A knees-up

    21/11/2017 Durata: 02min

    Want to go to a party? This phrase might help you get an invitation

  • To put someone on the map

    14/11/2017 Durata: 02min

    Need directions to learn a new English phrase? Here's one about a map and being famous

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