The English We Speak

  • Autore: Vários
  • Narratore: Vários
  • Editore: Podcast
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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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  • White collar worker / blue-collar worker

    28/06/2016 Durata: 02min

    What does the colour of your clothes say about your job?

  • Drama queen

    21/06/2016 Durata: 02min

    No need to be in the theatre to find a drama queen. We teach you where to find them…

  • It's on the cards

    14/06/2016 Durata: 02min

    An expression for when something is likely to happen. What's on the cards for you?

  • Until you're blue in the face

    07/06/2016 Durata: 02min

    Is nobody listening to you? Learn a colourful phrase to explain the situation

  • Clean up your act

    31/05/2016 Durata: 02min

    Someone behaving badly? Here's a phrase that tells them what to do

  • You're pulling my leg!

    24/05/2016 Durata: 02min

    Want to trick someone? Here is a phrase that involves pulling a part of your body!

  • One good turn deserves another

    17/05/2016 Durata: 02min

    A helpful phrase for doing something good

  • To fall at the first hurdle

    10/05/2016 Durata: 02min

    Got an idea that's never going to work? Here is a phrase to describe the situation

  • Pain in the neck

    03/05/2016 Durata: 01min

    Learn the phrase Helen needs to describe the headache her mobile phone company is causing her

  • Burn a hole in your pocket

    26/04/2016 Durata: 02min

    When you are in the habit of spending all your money as soon as it comes in, you can use this phrase to express yourself

  • To turn something upside down

    19/04/2016 Durata: 02min

    How to describe doing a thorough search for something in a very messy way

  • Going forward

    12/04/2016 Durata: 02min

    How do you ask someone to change the way they do things in the future? Learn this phrase connected to motion

  • A recipe for disaster

    05/04/2016 Durata: 02min

    When things go wrong and the outcome isn't good, what kind of recipe are you following? Learn a phrase that has nothing to do with cooking

  • Crash course

    29/03/2016 Durata: 02min

    When you need to learn something very quickly, it’s worth considering a super fast learning programme, but it’s not for everyone

  • You've sold it to me

    22/03/2016 Durata: 02min

    When you are in total agreement with ideas or suggestions from others, try a new phrase to express yourself

  • Full of the joys of spring

    15/03/2016 Durata: 02min

    What time of the year describes a good mood? Learn this lively and cheerful phrase

  • Six of one, half a dozen of the other

    01/03/2016 Durata: 02min

    Is this expression related to numbers? If half a dozen is six, what does this expression mean? Listen to the programme

  • Test the water

    23/02/2016 Durata: 02min

    How can you make sure a new project is going to be a successful? Here's a piece of good advice

  • To lie through your teeth

    16/02/2016 Durata: 02min

    Not telling the truth is not a good thing to do. Learn a phrase to describe your actions

  • To make a monkey out of me

    09/02/2016 Durata: 02min

    Rob's been asked to dress up like a monkey but it seems like someone is literally making a monkey out of him!

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