The English We Speak

  • Autore: Vários
  • Narratore: Vários
  • Editore: Podcast
  • Durata: 34:19:23
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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

Episodi

  • Face the music

    16/12/2014 Durata: 02min

    There's something Neil's forgotten to do and now he has to face the music. Listen to the programme to find out why.

  • Internet speak

    09/12/2014 Durata: 03min

    'Snail mail', 'post' and 'hard copy' – learn expressions connected with computers

  • Viral

    02/12/2014 Durata: 02min

    Li's cat video has gone viral. Will she be happy about it? Learn an expression from the internet age

  • Give the cold shoulder

    25/11/2014 Durata: 02min

    Is Feifei's designer shawl a solution to her problems with Lisa? Listen to the programme to find out

  • Phishing

    18/11/2014 Durata: 02min

    Rob is deleting some emails. He won't take the bait sent in by criminals!

  • Take to the cleaners

    11/11/2014 Durata: 03min

    Rob's very expensive shirt is ruined! Who will pay for it? Listen to the programme to find out

  • Eat humble pie

    04/11/2014 Durata: 03min

    Is Rob hungry enough to win a pie-eating competition? Listen to the programme

  • Water off a duck's back

    28/10/2014 Durata: 03min

    Feifei has a thing or two to learn from the ducks in the park. So do you. Listen to the programme.

  • Take for a ride

    21/10/2014 Durata: 03min

    Li wants to invest in a car moved by air. Is she going to lose her money?

  • Baby phrase

    14/10/2014 Durata: 03min

    Is Feifei giving up her job to take care of babies? Learn an amusing idiom: 'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'.

  • Joe Bloggs

    07/10/2014 Durata: 03min

    Do you know Joe Bloggs? He might be just beside you.

  • Butter up

    29/09/2014 Durata: 02min

    Is this butter for a cake, for toast or... to put on a person? Finn and Feifei explain

  • Hair of the dog

    22/09/2014 Durata: 03min

    Rob had too much to drink. Is this the cure for his hangover?

  • Splash Out

    15/09/2014 Durata: 04min

    Finn is spending a lot of money. But can he afford it?

  • Cheesed off

    08/09/2014 Durata: 02min

    Finn is angry, so Li offers him some tasty cheese. Will it calm him down?

  • Frogmarch

    01/09/2014 Durata: 03min

    A style of walking that is hard to do on your own.

  • Proof is in the pudding

    22/08/2014 Durata: 03min

    What does Rob mean when he says 'the proof is in the pudding'?

  • Dinosaur

    18/08/2014 Durata: 02min

    What’s the link between dinosaurs and mobile phones?

  • Look like the back end of a bus

    11/08/2014 Durata: 02min

    If someone says you look like 'the back end of a bus', is it a good thing?

  • Interjections

    04/08/2014 Durata: 03min

    Wow! Ouch! Yippee! The useful little sounds which mean a lot.

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