Trama
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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Face the music
16/12/2014 Durata: 02minThere's something Neil's forgotten to do and now he has to face the music. Listen to the programme to find out why.
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Internet speak
09/12/2014 Durata: 03min'Snail mail', 'post' and 'hard copy' – learn expressions connected with computers
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Give the cold shoulder
25/11/2014 Durata: 02minIs Feifei's designer shawl a solution to her problems with Lisa? Listen to the programme to find out
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Take to the cleaners
11/11/2014 Durata: 03minRob's very expensive shirt is ruined! Who will pay for it? Listen to the programme to find out
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Eat humble pie
04/11/2014 Durata: 03minIs Rob hungry enough to win a pie-eating competition? Listen to the programme
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Water off a duck's back
28/10/2014 Durata: 03minFeifei has a thing or two to learn from the ducks in the park. So do you. Listen to the programme.
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Take for a ride
21/10/2014 Durata: 03minLi wants to invest in a car moved by air. Is she going to lose her money?
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Baby phrase
14/10/2014 Durata: 03minIs Feifei giving up her job to take care of babies? Learn an amusing idiom: 'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'.
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Hair of the dog
22/09/2014 Durata: 03minRob had too much to drink. Is this the cure for his hangover?
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Cheesed off
08/09/2014 Durata: 02minFinn is angry, so Li offers him some tasty cheese. Will it calm him down?
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Proof is in the pudding
22/08/2014 Durata: 03minWhat does Rob mean when he says 'the proof is in the pudding'?
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Look like the back end of a bus
11/08/2014 Durata: 02minIf someone says you look like 'the back end of a bus', is it a good thing?
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Interjections
04/08/2014 Durata: 03minWow! Ouch! Yippee! The useful little sounds which mean a lot.