The English We Speak

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 34:52:38
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Synopsis

Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service

Episodes

  • Crash course

    29/03/2016 Duration: 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 Duration: 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 Duration: 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 Duration: 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 Duration: 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 Duration: 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 Duration: 02min

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

  • There's method to my madness

    26/01/2016 Duration: 02min

    Although other people may think you are behaving rather strangely, you know what you are doing. There's a reason and a phrase to describe your behaviour

  • In good nick

    19/01/2016 Duration: 02min

    Learn a phrase to describe something in top condition

  • Cheap and cheerful

    12/01/2016 Duration: 02min

    Most people like a present that is cheap and cheerful. But no one likes something that is cheap and nasty

  • A bitter pill to swallow

    05/01/2016 Duration: 02min

    When a situation is hard to accept, what do you say? This phrase could be for you

  • I'm game

    22/12/2015 Duration: 01min

    Neil is dying for a game of squash but Li is not game. Find out why...

  • That'll put hairs on your chest!

    15/12/2015 Duration: 02min

    Learn a humorous expression that is used when someone is going to have a strong alcoholic drink

  • Down the pan

    01/12/2015 Duration: 02min

    When things are not going as planned, we can say they've gone ‘down the pan’, but which pan is it?

  • Sweet tooth

    17/11/2015 Duration: 02min

    Do you have a sweet tooth? Is it something that you are born with or do you develop it?

  • Bumper-to-bumper

    10/11/2015 Duration: 02min

    When a car bumper is almost touch another car bumper, you know the situation on the road is bad

  • Eye candy

    03/11/2015 Duration: 02min

    How can you describe someone good looking but not interesting?

  • Thingy

    27/10/2015 Duration: 02min

    Oh no, you've forgotten the word for something! Don't worry, this expression might help

  • Across the pond

    20/10/2015 Duration: 02min

    Are London and New York separated by a pond? Learn this expression people say on both sides of the Atlantic

  • People person

    13/10/2015 Duration: 02min

    Are you good at working with other people? This expression might describe you

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