The English We Speak

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 34:27:31
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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

  • Left, right, and centre

    22/08/2017 Duration: 02min

    If you do something left, right, and centre does that mean you do it everywhere? Rob's being doing just that but what's he been doing it with?

  • Donkey's years

    15/08/2017 Duration: 02min

    Why has Rob got a donkey in the studio?! It's probably got something with today's authentic English phrase which is about not doing something for a long time

  • Give us a bell

    08/08/2017 Duration: 02min

    What's that ringing sound? Is it someone giving you a bell? Find out what it all means

  • Echo chamber

    01/08/2017 Duration: 02min

    Echo echo echo echo…

  • Snowflake

    25/07/2017 Duration: 02min

    Do you melt too easily?

  • The heat is on

    18/07/2017 Duration: 01min

    Learn an expression which you can use to say you're under pressure

  • Wet weekend

    11/07/2017 Duration: 02min

    When can a wet weekend be dry? Find out with another authentic English expression

  • No picnic

    04/07/2017 Duration: 02min

    Some things in life are hard work. Discover a phrase that describes these situations

  • A busman's holiday

    27/06/2017 Duration: 02min

    Going on holiday to do your job? What's it got to do with driving a bus?

  • Fuddy-duddy

    20/06/2017 Duration: 02min

    Old-fashioned and set in your ways? Could you be one of these people?

  • Bottle

    13/06/2017 Duration: 01min

    Use this phrase involving bottles when you’re too afraid to do something

  • No great shakes

    13/06/2017 Duration: 02min

    Not impressed by something? Here's an expression that describes what you think

  • Not a sausage

    06/06/2017 Duration: 02min

    Nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing at all… Not even one little sausage!

  • Long

    30/05/2017 Duration: 01min

    Not everything in this life is fun. Learn a phrase to describe boring jobs!

  • Not half

    23/05/2017 Duration: 02min

    Love pizza? Feifei and Neil bring you a phrase to show how much you enjoy something

  • All over the shop

    16/05/2017 Duration: 03min

    Looked everywhere? Learn a phrase about shops that isn’t about shops!

  • It comes with the territory

    09/05/2017 Duration: 02min

    Some things have to be expected. Learn a phrase to describe this situation

  • It won't wash

    02/05/2017 Duration: 02min

    Heard something unconvincing? Maybe it's time to get out the washing powder!

  • Jack-of-all-trades

    25/04/2017 Duration: 02min

    Can you do lots of different things? This could be the phrase to describe you

  • The coast is clear

    18/04/2017 Duration: 02min

    Doing something you shouldn't? Here's a phrase about not being caught

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