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

  • At the movies

    06/01/2015 Duration: 02min

    Sci-fi, romcom, whodunnit – What kind of movies do you like?

  • Killing time

    30/12/2014 Duration: 02min

    Neil tells Helen to kill time but she smashes up a clock. Find out why and learn a useful expression.

  • Like turkeys voting for Christmas

    23/12/2014 Duration: 02min

    Do you celebrate Christmas? Do you like eating turkey? Do you think turkeys like Christmas? Learn this humorous idiom

  • Face the music

    16/12/2014 Duration: 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 Duration: 03min

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

  • Viral

    02/12/2014 Duration: 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 Duration: 02min

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

  • Phishing

    18/11/2014 Duration: 02min

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

  • Take to the cleaners

    11/11/2014 Duration: 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 Duration: 03min

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

  • Water off a duck's back

    28/10/2014 Duration: 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 Duration: 03min

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

  • Baby phrase

    14/10/2014 Duration: 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 Duration: 03min

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

  • Butter up

    29/09/2014 Duration: 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 Duration: 03min

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

  • Splash Out

    15/09/2014 Duration: 04min

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

  • Cheesed off

    08/09/2014 Duration: 02min

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

  • Frogmarch

    01/09/2014 Duration: 03min

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

  • Proof is in the pudding

    22/08/2014 Duration: 03min

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

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