The English We Speak
Summary: Make the English you speak sound more natural with The English We Speak from bbclearningenglish.com. Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme.
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- Artist: BBC World Service
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Podcasts:
Harry and Feifei look at an expression for when things surprise and impress you.
Harry and Feifei talk about a common colloquial expression for when things are intense.
Harry and Feifei talk about an expression that is not as violent as it sounds.
Neil and Feifei talk about a word made popular by the economic downturn
Sci-fi, romcom, whodunnit – What kind of movies do you like?
Neil tells Helen to kill time but she smashes up a clock. Find out why and learn a useful expression.
Do you celebrate Christmas? Do you like eating turkey? Do you think turkeys like Christmas? Learn this humorous idiom
There's something Neil's forgotten to do and now he has to face the music. Listen to the programme to find out why.
'Snail mail', 'post' and 'hard copy' – learn expressions connected with computers
Li's cat video has gone viral. Will she be happy about it? Learn an expression from the internet age
Is Feifei's designer shawl a solution to her problems with Lisa? Listen to the programme to find out
Rob is deleting some emails. He won't take the bait sent in by criminals!
Feifei has a thing or two to learn from the ducks in the park. So do you. Listen to the programme.
Li wants to invest in a car moved by air. Is she going to lose her money?
Is Feifei giving up her job to take care of babies? Learn an amusing idiom: 'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'.
