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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In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Wake up and smell the coffee!'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Have your cake and eat it'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Happy bunny'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Get your hands dirty'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak, Li finds Neil's cat 'just a bit surprising' and teaches us a useful phrase to prevent people taking offence at something.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the meaning of the word 'Dragon'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'Easy tiger!'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the words 'stuff' and 'stuffed'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'bubbly'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we talk about Christmas and the phrase 'all the trimmings'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at new meanings of the word 'cheesy'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'work for peanuts'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'sinking feeling'.
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'head over heels'.
Neil needs to put a clock on the studio wall, but can he nail it? Find out more in this week's programme.
