Learning English Vocabulary
By: BBC Radio
Language: en
Categories: Education, Language, Learning
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.Find more at bbclearningenglish.comFollow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
Episodes
Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Dec 15, 2025'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.
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Duration: 00:06:26English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'
Dec 10, 2025Use these phrases with 'wind' in your everyday conversations. It's time to throw caution to the wind!
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Duration: 00:01:08Strong adjectives
Dec 08, 2025'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.
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Duration: 00:06:49Male and female job words
Dec 01, 2025Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.
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Duration: 00:06:46Weather words
Nov 24, 2025The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
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Duration: 00:06:09English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'
Nov 19, 2025Learn 4 phrases with 'gold' with Phil in this podcast. They're worth their weight in gold!
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Duration: 00:01:14Homophones
Nov 17, 2025Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
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Duration: 00:06:58English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'
Nov 13, 2025What does it mean to see the light? Learn that and more with Georgie.
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Duration: 00:01:03Compound nouns
Nov 10, 2025Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
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Duration: 00:06:35English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'
Nov 06, 2025Learn 4 phrases with 'pull' here. You'll enjoy it – we're not pulling your leg!
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Duration: 00:01:12Adjective order
Nov 03, 2025This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.
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Duration: 00:06:34English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'
Oct 29, 2025What phrases do you know with 'clock'? Learn some in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:08Contractions
Oct 27, 2025"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
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Duration: 00:06:22English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'
Oct 22, 2025Get comfy, make yourself a hot drink – make yourself at home! Learn 'make yourself at home' and more in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:10Job suffixes
Oct 20, 2025What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
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Duration: 00:06:10English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
Oct 15, 2025Learn 4 phrases with 'look'' in this podcast. If you learn them all you'll really look sharp.
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Duration: 00:01:04Word stress
Oct 13, 2025How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
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Duration: 00:06:34English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'
Oct 08, 2025What does it mean to draw on and squander resources? Learn that and more in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:09Compound adjectives
Oct 06, 2025Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
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Duration: 00:06:31English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'task'
Oct 01, 2025What verbs can we use 'task'? Learn some here.
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Duration: 00:01:01Lexical sets
Sep 29, 2025Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
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... Duration: 00:06:32English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'
Sep 24, 2025Make sure your English learning isn't hit-and-miss – be consistent! Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:07-ing and -ed adjectives
Sep 22, 2025Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
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Duration: 00:06:06English in a Minute: Phrases with 'red'
Sep 17, 2025Learn 4 phrases with 'red' in this podcast. Don't worry, none of them are red herrings!
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Duration: 00:01:08Binomials
Sep 15, 2025Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
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Duration: 00:06:57English in a Minute: Phrases with head
Sep 10, 2025What phrases do you know with 'head'? Beth has a few to tell you.
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Duration: 00:01:07Useful chunks of language
Sep 08, 2025Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
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Duration: 00:06:30English in a Minute: Phrases with 'ear'
Sep 03, 2025If you 'play it by ear', you don't make a plan. Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:00:58Words with 'ough'
Sep 01, 2025Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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Duration: 00:06:56English in a Minute: Phrases with heart
Aug 28, 2025How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:07Easily confused words
Aug 25, 2025Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Duration: 00:06:42English in a Minute: Phrases with sea
Aug 22, 2025What phrases do you know with 'sea'? Beth will teach you some in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:00English in a Minute: Phrases with fire
Aug 20, 2025Did you know it can be a good thing to be 'on fire'? Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.
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Suffixes –free and -less
Aug 18, 2025Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.
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Duration: 00:06:35English in a Minute: Phrases with hat
Aug 13, 2025Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!
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Duration: 00:01:13Prefixes de, dis, dys
Aug 11, 2025Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
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Duration: 00:06:38English in a Minute: Phrases with face
Aug 06, 2025What phrases use the word 'face'? Beth has the answer in this podcast.
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Ordinal numbers
Aug 04, 2025What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
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Duration: 00:06:21English in a Minute: Phrases with stone
Jul 30, 2025Listen to a BBC Learning English podcast while you commute to work – it kills two birds with one stone! Listen to Georgie to learn more phrases that use the word 'stone'.
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Duration: 00:01:03Short spoken forms
Jul 28, 2025Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
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Duration: 00:06:22English in a Minute: Phrases with blue
Jul 23, 2025How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:12Uncountable nouns
Jul 21, 2025What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?
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Duration: 00:06:42English in a Minute: Phrases with ice
Jul 16, 2025Don't put your learning on ice – learn these phrases today!
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Duration: 00:01:01Time expressions
Jul 14, 2025Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
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Duration: 00:06:21English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'network'
Jul 09, 2025A network is a group or system of things that have multiple connections between them, like a network of train stations with railways linking them together. There are words that often go together – these are called collocations. Listen to Beth to learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'network'.
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Duration: 00:01:00Hyphenation
Jul 07, 2025Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
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Duration: 00:06:18English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'strategy'
Jul 02, 2025Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map out a strategy. There are many common verbs collocations with 'strategy' - learn how to use them with Beth in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:06Words with double letters
Jun 30, 2025We talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
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Duration: 00:06:24English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'resource'
Jun 25, 2025Resources are things like time, money or materials that people or organisations can use to function well. Georgie teaches you verbs that are likely to go with 'resource', such as pool, allocate and draw on.
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Duration: 00:01:05Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Jun 23, 2025'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...
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Duration: 00:06:13English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'theory'
Jun 18, 2025What is a theory and which verbs are commonly used with it? In this podcast, you'll learn what 'formulate a theory' means and lots more. Learn collocations with Georgie.
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Duration: 00:01:05British and American English
Jun 16, 2025Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Duration: 00:06:07English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'trip'
Jun 11, 2025You can make one, take one, and extend one, but what other verbs can we use with the 'noun' trip? Learn verbs that collocate with 'trip' with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:06Business jargon
Jun 09, 2025Can you think out of the box or do you take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
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Duration: 00:06:43English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'challenge'
Jun 04, 2025Do you rise up to the challenges you face? What poses a problem for you?. All these verbs are common collocations with 'challenge' - learn how to use them with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:08Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’
Jun 02, 2025Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
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Duration: 00:06:23English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'method'
May 28, 2025Methods can be devised or worked out. You can choose one to follow or adopt, and if it works, everyone will know what your method involves. All these verbs are common collocations with 'method' - learn how to use them with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:11Phrasal verbs and context
May 26, 2025A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.
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Duration: 00:06:25English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'opinion'
May 21, 2025Your opinion is what you think and believe. There are some verbs that we often use with 'opinion'. We call these combinations collocations. Learn some of them here with Beth.
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Duration: 00:01:11Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
May 19, 2025'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
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Duration: 00:06:26English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'source'
May 14, 2025A source refers to an original place, person or thing. There are some verbs that we often use with 'source'. We call these combinations collocations. Learn some of them here with Beth.
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Duration: 00:01:08Silent letters
May 12, 2025How do you pronounce the words night and knight?
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Duration: 00:07:22English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'technology'
May 07, 2025Technology refers to new tools, equipment or techniques that have been developed using scientific knowledge. There are some verbs that we often use with 'technology'. We call these combinations collocations. Learn some of them here with Beth.
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Duration: 00:01:06Onomatopoeia
May 05, 2025Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.
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Duration: 00:06:44English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'environment'
Apr 30, 2025Sometimes we want to create or provide the right environment. Sometimes we need to adapt to an environment. Sometimes the most important thing is to preserve or safeguard the environment that's already there. All these verbs are common collocations with 'environment' - learn how to use them with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:13Multi-word verbs
Apr 28, 2025Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.
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Duration: 00:06:02English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'image'
Apr 23, 2025If an image gets tarnished, you might want to clean it up or enhance it. People do different things to polish their image so they project the one they want. All these verbs are common collocations with 'image' - learn how to use them with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:13Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Apr 21, 2025We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.
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Duration: 00:06:12English in a Minute: Learn some verbs to use with 'structure'
Apr 16, 2025What's the difference between 'devising' and 'imposing' a structure? Find out with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:14Strong adjectives
Apr 14, 2025Learn about strong adjectives in this wonderful, fantastic, amazing podcast.
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Duration: 00:06:11English in a Minute: Learn common verb collocations with the noun ‘data'
Apr 09, 2025Let's talk about verbs we use with 'data' in this podcast with Beth.
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Duration: 00:01:11Male and female job words
Apr 07, 2025Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.
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Duration: 00:06:23English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'role'
Apr 02, 2025Beth wants to tell you about some common verb collocations with the noun 'role'. Listen to her in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:16Weather words
Mar 31, 2025The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
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Duration: 00:05:51English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'design'
Mar 26, 2025Let Beth tell you about common verbs that go with the noun ‘design' in this podcast.
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Homophones
Mar 24, 2025Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.
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Duration: 00:06:38English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'view'
Mar 19, 2025A view is how you see the world – your opinions and beliefs. Learn which verbs you’re likely to hear with the word 'view'.
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Duration: 00:01:11Compound nouns
Mar 17, 2025Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
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Duration: 00:06:10English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'answer'
Mar 12, 2025An answer is a response to a question or a problem, and there are many ways we can talk about it. Learn which verbs you’re likely to hear with it.
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Duration: 00:01:11Adjective order
Mar 10, 2025We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
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Duration: 00:06:10English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'office'
Mar 05, 2025An office is a place in a building where some people work. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'office' with Georgie.
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Duration: 00:01:15Contractions
Mar 03, 2025"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.
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Duration: 00:06:31English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'research'
Feb 26, 2025You can 'undertake' or 'carry out' research. It might, 'prove', 'suggest' or 'show' something important. These are some verbs that are commonly used with the noun 'research'. You can learn these and more with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:13Job suffixes
Feb 24, 2025What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?
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Duration: 00:06:36English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'paper'
Feb 19, 2025There are some verbs that we commonly use with 'paper'. As a student, you might have to draft and prepare papers for your lectures. You might even have to put it forward to deliver it at a conference or publish it. Learn these verbs and more with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:13Word stress
Feb 17, 2025How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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Duration: 00:06:37English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'language'
Feb 12, 2025Learning a language is great - you need to study it. Mastering it is even better. Once you've done that you can express things in complex language. Learn these verbs and others with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:09Compound adjectives
Feb 10, 2025Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
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Duration: 00:06:37English in a Minute: Verbs that go with the noun ‘car'
Feb 05, 2025There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'car' with Neil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:03Lexical sets
Feb 03, 2025Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.
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Duration: 00:06:31English in a Minute: Verbs that go with ‘hope’
Jan 29, 2025Hope is the feeling of wanting and expecting something to happen. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'hope' with Neil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:03-ing and -ed adjectives
Jan 27, 2025Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
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Duration: 00:06:06English in a Minute: Verbs that can be used with 'idea'
Jan 22, 2025An idea can be a thought or suggestion. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'idea' with Neil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:10Binomials
Jan 20, 2025Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together
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Duration: 00:06:36English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'programme'
Jan 15, 2025You can 'draw up' and 'agree' a programme. If you're 'running' it, you need to 'launch' it. If someone else is offering a programme, you need to 'enrol on' it to 'follow' it. These are some verbs that are commonly used with the noun 'programme'. You can learn these and more with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:14Useful chunks of language
Jan 13, 2025Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
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Duration: 00:06:11English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'example'
Jan 08, 2025Examples are versions of something that are typical and can help us understand something. There are some words that we often use with 'example'. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'example' with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:13Words with 'ough'
Jan 06, 2025Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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Duration: 00:06:39English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'plan'
Jan 01, 2025First you 'devise' a plan, then you 'go ahead' with it. If you find problems, then you have to choose whether to 'press on' with it, 'scrap' it, or 'shelve' it. These are some verbs that are commonly used with the noun 'plan'. You can learn these and more with Phil in this podcast.
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Duration: 00:01:13Easily confused words
Dec 30, 2024Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Duration: 00:06:19