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Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Thursday.
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Mums-to-be often feel guilty about the food they crave in pregnancy. Georgie and Phil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)
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Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits! Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)
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Are nudges good or bad? Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you useful vocabulary.
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The UK's Equality Act of 2010 guaranteed the rights of disabled people to equal access to education, employment, and services, including music, theatre and the arts. Despite this, it's still difficult for disabled musicians and music fans to perform and see live music. Neil and Georgie introduce you to some ways people are trying to change this, while teaching you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)
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What makes a library a library? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.
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Plastics can be difficult to recycle, could a recently discovered enzyme help? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.
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What do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depend on which country you are from?
Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.
Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?
Could french menu terms be going out of fashion?
How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Neil and Georgie discuss.
Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach new vocabulary.
Female farmers in many countries face sexism. Some are finding ways to be fairly treated.
Summer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are scientists so keen to get there?
Is it time to start living without plastic? Beth and Neil discuss this.
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