Learning English Vocabulary
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more. Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
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Do you hate it when people pour water on your ideas, or is it like water off a duck's back? Learn these 'water' phrases and more here.
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Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
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There are a few phrases in English about card games. Learn what it means to lay all your cards on the table, and more in this podcast.
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How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation? Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
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Here are 4 phrases with 'grass'. Don't kick learning them into the long grass!
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So you want a salary increase? Who doesn't? But do you pronounce 'increase' with the stress on the first syllable in, or the second syllable crease? The answer depends on whether you're using increase as a noun or a verb... And that's the subject that Neil and Catherine are talking about in this 6 Minute Vocabulary programme.
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What phrases do you know with the word 'big'? Learn some in this podcast.
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If you sleep like a baby, do you sleep well or badly? Learn that here and more with Georgie
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Cookies or biscuits? Autumn or fall? Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English. Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
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What phrases do you know with 'foot'? Learn some in this podcast.
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Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
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Here are 4 phrases with 'stop'. Stop at nothing to learn them.
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Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.
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If you've been procrastinating on your English study, it's time to bite the bullet and listen to this podcast! Learn four phrases with the word 'bite'
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Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
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Learn 4 phrases with 'bone' here. It's only a minute long, so you don't have to work your fingers to the bone.
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We talk about words with the prefixes re, pre and pro.
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Listening to this podcast is great, but using the phrases in real life is the icing on the cake. Learn four phrases with 'cake'.
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We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.
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