The English We Speak

By BBC Radio

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Reviews: 5
Episodes: 300

alter
 Jan 18, 2022
only ads in 21/22 on the halftime of podcast

Bruno
 Jun 24, 2020

andrea
 Apr 3, 2020
one of the best english podcast for who want to learn/improve this language. I'd like if the audios are more longer, like 10 minutes i think its good from intermediate to advanced. Keep it up!


 Jan 17, 2019

Elvis Alive
 Jul 20, 2018

Description

Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service


Episode Date
Walk someone through
Mar 26, 2024
Brick by brick
Mar 19, 2024
Read the room
Mar 13, 2024
Cook up an idea
Mar 12, 2024
Rinse repeat
Feb 27, 2024
A million to one
Feb 20, 2024
Cash in on something
Feb 13, 2024
Make your hair stand on end
Feb 06, 2024
On the go
Jan 30, 2024
A blow
Jan 22, 2024
Rears its head
Jan 16, 2024
Elbow grease
Jan 08, 2024
Bring something to the party
Jan 02, 2024
Light up like a Christmas tree
Dec 26, 2023
I don't buy it
Dec 19, 2023
Touch grass
Dec 12, 2023
I'm out
Dec 05, 2023
Plan b
Nov 28, 2023
Sound out
Nov 21, 2023
Fly by night
Nov 14, 2023
One-up
Nov 14, 2023
Tread on someone's toes
Oct 31, 2023
Mental gymnastics
Oct 24, 2023
Call dibs
Oct 17, 2023
Run for the hills
Oct 10, 2023
Each to their own
Sep 26, 2023
Fill your boots
Sep 19, 2023
Join the club
Sep 12, 2023
Go with the flow
Sep 05, 2023
Cakeism
Aug 29, 2023
Drip feed
Aug 22, 2023
Scatterbrain
Aug 15, 2023
Be in with a shout
Aug 08, 2023
On point
Aug 08, 2023
Kiss something goodbye
Jul 25, 2023
Productivity theatre
Jul 18, 2023
Pet hate
Jul 11, 2023
On the table
Jul 04, 2023
Jump through hoops
Jun 27, 2023
It happens to the best of us
Jun 20, 2023
Famous last words
Jun 13, 2023
Hard pass
Jun 06, 2023
Level up
May 30, 2023
Get with the programme
May 23, 2023
Shout-out
May 16, 2023
Fitspiration
May 09, 2023
Hats off
May 02, 2023
Under your breath
Apr 25, 2023
Be at a loss
Apr 18, 2023
Go off on one
Apr 11, 2023
Wiggle room
Apr 04, 2023
(It's the) story of my life
Mar 28, 2023
No ifs or buts
Mar 21, 2023
Caught red-handed
Mar 14, 2023
Rabbit on
Mar 07, 2023
Thanks a bunch
Feb 28, 2023
Slow walk
Feb 21, 2023
Take something to heart
Feb 14, 2023
Take something to heart
Feb 13, 2023
Know the score
Feb 07, 2023
Jog your memory
Jan 31, 2023
A flying start
Jan 24, 2023
Steal someone's thunder
Jan 17, 2023
Call it a day
Jan 09, 2023
Off the top of my head
Jan 03, 2023
Change for the better
Dec 23, 2022
The gift that keeps on giving
Dec 20, 2022
Quiet quitting
Dec 13, 2022
Hang in there
Dec 06, 2022
Bite your tongue
Nov 29, 2022
Win hands down
Nov 22, 2022
Fever pitch
Nov 15, 2022
Twiddle your thumbs
Nov 08, 2022
Get your act together
Nov 08, 2022
Dog's dinner
Oct 25, 2022
Sitting pretty
Oct 18, 2022
Feast your eyes
Oct 11, 2022
Put the brakes on
Oct 04, 2022
Second-guess
Sep 26, 2022
Ins and outs
Sep 20, 2022
Yes and no
Sep 13, 2022
Eat your words
Sep 13, 2022
Bug someone
Sep 13, 2022
Willy-nilly
Aug 23, 2022
Willy-nilly
Aug 22, 2022
Gnarly
Aug 16, 2022
Smash it
Aug 09, 2022
A doddle
Aug 02, 2022
It’s now or never
Jul 26, 2022
Happy days
Jul 19, 2022
Double down
Jul 12, 2022
Game face
Jul 05, 2022
Bitten by the bug
Jun 28, 2022
It escapes me
Jun 21, 2022
Onboarding
Jun 13, 2022
Thereby hangs a tale
Jun 06, 2022
The royal treatment
May 31, 2022
Tell me about it
May 24, 2022
Creatively bankrupt
May 17, 2022
As if
May 10, 2022
Bad hair day
May 04, 2022
'Ish' - The English We Speak
May 03, 2022
Promises, promises
Apr 19, 2022
Not see hide nor hair
Apr 12, 2022
A curate's egg
Apr 05, 2022
That'll be the day
Mar 29, 2022
Gathering dust
Mar 22, 2022
Easier said than done
Mar 15, 2022
The plot thickens
Mar 08, 2022
All at sea
Mar 01, 2022
Don't mind me
Feb 22, 2022
Cramp my style
Feb 15, 2022
You couldn't make it up
Feb 08, 2022
Cool cat
Feb 01, 2022
There's nothing to it
Jan 25, 2022
As sick as a parrot
Jan 18, 2022
Eke out
Jan 13, 2022
Say no more
Jan 04, 2022
Scrub up well
Dec 28, 2021
You shouldn't have
Dec 21, 2021
Not looking too clever
Dec 14, 2021
Not like the sound of something
Dec 07, 2021
I'll give you that
Nov 30, 2021
Another string to your bow
Nov 23, 2021
Clap back
Nov 16, 2021
Talk through your hat
Nov 09, 2021
Quote ... unquote
Nov 02, 2021
Not a patch on something
Oct 26, 2021
No cap
Oct 19, 2021
Moreish
Oct 12, 2021
A legend in one's lifetime
Oct 04, 2021
Live rent-free in one's head
Sep 28, 2021
Now you're talking
Sep 21, 2021
Hits different
Sep 14, 2021
Extra
Sep 07, 2021
Zhuzh
Aug 31, 2021
Lo and behold
Aug 24, 2021
Bigwig
Aug 17, 2021
Cringe
Aug 10, 2021
It’s the … for me
Aug 05, 2021
Obvs
Jul 27, 2021
Down / Up for something
Jul 20, 2021
Savage
Jul 13, 2021
Lit
Jul 06, 2021
Yikes!
Jun 29, 2021
YOLO
Jun 22, 2021
Vibe
Jun 15, 2021
Noob
Jun 08, 2021
Adulting
Jun 01, 2021
Push back
May 18, 2021
The CEO of
May 11, 2021
Zip it!
May 04, 2021
Botch job
Apr 27, 2021
It slaps!
Apr 20, 2021
Have a lot of plates spinning
Apr 13, 2021
Pizzazz
Apr 06, 2021
Oomph
Mar 30, 2021
Snap up
Mar 23, 2021
Nothingburger
Mar 16, 2021
Awesomesauce
Mar 09, 2021
Clout
Mar 02, 2021
GOAT
Feb 23, 2021
Workation
Feb 16, 2021
Moonshot
Feb 09, 2021
Slap-bang
Feb 02, 2021
Sadfishing
Jan 26, 2021
Mic drop
Jan 19, 2021
Tone deaf
Jan 12, 2021
'A' game
Jan 05, 2021
Frontliner
Dec 28, 2020
On fleek
Dec 15, 2020
Contact tracing
Dec 08, 2020
Key worker
Dec 01, 2020
Sharenting
Nov 24, 2020
Plastic footprint
Nov 17, 2020
Spoiler alert!
Nov 10, 2020
Listicle
Nov 02, 2020
Doomscrolling
Oct 27, 2020
Crowdsourcing
Oct 20, 2020
One step at a time
Oct 13, 2020
Bog-standard
Oct 06, 2020
A wake-up call
Sep 29, 2020
Climate emergency
Sep 22, 2020
Thirsty
Sep 15, 2020
Vanilla
Sep 08, 2020
Roast
Sep 01, 2020
Sticking point
Aug 25, 2020
Flatten the curve
Aug 18, 2020
Living in a bubble
Aug 11, 2020
Cancelled
Aug 04, 2020
New normal
Jul 28, 2020
Slippery slope
Jul 21, 2020
Throw shade
Jul 14, 2020
Bite the bullet
Jul 07, 2020
Blended working
Jun 30, 2020
JOMO
Jun 23, 2020
Furlough
Jun 16, 2020
Spill the tea
Jun 09, 2020
Flexing
Jun 02, 2020
Salty
May 26, 2020
Skeleton crew
May 19, 2020
Lowkey
May 12, 2020
Live for something
May 05, 2020
Cabin fever
Apr 28, 2020
Bang on about something
Apr 21, 2020
Fire
Apr 14, 2020
Running on fumes
Apr 07, 2020
Sheeple
Mar 31, 2020
Hater
Mar 17, 2020
Talk shop
Mar 10, 2020
Snackable
Mar 03, 2020
A memory like a sieve
Feb 25, 2020
Nomophobia
Feb 18, 2020
Peacocking
Feb 11, 2020
Kick into the long grass
Feb 04, 2020
Rat race
Jan 28, 2020
Microworker
Jan 21, 2020
Serial returner
Jan 14, 2020
Talk the talk
Jan 07, 2020
Out with the old, in with the new
Dec 30, 2019
The more the merrier
Dec 23, 2019
Take one for the team
Dec 17, 2019
Mind your Ps and Qs
Dec 10, 2019
Dad dancing
Dec 03, 2019
Big data
Nov 26, 2019
Punch above your weight
Nov 19, 2019
Social media influencer
Nov 12, 2019
Goldilocks
Nov 05, 2019
Ghosting
Oct 29, 2019
Slow TV
Oct 22, 2019
Tiger mother
Oct 15, 2019
Buzzkill
Oct 08, 2019
Buyer's remorse
Oct 01, 2019
Freecycle
Sep 24, 2019
Carbon footprint
Sep 17, 2019
To cough up
Sep 10, 2019
Brain fade
Sep 03, 2019
Fib
Aug 27, 2019
Hot under the collar
Aug 20, 2019
Eat your heart out
Aug 13, 2019
Across
Aug 06, 2019
Fat chance
Jul 30, 2019
Milk it
Jul 23, 2019
To cherry-pick
Jul 16, 2019
To fight tooth and nail
Jul 09, 2019
It's a small world
Jul 02, 2019
Vanish into thin air
Jun 25, 2019
Get the short straw
Jun 18, 2019
Soft skills
Jun 11, 2019
Clever clogs
May 28, 2019
Couch surfing
May 21, 2019
Like riding a bike
May 14, 2019
On fire
May 07, 2019
Dead
Apr 23, 2019
Give someone the runaround
Apr 16, 2019
Laughing all the way to the bank
Apr 09, 2019
The joke is on you
Apr 02, 2019
Keep a lid on it
Mar 26, 2019
To pull the wool over someone's eyes
Mar 19, 2019
Take the rough with the smooth
Mar 12, 2019
Hard-nosed
Mar 05, 2019
To have a soft spot
Feb 26, 2019
To make a song and dance (about something)
Feb 19, 2019
Giant killer
Feb 12, 2019
A shock to the system
Feb 05, 2019
From pillar to post
Jan 29, 2019
Small talk
Jan 22, 2019
A bright spark
Jan 15, 2019
To be all downhill
Jan 08, 2019
Fireworks
Jan 01, 2019
To have all your Christmases come at once
Dec 28, 2018
It's the thought that counts
Dec 18, 2018
Digital detox
Dec 11, 2018
It leaves a bad taste in your mouth
Dec 04, 2018
Pea-souper
Nov 27, 2018
Throw in the towel
Nov 20, 2018
A walk in the park
Nov 13, 2018
Dumbphone
Nov 06, 2018
No fear
Oct 30, 2018
Something to chew on
Oct 23, 2018
Waffle on
Oct 16, 2018
Skew-whiff
Oct 09, 2018
Play a blinder
Oct 02, 2018
Miffed
Sep 25, 2018
Humblebrag
Sep 18, 2018
Out of your depth
Sep 11, 2018
Mardy
Sep 04, 2018
Curry favour
Aug 28, 2018
Take the biscuit
Aug 21, 2018
Step on it
Aug 14, 2018
Ping
Aug 07, 2018
Crunch time
Jul 31, 2018
Have a pop
Jul 24, 2018
A necessary evil
Jul 17, 2018
If the cap fits
Jul 10, 2018
My bad
Jul 03, 2018
To have a good nose (for something)
Jun 26, 2018
Friends in High Places
Jun 19, 2018
Catch-22
Jun 12, 2018
Let the dust settle
Jun 05, 2018