👀 Do you know these 5 alternatives to the English word 'loud'? Take a look and see if you can use one in a sentence! ✍️👇 (Note: not all the words are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)
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What are your plans for the 🔮 future? Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift doesn’t know 🤷♀️ what’s going to happen! Scroll through the slides to find out how to use ‘have no idea’ - and make sure you ✍️ answer the question on the last slide!
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English Rewind - 6 Minute English: Self help
📻 The self-help industry is worth $10bn a year in the US alone. Why is it so successful? Rob and Neil improve themselves and teach you six items of useful English vocabulary in this archive episode of 6 Minute English. Are you interested in self help? Join the conversation in the comments 👇👇👇
Useful vocabulary:
✔️ self help - trying to improve yourself without the help of professionals
✔️ trend - something new which is popular for a period
✔️ to dwindle - to become fewer or weaker
✔️ therapeutic - relaxing; making you feel less anxious
✔️ to go from strength to strength - to become more successful over time
✔️ millennial - someone born between the mid-1980s and early 2000s
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happy idioms– Idioms with George #shorts
What idioms can you use when you’re happy? George is here to teach you four idioms through a short but fun story. How many of them do you know? Trying writing an example sentence with one of the idioms in the comments below!
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Do you like ✈️ travelling around the world? Then you NEED to know these 🧳 ‘travel’ words in English! 🤓 Swipe through our vocabulary challenge and put your travel knowledge to the test. Share this with your travel buddies and ✍️ let us know of any more ‘travel’ words you know in the comments.
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🤔 Do you know all these irregular English verbs? Save this table if you think it’s useful and tell us - do you know any more ✍️?
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😃 It's great when something isn't too difficult! 😊 Here's an expression to use when something is really easy!
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🫤 Confused by idioms? 🤩 Check out our video comparing regular English with idioms. Click the link our bio to watch it.
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BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'POLITICS' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocabulary!
Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with this 'Politics' 6 Minute English compilation from BBC Learning English! 30 minutes of listening practice to help improve your English listening and learn LOTS of new vocabulary!
Chapters:
00:00 Do our political views change as we get older?
06:05 Women's right to vote
12:09 Should voting be compulsory?
18:11 What's getting women into politics?
24:17 Hacking help for US elections
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🥳 🐝 Here’s an expression to use when something is really, really good! Hit the ‘like’ button if you think this expression is the bee’s knees! What other phrases can you use to say something is excellent? 🙌
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EXTRA: Are you confused by modern idioms? Click on the link in bio to listen to a programme all about this topic.
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Why everyone loves the underdog ⏲️ 6 Minute English
Could being the underdog help you succeed? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ Which club overcame odds of 5000-1 to be beat top clubs to win the 2015-16 English Premier League title. Was it:
a) Charlton Athletic?
b) Leicester City? or,
c) Crystal Palace?
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You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240328
Vocabulary:
✔️underdog - person or team in a competition or situation who seems least likely to win
✔️look down your nose at (someone) - think you are better than or superior to (someone)
✔️choking - failure of a sports player or team to perform their best due to psychological pressure or social expectation
✔️top dog - (informal) most successful, powerful or authoritative person in a group
✔️on the flip side - the opposite, less positive, or less popular side of som...
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Baltimore bridge collapse: BBC News Review
The search for six people missing after a bridge in the US collapsed has been suspended. The accident happened when a ship hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key bridge in the city of Baltimore. There are fears the collapse could lead to a significant disruption to the world’s supply chains. Investigators are now trying to understand what went wrong.
Key words and phrases
🔎 heart-pounding - describes a very stressful event
• There were a few heart-pounding minutes as the damaged plane came in to land.
• Watching penalty shoot-outs is heart pounding.
🔎 move heaven and earth - make a great effort to achieve something
• The army moved heaven and earth to defeat the enemy.
• There are transport strikes, but I’m going to move heaven and earth to get to the wedding on time.
🔎 put (something) to the test - find out how well something works
• If there is a real fire, it will put all those drills to the test.
• He says he can ...
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Here's an expression you can use when you feel 😭 upset! Write your answer in the comments ✍️and share this post!
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describing people – idioms with George #shorts
What idioms do you know to describe 👬 people? George is here to teach you four idioms through a short but 🤩 fun story. 🤔 Can you guess what they mean? Make sure you 👀 watch to the end to find out!
Try ✍️ making an example sentence with one of the idioms in the comments below.
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BOX SET: English In A Minute 10 – TEN English lessons in 10 minutes!
Learn English and improve your vocabulary and grammar in this 10-minute super-class! Learn the essential English words and grammar that you need to take your English skills to the next level! All you need to do is sit back and get ready to give your English a huge boost now!
⭐All vs every vs whole
⭐Each vs every
⭐4 common uses of through
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⭐Ways to say sorry part 2 - formal apologies
⭐Slang words
⭐On time vs in time
⭐Notify vs let someone know
⭐So vs such
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👂 Not sure how to handle a particular situation? Never done anything like it before? Don’t worry - just play it by ear! When did you last play something by ear?
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Milan ice cream ban: BBC News Review
For many, ice cream, pizza and Italy go hand in hand. Now the northern city of Milan has plans to ban the sale of these famous Italian foods late at night. The city’s council is considering the move because of complaints about noise from local residents. Critics of the plan say it will damage local businesses.
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Key words and phrases
poised - ready for action
🔎 The cat was poised to jump on the mouse.
🔎 The company is poised to announce massive job cuts.
declares war on - tries to defeat
🔎 The school governors declared war on vaping among students.
🔎 The government has said it’s declaring war on unemployment.
sort of - in a way; kind of
🔎 It’s sort of spring, but it’s still really cold.
🔎 I sort of want to go to this party, but there are also people I want to avoid.
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✔️ 0:26 - Story
✔️ 1:16 - Headline 1
✔️ 2:38 - Headline 2
✔️ 4:05 - Headline 3
✔️ 5:34 - Language summary
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🤔 Do you know this useful English expression, which means ‘it’s not helpful to be sad about something that has already happened’? ✍️ Write your answer in the comments and don’t forget to give this post a like!
🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn this expression in more detail with our We Say - You Say series.
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What idioms can you use when you’re happy? George is here to teach you four idioms through a short but fun story. How many of them do you know? Trying writing an example sentence with one of the idioms in the comments below!
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BOX SET: English vocabulary mega-class! 🤩 Expressions with 'I', 'me' and 'my'!
Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with this 'expressions with I, me and my' compilation box set from our series The English We Speak! Do lots of listening practice and learn LOTS of new English words!
There are 8 programmes in this collection from BBC Learning English and each one explains the meaning and use of a real everyday British English expression with plenty of examples of how to use the words in real-life contexts!
00:00 - It's story of my life
02:12 - Don't mind me
04:09 - Excuse me
06:27 - I don't buy it
08:27 - Cramp my style
10:46 - It beats me
12:34 - It escapes me
14:35 - I'm out
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🗣️ Sometimes formal and informal English can seem like two different languages. Here are formal and informal ways of telling someone they didn't get a job 😞 .
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🤔 ‘specially’ VS ‘especially’ – what’s the difference? #shorts
😕 🤔 ‘specially’ and ‘especially’ look and sound very similar but are often confused! Do you know the difference? Sian is here with a quick explanation and some useful examples to help you! Watch the video and then try writing your own sentence!
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English Rewind - News Words: Money laundering
📻 What is money laundering? Who does it and why? In this archive episode of News Words we guide you through some real English language news stories featuring the words 'money laundering' to improve your English news vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening.
There are many forms of financial crimes. Do you think crimes like tax evasion and money laundering are as serious as crimes of violence such as robbery? Send us your short 'news story' on this topic and try to use some of the vocabulary from this page. 👇👇👇
Vocabulary of money and crime:
✔️ a ransom - money that is asked to be paid to release a person, people or property which has been kidnapped or hijacked
✔️ bribery - the crime of paying someone to do something illegal for your benefit
✔️ blackmail - the crime of demanding that someone pays you money and, if they don't pay, you will make embarrassing information about that person public
✔️ tax evasion -...
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🧐 ‘Practice’ or ‘practise’? What’s the difference? Scroll through the images to learn all about these commonly confused words!
EXTRA: Learn 4 ways to use 'practice' in this 1-minute video.
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🧐 Do you know what’s wrong with this sentence? Take a good look – and tell us in the comments what the error is!
🙌 EXTRA: Learn more about which prepositions go with which adjectives in this short reel. Click on our link in bio.
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🗣️Take one! Take more! Take all of them! Go on, fill your 🥾 boots! 🤩 Find out how to use this authentic English phrase - and don’t forget to answer the questions on the last slide!
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Job interviews are 😰 stressful! 🤔 Do you know how to answer questions and sell yourself when you want a new job?
🎧 Listen to the new episode of Office English to learn some common job interview questions and how to answer them in English.
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English Rewind - London Life: British breakfasts
📻 It's said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But what's in a traditional British breakfast? Find out while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme London Life. What do you usually have for breakfast? Tell us in the comments 👇👇👇
Useful vocabulary:
✔️ a greasy-spoon café - an ordinary, perhaps down-market, café
✔️ a vague vision - an unclear picture in your mind, or idea
✔️ bacon - meat from a pig that has been salted and dried; it is fried for a traditional British breakfast
✔️ chips - fried potatoes
✔️ sustenance - nourishing, healthy food
✔️ caff - informal for café
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What idioms do you know to describe 👫 people? George is here to teach you four idioms through a short but 🤩 fun story. 🤔 Can you guess what they mean? Make sure you 👀 watch to the end to find out!
Try making an example sentence with one of the idioms in the comments below.
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‘Desert’ or ‘dessert’ – one of these is not very nice to eat! 🤪🧐🤔
Check out the difference in these handy slides, and then answer this question:
I’ve always wanted to see the Sahara ______.
a) desert
b) dessert
Are you ready to learn more about these two words and how to say them? Check out this video in our link in bio.
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💴 🤔’worthless’ VS ‘priceless’ have completely different meanings - but are often confused! Do you know the difference?
Sian is here with a quick explanation and some useful examples to help you! Watch the video and then try writing your own sentence using the words! Do you have anything that’s worthless? What do you have that’s priceless? ✍️
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