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Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier. Every week, we teach you a new phrase or expression.

Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier.

Every week, we teach you a new phrase or word you can use in conversation with The English We Speak.

And we bring you special series to improve your English conversation.

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Episodes available: indefinitely

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    On the box

    Tue 24 Jan 2017

    Watching a 鈥榖ox鈥� can鈥檛 be very enjoyable, can it?

  • Got your number

    Tue 3 Jan 2017

    Understanding someone's true intentions

  • Clickbait

    Tue 20 Dec 2016

    Learn a word that describes tempting online links

  • Mash-up

    Tue 13 Dec 2016

    If you mix A and B, do you get C?

  • Air kiss

    Tue 6 Dec 2016

    When is a kiss not a kiss?

  • Mansplaining

    Tue 29 Nov 2016

    A word for when a man explains to a woman something in a way which suggests she's stupid.

  • Rolling in it

    Tue 22 Nov 2016

    Neil is rolling on the floor to teach a phrase connected to wealth. Feifei explains

  • Photobomb

    Tue 15 Nov 2016

    Feifei and Sian discuss a word to use when something unexpectedly appears in your photo.

  • Cyberchondriac

    Tue 8 Nov 2016

    A term to describe someone who looks up all their symptoms on the internet

  • To wash your dirty linen in public

    Tue 1 Nov 2016

    An expression about not keeping matters private

  • Cat got your tongue?

    Tue 25 Oct 2016

    A phrase about not saying much

  • It takes two to tango

    Tue 18 Oct 2016

    Learn an expression which means two people need to accept the blame for a bad situation

  • Knee-jerk reaction

    Tue 11 Oct 2016

    An expression connected to the knee

  • To have an axe to grind

    Tue 4 Oct 2016

    An expression for when someone's got a strong opinion

  • Close, but no cigar

    Tue 27 Sep 2016

    A phrase about almost succeeding

  • Get somebody's goat

    Tue 20 Sep 2016

    A phrase about something annoying

  • Bust a gut

    Tue 13 Sep 2016

    An expression that means 'to make a great effort'

  • Old-school

    Tue 6 Sep 2016

    A phrase that describes old things

  • Shedloads

    Tue 30 Aug 2016

    Learn another way to say 'lots'

  • Hangry

    Tue 23 Aug 2016

    A phrase for people who get angry when they don't eat

  • To pull something out of the hat

    Tue 16 Aug 2016

    What surprising things come out of a hat?

  • Off the hook

    Thu 4 Aug 2016

    Here's a phrase for when you free someone from an obligation

  • Barefaced

    Tue 26 Jul 2016

    A phrase about being bold and shameless

  • To make a mountain out of a molehill

    Tue 19 Jul 2016

    Don't overreact - use this phrase!

  • The last straw/final straw

    Tue 12 Jul 2016

    Something tiny can cause a lot of problems

  • The university of life

    Tue 5 Jul 2016

    Where's the best place to learn about life?

  • White collar worker / blue-collar worker

    Tue 28 Jun 2016

    What colour is your job?

  • Drama queen

    Tue 21 Jun 2016

    Here's a phrase to describe someone who overreacts easily

  • It's on the cards

    Tue 14 Jun 2016

    Learn a different way of saying that something is likely to happen

  • Until you're blue in the face

    Tue 7 Jun 2016

    Is nobody listening to you? Learn a colourful phrase to explain the situation

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