The English We Speak

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Make the English you speak sound more natural with The English We Speak from bbclearningenglish.com. Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme.

ENGLISH United Kingdom Language Learning

15

OCT

Tiger mother

3 min

Trying to help your kids succeed in life? These mothers have a strong idea of what to do!

08

OCT

Buzzkill

3 min

A phrase for when something spoils your fun.

01

OCT

Buyer's remorse

3 min

Have you ever regretted an expensive purchase? This is the phrase for you!

24

SEP

Freecycle

2 min

When you don't want to sell, freecycle! Learn what it means.

17

SEP

Carbon footprint

2 min

Love to travel but worried about the environment? Here's a phrase for you to use.

10

SEP

To cough up

3 min

When is a cough not a cough? We teach you a money-related phrase.

27

AUG

Fib

2 min

We won’t teach you to lie, but you will learn how to use the word ‘fib’.

20

AUG

Hot under the collar

2 min

Cool off and learn this phrase with us.

13

AUG

Eat your heart out

3 min

Learn a humorous phrase about being the best!

30

JUL

Fat chance

2 min

Learn an expression about likelihood.

23

JUL

Milk it

2 min

A phrase about taking advantage of a situation to gain sympathy or respect

16

JUL

To cherry-pick

3 min

We’ve picked the best phrase for you to learn!