BBC The English We Speak

The English We Speak

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
239 Episodes
232 – 239

Hits different

Here’s the expression you can use to talk about something special.
14 Sep 2021 2 min

Extra

Learn an expression to describe how exaggerated some people are.
7 Sep 2021 2 min

Zhuzh

Do you want to make something more interesting by changing it slightly?
31 Aug 2021 3 min

Lo and behold

Learn an expression to introduce a surprising part of a story.
24 Aug 2021 3 min

Bigwig

Here’s an expression to describe an important and powerful person.
17 Aug 2021 2 min

Cringe

A word for when you want to say that something is really embarrassing.
10 Aug 2021 3 min
232 – 239