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
240 Episodes
160 – 180

Bitten by the bug

Learn a phrase about becoming interested and excited in doing something.
28 Jun 2022 2 min

Onboarding

Starting a new job means becoming familiar with new duties!
13 Jun 2022 1 min

Tell me about it

Sometimes people say something that you can’t help but agree with. Learn a new phrase.
24 May 2022 3 min

Creatively bankrupt

Do you ever feel like your creativity just vanishes? Here's a phrase for that situation.
17 May 2022 3 min

As if

A phrase to use when someone says something that is ridiculous or blatantly untrue.
10 May 2022 3 min

Bad hair day

How are you looking today? Could you be having a bad hair day?
4 May 2022 2 min

Promises, promises

Learn a new expression about not believing someone’s promises.
19 Apr 2022 2 min

Not see hide nor hair

Sometimes it’s impossible to find someone. Here's a phrase to use in this situation.
12 Apr 2022 2 min

A curate's egg

Learn an odd expression which means something is a little good but mainly bad
5 Apr 2022 2 min

Easier said than done

Talking about doing things can be easy, but doing them can be a bit more complicated.
15 Mar 2022 3 min

All at sea

Discover more about this nautical phrase in The English We Speak.
1 Mar 2022 2 min

Don't mind me

If you want tell someone to ignore what you’re doing, what can you say?
22 Feb 2022 2 min
160 – 180