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Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Substitute

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Park the bus

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

This Week: Behind Closed Doors

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: Connection problems

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack call their boss and have a few technical problems with Skype. Can they get their micropho...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Come back

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Promotion

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - To be caught napping

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

This Week: The Stay at Home Cup

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary - COVID Kindness

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack talk about helping out during the current COVID-19 crisis. They talk about some of the wo...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Clean sheet

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Transfer

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Run down the clock

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

This week - Home Fitness

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary - Walk this way

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack take a light-hearted look at the exercise you can do outside of your house during the Cor...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Limp off

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Hat-trick

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Go down like a sack of potatoes

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

This Week: Teething Problems

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar - Obligation & Permission

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack are talking about being home and rules and routines they ask their children to follow and...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Flick on

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Mark

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Break the offside trap

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

This week - Keepy-Uppy

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary - Working from home

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack talk about working from home and look at language connected to productivity, mental and p...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Set up

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Nickname

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

This week - Suspended

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Work your socks off

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Learning Vocabulary: Road to recovery

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich has injured his ankle and Jack is feeling ill. The language focus is on vocabulary connected to in...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Cut back

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Relegation

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Pull the strings

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 29: Red-faced

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack finds a personality quiz in a magazine and finds out if Rich is a good person or not! The language...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Break the bank

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Free kick

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - A level playing field

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 28: Silverware

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: Confusing words

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack confuses Rich when talking about the Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp. The language focus is on con...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Do the double

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Equaliser

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - At sixes and sevens

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 27: Come off the bench

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar- Unless with conditionals

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack talks about the awful weather in his town and Rich and Jack make some Premier League predictions. ...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Sent off

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - An own goal

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Throw in the towel

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 26: Make amends

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary - A piece of cake!

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Valentine's Day and cooking - Jack has decided to make a cake for his wife! Th...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Hanging on

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Friendly

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Go down to the wire

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 26: Storm out of the blocks

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar - Question forms

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack is speaking about meeting the Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah. Rich, as a Liverpool fan, is not h...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Call off

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Derby

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Move the goalposts

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 25: Unprecedented

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: You've been hacked!

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack's computer is hacked and Rich offers some computer advice. The language focus is on words and phra...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Bring down

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Offside

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Get stuck in

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 24 and FA Cup - In form

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: Personality Adjectives

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about the Lunar New year which is being celebrated this weekend. They talk about the...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Knock out

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Foul

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - Keep your eye on the ball

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 23: In the bag

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich talks about the dog he adopted recently and how they are getting on. The language focus is on the ...

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Kick off

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Whistle

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast from Premier Skills English. In Premier Vocabulary, Rich and Jack talk about football English, one word at a time...

Matchweek 22: Smashing records

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: Mascots & Nicknames

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack is talking about a competition in his local newspaper. His town has a new football club and they n...

Matchweek 21 & FA Cup - Rolling back the years

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar: New Year's Resolutions

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack's makes his New Year's resolutions and Rich copies them for a different reason! The language focus...

Matchweeks 19 & 20: In charge

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Matchweek 18: World Champions

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: Christmas in the UK

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich give you an alternative countdown of the top ten things people in the UK do at Christmas ...

Learning Vocabulary: Shopping for bargains

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich go to a shopping centre to do some Christmas shopping and hope to find a bargain or two. ...

Matchweek 17: Set your sights on something

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Matchweek 16: Local Rivals

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar - Superlatives

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich is having problems choosing presents to buy for family and friends. Jack thinks the easiest thing ...

Matchweek 14: Under new management

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Learning Vocabulary: Crime

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich and Jack find a large amount of money in the park and need to decide what to do with it. Will they...

Matchweek 13: Pile on the pressure

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar - Intensifiers

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack are meeting to watch the match but Rich is really late. Jack gives Rich a half-time match...

Women's Football Weekend: Record attendances

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack...

Learning Vocabulary: Fitness & the Environment

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack takes Rich 'plogging' which is a new way to keep fit and help the environment at the same time. Th...

Matchweek 12: A Thunderbolt

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich...

Understanding Grammar: Getting Something Done

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack discovers that Rich is really lazy and that he will always try to get other people to do things fo...

Matchweek 11: A glancing header

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack...

Learning Vocabulary: Free-time Activities

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack wants to host a dinner with family & friends at his house but everyone seems to be too busy. T...

Matchweek 10: Smashed

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack...

Understanding Grammar - Scary Stories - Narrative Tenses

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, as it's nearly Halloween, Jack and Rich both have a spooky story to tell. The language focus is on gram...

Matchweek 9: The back post

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack...

Learning Vocabulary: Dependent prepositions

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about their plans for the weekend. Jack is excited about his plans but Rich is fed u...

Women's Super League: A winning streak

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack...

English & the UK: Sheffield

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich continue a series of podcasts called 'English & the UK' which focus on Premier League...

Matchweek 8 - Cool, calm and collected

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack...

Understanding Grammar - Questions

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich focus on grammar and take a look at different question types. They have three roleplays f...