Learning English Vocabulary

Suffixes: -less and -free

11 May 2026

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Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!Get free weekly tips and tricks to help you with your English. Sign up to our news...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'

06 May 2026

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What phrases do you know with 'look'? Learn some here with Beth.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you wi...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'end'

29 Apr 2026

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How many phrases do you know with the word 'end'? Learn four here with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes...

English in a Minute: Phrases with fire Learning English Vocabulary

27 Apr 2026

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Did you know it can be a good thing to be 'on fire'? Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and...

English in a Minute: Phrases with hat

20 Apr 2026

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Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to h...

Prefixes: dys- de- dis-

13 Apr 2026

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Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our weekly tips about how...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'

09 Apr 2026

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What phrases do you know with 'money'? Learn some here with Beth.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you w...

Ordinal numbers

07 Apr 2026

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What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:/...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'

01 Apr 2026

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What's the next big thing, and what's a thing of the past? Learn these 'thing' phrases and more here.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episo...

Short spoken forms

30 Mar 2026

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Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https://...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand'

25 Mar 2026

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If you want to learn phrases, don't worry! You're in good hands. Learn four phrases with the word 'hand' with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcri...

Uncountable nouns

23 Mar 2026

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Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye'

18 Mar 2026

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What phrases do you know with 'eye'? Learn four here.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your Eng...

Time expressions

16 Mar 2026

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Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/le...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'water'

11 Mar 2026

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Do you hate it when people pour water on your ideas, or is it like water off a duck's back? Learn these 'water' phrases and more here.TRANSCRIPT Find...

Hyphenation

09 Mar 2026

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Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."Have you tried the podcast 'Real Easy English'? Two presenters have short,...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cards'

04 Mar 2026

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There are a few phrases in English about card games. Learn what it means to lay all your cards on the table, and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find...

Words with double letters

02 Mar 2026

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How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation? Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, s...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass'

25 Feb 2026

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Here are 4 phrases with 'grass'. Don't kick learning them into the long grass!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes ...

Pronouncing verbs and nouns

23 Feb 2026

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So you want a salary increase? Who doesn't? But do you pronounce 'increase' with the stress on the first syllable in, or the second syllable crease? T...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'big'

18 Feb 2026

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What phrases do you know with the word 'big'? Learn some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to he...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'baby'

11 Feb 2026

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If you sleep like a baby, do you sleep well or badly? Learn that here and more with GeorgieTRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and mor...

British and American English

09 Feb 2026

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Cookies or biscuits? Autumn or fall? Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English. Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary fr...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'foot'

04 Feb 2026

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What phrases do you know with 'foot'? Learn some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you w...

Business jargon

02 Feb 2026

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Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'stop'

29 Jan 2026

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Here are 4 phrases with 'stop'. Stop at nothing to learn them.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with...

Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’

26 Jan 2026

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Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'. Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follo...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bite'

21 Jan 2026

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If you've been procrastinating on your English study, it's time to bite the bullet and listen to this podcast! Learn four phrases with the word 'bite'...

Phrasal verbs and context

19 Jan 2026

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Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/le...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bone'

14 Jan 2026

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Learn 4 phrases with 'bone' here. It's only a minute long, so you don't have to work your fingers to the bone.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for t...

Prefixes: re- pre- and pro-

12 Jan 2026

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We talk about words with the prefixes re, pre and pro. LISTEN TO REAL EASY ENGLISH: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/rea...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cake'

07 Jan 2026

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Listening to this podcast is great, but using the phrases in real life is the icing on the cake. Learn four phrases with 'cake'.TRANSCRIPT Find a fre...

Silent letters

05 Jan 2026

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We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.LISTEN TO REAL EASY ENGLISH: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learni...

Onomatopoeia

29 Dec 2025

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Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newslettersFIND BB...

Multi-word verbs

22 Dec 2025

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Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'lose'

17 Dec 2025

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Learn 4 phrases with 'lose' here. Don't lose your touch!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your ...

Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

15 Dec 2025

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'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.Find Learning English Grammar: ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/en...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'

10 Dec 2025

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Use these phrases with 'wind' in your everyday conversations. It's time to throw caution to the wind!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episo...

Strong adjectives

08 Dec 2025

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'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.Find Learning English Grammar: ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/en...

Male and female job words

01 Dec 2025

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Policeman/policewoman, actor/actress - learn about job titles and gender.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk...

Weather words

24 Nov 2025

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The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here. TRY THE LISTENING ROOM: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningengl...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'

19 Nov 2025

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Learn 4 phrases with 'gold' with Phil in this podcast. They're worth their weight in gold!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more...

Homophones

17 Nov 2025

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Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️https://www...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'

13 Nov 2025

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What does it mean to see the light? Learn that and more with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help y...

Compound nouns

10 Nov 2025

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Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.c...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'

06 Nov 2025

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Learn 4 phrases with 'pull' here. You'll enjoy it – we're not pulling your leg!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programm...

Adjective order

03 Nov 2025

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This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.TRY THE READING ROOM: ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/th...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'

29 Oct 2025

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What phrases do you know with 'clock'? Learn some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you ...

Contractions

27 Oct 2025

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"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'

22 Oct 2025

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Get comfy, make yourself a hot drink – make yourself at home! Learn 'make yourself at home' and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcr...

Job suffixes

20 Oct 2025

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What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bb...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'

15 Oct 2025

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Learn 4 phrases with 'look'' in this podcast. If you learn them all you'll really look sharp.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and m...

Word stress

13 Oct 2025

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How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress. THE PRONUNCIATION LOUNGE ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningeng...

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'

08 Oct 2025

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What does it mean to draw on and squander resources? Learn that and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more ...

Compound adjectives

06 Oct 2025

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Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates). FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ http...

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'task'

01 Oct 2025

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What verbs can we use 'task'? Learn some here.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at...

Lexical sets

29 Sep 2025

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Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/le...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Make sure your English learning isn't hit-and-miss – be consistent! Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript fo...

-ing and -ed adjectives

22 Sep 2025

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Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'red'

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Learn 4 phrases with 'red' in this podcast. Don't worry, none of them are red herrings!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more pr...

Binomials

15 Sep 2025

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Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.b...

English in a Minute: Phrases with head

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What phrases do you know with 'head'? Beth has a few to tell you.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you w...

Useful chunks of language

08 Sep 2025

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Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'ear'

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you 'play it by ear', you don't make a plan. Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and mor...

Words with 'ough'

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.Try the new Learning English Grammar episodes - just search 'Learning Engli...

English in a Minute: Phrases with heart

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more pro...

Easily confused words

25 Aug 2025

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Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://...

English in a Minute: Phrases with sea

22 Aug 2025

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What phrases do you know with 'sea'? Beth will teach you some in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes ...

English in a Minute: Phrases with fire

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know it can be a good thing to be 'on fire'? Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode an...

Suffixes –free and -less

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Foll...

English in a Minute: Phrases with hat

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to ...

Prefixes de, dis, dys

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.c...

English in a Minute: Phrases with face

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What phrases use the word 'face'? Beth has the answer in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help ...

Ordinal numbers

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...

English in a Minute: Phrases with stone

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a BBC Learning English podcast while you commute to work – it kills two birds with one stone! Listen to Georgie to learn more phrases that...

Short spoken forms

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why? FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https...

English in a Minute: Phrases with blue

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more with Phil in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programme...

Uncountable nouns

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learninge...

English in a Minute: Phrases with ice

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't put your learning on ice – learn these phrases today!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with ...

Time expressions

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'network'

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A network is a group or system of things that have multiple connections between them, like a network of train stations with railways linking them toge...

Hyphenation

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.c...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'strategy'

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map out a strategy. There are many common verbs coll...

Words with double letters

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'resource'

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Resources are things like time, money or materials that people or organisations can use to function well. Georgie teaches you verbs that are likely to...

Pronouncing verbs and nouns

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'theory'

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is a theory and which verbs are commonly used with it? In this podcast, you'll learn what 'formulate a theory' means and lots more. Learn colloca...

British and American English

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https:...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'trip'

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can make one, take one, and extend one, but what other verbs can we use with the 'noun' trip? Learn verbs that collocate with 'trip' with Phil in ...

Business jargon

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can you think out of the box or do you take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'challenge'

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you rise up to the challenges you face? What poses a problem for you?. All these verbs are common collocations with 'challenge' - learn how to use ...

Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’

02 Jun 2025

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Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follo...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'method'

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Methods can be devised or worked out. You can choose one to follow or adopt, and if it works, everyone will know what your method involves. All these ...

Phrasal verbs and context

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs. Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningengl...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'opinion'

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Your opinion is what you think and believe. There are some verbs that we often use with 'opinion'. We call these combinations collocations. Learn some...

Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https://ww...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'source'

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A source refers to an original place, person or thing. There are some verbs that we often use with 'source'. We call these combinations collocations. ...

Silent letters

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you pronounce the words night and knight? FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow ...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'technology'

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Technology refers to new tools, equipment or techniques that have been developed using scientific knowledge. There are some verbs that we often use wi...

Onomatopoeia

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningeng...