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Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.

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Homophones


Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'


Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:50:00 +0000

What does it mean to see the light? Learn that and more with Georgie.

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Compound nouns


Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:13:00 +0000

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'


Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Learn 4 phrases with 'pull' here. You'll enjoy it – we're not pulling your leg!

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Adjective order


Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:29:00 +0000

This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'


Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

What phrases do you know with 'clock'? Learn some in this podcast.

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Contractions


Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:43:00 +0000

"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'


Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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

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Job suffixes


Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:06:00 +0000

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'


Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Learn 4 phrases with 'look'' in this podcast. If you learn them all you'll really look sharp.

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Word stress


Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:19:00 +0000

How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

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


Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What does it mean to draw on and squander resources? Learn that and more in this podcast.

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Compound adjectives


Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:43:00 +0000

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

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


Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What verbs can we use 'task'? Learn some here.

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Lexical sets


Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:34:00 +0000

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'


Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Make sure your English learning isn't hit-and-miss – be consistent! Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.

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-ing and -ed adjectives


Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:51:00 +0000

Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'red'


Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Learn 4 phrases with 'red' in this podcast. Don't worry, none of them are red herrings!

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Binomials


Mon, 15 Sep 2025 07:44:00 +0000

Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with head


Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What phrases do you know with 'head'? Beth has a few to tell you.

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Useful chunks of language


Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:49:00 +0000

Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'ear'


Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

If you 'play it by ear', you don't make a plan. Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.

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Words with 'ough'


Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:14:00 +0000

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with heart


Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.

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Easily confused words


Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with sea


Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

What phrases do you know with 'sea'? Beth will teach you some in this podcast.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with fire


Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Did you know it can be a good thing to be 'on fire'? Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.

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Suffixes –free and -less


Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:42:00 +0000

Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with hat


Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!

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Prefixes de, dis, dys


Mon, 11 Aug 2025 08:01:00 +0000

Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with face


Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What phrases use the word 'face'? Beth has the answer in this podcast.

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Ordinal numbers


Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:55:00 +0000

What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with stone


Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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 use the word 'stone'.

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Short spoken forms


Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:23:00 +0000

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?

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English in a Minute: Phrases with blue


Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more with Phil in this podcast.

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Uncountable nouns


Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:48:00 +0000

What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?

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English in a Minute: Phrases with ice


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:31:00 +0000

Don't put your learning on ice – learn these phrases today!

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Time expressions


Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:18:00 +0000

Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.

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


Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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 together. There are words that often go together – these are called collocations. Listen to Beth to learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'network'.

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Hyphenation


Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:31:00 +0000

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."

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