Sometimes we all need a reminder to use our brains more! 🧠 There’s a fun British expression for that! 🤣 Can you guess the phrase? We’ll reveal it later!
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Fran is hungry - The London to Edinburgh Challenge: Episode 5
Fran, Bob and Paula leave London. Learn easy English for talking about food! There's a free downloadable worksheet on our website 👉 https://bbc.in/3BNoOHE
Fran arrives in Oxfordshire on her bike. It is slow but cheap! Now she's hot and hungry. The waiter gives her some options for food and drink. Does she want healthy or unhealthy food?
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How do you tell someone you 👎 don’t like something? You could always say 🙅♀️ ‘I don’t like that’ – but there are LOADS more interesting expressions you can use! 😃 Here are just five of them – do you know any more? 📨 Share this post if you like it! 🤔 What do you say when you don’t like something?
🧐 How do Londoners talk about the things they don't like? 🤩 Click on the link in our bio to find out!
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😮 Did you know there’s a new meaning for the word ‘fit’? 🤔 Have you heard of a ‘fit check’?!
The words ‘fit’ and ‘fit check’ are used by Gen Z in everyday English and on social media!
👀 Watch this video to find out how the people in London are using it!
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What is the new meaning of ‘fit’?
😮 Did you know there’s a new meaning for the word ‘fit’? 🤔 Have you heard of a ‘fit check’?!
The words ‘fit’ and ‘fit check’ are used by Gen Z in everyday English and on social media! 👀 Watch this video to find out how the people in London are using it!
🤩 ✍️ Tell us about your fit today in the comments!
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👀 Here’s Sian with 5 linking words you can start using today to sound more natural when you’re having a conversation in English! Try using one in a comment to us!👇 👇 👇
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DeepSeek: Chinese AI app shocks tech world: BBC Learning English from the News
Why has this Chinese AI app shocked the tech world?🔎For a free worksheet, and all the vocabulary and definitions: https://bbc.in/4hwgQ4I For more Learning English from the News: https://bit.ly/4bZwR0T
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🥳🎉 Happy Lunar New Year! 2025 is the year of the Snake 🐍🐍🐍 and it is said that people born in this year will be warm-hearted, sociable, family-oriented, intelligent and perceptive. Are you celebrating today? What are you doing?
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Bob needs a coat - The London to Edinburgh Challenge: Episode 4
Bob goes clothes shopping. Learn easy English for talking about clothes! There's a free downloadableorksheet on ourebsite 👉 https://bbc.in/3DIrrLf
The Presenter isarm. Bob arrives in Cambridge by train, but it's notarm. It's very cold, and heants to buy aarm coat. What colour and size does heant? He doesn't have a lot of money, and these coats are expensive...
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‘rice’ or ‘lice’? Pronunciation #shorts
Can you hear the difference in pronunciation between ‘rice’ and ‘lice’? 🍚 🦟 To some learners, words with /r/ and /l/ can almost sound the same. Listen carefully to Nicola and practise saying the words yourself! 🫵 Make sure you watch to the end for a short quiz. What other words are difficult to pronounce? 🙂
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English Rewind - News Words: Trafficking
📻 What is trafficking? Who does it - and who are its victims? In this archive episode of News Words we guide you through some real English language news stories featuring these two words to improve your English news vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening.
Is people trafficking an issue that affects your country? Send us your short 'news story' on this topic and try to use some of the vocabulary from this page. 👇👇👇
Related vocabulary:
✔️ the black market - the illegal buying and selling of things which may be difficult or expensive to get legally
✔️ dealing - the buying and selling of goods, including illegal goods such as narcotics
✔️ organised crime - illegal activities which are controlled and carried out by a large and powerful group of criminals
✔️ asylum seekers - people who ask to be allowed to live in a country which is not their own because they are in danger in their homeland
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There’s a ❌ mistake in this sentence – 🤔 do you know what it is? 😄 We’ll tell you the answer later!
🤩 Click on the link in our bio for a lesson on easily confused words!
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What is ‘ick’? How can I use it? 🤨
Have you heard English speakers talking about ‘getting the ick’ or something ‘giving them the ick’?! How about ‘an ick’? 🙋♀️
Well, ‘ick’ is used by Gen Z in everyday English and on social media! 👀 Watch this video to find out how the people in London are using it - and what things give them the ick! Everyone is using it. Don’t miss out!
🤩 💬 Tell us about your icks in the comments!
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🗣️ Do you want to sound more fluent when you’re speaking English? 🤩 In this video, Sian shares 5 tips to help you!
🤔 Which ones are you going to try? Do you know any more tips for spoken fluency?
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🗣️ 5 tips to sound more fluent in English
🗣️ Do you want to sound more fluent when you’re speaking English? In this video, Sian shares 5 tips to help you! 🤩
💬 Which ones are you going to try? Do you know any more tips for spoken fluency?
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English opposites quiz #shorts
🤩 Are you a vocabulary expert? Test your knowledge by using prefixes to turn these words into their opposites! When you’ve done the quiz, send it to a friend to see who can get a higher score. 💪
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Present perfect simple or continuous? Ask BBC Learning English
Juan has sent us a question. He wants to know the difference between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous. To see Sian's grammar notes, visit our website: https://bit.ly/4fbCJFX
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🤓 Possessive pronouns and adjectives can both be used to show that something belongs to someone, but they aren’t exactly the same! Have a 👀 look at our grammar explanation and then 💪 try your luck at our possessive quiz!
✍️ Tell us your 💯 scores in the comments and try to give us a sentence using a possessive pronoun or adjective.
🤩 Learn about the possessive 's by clicking on the link in our bio!
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There’s a ❌ mistake in this sentence – 🤔 do you know what it is? 🤓 We’ll tell you the answer later!
🧐 What's a preposition? 🤩 Click on the link in our bio to find out!
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Becoming a musician ⏲️ 6 Minute English
Ever wanted to be a musician? For audio and transcript downloads, plus a quiz and a list of the words and definitions, click here 👉 https://bbc.in/40mGgdZ More episodes of 6 Minute English here 👉 https://bbc.in/4jfhDZx Watch the musicians in My Song, My Home perform their songs, and learn vocabulary from the lyrics here:👉 https://bbc.in/3WEdsNd
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00:48 Quiz question
01:17 The discussion
04:53 Quiz answer
05:17 Vocabulary recap
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Are you a ⚠️ risk-taker – or are you risk-averse? 😃 Double-tap to like this post, and use this English idiom to tell us all about it!
🤔 Have you heard the expression 'pain in the neck'? 🤩 Click on the link in our bio to learn what it means!
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5 linkers for natural 🗣️ conversation
👀 Here’s Sian with 5 linking words you can start using today to sound more natural when you're having a conversation in English! Try using one in a comment to us!👇 👇 👇
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Sometimes, people treat others unfairly or unkindly – in return for the way they themselves have been treated. 😔 There's an excellent English expression for this! 🙂 Can you guess the phrase? We’ll tell you later!
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Can you hear the difference in pronunciation between ‘rice’ and ‘lice’? 🍚 🦟 To some learners, words with /r/ and /l/ can almost sound the same. Listen carefully to Nicola and practise saying the words yourself! 🫵 Make sure you watch to the end for a short quiz. What other words are difficult to pronounce? 🙂 Images: Getty
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You’re in a public place. You’re 🥱 tired and you want to sit down – but there’s nowhere to sit. Suddenly you see an empty 💺 seat. 🧐 How do you ask if it’s free? 🤩 We have five useful expressions for you to learn! 📨 Share this post if you like it! What do you 🗣️ say when you need a seat?
Click on the link in our bio to 👀 see how Sian asks for a seat!
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🤓 We use ‘so’ and ‘such’ to add emphasis, 🤔 but can we use them in exactly the same way? 😀 Find out by swiping through our grammar explanation and test your knowledge with a quiz! 📨 Send this to your friends and see who gets the better score.
After you’ve finished, ✍️ write a sentence in the comments using ‘so’ or ‘such’ to show off your skills!
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🤔 What is ‘ick’? How can I use it?
🤨 Have you heard English speakers talking about ‘getting the ick’ or something ‘giving them the ick’?! How about ‘an ick’? 🙋♀️
Well, ‘ick’ is used by Gen Z in everyday English and on social media! 👀 Watch this video to find out how the people in London are using it - and what things give them the ick! Everyone is using it. Don’t miss out!
🤩 💬 Tell us about your icks in the comments!
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How the world learned to love fast food ⏲️ 6 Minute English
How did fast food spread around the world? For audio and transcript downloads, plus a quiz and a list of the words and definitions, click here 👉 https://bbc.in/4j6Wpgt More episodes of 6 Minute English here 👉 https://bit.ly/4dbETDI
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04:44 Quiz answer
05:01 Vocabulary recap
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Trump returns to power: BBC Learning English from the News
Donald Trump has returned to power as US president. 🔎For a free worksheet, and all the vocabulary and definitions: https://bbc.in/4g3Dyjr For more Learning English from the News: https://bit.ly/4bZwR0T
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01:18 Headline 1
03:48 Headline 2
05:54 Headline 3
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Has anyone ever stepped on your 🦶 toes? It can be 😠 annoying when someone does something you were supposed to do! 😄 Here's an expression you can use in that situation.
🤔 Do you know any other body idioms? 🤩 Click on the link in our bio for a body idioms quiz!
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