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The English We Speak

Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service

Thanks a bunch

28 February 2023
02:12

Slow walk

21 February 2023
01:55

Take something to heart

14 February 2023
02:07

Take something to heart

13 February 2023
02:07

Know the score

07 February 2023
02:16

Jog your memory

31 January 2023
02:08

A flying start

24 January 2023
02:13

Steal someone's thunder

17 January 2023
02:07

Call it a day

09 January 2023
02:10

Off the top of my head

03 January 2023
02:09

Change for the better

23 December 2022
02:17

Quiet quitting

13 December 2022
02:20

Hang in there

06 December 2022
02:17

Bite your tongue

29 November 2022
02:11

Win hands down

22 November 2022
02:11

Fever pitch

15 November 2022
01:44

Twiddle your thumbs

08 November 2022
01:44

Get your act together

08 November 2022
02:15

Dog's dinner

25 October 2022
02:01

Sitting pretty

18 October 2022
02:16

Feast your eyes

11 October 2022
02:11

Put the brakes on

04 October 2022
02:02

Second-guess

26 September 2022
01:56

Ins and outs

20 September 2022
02:13

Yes and no

13 September 2022
02:10

Eat your words

13 September 2022
02:29

Bug someone

13 September 2022
02:14

Willy-nilly

23 August 2022
02:19

Willy-nilly

22 August 2022
02:19

Gnarly

16 August 2022
02:06

Smash it

09 August 2022
02:20

A doddle

02 August 2022
01:38

It’s now or never

26 July 2022
02:04

Happy days

19 July 2022
02:06

Double down

12 July 2022
02:00

Game face

05 July 2022
02:10

Bitten by the bug

28 June 2022
02:09

It escapes me

21 June 2022
02:07

Onboarding

13 June 2022
01:53

Thereby hangs a tale

06 June 2022
02:12

The royal treatment

31 May 2022
02:14

Tell me about it

24 May 2022
02:53

Creatively bankrupt

17 May 2022
02:58

As if

10 May 2022
03:03

Bad hair day

04 May 2022
01:54

Promises, promises

19 April 2022
02:12

Not see hide nor hair

12 April 2022
02:07

A curate's egg

05 April 2022
02:19