Learning English Conversations
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Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier. Every week, we teach you a new phrase or word you can use in conversation with The English We Speak. And we bring you special series to improve your English conversation. Try Beating Speaking Anxiety to learn how to fight your fears of speaking English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at
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Episodes
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Nov 4, 2014 • 3min
Eat humble pie
Is Rob hungry enough to win a pie-eating competition? Listen to the programme
Oct 28, 2014 • 3min
Water off a duck's back
Feifei has a thing or two to learn from the ducks in the park. So do you. Listen to the programme.
Oct 21, 2014 • 3min
Take for a ride
Li wants to invest in a car moved by air. Is she going to lose her money?
Oct 14, 2014 • 4min
Baby phrase
Is Feifei giving up her job to take care of babies? Learn an amusing idiom: 'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'.
Oct 7, 2014 • 3min
Joe Bloggs
Do you know Joe Bloggs? He might be just beside you.
Sep 29, 2014 • 3min
Butter up
Is this butter for a cake, for toast or... to put on a person? Finn and Feifei explain
Sep 22, 2014 • 4min
Hair of the dog
Rob had too much to drink. Is this the cure for his hangover?
Sep 15, 2014 • 4min
Splash Out
Finn is spending a lot of money. But can he afford it?
Sep 8, 2014 • 3min
Cheesed off
Finn is angry, so Li offers him some tasty cheese. Will it calm him down?
Sep 1, 2014 • 3min
Frogmarch
A style of walking that is hard to do on your own.
