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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Feb 27, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: Have your cake and eat it
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Have your cake and eat it'.
Feb 20, 2012 • 4min
The English We Speak: Happy Bunny
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Happy bunny'.
Feb 13, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: Get your hands dirty
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Get your hands dirty'.
Feb 6, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: Don't get me wrong!
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak, Li finds Neil's cat 'just a bit surprising' and teaches us a useful phrase to prevent people taking offence at something.
Jan 30, 2012 • 4min
The English We Speak: Dragon
A new individual nicknamed 'Dragon' disrupts the studio's atmosphere. The cultural differences in the meaning of the word 'Dragon' between Chinese and English perspectives are explored.
Jan 23, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: Easy Tiger!
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'Easy tiger!'.
Jan 16, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: Stuffed
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the words 'stuff' and 'stuffed'.
Jan 9, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: Bubbly
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'bubbly'.
Jan 2, 2012 • 3min
The English We Speak: All the trimmings
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we talk about Christmas and the phrase 'all the trimmings'.
Dec 26, 2011 • 3min
The English We Speak: Cheesy
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at new meanings of the word 'cheesy'.
