Short spoken forms

How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/s5english_in_a_minuteFIND BBC LEAR ...  Show more

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'. Try Learning English Grammar episodes - just search 'Learning English Grammar' in your podcast app, or go to our website: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-grammar ...  Show more

Here’s a phrase that means to work out how people feel. Learn how to use it! 

Right now it's summer, and it's hot as blazes! (= the weather is extremely hot). This inspired me to teach you <a href= "https://www.espressoenglish.net/15-hot-english-words-and-expressions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.go ...

Learn today's five words and meanings. 

Hey everybody - listen up! Do you know what that means? Telling people to "listen up" means you want them to pay attention. This is an example of a phrasal verb being used as a command. Another one you probably know is "Watch out!" - we use this when we want to warn somebody a ...