218. Coming Home (part 2) B1 B2-level story

Hello, and welcome to Practising English! Mike Bilbrough is on his summer holiday, so we'd like to offer a B1 story recorded way back in 2022. It's called Bully, and it's taken from Mike Bilbrough's book for preparing for the Cambridge Preliminary exam: "B1 English Vocabulary Bui ...  Show more

Mike Bilbrough is taking his summer holiday at the moment. Meanwhile, we'd like to offer you a story recorded last year in two parts as one complete story for you to listen to, learn from and enjoy. You can follow the story transcript and see the B2 language in bold type at Mike' ...  Show more

In today’s lesson you will listen to one English dialogue and learn 2 new English expressions. words. The two expressions are "To be taken by surprise" and "To make up one's mind(about)". These English expressions will enhance your ability to properly use ...  Show more

1. Deal with a difficult situation (survive) 2. Help someone deal with a difficult situation 3. To be connected to someone by telephone 4. To finish doing something 5. To go into the next stage of a competition or test 6. To use/finish something faster than expected 7. When a law ...  Show more

Learn about a new expression and why Feifei gets a shock! 

The words for today are: Incorporate, Belie, Elegy, Foment Today's quote is from The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. VictorPrep's vocab podcast is for improving for English vocabulary skills while helping you prepare for your standardized tests! This podcast isn't only intende ...  Show more