Hard-nosed

Here for what exactly? Learn how to show your support for something with this expressionGet a free transcript for this episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-261102Explore more programmes for your level: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ ...  Show more

If you express two ideas using 'in the same breath', you contrast them both and add weight to one. It's used to introduce a contradiction. Though the ideas are different, both could be true, but the latter idea, which comes after 'in the same breath', usually carries more weight. ...  Show more

How assertive are you? Do you always stand your ground or do you often let people push you around? 
In today's podcast, you'll learn vocabulary and expressions on the topic of assertiveness.

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Today's episode is all about describing different personalities.  0:00 INTRO 1:10 Recommendation of the week 2:30 My personality 6:00 How to describe annoying people 10:00 What does it mean to be passive-aggressive? 12:05 How to describe cool people (the type of person that I wa ...  Show more

Toughness gets sold to us as never flinching, never feeling, gritting your teeth and pushing through. I am not convinced that is it. In this episode I work through what real toughness might actually be, and why the chest-out version often hides something brittle underneath.The St ...  Show more