To fall at the first hurdle

Some ideas are just never going to work. Those are what we call 'non-starters'. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil.As always, get your free transcript for this episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-260 ...  Show more

Notes here is about negative feedback, so ‘no notes’ means that something is perfect. Use it when you have nothing negative to say. Learn about this expression and how to use it with Feifei and Georgie.As always, find a free transcript here:✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglis ...  Show more

This Idiom is used with something isn’t going right and may end soon. This podcasts gives examples of how to use it. Try to create sentences as well. 

If there is something holding you back from moving up to your next level, think about this... If that one thing that has been hiding you back for the last year keeps holding you back for the next two or three or five years where will you be? will you trapped in the same spot you ...  Show more

The beginning of nonsense 

A grand idea is sparked.  You work it out and are certain it’s what you should do.  So you go for it.  You take that risk because you’re betting big on yourself!  As you’re going along you realize none of it is working out.  You’ve failed.  What should you do?  

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