Useful chunks of language

Useful chunks of language

Author: BBC Radio September 8, 2025 Duration: 6:30

Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Learning English Vocabulary
Podcast Episodes
English in a Minute: Phrases with hat [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13
Learn these three hat phrases! Phil will take his hat off to you if you do!TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/en…
Prefixes: dys- de- dis- [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:29
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our weekly tips about how to improve your English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599Find mo…
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04
What phrases do you know with 'money'? Learn some here with Beth.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/feat…
Ordinal numbers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:21
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learning…
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11
What's the next big thing, and what's a thing of the past? Learn these 'thing' phrases and more here.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bb…
Short spoken forms [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:22
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningengl…
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:53
If you want to learn phrases, don't worry! You're in good hands. Learn four phrases with the word 'hand' with Georgie.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English a…
Uncountable nouns [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:21
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglis…
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:59
What phrases do you know with 'eye'? Learn four here.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/s5engli…
Time expressions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:21
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followusS…