Learning English Vocabulary

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Learning English Vocabulary episodes

July 28, 2025 Short spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
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July 23, 2025 English in a Minute: Phrases with blue
How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more with Phil in this podcast.
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July 21, 2025 Uncountable nouns
What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?
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7 min
July 16, 2025 English in a Minute: Phrases with ice
Don't put your learning on ice – learn these phrases today!
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July 14, 2025 Time expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
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7 min
July 09, 2025 English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'network'
A network is a group or system of things that have multiple connections between them, like a network of train stations with railways linking them together. There are words that often go together – these are called collocations. Listen to Beth to learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'network'.
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July 07, 2025 Hyphenation
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
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July 02, 2025 English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'strategy'
Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map out a strategy. There are many common verbs collocations with 'strategy' - learn how to use them with Beth in this podcast.
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June 30, 2025 Words with double letters
We talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.
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June 25, 2025 English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'resource'
Resources are things like time, money or materials that people or organisations can use to function well. Georgie teaches you verbs that are likely to go with 'resource', such as pool, allocate and draw on.
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2 min

About Learning English Vocabulary

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Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes.

Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more.

Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute.

Find more at bbclearningenglish.com