Learning English Vocabulary

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."

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There are a few phrases in English about card games. Learn what it means to lay all your cards on the table, and more in this podcast.

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How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation? Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.

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Here are 4 phrases with 'grass'. Don't kick learning them into the long grass!

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So you want a salary increase? Who doesn't? But do you pronounce 'increase' with the stress on the first syllable in, or the second syllable crease? The answer depends on whether you're using increase as a noun or a verb... And that's the subject that Neil and Catherine are talking about in this 6 Minute Vocabulary programme.

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What phrases do you know with the word 'big'? Learn some in this podcast.

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If you sleep like a baby, do you sleep well or badly? Learn that here and more with Georgie

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Cookies or biscuits? Autumn or fall? Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English. Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.

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What phrases do you know with 'foot'? Learn some in this podcast.

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Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.

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