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Learning English Conversations

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Sitting pretty

Learn a phrase to describe a good situation.

Oct 18, 20222 min

Feast your eyes

Sometimes you can be amazed at what you see. Learn an expression for these moments.

Oct 11, 20222 min

Put the brakes on

Learn a phrase about stopping or slowing down an activity.

Oct 4, 20222 min

Second-guess

If you don't know what's going to happen next, you have to guess.

Sep 26, 20221 min

Ins and outs

Learn about a new expression and why Feifei gets a shock!

Sep 20, 20222 min

Yes and no

Not all answers in life are 'yes' or 'no'. Learn why with this phrase.

Sep 13, 20222 min

Eat your words

Learn a phrase about being wrong.

Sep 13, 20222 min

Bug someone

Sometimes people or things just annoy you. Learn a phrase about this.

Sep 13, 20222 min

Willy-nilly

Learn an informal expression about doing things without planning.

Aug 23, 20222 min

Willy-nilly

A random phrase

Aug 22, 20222 min

Gnarly

Do you find something disgusting? Use this word to describe it.

Aug 16, 20222 min

Smash it

Learn a phrase to give encouragement

Aug 9, 20222 min

A doddle

Is this phrase easy to learn?

Aug 2, 20221 min

It’s now or never

Learn how to use ‘it’s now or never’

Jul 26, 20222 min

Happy days

Learn a phrase to use when you hear good news.

Jul 19, 20222 min

Double down

Learn a phrase about extra effort.

Jul 12, 20222 min

Game face

Learn an expression about determination.

Jul 5, 20222 min

Bitten by the bug

Learn a phrase about becoming interested and excited in doing something.

Jun 28, 20222 min

It escapes me

A phrase about forgetting something

Jun 21, 20222 min

Onboarding

Starting a new job means becoming familiar with new duties!

Jun 13, 20221 min

Thereby hangs a tale

When there is more to say....

Jun 6, 20222 min

The royal treatment

Are you ready to feel like a king or a queen?

May 31, 20222 min

Tell me about it

Sometimes people say something that you can’t help but agree with. Learn a new phrase.

May 24, 20222 min

Creatively bankrupt

Do you ever feel like your creativity just vanishes? Here's a phrase for that situation.

May 17, 20222 min

As if

A phrase to use when someone says something that is ridiculous or blatantly untrue.

May 10, 20223 min

Bad hair day

How are you looking today? Could you be having a bad hair day?

May 4, 20221 min

'Ish' - The English We Speak

Make the English you speak sound more natural

May 3, 20222 min

Promises, promises

Learn a new expression about not believing someone’s promises.

Apr 19, 20222 min

Not see hide nor hair

Sometimes it’s impossible to find someone. Here's a phrase to use in this situation.

Apr 12, 20222 min

A curate's egg

Learn an odd expression which means something is a little good but mainly bad

Apr 5, 20222 min

That'll be the day

Learn a phrase about things that are unlikely to happen.

Mar 29, 20222 min

Gathering dust

What’s gathering dust in your house?

Mar 22, 20222 min

Easier said than done

Talking about doing things can be easy, but doing them can be a bit more complicated.

Mar 15, 20222 min

The plot thickens

A phrase for when a situation becomes more mysterious.

Mar 8, 20222 min

All at sea

Discover more about this nautical phrase in The English We Speak.

Mar 1, 20222 min

Don't mind me

If you want tell someone to ignore what you’re doing, what can you say?

Feb 22, 20222 min

Cramp my style

Who’s cramping your style?

Feb 15, 20222 min

You couldn't make it up

Learn an expression for unbelievable events.

Feb 8, 20222 min

Cool cat

Do you know someone who is really hip and trendy?

Feb 1, 20222 min

There's nothing to it

Sometimes we do things that are simple. Learn an 'easy' phrase to describe this.

Jan 25, 20222 min

As sick as a parrot

Learn a phrase about disappointment.

Jan 18, 20221 min

Eke out

We have the perfect phrase to describe making the most of what you’ve got left.

Jan 13, 20221 min

Say no more

Learn a phrase about understanding someone.

Jan 4, 20221 min

Scrub up well

Learn a phrase about making a special effort to dress smartly.

Dec 28, 20211 min

You shouldn't have

Learn a phrase to show surprise when receiving a gift

Dec 21, 20212 min

Not looking too clever

If someone’s 'not looking too clever', are we doubting their intelligence?

Dec 14, 20212 min

Not like the sound of something

Don't like what you hear? Say it with this expression!

Dec 7, 20211 min

I'll give you that

Learn what to say when you agree with someone about some or all of what they said.

Nov 30, 20212 min

Another string to your bow

Learn a phrase about having an additional skill.

Nov 23, 20212 min

Clap back

When someone criticises something you’ve done, what do you do?

Nov 16, 20211 min