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Today's World Cup phrase of the day is the expression to see off which in football means to defeat or beat an opponent.

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On today's show, languagecaster.com dissects France's miserable performance at the World Cup. We also salute the four teams that have qualified for the knockout stages from Groups C and D and look ahead at today's games.

Today's World Cup phrase of the day is actually a collection of phrases and vocabulary to describe the process of qualifying for...

This podcast looks at the 2010 World Cup last set of matches from Groups C and D and asks four football fans what they think will happen. There is a transcript for this show which may help you to improve your language skills by reading as you listen, or if you are a teacher of English you can use the transcript to make different kinds of activities for your learners. If you have any questions, sug...

Implode is a word used to describe a team, or team performance that is so bad it damages the chances of the team...

Every day during the World Cup, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché connected to this summer's tournament - today we look at 'turn on the style'. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here football clichés here and our huge football glossary here. http:/...

'Maybe it's the pressure?' suggested England manager Fabio Cappello after England's dismal draw with Algeria, so on this World Cup podcast we take a look at the pressure of playing in the most important sporting event in the world. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous...

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To be out of their depth

Today's World Cup phrase of the day is the expression to be out of their hands.

World Cup phrase of the day is 'to blow wide open'

Good and Bad from Week 1: The 2010 World Cup is a week old and we look at some of the highs and lows of the tournament by...

Every day during the World Cup, the languagecaster team will be explaining a football phrase or cliché connected to this summer's tournament. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript. You can find many more examples by going to our football clichés here and our huge football glossary here. If you have any questions, suggestions or comments then plea...

World Cup Phrase of the Day: Group of Death

World Cup Phrase of the Day: To Take the Game to

World Cup 2010 Podcast 2: England vs The Media In this podcast, Damian reflects on the media reaction to England's first game against the USA

World Cup Phrase of the Day: A Howler!

A set-piece: It's day 2 of the World Cup and already we've seen some great goals in the tournament that have come from set-pieces

The World Cup is finally here and languagecaster kicks off its World Cup coverage with a look at the teams we think will do well and not so well. We also discuss those teams we think may cause a surprise or two and predict which players will feature in the Golden Boot race. Remember you can also: Check out a new football expression in World Cup English for Football Follow the predictions battle be...

Can you remember the uproar over the Vuvuzela in the 2010 World Cup? With the African Cup of Nations kicking off in South Africa this weekend we thought we'd revisit Bafana Bafana's favorite.

On this, the final podcast of the year, we take a look back at some of the highs and lows of the European football season. Remember you can also: Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a huge collection of football voca...

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Report Each week on languagecaster's podcast we feature a main report and on this week's show we review the football season in Europe. You can listen to the report by clicking above and can read the transcript below. Explanations of vocabulary in bold appears at the foot of the post. You can also post a comment telling us what you thought were the best and worst mome...

[print_link] | Subscribe: English Football Phrase Each week we explain a soccer phrase or cliché on our weekly languagecaster podcast. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here and football clichés here. Listen Here This week we look at the phrase to play down. This phrasal verb combining the verb 'play' and the preposition 'down' is combined when you want to say...

This week's podcast looks at the stats behind Inter and Bayern's road to the Champions League final. Remember you can also: Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Language Res...