Obeidalla Aabdoun

Learning English Conversations

Education EN ↓ 829 episodes

Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier. Every week, we teach you a new phrase or word you can use in conversation with The English We Speak. And we bring you special series to improve your English conversation. Try Beating Speaking Anxiety to learn how to fight your fears of speaking English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

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Obeidalla Aabdoun

Episodes

Knickers in a twist 02.04.2012 4:47

In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'knickers in a twist'.

To let the cat out of the bag 26.03.2012 3:12

In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'To let the cat out of the bag'.

To paint the town red 19.03.2012 3:22

In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'To paint the town'.

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! 12.03.2012 3:36

In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed'.

Wake up and smell the coffee! 05.03.2012 3:05

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Wake up and smell the coffee!'.

The English We Speak: Have your cake and eat it 27.02.2012 3:01

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Have your cake and eat it'.

The English We Speak: Happy Bunny 20.02.2012 3:36

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Happy bunny'.

The English We Speak: Get your hands dirty 13.02.2012 2:54

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Get your hands dirty'.

The English We Speak: Don't get me wrong! 06.02.2012 2:51

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak, Li finds Neil's cat 'just a bit surprising' and teaches us a useful phrase to prevent people taking offence at something.

The English We Speak: Dragon 30.01.2012 4:09

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the meaning of the word 'Dragon'.

The English We Speak: Easy Tiger! 23.01.2012 2:55

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'Easy tiger!'.

The English We Speak: Stuffed 16.01.2012 2:50

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the words 'stuff' and 'stuffed'.

The English We Speak: Bubbly 09.01.2012 3:04

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'bubbly'.

The English We Speak: All the trimmings 02.01.2012 3:12

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we talk about Christmas and the phrase 'all the trimmings'.

The English We Speak: Cheesy 26.12.2011 2:56

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at new meanings of the word 'cheesy'.

The English We Speak: Work for peanuts 19.12.2011 4:18

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'work for peanuts'.

The English We Speak: Sinking Feeling 12.12.2011 4:16

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'sinking feeling'.

The English We Speak: Head over Heels 05.12.2011 3:26

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'head over heels'.

The English We Speak: Nailed It! 28.11.2011 3:26

Neil needs to put a clock on the studio wall, but can he nail it? Find out more in this week's programme.

The English We Speak: Lairy 21.11.2011 3:11

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'lairy'.

Sponger 14.11.2011 3:20

Neil tells Li about his plan to live in luxury after giving up his job. Find out more about how he will pay for his expense in this week's programme.

The Creeps 07.11.2011 2:37

In our special Halloween edition Neil and Li try to give you the creeps.

Smoothie 31.10.2011 3:14

Are you a smoothie? Learn different meanings of the word 'smoothie' with Neil and Li.

The English We Speak: 'Get Lost' 24.10.2011 2:49

The English countryside is beautiful but causes problems for Helen and Rob. Find out more about this phrasal verb in this week's The English We Speak.

The English We Speak: Playing Up 20.10.2011 3:00

Everyone likes to see children playing, but do we also want them to play up? Find out more about this phrasal verb with Rob and Helen.