You’ll learn some polite expressions so that you can sound more like a native speaker. These will be especially useful if you work in customer services or a call centre and need to express yourself politely in English. Voice message from Marion Voice message from Diana from Panama empathise (verb) – empathy (noun) – empathetic…
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In this podcast, we’re going to ‘kind of’ help you with your English. So, if you’re feeling ‘sort of’ frustrated and want to improve your English level, make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit in your favourite chair and let us ‘sort of’ take your English to the next level. Voice message from Alberto…
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How do you pronounce OUGH? You may be surprised to know that you can pronounce these letters EIGHT different ways. Listen to this podcast and learn how crazy English really is! Voice message from Luis from Mexico City I’ve been listening to your podcast – I’ve listened (TO) all your shows I find them very…
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You’ll learn whenever to use words like whenever, however, whatever, whichever, wherever, whoever and whosever. Whoever listens to this week’s podcast will avoid confusion with these words wherever you are in the world, and whatever you use English for. However, whatever, whichever, whenever, wherever, whoever whatever – anything at all’ or ‘it doesn’t matter what…
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We’re travelling virtually to Scotland today and we’ll help you with some specific vocabulary and pronunciation features that you might hear there. There’s also a special guest on the podcast to help you understand more about the way the English language is spoken in Scotland. Malcolm is an English teacher from Edinburgh, Scotland. He’s also…
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On today’s podcast, you’ll learn 8 more colloquial expressions so that you can sound more like a native speaker. Voice message from Francesca from Italy ‘give it a go’ ‘set my mind to’ ‘make the most of’ Squid Game on Netflix Francesca also asked about material for CAE/C1 Advanced study. She says, “My British Council…
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Sometimes the world seems a lot smaller than it actually is and coincidences seem very unlikely and surprising. Spanish speakers say ‘the world is a handkerchief’ – el mundo es un pañuelo. In English we say, ‘It’s a small world!’ We’ve got some examples of how small the world can be in this podcast. Voice…
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You’ll learn 24 money idioms and expressions that will make your English sound more natural. Voice message from Ebiana from Argentina If you want to go back and listen to the old episodes about money, they are: https://inglespodcast.com/12 https://inglespodcast.com/23 https://inglespodcast.com/24 https://inglespodcast.com/46 Ebiana sent a couple of money stories. One was about Sir Isaac Newton (an…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over (Oct. 2021) and many countries are still facing high infection rates, deaths and severe economic consequences of the virus. Nevertheless, there have been some positive things that have come out of the pandemic, and we’ll talk about them in this podcast. Email from Hamza Haji from Ethiopia In…
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We speak a lot about travel on this podcast. Flying around the world to visit other countries can be a wonderful adventure. But should we be thinking more about climate change and the effect we are having on global warming every time we buy a plane ticket? Find out what we think in this episode….
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