Podcast Episodes

Mild swear words

Episode 582

We can't teach you extremely bad and offensive swear words because we run the risk of being banned. 

However, in this episode we've collected some of the milder and softer expletives that shouldn't g…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

IKEA

Episode 581

In this podcast, you'll learn about the furniture and home improvement store IKEA. Whether you're a huge fan of shopping there or you've never heard of IKEA, you'll learn lots of new vocabulary.

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Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Soft Skills

Episode 580

In this podcast, you'll learn what soft skills are and how they are different from hard skills. We'll give you some examples of soft skills so that you can widen your vocabulary and be prepared to an…

Published on 5 months ago

Oxymorons

Episode 579

In this podcast, you'll learn about oxymorons. An oxymoron puts two words that don't normally go together side by side, like "pretty ugly" or "bittersweet", to create a new idea that's often clever, …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Superstitions

Episode 578

In this podcast, you'll learn about superstitions around the world. Some bring good luck and some bring bad. Do you believe in superstitions? Do we believe in them? 

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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

English surnames that come from occupations

Episode 577

In English, many surnames come from the professions of their ancestors. These are called "occupational surnames". Examples include Smith (blacksmith), Miller (miller), Taylor (tailor), and Carpenter.…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Arts and Crafts in English

Episode 576

In today's podcast, you'll learn words and expressions connected to arts and crafts, (from sketch to sculpture). We hope you find this episode "handy".

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Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

10 Stupid things people do

Episode 575

In today's podcast, you'll learn expressions connected to regrets so that you can reflect on what you did in the past and look back with a critical eye. 

We've all made mistakes, sometimes we might c…

Published on 6 months ago

Funny idioms from around the world

Episode 574

Some idioms have almost a word for word translation into another language. For example, If you solve two problems with one action, you can use the English idiom 'to kill two birds with one stone' or …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Taxes and Tariffs

Episode 573

We know what you're thinking. This is another dry, boring podcast on a topic that we know nothing about. Well, I hope we'll be able to surprise you and that you'll learn lots of vocabulary connected …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago