Learning English Vocabulary
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Podcasts
English in a Minute: 4 ways to use the word 'material'
Published: June 26, 2024, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
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English in a Minute: how to use the word 'during'
Published: June 19, 2024, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 1 second
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'nice'
Published: June 12, 2024, 1:31 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'count'
Published: June 5, 2024, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds
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Phrases made of two words
Published: June 3, 2024, 1 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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English in a Minute: how to use 'schedule'
Published: May 29, 2024, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'supreme'
Published: May 22, 2024, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds
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English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'situation'
Published: May 15, 2024, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 minute
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Suffixes free and -less
Published: May 6, 2024, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Phrases from Shakespeare
Published: March 25, 2024, 9:04 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds
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Discourse markers: showing attitude
Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 2:38 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Prefixes de, dis, dys
Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Time expression with in, on and at
Published: Sept. 4, 2023, 2:58 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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How to pronounce words that start with 'c'.
Published: July 24, 2023, 8:59 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 23 seconds
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re, pre and pro
Published: July 10, 2023, 10:52 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Binomials: phrases made of two words
Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 11:54 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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Useful chunks of language
Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 12:55 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 12:16 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 3 seconds
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More irregular verbs
Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 4:27 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 10:46 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
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Suffixes: -ness and -ity
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 7:46 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Discourse markers for showing attitude
Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 9:33 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Someone, nothing, anywhere
Published: Sept. 20, 2022, 10:24 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Spoken short forms
Published: Aug. 1, 2022, 8:55 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'
Published: May 23, 2022, 3:18 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 23 seconds
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Words with more than one spelling
Published: July 5, 2021, 6:37 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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Suffixes: -ness & -ity
Published: June 7, 2021, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Discourse markers: Attitude
Published: May 31, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
Published: May 24, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 15 seconds
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Someone, somewhere, anywhere...
Published: May 17, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Irregular verbs
Published: May 10, 2021, 9:58 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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Words with 'ough'
Published: April 19, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Easily confused words
Published: April 13, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Suffixes: -less and -free
Published: April 5, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Published: March 29, 2021, 6 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds
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Ordinal numbers
Published: March 22, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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Short spoken forms
Published: March 15, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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Uncountable nouns
Published: March 8, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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Time expressions
Published: March 1, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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Words with double letters
Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 8:52 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 13 seconds
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British and American English
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 2:27 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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Business jargon
Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
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Pronouncing words that start with c
Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 23 seconds
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Phrasal verbs and context
Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Prefixes re-, pre- and pro-
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Multi-word verbs
Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical
Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Strong adjectives
Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Male and female job words
Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 10:35 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds
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Weather words
Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 10:59 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 51 seconds
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Compound nouns
Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 8:10 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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Similar words
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 7:10 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 6 seconds
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Adjective order
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 7:56 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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Job suffixes
Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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Compound adjectives
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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-ing and -ed adjectives
Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 6 seconds
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-ing and -ed adjectives
Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 6 seconds
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Chunks of language
Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Adjectives and adverbs
Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds
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Academic Vocabulary
Published: July 20, 2020, 9:11 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds
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Talk like Shakespeare
Published: July 13, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds
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Irregular verbs 2
Published: July 6, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Published: June 29, 2020, 12:12 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Adjectives from names
Published: June 22, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
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Suffixes -sion -tion -tian
Published: June 8, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
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Discourse Markers: Interjections
Published: May 25, 2020, 9:33 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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Commonly misspelled words
Published: May 18, 2020, 10:06 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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6 Minute Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary
Published: March 19, 2018, 10:55 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds
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