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This is an expression that talks about an area, especially the one where you live. Learn how to use it with Feifei and Phil.TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-251007 Subscribe t ... Show More

Teething problems are issues that you have when you’re getting used to something new. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil.TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-25 ... Show More

This phrase means that someone's argument is weak.TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-250922 Subscribe to our newsletter ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newslettersFIND ... Show More

We talk about the weather, but not in a boring way. We hope. 

Learn how to talk about something you did regularly in the past, but don’t do now. 

Everyone's happy to be speaking the same now, right? 

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said. 

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said. 

More than a few people seem to suffer from the modern-day 'affliction' of almost constant texting. That's the topic of conversation in this lesson. Alain and Thérèse are out for dinner but they have not yet said a word to each other. Let's listen. 

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Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes. 

People talk about what they like to do. 

身边总是有些朋友喜欢对某些话题发表议论，也不管是不是让身边的人觉得无聊或者不舒服，不过有时候他们的看法或许有些道理，也帮助我们反省自己的生活态度，所以不妨耐心听听看吧。 Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2772