Finding your feet

If you express two ideas using 'in the same breath', you contrast them both and add weight to one. It's used to introduce a contradiction. Though the ideas are different, both could be true, but the latter idea, which comes after 'in the same breath', usually carries more weight. ... Show More

Sometimes people leave you to do something on your own because they trust you. Sometimes people just don't want to help you. In both of these situations we can say that you are left to your own devices. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil.Get a free transcript f ... Show More

Try your patience means 'test your patience'. Find out how to use it here with Phil and Feifei.Get a free transcript for this episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-261012Have you signed up to our email newsletter yet? If ... Show More

This lesson covers describing where something or someone is located. 

<p>You&#39;re dancing around gesticulating. They&#39;re dancing around gesticulating. Children are clapping and someone might even be singing, shaking an abacus in time to the music. Except that you&#39;re not teaching them a &quot;foreign friend&quot; dance, you&#39;re trying to ... Show More

Join Mark and Pablo for another chapter in the captivating Scenes series! In Chapter 3, we meet Elena, a new substitute teacher settling into the neighbourhood and searching for a flat.This chapter introduces practical verbs like alquilar and cubrir una baja, while giving us a cl ... Show More

Two people describing what they are doing. 

<p>You may not be strutting on the catwalk, but your significant other is working it tonight! With this lesson, you can let everyone in the room know, hey... she&#39;s with me! And you&#39;ll do it in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0913</p> 

This lesson covers asking and understanding directions. 

<p>Start your day off right with ChinesePod as we greet the sun and slip into the lotus position! If you haven&#39;t already guessed, we&#39;re at yoga class. If you&#39;ve ever wondered what to call yoga positions in Chinese, or if you ever find yourself getting lost with your C ... Show More