To take (something) on board

Here for what exactly? Learn how to show your support for something with this expressionGet a free transcript for this episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-261102Explore more programmes for your level: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ ... Show More

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

Going on holiday 

<p>If you think the people all look alike, wait until you see the luggage coming out of the conveyor belt. Apparently 394 of the 395 other passengers bought their black $15 &#39;Samsonite&#39; luggage from the same Pearl Market back alley. Mistaken luggage identity crisis.... wha ... Show More

As Bobby Wonder and Grabstack prepare for their trip to Florp to meet Grabstack’s brother, problems emerge when they can’t figure out what to pack. Should they bring a sweater? Flip flops? What will they do?! 

<p>You have an inkling from a post-packing teeter on the bathroom scale that your baggage may be overweight. Your only hope to avoid overweight fees is charming that handsome check-in clerk with a batting of eyes and barrage of Chinese. That, or employing strategic passport place ... Show More

Have you ever wondered what airport security really finds inside people's luggage? I'm talking about more than just a forgotten water bottle. Welcome to a new episode where we learn https://adeptenglish.com/company/learning-system/ English with some of the most bizarre airport se ... Show More

<p>You&#39;re nine hours in, two family-oriented movies later. You have had waaaay too much time to ponder whether the chicken on rice would have sat better with you than the pork with noodle. The urban legend claiming alcohol has twice the effect in the air seems a little far-fe ... Show More

Emma has caught a travel bug! Emma and Luke talk about planning a trip.The Dialogue Frog website has transcripts and vocabulary lists for every episode! Check it out here: https://dialoguefrog.com/english-practice-conversation-planning-a-trip-99/Follow us on Facebook: https://www ... Show More

learn words and phrases to use when you travel by airplane