Reinvent the wheel

<p>This expression is a way to say someone's idea, guess or opinion is far from the reality. Learn it here with Beth and Feifei.</p><p>FIND A TRANSCRIPT: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-251124</p><p>SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTE ... Show More

<p>When you take someone under your wing, you help them with something or protect them. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil.</p><p>FIND A TRANSCRIPT: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-251117</p><p>SUBSCRIBE TO ... Show More

If there are no ways about something, you want to emphasise that it's true. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil.FIND A TRANSCRIPT: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-251110 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https ... Show More

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

Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation. 

Learn what to say when you're making a guess about a past or present situation. 

Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous. 

Three people saying what they do in their spare time 

A man talks about what he did yesterday and today. Notice how different forms of the past tense are used throughout the story. 

Go after can be used in a couple of different ways. In this lesson, we explain how to use it when you are talking about a sequence of events or to 'be next'. 

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