To fall at the first hurdle

<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

<p>It's something we all go through so here's me rambling about the topic so you can pick up some vocabulary about it!</p> 

Today, you’ll listen to Coach Gildas expound on a new idiomatic expression: “When push comes to shove”. Stay tuned until the end! 

If in a negative state asking the universe “how do I solve this problem” you’ll get a completely different answer than if you were in a positive state asking the universe “how do I solve this problem “. 

In this English lesson I will help you learn 10 English phrases that we use when something is ending. Maybe it is a season, maybe it is a project at work, either way, it&apos;s good to be able to describe the last few moments of something, and how you feel about it ending. In thi ... Show More

The last Decode episode was really popular so I wanted to expand to a new mini series throughout this season. If you’ve ever been in a meeting and thought, “Wait… what does that phrase actually mean?” this episode is for you. Let me take you through a list of common business expr ... Show More

<p>In this free English class I&apos;m going to be talking about work. In particular, I&apos;m going to help you learn how to describe work in English. Every job in the world is different, and every job is unique. This means that there are very unique English words that can be us ... Show More

This video work you through Basic English an Phrasal Verbs with examples to sustain the various definitions. 

There are many things you can say. This type of question doesn't have a wrong answer. All answers will be correct. So the best answer is how good you can make the answer. A mediocre answer will be something like completing a project on time. You can say this, but add another twis ... Show More

<ul> <li>For this answer, you should display a weakness that can be seen as a strength.&nbsp;</li> <li>There are many types of answers that will work. Some answers will be good answers for certain jobs, while the same answer will be a bad answer for a different job.&nbsp;</li> ... Show More

Words for a difficult time Excerpt from an op-ed piece written in the LA Times by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar entitled "Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-05-30/dont-understand-the-protests-what-youre ... Show More