New normal

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

New vocab and new techniques.  

New idiom to learn, simple and strange 

With new vocabulary! 

We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media 

Talking about new things. 

In this lesson, we learn some more expressions we can use when meeting new people and a new expression related to tārof. 

'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made. 

A New Usage of the "wa" particle and things we "can do."