Compound nouns

A network is a group or system of things that have multiple connections between them, like a network of train stations with railways linking them together. There are words that often go together – these are called collocations. Listen to Beth to learn some of the verbs that we of ... Show More

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk ... Show More

Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map out a strategy. There are many common verbs collocations with 'strategy' - learn how to use them with Beth in this podcast.TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and ... Show More

In this episode, I teach a trick to formulate verbal nouns from verbs and give examples. Additionally, I introduce "ragmen" and "lazim", two words which are used a lot in daily life. 

This week we are talking about that most popular, sweet, freezing cold treat … ice cream! Find out about your hosts favourite flavours, the ice creams they enjoyed as kids and a recipe Jennifer uses to create ice cream with her son. Lots of ice cream vocabulary is included - you’ ... Show More

Le nombre de synonymes d'un mot témoigne de son importance pour ceux qui parlent une langue, explique Muriel Gilbert. Les Inuits ont des centaines de mots pour décrire la neige. Devinez quels sont les termes qui ont le plus de synonymes en français... 

Idioms 

You already know a LOT of nouns in English, but did you know that there are different types of nouns? That’s what we’ll be learning today! Make sure to watch to the end of the lesson, because I’m going to clarify a very common confusion between categories of nouns that many Engli ... Show More

Heute erzähle ich dir etwas über die deutsche Sprache. Und zwar über Wörter, die genau gleich gesprochen und geschrieben werden, aber in verschiedenen Zusammenhängen etwas ganz Unterschiedliches bedeuten. Ich erkläre dir, was Teekesselchen und Homonyme sind. Diesen Text hat Matth ... Show More

Certains mots sont synonymes... Mais attention, ils ne sont pas pour autant interchangeables, explique Muriel Gilbert.