Learning English Vocabulary Podcast
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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Contractions
Mon 27 Oct 2025
"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'home'
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Job suffixes
Mon 20 Oct 2025
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.
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Word stress
Mon 13 Oct 2025
How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.
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English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Learn verbs that are commonly used with 'resource'
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Compound adjectives
Mon 6 Oct 2025
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates)
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English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'task'
Wed 1 Oct 2025
Learn verbs that are commonly used with 'task'
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'
Wed 24 Sep 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'hit'
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-ing and -ed adjectives
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.
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Binomials
Mon 15 Sep 2025
Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.
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English in a Minute: Phrases with head
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Learn phrases that commonly contain the word 'head'
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English in a Minute: Phrases with 'ear'
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'ear'
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Useful chunks of language
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
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Words with 'ough'
Mon 1 Sep 2025
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
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Easily confused words
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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English in a Minute: Phrases with sea
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'sea'
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English in a Minute: Phrases with fire
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'fire'
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Prefixes de, dis, dys
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.
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English in a Minute: Phrases with face
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'face'.
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Ordinal numbers
Mon 4 Aug 2025
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
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English in a Minute: Phrases with stone
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'stone'
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Short spoken forms
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha鈥� are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
