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    Another string to your bow

    Learn a phrase about having an additional skill.

  2. An old hand

    Someone who's skilled and experienced

  3. All that jazz

    When jazz isn't jazz鈥�

  4. All over the shop

    The phrase about shops that isn't about shops

  5. All over the place

    Neil can't find his script. His pen's gone missing. He's feeling a bit confused.

  6. All at sea

    Discover more about this nautical phrase in The English We Speak.

  7. Air kiss

    When is a kiss not a kiss?

  8. After

    Join Li and Finn for a drink in the bar and learn a new way to ask someone what they want.

  9. Adulting

    Learn a word to describe behaving like an adult.

  10. Act your age, not your shoe size

    Abigail tells Rob to act his age not his shoe size. But what does this mean?

  11. Across the pond

    Learn an expression which makes an ocean sound very small indeed

  12. Across

    When is 'across' not a preposition?

  13. Ace

    Do you like playing cards? Are you ace at playing cards? Join us for an 'ace' programme.

  14. About

    Familiar word, new meaning!

  15. A wild card

    Who's the wild card in the office? Rob and Feifei use a phrase to describe an...

  16. A white elephant

    Does Finn have to look after his uncle's white elephant? Find out more with The We...

  17. A walk in the park

    Is walking in the park easy? It can be if you learn this phrase!

  18. A wake-up call

    Learn this expression: it's a warning sign!

  19. A thing

    Time to lose that beard鈥�

  20. A taste of your own medicine

    Payback time

  21. A sting in the tail

    Learn a phrase with a painful ending

  22. A sticky situation

    A phrase that can't be mended with glue

  23. A spanner in the works

    In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'A in...

  24. A slap in the face

    Not got the result you wanted? Here's a phrase that expresses how you feel

  25. A shock to the system

    A sudden and unpleasant change can come as a shock. Learn a phrase to describe this.

  26. A recipe for disaster

    A phrase that means you're heading for disaster

  27. A necessary evil

    Learn a phrase about accepting something you don't like but have to do

  28. A necessary evil

    Can you accept something you don't like?

  29. A million to one

    Here's an expression to say something is extremely unlikely

  30. A memory like a sieve

    Are you forgetful? This expression is for you!

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