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  1. Baby phrase

    Is Feifei giving up her job to take care of babies? Learn an amusing idiom: 'Don't the...

  2. Awesomesauce

    Learn a new informal word to describe something amazing.

  3. At the movies

    Sci-fi, romcom, whodunnit 鈥� What kind of movies do you like?

  4. At the drop of a hat

    Acting on impulse!

  5. As sick as a parrot

    Learn a phrase about disappointment.

  6. As if

    A phrase to use when someone says something that is ridiculous or blatantly untrue.

  7. Another string to your bow

    Learn a phrase about having an additional skill.

  8. An old hand

    Someone who's skilled and experienced

  9. All that jazz

    When jazz isn't jazz鈥�

  10. All over the shop

    The phrase about shops that isn't about shops

  11. All over the place

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

  12. All at sea

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

  13. Air kiss

    When is a kiss not a kiss?

  14. After

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

  15. Adulting

    Learn a word to describe behaving like an adult.

  16. Act your age, not your shoe size

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

  17. Across the pond

    Learn an expression which makes an ocean sound very small indeed

  18. Across

    When is 'across' not a preposition?

  19. Ace

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

  20. About

    Familiar word, new meaning!

  21. A wild card

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

  22. A white elephant

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

  23. A walk in the park

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

  24. A wake-up call

    Learn this expression: it's a warning sign!

  25. A thing

    Time to lose that beard鈥�

  26. A taste of your own medicine

    Payback time

  27. A sting in the tail

    Learn a phrase with a painful ending

  28. A sticky situation

    A phrase that can't be mended with glue

  29. A spanner in the works

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

  30. A slap in the face

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

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