Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with this 'idiomatic expressions' compilation box set from our series 'The English We Speak'! Do lots of listening practice and learn LOTS of new vocabulary! There are 10 programmes in this collection from BBC Learning English and each one explains the meaning and use of a real everyday British English expression with plenty of examples of how to use the words in real-life contexts!

0:00 - Intro
0:07 - What is 'living in a bubble'?
2:19 - What is 'a taste of your own medicine'?
4:46 - What does 'to have all your Christmases come at once' mean?
7:21 - What does 'to have a good nose' mean?
10:02 - What does 'hot under the collar' mean?
12:37 - What does 'get the short straw' mean?
15:24 - What does 'throw shade' mean?
17:58 - What is a 'giant killer'?
20:48 - What does 'cough up' mean?
23:31 - What does 'wing it' mean?

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