Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with this 'expressions with 'the'' 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 does 'spill the tea' mean?
2:31 - What does 'take the biscuit' mean?
5:03 - What does 'bite the bullet' mean?
7:40 - What does 'talk the talk' mean?
10:11 - What does 'let the dust settle' mean?
12:15 - What does 'just the ticket' mean?
14:59 - What does 'take the rough with the smooth' mean?
17:23 - What does 'the more the merrier' mean?
20:35 - What does ' put someone on the map' mean?
22:56 - What does 'flatten the curve' mean?

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