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Mar 29, 2018

A conversation with Andy Johnson including loads of idiomatic expressions and their explanations. First you can listen to a rambling chat with Andy and then I'll explain 25 idioms that came up during the conversation. Part 2 coming soon...

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Mar 26, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #60 - to hang on

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Hi everyone,

This is Luke and this is the 60th phrasal verb episode that I’ve done and so this really is the 60th phrasal verb. You know that at the beginning of this process I decided I’d do one every day. I haven’t quite managed to do that. So, by the end of the...


Mar 26, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #59 - to hand down

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Hello everybody. It’s Luke here and it’s time to learn another phrasal verb.

This one is “to hand down”. “Hand down”.

And let’s see. As a verb it’s usually used in the passive form.

There is also a noun associated with this phrase too. So...


Mar 26, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #58 - to hand out

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Hi everyone. Here’s another phrasal verb for you.
And this one is “to hand out”. “Hand something out” or “Hand out something”.

Okay. “Hand out”. Like a hand that you use to hold things with, you know the hand – four fingers and a thumb? Right.

“Hand...


Mar 26, 2018

A Phrasal Verb a Day #57 - to be hailed as

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Hello everybody, welcome to another phrasal verb episode.
I’m going to keep this one fairly serious. I’m going to try to keep it serious.

Let’s see if I manage that. Right. This phrasal verb is “to hail as”. “Hail as”.

Hail is spelt H – A – I – L...