34. Present perfect vs. Past simple

This is our second episode of our Business Series - Interrupting Politely. Over the next few months we are going to release ten new episodes on how you can be more confident in business in an Englis...

29 Touko 15min

This is our first episode of our Business Series – Leading a Meeting. Over the next few months we are going to release ten new episodes on how you can be more confident in business in an English-spe...

29 Huhti 16min

Jon and Gideon cover five mistakes that advanced learners still make. We talk about using “very” too often, being too formal in conversation, incorrect collocations, small word order issues and transl...

27 Maalis 22min

Jon and Gideon are in Chiang Mai, Thailand together, talking about some common myths about British culture and the English language. Do British people find it difficult to talk to strangers, are we al...

27 Helmi 36min

Jon and Gideon talk about some fossilised expressions. These expressions such as “hang up” and “backfire”. They are expressions that refer to an old technology but are still used in present day Englis...

30 Tammi 28min

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use the word 'take' in different ways. We give an explanation and a few different examples on how you can use it. Perfect if you don't have much ...

30 Joulu 20258min

Jon and Gideon talk for around 8 minutes about how to use the word 'run' in different ways. We give an explanation and a few different examples on how you can use it. Perfect if you don't have much t...

28 Marras 20258min

Jon and Gideon talk about some essential phrasal verbs. These are phrasal verbs that you're much more likely to use in everyday conversation such as “run out of”, “tell off” and “hang up” among others...

31 Loka 202542min