Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary.

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English in a Minute: Phrases with heart
Learn phrases that use the word 'heart'
01 Jun 2026,1 min
Words with 'ough'
Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.
26 May 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'life'
Learn phrases with the word 'life'
20 May 2026,1 min
Easily confused words
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
18 May 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'day'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'day'
13 May 2026,1 min
Suffixes: -less and -free
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
11 May 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'
Learn phrases with the word 'look'
06 May 2026,1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'end'
Learn phrases with the word 'end'
29 Apr 2026,1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with fire Learning English Vocabulary
Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'fire'.
27 Apr 2026,1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with hat
Learn phrases that use the word 'hat'
20 Apr 2026,1 min
Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes
13 Apr 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'
Learn phrases with the word 'money'
09 Apr 2026,1 min
Ordinal numbers
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
07 Apr 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'thing'
01 Apr 2026,1 min
Short spoken forms
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?
30 Mar 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'hand'
25 Mar 2026,1 min
Uncountable nouns
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
23 Mar 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye'
Learn phrases that commonly contain 'eye'
18 Mar 2026,1 min
Time expressions
Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.
16 Mar 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'water'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'water'
11 Mar 2026,1 min
Hyphenation
Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."
09 Mar 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cards'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'cards'
04 Mar 2026,1 min
Words with double letters
How would you recommend people remember which double letters are in accommodation?
02 Mar 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'grass'
25 Feb 2026,1 min
Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes.
23 Feb 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'big'
Learn phrases with 'big'
18 Feb 2026,1 min
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'baby'
Learn four phrases that use the word 'baby'
11 Feb 2026,1 min
British and American English
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes.
09 Feb 2026,6 mins
English in a Minute: Phrases with 'foot'
Learn phrases with the word 'foot'
04 Feb 2026,1 min
Business jargon
Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.
02 Feb 2026,6 mins