William and Helen look at a musical idiom in honour of the BBC Proms, a classical music festival. Listen to find out more.
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The English We Speak: To Nip Something in the Bud
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week’s idiom is ‘to nip something in the bud’.
The English We Speak: Teetotal
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week’s word is ‘teetotal’.
The English We Speak: Festival Phrases
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we’re looking at phrases related to festivals.
The English We Speak: Fatherhood
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we’re looking at some phrases relating to fatherhood.
The English We Speak: Hullabaloo
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week’s word is ‘hullabaloo’.
The English We Speak: Bounce
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week we’re looking at a new slang usage of the word ‘bounce’.
The English We Speak: The special relationship
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week’s phrase is ‘The special relationship’.
The English We Speak: ‘Baby Talk’
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week’s phrase is ‘baby talk’.
The English We Speak: ‘Baby Talk’
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week’s phrase is ‘baby talk’.