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Learning English Conversations Podcast Transcripts

BBC Radio · 711 episodes with transcripts

Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier. Every week, we teach you a new phrase or word you can use in conversation with The English We Speak. And we bring you special series to improve your English conversation.

Spoken has transcripts of 711 Learning English Conversations episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 6, 2026.

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The English We Speak: Sack something off

October 6, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Feifei Feng (0:24)

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.

I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Georgie. How are you?

Georgie (0:36)

Feifei, I am exhausted and sadly, I've got plans every night this week. Big error.

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