Learning English Vocabulary

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

Episodes (399 available)

Learning English Vocabulary

Words with 'ough'

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.

26 May 2026

7 mins

Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'life'

Learn phrases with the word 'life'

20 May 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary

Easily confused words

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.

18 May 2026

6 mins

Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'day'

Learn four phrases that use the word 'day'

13 May 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary

Suffixes: -less and -free

Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!

11 May 2026

7 mins

Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'

Learn phrases with the word 'look'

6 May 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'end'

Learn phrases with the word 'end'

29 Apr 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Phrases with fire Learning English Vocabulary

Learn phrases that are commonly used with 'fire'.

27 Apr 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Phrases with hat

Learn phrases that use the word 'hat'

20 Apr 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary

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

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