6 Minute BBC Podcasts

Dating apps and how our brain reacts?

In today's program Rob and Dan are going to be looking at what our brains are doing when we are using dating apps. Additionally, in this podcast they'll explain the meaning of swiping right and left as you are using dating apps and they'll find out approximately how many marriages in the UK start with the couple meeting online.
As ever this podcast provides listeners with six useful items like vocabulary and expressions. So let's give it a start.

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🔊Easy Phonics 1 (Unit4 Nn,Oo,Pp, Qq)

#beginner #phonic #pronunciation
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📖 An amazing story Part 2 🟫 Part 1

🔘 Today's WORDS are:
😖 ex‧cru‧ci‧at‧ing
🔜 en‧su‧ing
🤕 chron‧ic

#v452 #vocabulary
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Actual English with Jennifer - Lesson 01. Workplace❷ 👩‍🏫

#basics #speaking
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💢 Adverb clause of condition
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▫️provided that
▫️On the condition that
▫️whether or not
▫️Assuming that
▫️supposing that

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📖 An amazing story Part 3 🟫 Part 2 🟫 Part 1

🔘 Today's WORDS are:
💪🏻 Dare
🔛 Remaining
📈 Make a speedy recovery

#v453 #vocabulary
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● GRAMMAR ➧ Common Stative (Non_progressive) Passive Verbs+ Prepositions

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🎧 Listening practice: cosmetic surgery

🗣 Download the attached mp3 file and PDF to practice and improve your listening skills

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📚 👉Script👈 https://superbot.me/filetobot/889ae13b_1514642

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😬 A Survival Drama

🔘 Today's WORDS are:
⏺ against all odds
⛺️ shelter
🐜 in‧fest 

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🗣50 useful tips for speaking English fluently

✅ #speaking
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Today idioms are:

1)Idiom : 🔴know the ropes🔴

Meaning: to learn how to do the job/activity
Example: the moment she knows the ropes, there was no stopping her.
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2) Idiom : 🔴know sth/sb backword and forward🔴

Meaning: Know something very well. Be an expert, or be well acquainted with something
Example: Alice knew their strategy backwards and forwards, as she worked there for a long time.
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3) Idiom : 🔴 under one's belt🔴

Meaning: Have a lot of experience
Example: i have to get a lot knowledge under my belt before the presentation.
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4) Idiom : 🔴Pick his brain🔴

Meaning: Ask questions of someone to learn more about a subject that he knows better than you
Example: my teacher is expert in chemistry. I'll pick his brain to see if he can solve my problem.

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Today's phrasal verbs

📌 Check something ↔️ out
📌 Pass out
📌 Hand something ↔️ out

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✴️ Types of adjective clauses ✴️

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Today idioms are:
1) Idiom : 🔴Put it down to experience🔴

Meaning: something bad has happened, but you decide to learn from it instead of being upset by it
Example: Don't worry about your failure. You just have to put it down to experience and carry on with life
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2)Idiom: 🔴 know where you stand🔴

Meaning: you don't know what your position is or what you situation is with someone, and it's worrying you
Example: I know where i stand on this matter, I'm against the war.
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3)Idiom: 🔴 Give me food for thought🔴

Meaning: something happens or someone says something that makes you think very seriously about it
Example: I am not a religious person, but knowing what a good and faithful my friend has been, it has certainly given me food for thought.
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4)Idiom: 🔴Put the record straight🔴

Meaning: you tell the true facts to someone who has believed a different set of facts up to that moment
Example : After the life-changing misunderstanding, it was good to put the record straight.

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Verbs associated with TREATMENT

Administer💊
Admit 🩺
Diagnose 🦠
Discharge🏨
Examine🔬
🩹Part 1

#Vocabulary
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🦋 Adverbs (strongly) + verbs 🦋

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🌐 Idioms about success and failure 🌐 part 1
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1) Idiom: ❇️makes all the difference (to something)❇️

🔆Meaning: has a very good effect on a situation or a thing
Example: It may not matter to you, but it makes all the difference in the world to me.
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2) Idiom: ❇️works/goes/runs like a dream❇️

🔆Meaning: works/goes/runs very well indeed
Example: He let me drive his new car last night - it goes like a dream
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3) idiom: ❇️works like magic❇️

🔆Meaning: works immediately and very well indeed
Example: This new software works like magic. I barely had to do anything and the image is perfect

⚠️ note: looks like same as previous idiom, but only difference is it shows immediate effect.
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4) Idiom: ❇️goes from strength to strength❇️

🔆Meaning: gets better and better
Example: his party has gone from strength to strength since he became leader.

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📝 WRITING

Session #n19: Informal letters

Informal letters are sent to people you know well (e.g. friends, relatives, etc.) about Your recent news, personal problems, information you need, etc. They are written in an informal style with a chatty, personal tone.

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An informal letter should consist of:

a) an informal greeting (Dear Ken/Aunt Joan/etc.);
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b) an introduction in which you write your opening remarks (i.e. asking about your friend's health, etc.) and mention your reason for writing

e.g. Hi! How are you? I thought I'd write and let you know that ...;
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c) a main body in which you write the main subject(s) of the letter in detail, starting a new paragraph for each topic;
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d) a conclusion in which you write your closing remarks
e.g. That's all my news for now. Write back soon ...;
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e) an informal ending (e.g. Lots of love/Best wishes/etc + your first name).
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Today's phrasal verbs

📌 Land up
📌 Hit back
📌 Seize up

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⚜⎯ Attain VS. Obtain⎯⚜

Attain and Obtain are two verbs in the English language that can often be confusing for non-native speakers. In this post we’ll outline their differences and give you some tricks to tell attain vs. obtain a part ;)
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🌐 Idioms about success and failure 🌐 part 2
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1) idiom: ❇️is the be-all-and-end-all (of something)❇️

🔆Meaning: is the most important thing (often used in the negative:
not the be-all-and-end-all)
Example: However, it isn't the be-all-and-end-all of your funding opportunities.
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2) Idiom: ❇️is/turns out to be a blessing in disguise❇️

🔆Meaning: has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad
Example: Losing that job turned out to be a blessing in disguise for him as it forced him to plunge into business.
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3) Idiom: ❇️someone/something gives up the ghost✳️

🔆Meaning: they/it stop(s) working or they stop trying to succeed because they know they will not
Example: I don't think anyone is coming to the lecture today, so we might as well give up the ghost
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4) Idiom: ✳️does the trick❇️

🔆Meaning: solves a problem very well
Example: This sauce needs more flavour - I know, some lemon juice should/ought to do the trick
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