Learning English Vocabulary

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Learning English Vocabulary

by BBC Radio

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more. Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at
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100 episodes

EN language

All Episodes

1

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'water'

1:06 Mar 11, 2026

2

Hyphenation

6:42 Mar 9, 2026

3

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cards'

1:04 Mar 4, 2026

4

Words with double letters

6:10 Mar 2, 2026

5

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass'

1:11 Feb 25, 2026

6

Pronouncing verbs and nouns

6:13 Feb 23, 2026

7

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'big'

1:11 Feb 18, 2026

8

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'baby'

1:05 Feb 11, 2026

9

British and American English

6:07 Feb 9, 2026

10

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'foot'

1:09 Feb 4, 2026

11

Business jargon

6:38 Feb 2, 2026

12

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'stop'

1:01 Jan 29, 2026

13

Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’

6:23 Jan 26, 2026

14

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bite'

1:06 Jan 21, 2026

15

Phrasal verbs and context

6:35 Jan 19, 2026

16

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bone'

1:05 Jan 14, 2026

17

Prefixes: re- pre- and pro-

6:12 Jan 12, 2026

18

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cake'

1:06 Jan 7, 2026

19

Silent letters

6:37 Jan 5, 2026

20

Onomatopoeia

6:31 Dec 29, 2025

21

Multi-word verbs

6:22 Dec 22, 2025

22

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'lose'

1:09 Dec 17, 2025

23

Adjectives ending with -ic and -ical

6:26 Dec 15, 2025

24

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'

1:08 Dec 10, 2025

25

Strong adjectives

6:49 Dec 8, 2025

26

Male and female job words

6:46 Dec 1, 2025

27

Weather words

6:09 Nov 24, 2025

28

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'

1:14 Nov 19, 2025

29

Homophones

6:58 Nov 17, 2025

30

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'

1:03 Nov 13, 2025

31

Compound nouns

6:35 Nov 10, 2025

32

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'

1:12 Nov 6, 2025

33

Adjective order

6:34 Nov 3, 2025

34

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'

1:08 Oct 29, 2025

35

Contractions

6:22 Oct 27, 2025

36

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'

1:10 Oct 22, 2025

37

Job suffixes

6:10 Oct 20, 2025

38

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'

1:04 Oct 15, 2025

39

Word stress

6:34 Oct 13, 2025

40

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'

1:09 Oct 8, 2025

41

Compound adjectives

6:31 Oct 6, 2025

42

English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'task'

1:01 Oct 1, 2025

43

Lexical sets

6:32 Sep 29, 2025

44

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'

1:07 Sep 24, 2025

45

-ing and -ed adjectives

6:06 Sep 22, 2025

46

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'red'

1:08 Sep 17, 2025

47

Binomials

6:57 Sep 15, 2025

48

English in a Minute: Phrases with head

1:07 Sep 10, 2025

49

Useful chunks of language

6:30 Sep 8, 2025

50

English in a Minute: Phrases with 'ear'

0:58 Sep 3, 2025

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