Plain English

779 Episodes

1. What’s the COVID-19 end game? | Learn the English phrase “stuck with”

   Published: 4/9/2020
2. Developing world on the brink of coronavirus impact | Learn the English expression “by and large”

   Published: 4/6/2020
3. Guyana is bracing for an oil boom | Learn the English phrase “on par with”

   Published: 4/2/2020
4. How to stay sane in quarantine | Learn the English expression “for the time being”

   Published: 3/30/2020
5. Coronavirus pandemic halts entertainment industry | Learn the phrasal verb "come into contact"

   Published: 3/26/2020
6. Italy starts life under lockdown to slow coronavirus | Learn the English phrase “out and about”

   Published: 3/23/2020
7. Pablo Escobar’s former hippo herd is threatening Colombia | Learn the English phrase “to give rise to"

   Published: 3/20/2020
8. America’s former vice president is back from the dead | Learn the phrasal verb 'write off'

   Published: 3/16/2020
9. Swarms of locusts endanger East Africa's food supply | Learn the English phrase 'know-how'

   Published: 3/12/2020
10. Swarms of locusts endanger East Africa's food supply | Learn the English phrase 'know-how'

    Published: 3/12/2020
11. Should governments allow safe-injection sites for drug users? | Learn the English phrase 'grapple with'

    Published: 3/9/2020
12. Scientists discover a new ‘ghost’ ancestor from human DNA | Learn the English phrase 'for the most part'

    Published: 3/5/2020
13. Global economy starts to feel coronavirus effects | Learn the English phrase 'silver lining'

    Published: 3/2/2020
14. Inside the direct-to-consumer revolution | Learn the phrasal verb 'try on'

    Published: 2/27/2020
15. More than just hipsters, Brooklyn is a city unto itself | Learn how to use, 'you can tell'

    Published: 2/24/2020
16. Cable rupture slows internet in Africa | Learn the English phrase 'slow to a crawl'

    Published: 2/20/2020
17. Revealed: most effective way to guard against coronavirus | Learn phrasal verb 'guard against'

    Published: 2/17/2020
18. Americans snooze through Trump's impeachment | Learn the English phrase 'take over'

    Published: 2/13/2020
19. Sports world mourns Kobe Bryant | Learn the English phrase 'eligible for'

    Published: 2/10/2020
20. Human body temperatures are dropping | Learn the English phrase 'average out'

    Published: 2/6/2020