Plain English

747 Episodes

1. Celine Dion is keeping New Zealanders up all night | Learn English expression 'rig together'

   Published: 11/23/2023
2. Why are movies getting longer? | Learn English expression 'upper hand'

   Published: 11/20/2023
3. The Twinkie refuses to die | Learn English expression 'try your hand at'

   Published: 11/16/2023
4. Super-shoes help propel runners to marathon records | Learn English phrasal verb 'lace up'

   Published: 11/13/2023
5. American football is smitten with Taylor Swift | Learn English expression 'lean into'

   Published: 11/9/2023
6. Biden's uphill battle for re-election | Learn English expression 'play into someone's hands'

   Published: 11/6/2023
7. Fernando Botero, Colombia’s artist of over-sized subjects | Learn English expression 'call attention to'

   Published: 11/2/2023
8. The Great Paris Bedbug Battle of 2023 | Learn English phrasal verb 'creep out'

   Published: 10/30/2023
9. Surge pricing comes to the pub | Learn English phrasal verb 'cut short'

   Published: 10/26/2023
10. The latest on Threads, X, Wagner, Trump and more | Learn English phrasal verb 'settle down'

    Published: 10/23/2023
11. Is a lab-grown diamond as good as the real thing? | Learn English word 'intangibles'

    Published: 10/19/2023
12. Is this the largest animal ever? | Learn English expression 'come as a surprise'

    Published: 10/16/2023
13. Kidfluencers: big money in a legal grey area | Learn English expression 'on the backs of'

    Published: 10/12/2023
14. The kiss that shook Spanish soccer | Learn English phrasal verb 'pile on'

    Published: 10/9/2023
15. Life in Mexico: One year later | Learn English phrasal verb 'on hand'

    Published: 10/5/2023
16. The 7 design ideas for the new euro bills | Learn English expression 'in-depth'

    Published: 10/2/2023
17. What should go on the new euro banknotes? | Learn English expression 'hard-pressed'

    Published: 9/28/2023
18. Edible microchips to track authentic Italian cheese | Learn English expression 'bear resemblance to'

    Published: 9/25/2023
19. Do you really need 10,000 steps? | Learn English phrasal verb 'capitalize on'

    Published: 9/21/2023
20. Courts grapple with how to interpret emojis | Learn English expression 'figure that'

    Published: 9/18/2023