Learning English Vocabulary
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Previous episodes
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636 - Prefixes: dys- de- dis-Mon, 13 Apr 2026
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635 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'Thu, 09 Apr 2026
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634 - Ordinal numbersTue, 07 Apr 2026
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633 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'Wed, 01 Apr 2026
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632 - Short spoken formsMon, 30 Mar 2026
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631 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand'Wed, 25 Mar 2026
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630 - Uncountable nounsMon, 23 Mar 2026
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629 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye'Wed, 18 Mar 2026
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628 - Time expressionsMon, 16 Mar 2026
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627 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'water'Wed, 11 Mar 2026
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626 - HyphenationMon, 09 Mar 2026
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625 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cards'Wed, 04 Mar 2026
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624 - Words with double lettersMon, 02 Mar 2026
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623 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass'Wed, 25 Feb 2026
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622 - Pronouncing verbs and nounsMon, 23 Feb 2026
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621 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'big'Wed, 18 Feb 2026
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620 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'baby'Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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619 - British and American EnglishMon, 09 Feb 2026
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618 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'foot'Wed, 04 Feb 2026
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617 - Business jargonMon, 02 Feb 2026
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616 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'stop'Thu, 29 Jan 2026
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615 - Pronouncing words that start with ‘c’Mon, 26 Jan 2026
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614 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bite'Wed, 21 Jan 2026
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613 - Phrasal verbs and contextMon, 19 Jan 2026
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612 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bone'Wed, 14 Jan 2026
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611 - Prefixes: re- pre- and pro-Mon, 12 Jan 2026
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610 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'cake'Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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609 - Silent lettersMon, 05 Jan 2026
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608 - OnomatopoeiaMon, 29 Dec 2025
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607 - Multi-word verbsMon, 22 Dec 2025
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606 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'lose'Wed, 17 Dec 2025
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605 - Adjectives ending with -ic and -icalMon, 15 Dec 2025
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604 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'Wed, 10 Dec 2025
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603 - Strong adjectivesMon, 08 Dec 2025
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602 - Male and female job wordsMon, 01 Dec 2025
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601 - Weather wordsMon, 24 Nov 2025
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600 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'Wed, 19 Nov 2025
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599 - HomophonesMon, 17 Nov 2025
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598 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'light'Thu, 13 Nov 2025
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597 - Compound nounsMon, 10 Nov 2025
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596 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'pull'Thu, 06 Nov 2025
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595 - Adjective orderMon, 03 Nov 2025
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594 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'clock'Wed, 29 Oct 2025
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593 - ContractionsMon, 27 Oct 2025
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592 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'home'Wed, 22 Oct 2025
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591 - Job suffixesMon, 20 Oct 2025
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590 - English in a Minute: Phrases with 'look'Wed, 15 Oct 2025
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589 - Word stressMon, 13 Oct 2025
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588 - English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'Wed, 08 Oct 2025
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587 - Compound adjectivesMon, 06 Oct 2025
