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What are you treading on if you're trying not to offend someone? We can explain. Published on February 10, 2014.

Treading on eggshells

Learn what you say when share prices rise and when they fall. We help you to understand financial terms Published on September 29, 2015.

Bull and bear market

When things are not going as planned, we can say they've gone ‘down the pan’, but which pan is it? Published on December 1, 2015.

Down the pan

Learn a phrase to describe something in top condition Published on January 19, 2016.

In good nick

What time of the year describes a good mood? Learn this lively and cheerful phrase Published on March 15, 2016.

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The English We Speak

Couch surfing

Dead

The joke is on you

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Make the English you speak sound more natural with The English We Speak from bbclearningenglish.com. Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme.

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