We have a good situation here - Beth is explaining how to use the word 'situation'TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/eiam/unit-3/session-82 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning Easy English ✔️ Learning English Grammar ✔️ Learning English for Work They're all available by searching in your podcast app

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Carefree or careless? The suffixes -free and -less.

Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

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Learn how to cope if you are studying at an English-speaking university.

We learn phrases from Shakespeare that are still used today.

Some irregular verbs can be grouped into patterns to help remember the different forms.

What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google?

We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.

Learn about words that have the same or similar meanings

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

Weird or wierd? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!

Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.

Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned?

Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.

Finn and Catherine discuss antonyms in 6 minute Vocabulary.

Listen to Neil and Catherine talk about words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.

fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally.

ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.

Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.

Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.

Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.

Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!

Do you suffer from dyspepsia? Could a detox diet help? Learn about prefixes.

What's the date today? And do you know how to say it?

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?

What is more important in life: knowledge, money or happiness?

Learn how to use time expression with the preposition in, on and at

Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.

Catherine and Finn talk about spelling words with double letters in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.

Catherine and Doug discuss British and American English

Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.

'c' or 's'? Learn how to spell words that begin with a /s/ sound.

When talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? We explain.

Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you buy prepacked food? Are you proactive?

How do you pronounce the words night and knight?

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.

We explain how some adjectives end in either -ic or -ical, depending on their meaning.

Listen to our fantastic, wonderful programme about strong adjectives.

How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.

Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!

British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!

Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?

Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives

Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.

Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.

Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.

Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.

To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.

We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.

Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating – but it's not always straightforward!

Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.

Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.

Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.

A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.

‘Happiness’ and 'responsibility'. Learn words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.

Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words are useful. How do we use them?

ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.

Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.

Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.

Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!

Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.

What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... We give you an introduction to short spoken forms.

Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.

We look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.

Find out why we write some phrases with hyphens but not others.

We talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.

Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.

Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.

Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.

Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?

Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.

Learn about words with the prefixes 're-', 'pre-' and 'pro-' in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Silent letters are letters that we see in words, but don’t actually pronounce.

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

Learn how to use multi-word verbs to make your English sound much more natural.

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

What word do you use when you want to say something is very good or very bad?

Learn how to use 'I've' and 'isn't' - your English will sound more natural.

We teach you job titles for men and women.

What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!

Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.

Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.

To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.

Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.

Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.

Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.

Fashionable? Fashionably? Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs.

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.

Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.

To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.

Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.

Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.

Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.

Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.

Nasa, Fifa, Unesco, Nato - Peter and Catherine talk about acronyms.

A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.

Learn how to use the suffixes '-ness' and '-ity' in English.

Words and phrases we use to express our attitude to what we’re saying or writing.

ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.

Learn how to use these very useful pronouns with 'some' and 'any'.

Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.

Learn about verbs that we use when we talk about what someone else has said.

Embarrassed - or pregnant? Words you think you know but mean something else in English.

Cough, thought, enough, although: Learn how to pronounce words with 'ough'.

Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.

Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!

Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.

What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.

Learn how these words are used: gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha.

Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.

Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.

Learn how to use hyphens: "They did a ten-foot dive into the swimming pool."

Catherine and Neil talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.

'Increase' can be a noun or a verb and they aren't pronounced the same way...

Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.

Can you think out of the box or take the helicopter view at work? Learn business jargon.

Listen out for words that begin with the /s/ sound but start with the letter 'c'.

A guide to multi-word verbs and prepositions that can change the meaning of phrasal verbs.

'REcycle', 'PREpacked', 'PROactive' - we talk about prefixes in 6 Minute Vocabulary.

We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.

Learn about words that sound like the thing they describe.

Do you ever 'meet up with' your friend in the park? We talk about multi-word verbs.

'Classic' or 'classical'? Learn about adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

'Terrified', 'fantastic', 'amazing' - learn how to use strong adjectives.

Policeman / policewoman, actor / actress - learn about job titles and gender.

'Selfie', 'photobomb', 'trolling'. Learn what these new words mean and how they are made.

The British love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.

We talk about words like 'big' and 'large' and explore the similarities between them.

This is a big, old, smelly dog! Learn which adjective has to come first.

"I've run a marathon." Look at the shorter form 'I've'. Learn how to use contractions.

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

How to pronounce the words 'photographer' and 'photograph'? Learn about word stress.

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.

Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.

Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.

Have no fear... Finn and Alice are here and they'll teach you everything about prefixes!

Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.

Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.

To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.

Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

"I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes.

Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

Finn and Catherine talk through some of the complexities of English spelling.

Neil and Finn's top tips for dealing with specialist vocabulary