Upper Intermediate English: David Bowie Fever in London

David Bowie

To improve your Upper intermediate English, add these chunks or phrases to your vocabulary. You’ll be amazed at how regularly you see them in newspaper articles. Look at the glossary at the bottom of the page to help you understand the advanced vocabulary.   David Bowie is hot again!   After making TV news bulletins [...]

March 20th, 2013 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

Family Tree vocabulary: The Hobbit traces his ancestors

Family tree Vocabulary_Martin Freeman The Hobbit

All the family tree vocabulary you need to sound like an expert. A video of Martin Freeman tracing his ancestors & a text about problems with investigating your predecessors.

February 7th, 2013 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

Flat to Rent Vocabulary: Landlord from hell

Flatmate from hell

Before you look for a flat to rent, make sure you know all the vocabulary so that you don’t get involved with a landlord from hell… like this guy with his 31 house rules!

January 21st, 2013 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

How to quit smoking cigarettes: Smoking Vocabulary

how to stop smoking

Is your New Year resolution to quit smoking? Tips from experts on how to give up the fags, plus all the vocabulary you need

January 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

Musician vocabulary: Paul McCartney in Nirvana reunion

Musician vocabulary_Paul McCartney

Essential musician vocabulary in an article about Paul McCartney’s legendary performance with Nirvana. Video of Macca now & his history with The Beatles.

December 17th, 2012 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

£64 million lottery: Lottery Vocabulary

£64m lottery vocabulary

Someone was really lucky and incredibly unlucky, missing out on a £64million lottery win. Video and language glossary to help with the lottery vocabulary

December 11th, 2012 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

English Vocabulary: Pregnant Kate

English vocabulary_Pregnant Kate

Kate is preggers! Lots of English vocabulary about having a baby. As the story of the Royal pregnancy rolls on and on, learn native-speaker phrases to make your English sound more natural.

December 7th, 2012 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

Sleeping at work

Sleeping on the job

Great infographic showing different ways of sleeping at work. Find out lots of different ways to talk about sleeping in English.

December 4th, 2012 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

Milking – latest internet craze

Milking internet craze

Milking videos and the history of the craze. Learn how to do it properly with our step-by-step guide and become a Milking Master Black Belt. Vote in our poll.

November 28th, 2012 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

Fish n chips in London

British fish_n_chips

Absolutely all the vocabulary you will ever need about fish n chips. Once you have learnt all this you could open your own fish n chip shop in London!!!

November 6th, 2012 | Posted in Vocabulary by | Read More »

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