If you're learning English and you want to know the correct word to use in a particular situation, if you get stuck thinking of the right preposition, if you are puzzled by definite and indefinite articles, then Proper English is the podcast for you!
Proper English S2 E48: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
This week we're having an unscripted chat about what we would do if we won the lottery! This week's idiom is 'Crawling out of the woodwork.'
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This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
8 Jun 2021
Proper English S2 E47: More Pesky Prepositions
This week, we're tackling the thorny issue of prepositions associated with location - and the Idiom of the Week is 'At the drop of a hat.'
Like us on Facebook (properenglish2019), and follow us on Twitter (@properenglish4) or YouTube . Oh, and if you have a burning English grammar-related question, why not ask us on Instagram (properenglish2019), and we'll do our best to answer - or, if you're an email kind of person, and you have any feedback or suggestions for future podcasts, you can always contact us at properenglish@sapo.pt.
You can find us on italki at
https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.
This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We also used the following sounds from Freesound:
microwave ding.WAV by samplecat
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
FX swanee whistle up.wav by v0idation
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greenfinch f.wav by ERH
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1 Jun 2021
Proper English S2 E46: A Few More Bits and Bobs and Odds and Ends
In this episode we're considering some more of those little confusions of pronunciation and grammar that come up every now and then. Sylvia is giving her friend Mabel some much-needed encouragement in this week's Idiom of the Week, which is 'Butterflies in the stomach.'
Like us on Facebook (properenglish2019), and follow us on Twitter (@properenglish4) or YouTube . Oh, and if you have a burning English grammar-related question, why not ask us on Instagram (properenglish2019), and we'll do our best to answer - or, if you're an email kind of person, and you have any feedback or suggestions for future podcasts, you can always contact us at properenglish@sapo.pt.
You can find us on italki at
https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.
This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We also used the following sounds from Freesound:
audience.wav by pyoorgoodshed
This work is licensed under the Attribution License.
knocks on interior wood bathroom door quick desperate.wav by kyles
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
Opening Closing bathroom door.wav by Omar Alvarado
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