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6 Minute Vocabulary

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

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Ordinal numbers

Business is connected to work and any commercial activity, especially buying and selling. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'business' with Beth in this podcast.

TRANSCRIPT 
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English in a Minute: Beth teaches you some verbs that can be used with 'business'

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

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Prefixes de, dis, dys

Information is everywhere. It’s how we learn and understand the world. But what are some verbs that are commonly used with ‘information’. Georgie is here to talk about them in 60 seconds.

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'information'

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

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Suffixes –free and -less

A market can be a specific, physical location to buy things, but it can also be a more abstract economic system. Listen to Georgie talk about some verbs that you are likely to hear with the word 'market'.

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'market'

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

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Easily confused words

First you 'devise' a plan, then you 'go ahead' with it. If you find problems, then you have to choose whether to 'press on' with it, 'scrap' it, or 'shelve' it. These are some verbs that are commonly used with the noun 'plan'. You can learn these and more with Phil in this podcast.

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'plan'

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

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Words with 'ough'

Examples are versions of something that are typical and can help us understand something. There are some words that we often use with 'example'. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'example' with Phil in this podcast.

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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'example'

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

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