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Speak Better English with Harry

Clear, practical English for intermediate and advanced learners. Speak Better English with Harry helps you use natural English with confidence in real situations — at work and in everyday conversations. Each episode focuses on vocabulary, collocations, phrasal verbs, and expressions that native speakers actually use, explained clearly and simply by an experienced native English teacher. This podcast is ideal if you already know the basics and want to sound more natural, fluent, and confident when you speak English.

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Episodes

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 323

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn advanced English adjectives to help you describe the weather. Positive and negative weather adjectives that you might not normally use in your English conversations. Learn advanced English vocabulary and dramatically improve your English speaking skills. https://www.englishless...

Sep 19, 202114 minSeason 1Ep. 323

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 322

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn useful small talk phrases in English. Small talk about the weather in English. Common questions and answers. Ways of describing rain in English. Ways of describing wind in English. And much more... Improve your everyday English vocabulary and speak English like a native. You ca...

Sep 15, 202120 minSeason 1Ep. 322

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 321

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn English phrasal verbs related to behaviour. As always, I'll give you the list of the phrasal verbs. Then I'll go through them one by one and give you some examples. Hopefully, you will be able to use them in your formal and informal conversations. Learn how to use phrasal verbs...

Sep 12, 202118 minSeason 1Ep. 321

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 320

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. The correct way to use 'due' in English. In this podcast episode, you'll learn how to use due in English. Learn everything you need to know about the word 'due' and improve your English grammar skills. You can also watch this lesson on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/learnenglishwithharry Learn English w...

Sep 08, 202113 minSeason 1Ep. 320

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 319

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn 10 English phrasal verbs with turn. As always, I will go through the list of the phrasal verbs and then I'll give you detailed meanings and practical examples. Phrasal verbs will make an important part of your English vocabulary if you want to successfully pass FCE or any other...

Sep 05, 202115 minSeason 1Ep. 319

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 318

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn ways to say bad in English. In particular, ways to describe bad customer service in English. Formal and informal ways to describe bad service in English. Really useful vocabulary for making complaints in English. These everyday English adjectives will help you expand your Engli...

Sep 01, 202119 minSeason 1Ep. 318

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 317

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn 10 English verbs of effort. Formal and informal ways to talk about an effort in English. Most of these verbs use different English prepositions. Detailed and practical examples will help you remember how to use these verbs correctly. Expand your English vocabulary, get your con...

Aug 29, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 317

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 316

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn useful music idioms in English. There are many many idioms in English connected with music. I'll give you 10 idioms with detailed meanings and explain how to correctly use them in your English conversations, or your writing. Common English idioms will help you boost your Englis...

Aug 25, 202120 minSeason 1Ep. 316

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 315

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn English adjectives to describe food. In particular, English adjectives to describe tastes. Do you like crunchy food? Do you like gooey food? Learn the meaning of these advanced English adjectives with detailed examples. Wider vocabulary will help you speak better English and ga...

Aug 22, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 315

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 314

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn different ways to say I'm shocked in English. Or you're surprised in English. Learn formal and informal advanced English words and expressions to help you express your feelings in English in any situation. I'm flabbergasted. Learn the meaning of 'flabbergasted' and how to use i...

Aug 18, 202118 minSeason 1Ep. 314

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 313

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn English verbs related to time management. Time management is very important in your personal and business life. These English verbs will help you talk about time management with confidence. Formal and informal verbs to use in your conversational and business English. Study Engl...

Aug 15, 202122 minEp. 313

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 312

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you'll learn ten verbs of movement in English that native speakers use. Having a broad vocabulary will help you better understand English, and will make your English speaking more fluent. In this lesson, I'll give you the list of movement verbs in English, detailed explanations and practica...

Aug 11, 202116 minSeason 1Ep. 312

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 311

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn English collocations connected with personal finance. There are many personal finance vocabulary expressions in the English language, so I've chosen 10 popular collocations to help you talk about your finances in English. Listen carefully, boost your advanced English v...

Aug 08, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 311

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 310

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn popular vocabulary expressions related to housework. Clean in every nook and cranny. What does it mean? Spick and span. Learn how we can use this in conversational English. Learn new phrasal verbs, improve your English speaking skills, and gain your confidence in Engli...

Aug 04, 202116 minSeason 1Ep. 310

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 309

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn advanced English vocabulary about sports. How to describe sporting events in English? Learn advanced English phrases and expressions to help you talk about a sports competition in English. Increase your English speaking and writing vocabulary, boost your confidence in ...

Aug 01, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 309

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 308

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn phrasal verbs related to money. As always, with detailed meanings and plenty of examples. Most of these money phrasal verbs are informal, so you will be able to use them in your English conversations. Learn new phrasal verbs, improve your English speaking skills, and g...

Jul 28, 202122 minSeason 1Ep. 308

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 307

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn clothes idioms in English. All talk and no trousers. Tighten your belt. Hot under the collar and more. As always, with detailed meanings and plenty of examples. Boost your speaking English vocabulary and increase your confidence in speaking English. https://www.english...

Jul 25, 202122 minSeason 1Ep. 307

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 306

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn common English idioms related to time. For donkey's years, for good, on the spur of the moment and more. As always, I will give detailed meanings and plenty of examples. Learn how to use English time idioms, start using these popular expressions in your conversations a...

Jul 21, 202122 minSeason 1Ep. 306

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 305

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn popular English collocations with Speak, Say, Talk and Tell. You can use these collocations both in your English speaking and English writing. Particularly helpful to those of you who are looking to improve their English speaking skills. https://www.englishlessonviasky...

Jul 18, 202120 minSeason 1Ep. 305

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 304

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, we're going to learn useful English idioms with meanings and examples. The idioms that I have for you today are to do with the word 'air'. He always has his nose up in the air. What does it mean? Students often ask me 'How can I memorise English idioms?' Well, you don't need to memorise the...

Jul 14, 202113 minSeason 1Ep. 304

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 303

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn fixed English expressions or, as we call them, collocations connected with taste and smell. How to describe an unpleasant smell in English? How to describe a pleasant smell or taste? Listen to this episode and improve your English vocabulary. Learning English collocati...

Jul 11, 202116 minSeason 1Ep. 303

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 302

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, we're going to review English grammar rules. We're looking at 4 words under, below, beneath and underneath. What is the difference? How can you use below and under in English? When to use underneath? And what about beneath? Let's find out. Master your English grammar and speak English witho...

Jul 07, 202110 minSeason 1Ep. 302

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 301

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn English idioms related to movement. Take a scenic route. In the middle of nowhere. As always, plenty of examples will help to understand how to use these idioms correctly in your conversational English. Boost your advanced English vocabulary, understand and speak bette...

Jul 04, 202123 minSeason 1Ep. 301

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 300

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. How can you describe your job in English? In this podcast episode, you're going to learn 12 English adjectives to describe jobs. These vocabulary words will help you write your CV. And if you're currently looking for a new job, you can use them in your job interview. Improve your business English vocabulary by lear...

Jun 30, 202123 minSeason 1Ep. 300

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 299

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn advanced English expressions about friendship. Thick as thieves. Strange bedfellows. Hit it off and more. As always, I'll give detailed meanings and examples of how to use idioms about friendship in sentences. Boost your advanced English vocabulary, understand and spea...

Jun 27, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 299

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 298

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, we're going to learn popular English idioms. This time, these are idioms using nationalities or countries. Going Dutch, Spanish practices, a Dutch uncle and more. Improve your advanced English vocabulary by learning these everyday English expressions and start speaking English like a native...

Jun 23, 202115 minSeason 1Ep. 298

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 297

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, you're going to learn useful English expressions with 'work'. Did you know that learning fixed expressions will help you speak more fluently in English? Advanced English collocations with detailed meanings and examples. Learn how to use them correctly in English sentences. https://www.engli...

Jun 20, 202110 minSeason 1Ep. 297

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 296

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. In this podcast episode, we're going to focus on advanced English vocabulary. You're going to learn 10 different ways you can use to say that something is easy in English. These advanced English expressions will dramatically help you improve your speaking skills. https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/easy-peasy-eng...

Jun 16, 202111 minSeason 1Ep. 296

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 295

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. What is the easiest way to memorise idioms? Learning idioms in context will help you not only memorise idioms but also better understand their meanings. In this episode, you're going to learn English idioms about relationships. Very important expressions to use in your conversational English. Positive and negative ...

Jun 13, 202117 minSeason 1Ep. 295

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 294

Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar. How to ask someone to wait in English? What expressions or phrases do you use to tell someone to wait? Whether you're on the phone, talking to your friends, or participating in a business meeting, you may need to ask someone to wait in English. Improve your advanced English vocabulary and speak English with fluency...

Jun 09, 202114 minSeason 1Ep. 294
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