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📅 November 12, 2025 ✉️ Do you like garlic? 📝 It makes our food delicious and our breath a bit smelly, but what else can garlic do? Apart from keeping vampires away, of course! Neil and Beth explore the surprising uses of garlic and teach you some new vocabulary along the way. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English

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📅 January 16, 2014 [Archive] ✉️ Business English: Misunderstandings 📝 A famous French writer once said that language is the source of misunderstandings, and for many learners, they can happen every day. But when you know the right expressions, you can deal with misunderstandings quickly and easily, or even avoid them altogether. Join Feifei and Neil, along with their studio guests, as they explore and practise the language of misunderstandings. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English

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📅 January 23, 2014 [Archive] ✉️ Glass half full 📝 How are you feeling about life? Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Rob and Finn explore how science tries to understand why some people see the world positively while others focus on the negatives. They explain what it means when we say our glass is half empty or half full, and we also hear from some of our learners sharing their views. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English

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📅 January 30, 2014 [Archive] ✉️ When does adulthood start? 📝 At what age do we really become adults? Many think it’s 18, the age when people leave home for university and can vote in the UK. But new psychological research suggests adolescence now lasts until 25. Neil and Finn talk about why we might be growing up later and teach you some new vocabulary about adulthood. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English

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📅 November 2, 2025 ✉️ Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? 📝 How do you like your eggs in the morning? Or do you prefer toast, cereal, yogurt or something else? Maybe you usually don't bother with breakfast! Well, some experts believe that a large breakfast could be the key to maintaining healthy eating habits. Georgie and Phil discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English

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📅 February 6, 2014 [Archive] ✉️ Learn a thousand foreign words 📝 British people are often called lazy linguists because they rarely learn foreign languages. A new campaign urges everyone in the UK to learn at least 1,000 words in another language to improve trade and job prospects. Rob and Finn discuss the benefits of learning a language and explore related vocabulary along the way. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English

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📅 February 13, 2014 [Archive] ✉️ Technology at the Winter Olympics 📝 The 2014 Winter Olympics took place in Sochi, Russia. For world-class athletes, it was a chance to perform at their best and win gold for their country. Many also used new technology to help improve their speed. Rob and Finn discuss how technology played a role at the Sochi Olympics and explain some sports-related vocabulary. 🔔 Join BBC's 6 Minute English