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https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/169-short-stories-with-peter-the-model-millionaire-by-oscar-wilde-abridged-b1-b2/
This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.
Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: choose your listening speed, follow the transcript and practise the language in context.
An abridged adaptation of The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde (1887), adapted for B1–B2 English learners by Your English Toolbox. Original English work in the public domain in Spain. The story is followed by a short language lesson. No spoiler is needed to enjoy the surprise.
Your language toolbox:
drop in
feel sorry for someone
give away
Finish with active listening or recall practice. The episode page includes seven listening speeds, Cinema Mode, editorial translations and downloadable transcript and vocabulary PDFs.
Original text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/773
Level: B1–B2 · Series: Short Stories with Peter · Your English Toolbox
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https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/170-miss-one-word-three-lives/
This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.
Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: choose your listening speed, follow the transcript and practise the language in context.
Follow miss through three everyday contexts: a journey or event you do not catch or attend, a person or experience whose absence you feel, and a target you fail to hit. Includes the figurative expression miss the point and the pattern miss doing something.
Your language toolbox:
miss a bus or event
miss someone or doing something
miss a target or the point
Finish with active listening or recall practice. The episode page includes seven listening speeds, Cinema Mode, editorial translations and downloadable transcript and vocabulary PDFs.
Level: B1–B2 · Series: One Word, Three Lives · Your English Toolbox
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https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/168-which-platform-a-train-announcement-mystery-english-detective/
This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.
Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: choose your listening speed, follow the transcript and practise the language in context.
Listen to a short everyday message, choose your answer and check the clues with Martin and Julia. Then solve a new case using the same useful language. The solution and explanation are included in the audio.
Your language toolbox:
instead of
running late
depart from
Finish with active listening or recall practice. The episode page includes seven listening speeds, Cinema Mode, editorial translations and downloadable transcript and vocabulary PDFs.
Level: B1–B2 · Series: English Detective · Your English Toolbox
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If you enjoyed this episode, leave a comment, share your thoughts, or tell us how you’re using these tips to improve your English. Your feedback helps us grow and create even better content for you.
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https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/167-stop-saying-angry-annoyed-frustrated-or-furious/
This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.
Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: choose your listening speed, follow the transcript and practise the language in context.
Small irritation, blocked progress or intense anger? Martin and Julia compare three precise words through a ticket-machine problem and realistic examples. These words are not interchangeable steps on a single scale.
Your language toolbox:
annoyed
frustrated
furious
Finish with active listening or recall practice. The episode page includes seven listening speeds, Cinema Mode, editorial translations and downloadable transcript and vocabulary PDFs.
Level: B1–B2 · Series: Precision English · Your English Toolbox
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https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/166-come-clean-4-idioms-about-truth/
This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.
Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: choose your listening speed, follow the transcript and practise the language in context.
Continue the free Idiom Toolbox course with lesson twelve: Truth. Learn how to admit a hidden mistake, check information, question a surface explanation and describe deliberate deception.
Your language toolbox:
come clean
take something at face value
get your facts straight
pull the wool over someone's eyes
Finish with active listening or recall practice. The episode page includes seven listening speeds, Cinema Mode, editorial translations and downloadable transcript and vocabulary PDFs.
Free Idiom Toolbox — Lesson 12: https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/idioms/lesson-12-truth/
Level: B1–B2 · Series: Idioms · Your English Toolbox
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