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Practising English

M. A. Bilbrough

Listening practice for learners of B1 and B2 levels of English (intermediate and upper-intermediate). Includes grammar explanations, examples of vocabulary use, phrasal verbs and collocation...

Episodes

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330. The Great Gatsby (B2-level extract)

These are the B2 words and phrases I'll be explaining today: You can see the transcript at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-330.ht...

30:46Oct 7, 2026

329. Treasure Island (chapter 18) B1 story

These are the B1 phrases we'll be studying today: You can find the transcript here: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-329.htm 1. Ref...

23:03Sep 30, 2026

327. Treasure Island (chapter 17) B1 story

Here are the phrases we will study in this B1 story: To see the full transcript with the B1 words: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast...

26:27Sep 16, 2026

326. Dracula (extract 2) B2 story

The B2 phrases we'll be studying are: Transcript available at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-326.htm 1. Bizarre situation Defini...

30:30Sep 7, 2026

325. Treasure Island (chapter 16) B1 Story

I'm back from my holiday. It's a new season! My sixth year with Practising English Podcasts. There'll be new things this season, which I'll...

26:58Sep 1, 2026

321. The Visitors (full version) B2 story

Comprension questions and vocabulary tasks At my website, you can also find B1 and B2 vocabulary tasks to do for this story: https://www.pra...

28:31Aug 4, 2026

320. Bully! (B1 short story)

Hello, and welcome to Practising English! Mike Bilbrough is on his summer holiday, so we'd like to offer a B1 story recorded way back in 202...

25:01Jul 28, 2026

319. The Hole (complete story) B2 level

Mike Bilbrough is taking his summer holiday at the moment. Meanwhile, we'd like to offer you a story recorded last year in two parts as one...

15:32Jul 21, 2026

318. Treasure Island (chapter 13) B1 story

These are the B1 phrases we'll study today: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-318.htm 1. Attempt Definition: To try to do something,...

30:40Jul 15, 2026

317. Dracula (extract 1) B2 story

The B2 phrases we'll be studying are: Full story transcipt: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-317.htm on behalf of Definition: Inste...

34:01Jul 8, 2026

316. Treasure Island (chapter 14) B1 story

Here are the words and expressions we''l study today: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-316.htm 1) to handle Definition: To deal wit...

31:10Jun 30, 2026

314. Treasure Island (chapter 13) B1 story

These are the B1 phrases we'll be studying today! See full story audioscript here with B1 words highlighted: https://www.practisingenglish.c...

25:16Jun 16, 2026

312. Treasure Island (chapter 12) B1 Story

These are the B1 phrases we're going to study today: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-312.htm 1. after a while Definition: after so...

29:25Jun 2, 2026