297. The man who could work miracles - part 1 (B2 story)

The vocabulary and story transcript to today's B2 story: 1. define It is sometimes difficult to define success, because it means different things to different people. 2. an act of will Finishing the marathon after injuring his ankle was purely an act of will. 3. upside down When I turned the map upside down, I finally realized I had been reading it the wrong way. 4. What on earth happened? The kitchen was covered in flour and broken plates—what on earth happened while I was out? 5. something daring She decided to do something daring and quit her stable job to start her own business. 6. stare in disbelief He could only stare in disbelief when he saw his small village on the international news. 7. Don’t talk nonsense! Don’t talk nonsense! Of course you can pass the exam if you prepare properly. Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: My NEW book: " B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam " is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: At I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

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297. The man who could work miracles - part 1 (B2 story) is an episode from Practising English by M. A. Bilbrough.

This episode is 23:12 long.

This episode was published on Feb 18, 2026.

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