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Speak Better English with Harry

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    How to Criticise Politely in English at Work [594]

    01/07/2026 | 24 mins.
    🚨Improve your English with structured online lessons. Book a free trial and get clear feedback on your level, pronunciation and speaking. Book here ➡️  https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    Learn how to criticise politely in English without sounding rude, aggressive, or too direct. In this episode, you’ll hear natural English phrases you can use when giving feedback, disagreeing carefully, or pointing out a problem in a business environment.
    These phrases are useful for meetings, workplace conversations, emails, and everyday situations with people you know. This episode is especially helpful for intermediate and advanced English learners who want to sound more professional, diplomatic, and confident when giving criticism in English.
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    If you often hesitate, make mistakes, or feel unsure when speaking English, book a trial lesson. We assess your level, correct you clearly, and give you a focused plan so you know exactly what to improve. 
    Book a free trial here: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    If you prefer to study on your own, explore our online courses. They give you structured lessons to build stronger grammar, clearer pronunciation, and more confident speaking step by step
    Discover all courses and guides: https://englishlessonviaskype.com/confidence
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    10 Business English Verbs to Talk About Tasks, Time, and Deadlines [593]

    24/06/2026 | 21 mins.
    🚨Improve your English with structured online lessons. Book a free trial and get clear feedback on your level, pronunciation and speaking. Book here ➡️  https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    In this episode, you will learn 10 useful English verbs for time management. These verbs help you talk about preparing for problems, choosing what matters most, writing quick notes, giving tasks to other people, staying with a plan, handling too much information, keeping time free, stopping an activity, and finishing important work.
    This lesson is made for non-native English speakers who want to speak more clearly at work, in meetings, in study situations, or in daily life. You will learn how to use these verbs in real sentences, with simple explanations and practical examples.
    Instead of saying only “I planned it,” “I did it,” or “I was busy,” you will learn more exact English for real situations. You will sound more organised, more confident, and more natural when you talk about your schedule, responsibilities, deadlines, and goals.
    This episode is useful for English learners who want to improve their business English vocabulary, workplace English, productivity vocabulary, and English verbs for planning and time management.
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    If you often hesitate, make mistakes, or feel unsure when speaking English, book a trial lesson. We assess your level, correct you clearly, and give you a focused plan so you know exactly what to improve. 
    Book a free trial here: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    If you prefer to study on your own, explore our online courses. They give you structured lessons to build stronger grammar, clearer pronunciation, and more confident speaking step by step
    Discover all courses and guides: https://englishlessonviaskype.com/confidence
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    10 Common English Idioms for Saying Something Is Really Good [592]

    17/06/2026 | 12 mins.
    🚨Improve your English with structured online lessons. Book a free trial and get clear feedback on your level, pronunciation and speaking. Book here ➡️  https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    In this episode, you’ll learn common English idioms you can use when something is really good, impressive, successful, or better than expected.
    Native speakers often use idioms when they want to praise someone’s work, describe a great experience, talk about a successful result, or explain why something really stands out.
    You’ll hear expressions like top-notch, the icing on the cake, second to none, and more. I’ll explain what each idiom means, when you can use it, and how it sounds in real English conversations.
    This lesson is for non-native English speakers who want clear explanations, useful examples, and natural phrases they can actually remember and use.
    By the end of the episode, you’ll understand positive English idioms more easily and have better ways to describe good things in everyday English, workplace conversations, reviews, stories, and informal chats.
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    If you often hesitate, make mistakes, or feel unsure when speaking English, book a trial lesson. We assess your level, correct you clearly, and give you a focused plan so you know exactly what to improve. 
    Book a free trial here: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    If you prefer to study on your own, explore our online courses. They give you structured lessons to build stronger grammar, clearer pronunciation, and more confident speaking step by step
    Discover all courses and guides: https://englishlessonviaskype.com/confidence
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    Useful English Adjectives for Talking About Relationships [591]

    10/06/2026 | 18 mins.
    🚨Improve your English with structured online lessons. Book a free trial and get clear feedback on your level, pronunciation and speaking. Book here ➡️  https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    In this episode, you’ll learn useful adjectives that help you describe different types of relationships in a more natural and accurate way. The focus is on real situations, such as friendships, family relationships, romantic relationships, and working relationships.
    You’ll learn how to choose words that match the situation, so your English sounds clearer and less basic when you talk about people and emotions.
    After listening, you’ll be able to:
    • describe relationships more accurately
     • talk about feelings and behaviour with better vocabulary
     • understand relationship vocabulary in conversations and articles
     • speak more naturally when describing people and situations
    If you want to improve your English vocabulary and talk about relationships with more confidence, this episode will help.
    Share Your Thoughts
    If you often hesitate, make mistakes, or feel unsure when speaking English, book a trial lesson. We assess your level, correct you clearly, and give you a focused plan so you know exactly what to improve. 
    Book a free trial here: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    If you prefer to study on your own, explore our online courses. They give you structured lessons to build stronger grammar, clearer pronunciation, and more confident speaking step by step
    Discover all courses and guides: https://englishlessonviaskype.com/confidence
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    Useful English Collocations for Talking About Travel [590]

    03/06/2026 | 18 mins.
    🚨Improve your English with structured online lessons. Book a free trial and get clear feedback on your level, pronunciation and speaking. Book here ➡️  https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    In this episode, you’ll learn useful collocations that help you talk about trips, holidays, transport, plans, delays, and travel experiences more clearly. These word combinations are important because they help your English sound more natural.
    The focus is on practical examples you can use when you talk about where you went, how you travelled, what happened, and what the experience was like.
    After listening, you’ll be able to:
    • talk about travel more naturally
     • use common word combinations correctly
     • describe trips and travel problems more clearly
     • improve your spoken English for everyday conversations
    If you want to sound more fluent when talking about travel in English, this episode will help.
    Share Your Thoughts
    If you often hesitate, make mistakes, or feel unsure when speaking English, book a trial lesson. We assess your level, correct you clearly, and give you a focused plan so you know exactly what to improve. 
    Book a free trial here: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
    If you prefer to study on your own, explore our online courses. They give you structured lessons to build stronger grammar, clearer pronunciation, and more confident speaking step by step
    Discover all courses and guides: https://englishlessonviaskype.com/confidence
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About 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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