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Lessons 41 to 50, newest first. Each one is free to listen to. See every lesson on one page.

2.7 - In Town - Zapp! English Listening
A hundred metres of trees, a few recycling bins, then a pedestrian crossing "which is quite dangerous, because people don't stop when you try and cross the road there". That is how one of our speakers describes the short walk to the metro, and it is exactly the kind of…
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2.6 - City Life - Zapp! English Colloquial
Katie gives a clue: a word that means very crowded, beginning with r. Before she gets there, Laura offers "heaving" instead — not the answer, but good enough that Katie stops to praise it. Then "Rammed." arrives, and the guessing game rolls on through sardines, Piccadilly Circus and the moment…
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2.6 - City Life - Zapp! English Listening
One speaker describes a city that is "chocked full of temples" and, in the same breath, admits "it's exhausting to be there" — then says everyone should see it anyway. Another describes beaches, kayaking and mountains with snow on top "right into June". Your job, before anyone tells you the…
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2.5 - Danger! - Zapp! English Colloquial
Halfway through explaining why it's better to leave early, Katie is interrupted by the birds. One of the hosts is recording outdoors and breaks off to complain about "very noisy parrots" — "My ears hurt." We kept it in, because that's what real conversation sounds like. Around the parrots, we…
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2.4 - Friends & Family - Zapp! English Colloquial
Katie asks where Tom hangs out. The answer: "I hang out, in front of my computer." Her verdict, delivered to the microphone rather than to him — "This is why he hasn't got as many mates as he used to have." That's the tone of this unit. Katie describes an…
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2.3 - Describing People & Character - Zapp! English Colloquial
Katie asks Clare whether she is as stubborn as a mule. Clare admits she can be, "when I think I'm right, which…honestly is most of the time". A minute earlier Katie had asked what a mule actually is, and Clare answered, cheerfully, "To be honest I have no idea!" —…
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2.2 - Living with People - Zapp! English Colloquial
The episode opens with Katie asking "Where are we?" and the answer coming back: "In my bedroom." "That sounds a bit strange!" she admits — and then, sitting on the bed, she starts describing colloquial expressions for Tom to guess. All ten are about living with people, or living near…
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2.2 - Living with People - Zapp! English Listening
“So we’re sitting in the park.” That’s how this one opens, and within a minute Alec has decided what the worst thing about sharing a house is: “the worst problem is...other people, taking your food.” From there it moves through labelled shelves in the fridge, washing up liquid in the…
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2.1 - Jobs & Work - Zapp! English Colloquial
Katie sets the trap in the first minute. Imagine you did something wrong at work, and now the job is gone: "They said, Get lost! Don’t come back!" What happened to you? Clare answers with three options at once — laid off, fired, sacked — and then has to explain…
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2.1 - Jobs & Work - Zapp! English Listening
"Are we working?" Tom asks, about thirty seconds into a conversation about work. Katie decides that yes, they probably are. What follows is one of the most honest talks we've recorded about working from home: the freedom to start when you like and wear what you like, and the slow…
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