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Real Easy English: Talking about DIY

5/15/20266 min

Learn to talk about the difference between putting things up and putting things together, what DIY actually stands for, and the highs and lows of flat-pack furniture. Get a free worksheet and transcript at bbclearningenglish.com.

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Clips

Confession Of A Procrastinator
Flat-Pack Teamwork Tension
Weekend DIY Twist
Dream Kitchen Bar Delayed
Know Your Limits

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

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  2. Speaker 20:03

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  3. Speaker 30:35

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  4. Georgie· Host0:50

    [Instrumental music] Hello, and welcome to Real Easy English. We're back with another conversation in easy English to help you learn. I'm Georgie.

  5. Phil· Host1:01

    And I'm Phil, and you can find a video version of this podcast with subtitles to help you on our website, and that's at bbclearningenglish.com.

  6. Georgie· Host1:12

    [upbeat music] Hello, Phil. How are you?

  7. Phil· Host1:20

    I'm, I'm good, but I'm also a little bit tired because I've been doing DIY all weekend.

  8. Unknown speaker1:29

    [gasps]

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