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Real Easy English: Talking about old friends

6/5/20266 min

Becca and Phil have a real conversation in easy English about old friends – the friends you have known for a long time. Learn to talk about the difference between keeping in touch, losing touch and getting back in touch, and find out what helps people to stay friends as they get older.

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Clips

Friendship Vocabulary Quickfire
Realizing We've Drifted Apart

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Becca· Host0:00

    Want more easy programmes? There's more to explore on our website. Try Easy English Conversations to practice introducing yourself and other beginner topics, or learn through our exciting challenge series like the London Letter Challenge. And of course, we have video episodes of Real Easy English, so you can watch our presenters with subtitles to help you. Find all our easy podcasts and videos on our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Hello, and welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. This is the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you with your learning. I'm Becca.

  2. Phil· Host0:44

    And I'm Phil, and you can watch a video version of this podcast on our website, and it's got subtitles to help you learn. That's bbclearningenglish.com.

  3. Becca· Host0:56

    [upbeat music] How are you today, Phil?

  4. Phil· Host1:04

    I'm good. I'm really good. What about you? Have you got any plans for this week coming up?

  5. Becca· Host1:09

    Yes, I'm really excited for the weekend because I'm going to meet up with some of my old school friends. I've known them since I was in year eight.

  6. Phil· Host1:20

    Well, Becca, today we're talking about old friends, and when we say old friends, we mean friends that we've had a long time, particularly

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