Rick´s Bite-Sized English

Richard Winterbottom
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Welcome to Rick’s bite-sized English, a podcast for advanced English speakers who want to develop their skills, confidence, and range of language. They are based around stories and in each episode you’ll get a practical phrase that you can take away and use in your day-to-day English. Each episode is short, between five and ten minutes long, so you can easily incorporate them into your routine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 07/11/2025

    Season 2; 06 – Changing Tastes

    n a quiet lakeside town where the ferry rarely sails and the clocks don’t quite agree, two men reflect on how time and chance have shaped their lives.

    8 min

  2. 07/04/2025

    Season 2; 05 – After the Applause

    n a quiet lakeside town where the ferry rarely sails and the clocks don’t quite agree, two men reflect on how time and chance have shaped their lives.

    6 min

  3. 06/27/2025

    Season 2; 04 – This one’s on me!

    n a quiet lakeside town where the ferry rarely sails and the clocks don’t quite agree, two men reflect on how time and chance have shaped their lives.

    7 min

  4. 06/20/2025

    Season 2; 03 – Strangers on a Train

    n a quiet lakeside town where the ferry rarely sails and the clocks don’t quite agree, two men reflect on how time and chance have shaped their lives.

    7 min

  5. 06/13/2025

    Season 2; 02 – The Keeper of Memories

    n a quiet lakeside town where the ferry rarely sails and the clocks don’t quite agree, two men reflect on how time and chance have shaped their lives.

    7 min

  6. 06/06/2025

    Season 2; 01 – The Man who Stayed

    n a quiet lakeside town where the ferry rarely sails and the clocks don’t quite agree, two men reflect on how time and chance have shaped their lives.

    7 min

  7. 05/24/2025

    Season 2 Trailer

    Here’s a quick preview of what’s coming in Season Two of Rick’s Bite-Sized English. This season, there are six new episodes, six new stories and lots of useful language.  Each episode comes with two worksheets to help you take things further (sign up to my newsletter to get the worksheets). Sign up to the newsletter […]

    2 min

  8. 12/06/2024

    Season 1; 06 – The Wait

    06 – The Wait How a long and agonising wait led my friend to a life in Japan. A story about how we used to write long letters, and how the postman or postwoman played an important role in our lives.

    9 min

  9. 11/29/2024

    Season 1; 05 – The inspirational cook

    05 – The inspirational cook How I came to love Indian food  A story about my developing interest in and love of Indian food, and a useful phrase you’ve probably heard but not necessarily noticed. This will be really useful for talking about situations where you haven’t got what you need or want. I’ll show […]

    8 min

  10. 11/22/2024

    Season 1; 04 – Mind the Gap – a cautionary tale

    04 – Mind the Gap – a cautionary tale An amusing story about a man who finds himself in an embarrassing situation, with a large crowd laughing at his misfortune and showing no sympathy for him. We look at a useful phrase and show you how you can try to incorporate this into your productive […]

    6 min
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Welcome to Rick’s bite-sized English, a podcast for advanced English speakers who want to develop their skills, confidence, and range of language. They are based around stories and in each episode you’ll get a practical phrase that you can take away and use in your day-to-day English. Each episode is short, between five and ten minutes long, so you can easily incorporate them into your routine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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