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   تكبيرات

   الله اكبر ، الله اكبر , الله اكبر لا إله الا الله الله اكبر ، الله كبر ولله الحمد الله اكبر كبيرا ، والحمدلله كثيرا وسبحان الله وبحمده بكرة واصيلا لا إله الله ، والله اكبر

   Aug 2, 2019

   5m
2. 21

   You Owe It To Yourself To Be Great

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   Aug 15, 2017

   4m
3. 20

   Motivation To Study

   This audio is for people that have no motivation to study.. I know a lot of people get bombarded with material they need to study and get further educated. I know it can be hard to keep up with but it's worth it in the end. I made this audio to give you that motivation to study and keep working...

   Aug 24, 2016

   8m
4. 19

   Amelia Earhart

   Amelia Earhart was born in 1897, in Kansas, USA. Even as a child she didn't behave in a conventionally 'feminine' way. She climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle - but she wasn't particularly interested in flying. She saw her first plane when she was 10, and wasn't impressed at all. But she...

   Mar 9, 2014

   6m
5. 18

   Cinema Etiquette

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   Mar 7, 2014

   5m
6. 17

   Aberfan

   At 9.25am on Friday 21 October 1966, the police officer on duty at Merthyr Tydfyl police station in South Wales answered a telephone call. “I have been asked to inform you that there has been a landslide”, said the caller. “The tip has come down on the school.” To understand this story, you need…

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   Mar 4, 2014

   3m
7. 16

   How to build furniture

   In this podcast, we meet the expression “the trouble is that…” (which means “the problem is that….”). We also discover several different ways of getting things wrong – upside down, back to front and inside out. Kevin and Joanne sat on their sofa and looked around their flat. It was a mess. There...

   Mar 1, 2014

   3m
8. 15

   Restart Parties

   Have we forgotten how to fix our gadgets? A visit to a 'Restart party' might help you.

   Jul 26, 2013

   5m
9. 14

   The Islands on the Edge of the World

   Today we are going to visit St Kilda. St Kilda is a small group of islands in the north Atlantic, far to the west of Scotland. It is the home of tens of thousands of sea birds. In fact, St Kilda is one of the most important places for sea birds anywhere in the world. And for thousands of years,...

   Jul 16, 2013

   5m
10. 13

    Computer Glasses

    Would you want your phone, glasses, camera and computer all in one device. That you wear on your face? Finn and Neil talk about 'wearable tech'.

    Jul 14, 2013

    5m
11. 12

    Tweet Of The Day

    Do you enjoy the sound of singing birds? Find out what kind of effect it could have on you.

    Jul 13, 2013

    5m
12. 11

    Suspended Coffee

    Would you buy a coffee for someone in need? Jan and Neil talk about the popular idea of suspended coffee.

    Jul 12, 2013

    5m
13. 10

    England's Newest Tourist Attraction

    Are you planning a visit to England? Are you thinking to yourself, “What shall we do in England? Are there any really special places that we must go to when we are there?” You are? Good, then this podcast is for you.

    Apr 23, 2013

    6m
14. 9

    School Dinners

    Today we visit Scotland, to find out what a Scottish schoolgirl thinks of her school meals. And because the European Cup Football matches have reached an interesting stage, and poor old England have been knocked out by Italy, this might be a good time to learn a new football expression. Martha...

    Apr 21, 2013

    5m
15. 8

    Claires Bedroom

    Claire Williams is 20 years old. She is a student and lives at home with her parents in a town called Whitehaven. Her bedroom is a mess. Or at least it was a mess. Time and again, her parents asked her please to tidy it, but somehow she never managed to do it. Then her father, Steve Williams, had…

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    Jan 31, 2013

    2m
16. 7

    At the Supermarket

    I am in my local supermarket. I am here to do some shopping. You are here to practice the English names of fruit and vegetables. During the winter, there are only a few English grown vegetables in the shops. The main ones are potatoes, carrots, leeks, onions, parsnips and cabbage. But we can of...

    Jan 23, 2013

    2m
17. 6

    The Biggest Ever Robbery

    Colin Dixon is the manager of a secure depot where bank notes are stored for the Bank of England. On 21 February he was kidnapped by two men posing as police officers. His wife and eight year old son were also abducted. The kidnappers then forced Mr Dixon to return to the depot and to let one of...

    Jan 21, 2013

    3m
18. 5

    It doesn't Matter

    You have probably come across the English word “matter”. It is one of those difficult words that seem to mean different things in different contexts. An easy way to learn words like this is to memorise a few common expressions which contain them, and that is what we are going to do with the word...

    Jan 19, 2013

    5m
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    The Lighthouse Man

    Britain is an island. We are surrounded by sea. Nowdays, you can get here by plane, or by train through the Channel Tunnel. But before planes were invented, and the Channel Tunnel was built, the only way to come to Britain was by sea. The seas around Britain can be very dangerous. The Romans, who...

    Jan 18, 2013

    4m
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    The Ghost Village

    Today, we will visit a little village on the south coast of England. Its name is Tyneham, and it is a “ghost village”. What does ‘ghost village’ mean? It means that the village is deserted, there is no-one there. Many of the houses, the church and the school are still standing, but no-one lives…

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    Jan 15, 2013

    5m
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    I am lucky

    Like lots of people, I have Google as the home page on my web browser. On the Google page, there is a search box where I can type what I am looking for. For example, I can type “English lessons” if I want to find web sites which teach people English. Underneath the search box, there are two...

    Jan 13, 2013

    5m
22. 1

    Good manners and bad manners

    We have a saying in English “Manners maketh man”. “Maketh” is an old form of “make” or “makes”. So the expression means that, if you want to be a real man, you have to have good manners. “Manners” means the way that you behave to other people, particularly in public. If you have good manners you...

    Jan 11, 2013

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