English podcast story for B1, B2 levels (intermediate - upper intermediate) - Jonathon Baxter has spent ten years walking around Britain, playing his harmonica to survive. Then he decides to return to his home, but what will he find?B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each phrase?1, more or less (finished etc.) = nearly2, obliged to = you have to3, not have the slightest intention = (used in the neagative) not want or will not do something4, neither (inversion = e.g. neither do I like...) / neither... nor... e.g. I don't want to do neither one thing or the other5, drop in = an informal visit6) turn up = arrive without an appointmentVocabulary testThe vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.B1-level1) ow - when you must pay somebody money because it is theirs2) unbl - you cannot do it3) brng up - the care and protection that parents give their children until they are adults4) sgntr - your written name5) lttry - tickets you buy to try to win a money prizeB2-level1) dbt - the money you owe to somebody2) dstrb - by making noise etc. other people get annoyed3) incm - the money you earn in your job4) py off - pay the money that you have borrowed5) shbby - untidy clothesYou can find the answers at https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-217.htmSupport the showMy NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams).To about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform):https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning pages.https://www.practisingenglish.com/Be back soon with another podcast!Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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