Speak Better English with Harry

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  Business English | How to Make Small Talk in English at Work [605] 16.09.2026 21min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Learn how to make small talk in English with your boss, manager or clients. In this Business English lesson, Harry teaches you 12 practical phrases for starting a conversation, answering questions and making small talk before a meeting. What can you say when you join a call early or welcome a client to your office? You’ll hear familiar ...
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  Business English | What to Say When Someone Interrupts You in an English Meeting [604] 09.09.2026 21min

  🚨If you struggle to find the right words in meetings, Speak Up in Meetings gives you practical phrases for interrupting, disagreeing, buying time and finishing your point. Click the link to prepare for your next English meeting https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/speak-up-in-english-meetings/ In this Business English lesson, you'll learn how handle interruptions in English meetings without losing your point, apologising unnecessarily or sounding aggressive. You’ll learn practical...
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  Business English | How to Say No to Last-Minute Requests at Work [603] 02.09.2026 20min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Learn how to say no politely in English when your manager, colleague or client gives you a last-minute request at work. In this Business English lesson, you’ll learn natural workplace English phrases for dealing with urgent tasks, unrealistic deadlines, competing priorities and requests you simply don’t have enough time to complete. You...
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  Business English | How to Give Constructive Feedback in English at Work [602] 26.08.2026 27min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this Business English lesson, you'll learn how to give constructive feedback about someone’s work, an idea, a draft, a proposal or a decision. You’ll learn phrases for pointing out a problem, explaining why something needs to change, asking someone to revise their work and suggesting a better next step. You’ll also learn how to keep ...
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  Business English | How to Ask Your Manager for Help in English [601] 19.08.2026 25min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Learn how to ask your manager for help in English without sounding unsure or incapable at work. In this Business English podcast episode, you’ll learn natural ways to ask for advice, request clarification, explain when you’re stuck and get the support you need from your manager. This lesson is for intermediate and advanced English learn...
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  Business English | How to Ask for Clarification in English at Work [600] 12.08.2026 20min

  🚨 Take the FREE Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Someone repeats the same thing, but you still don’t understand. What do you ask next? In this business English lesson, learn how to move beyond simply asking someone to repeat themselves and get the information you actually need. You’ll learn how to ask for simpler wording, an example, the practical meaning, or clarification abou...
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  Business English | What to Say When Someone Challenges Your Idea [599] 05.08.2026 17min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this Business English lesson, you’ll learn how to defend your ideas when a colleague, manager or client challenges you in a meeting. Harry explains how to respond clearly, support your reasoning, deal with objections and show the possible consequences of a different decision without becoming defensive. This episode is for B2-level no...
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  Business English | 14 English Phrases for Giving Progress Updates at Work [598] 29.07.2026 22min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Learn how to give a clear progress update in English during meetings, project calls and everyday workplace conversations. This business English lesson teaches practical phrases for saying that work is on track, nearly finished, delayed, waiting for another team or affected by changing priorities. The episode is designed for non-native E...
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  Business English | How to Answer Unexpected Questions at Work [597] 22.07.2026 13min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz What can you say when someone asks you an unexpected question at work and you do not have the answer yet? Learn 10 natural business English phrases that give you time to think, help you clarify the question and tell the other person exactly when you will reply. This practical English lesson is for professionals who use English in meetin...
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  Business English | Check, Confirm or Clarify? [596] 15.07.2026 17min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Do you know whether to check, confirm or clarify a deadline, decision or instruction? Many English learners understand these three verbs but hesitate when they need to use them in a work email, meeting or call. By the end of this business English lesson, you’ll know how to check information, confirm decisions and clarify instructions w...
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  10 Advanced English Collocations for Negative Feelings and Emotions [595] 08.07.2026 16min

  🚨 How good is your English at work? Take the free Test Your English at Work quiz and see how you handle real workplace situations in English. Take the test here ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/test-english-at-work/ In this episode, you will learn advanced English collocations for negative feelings and emotions. These natural word combinations will help you describe how people feel in a more accurate and fluent way, without relying on basic words. This lesson is especially useful for ...
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  Business English | How to Criticise Politely in English at Work [594] 01.07.2026 24min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz Learn how to criticise politely in English without sounding rude, aggressive, or too direct. In this episode, you’ll hear natural English phrases you can use when giving feedback, disagreeing carefully, or pointing out a problem in a business environment. These phrases are useful for meetings, workplace conversations, emails, and everyd...
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  Business English | 10 Business English Verbs to Talk About Tasks, Time, and Deadlines [593] 24.06.2026 21min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this episode, you will learn 10 useful English verbs for time management. These verbs help you talk about preparing for problems, choosing what matters most, writing quick notes, giving tasks to other people, staying with a plan, handling too much information, keeping time free, stopping an activity, and finishing important work. Thi...
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  10 Common English Idioms for Saying Something Is Really Good [592] 17.06.2026 12min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this episode, you’ll learn common English idioms you can use when something is really good, impressive, successful, or better than expected. Native speakers often use idioms when they want to praise someone’s work, describe a great experience, talk about a successful result, or explain why something really stands out. You’ll hear exp...
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  Useful English Adjectives for Talking About Relationships [591] 10.06.2026 18min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this episode, you’ll learn useful adjectives that help you describe different types of relationships in a more natural and accurate way. The focus is on real situations, such as friendships, family relationships, romantic relationships, and working relationships. You’ll learn how to choose words that match the situation, so your Engl...
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  Useful English Collocations for Talking About Travel [590] 03.06.2026 18min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this episode, you’ll learn useful collocations that help you talk about trips, holidays, transport, plans, delays, and travel experiences more clearly. These word combinations are important because they help your English sound more natural. The focus is on practical examples you can use when you talk about where you went, how you tra...
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  Useful English Phrases for Difficult Conversations [589] 27.05.2026 36min

  🚨 Take the free Test Your Meeting English quiz and find out which meeting situations you need to practise ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz In this episode, you’ll learn useful phrases for moments when you feel shocked, disappointed, angry, or need to respond to someone directly. The focus is on real spoken English for situations where something has gone wrong and you need the right words. You’ll hear how to express disbelief, show disappointment, ask someone to apologise, ...
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  Useful English Expressions with “Go” for Everyday Speaking [588] 20.05.2026 27min

  🚨 How good is your English at work? Take the free Test Your English at Work quiz and see how you handle real workplace situations in English. Take the test here ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/test-english-at-work/ In this episode, you’ll learn how “go” is used in natural everyday phrases to talk about plans, progress, changes, choices, and situations. These expressions are useful because they help you understand real spoken English and give you more natural ways to express simple id...
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  Natural Speaking Phrases for Everyday Negotiations [587] 13.05.2026 24min

  🚨 How good is your English at work? Take the free Test Your English at Work quiz and see how you handle real workplace situations in English. Take the test here ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/test-english-at-work/ In this episode, you’ll learn practical English phrases for simple, real-life negotiations. The focus is on speaking clearly, staying polite, and knowing what to say when you want to make an offer, ask for a better deal, or respond to someone else’s suggestion. You’ll hear...
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  Short English Idioms Native Speakers Use in Everyday Conversation [586] 06.05.2026 15min

  🚨 How good is your English at work? Take the free Test Your English at Work quiz and see how you handle real workplace situations in English. Take the test here ➡️ https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/test-english-at-work/ In this episode, you’ll learn short two-word expressions that native speakers use to describe situations, people, moods, and everyday experiences. These phrases may look simple, but their real meaning is often not obvious from the individual words. This lesson will help yo...