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BBC Learning English | 20 videos | Updated 3 months ago
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Learn about the life, times and language of William Shakespeare with this 20-part animated series. Each episode shows how a phrase from Shakespeare is still in use today, with explanations and examples. For practice activities and more useful expressions, idioms and phrases, go to www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/shake… Shakespeare Speaks is a co-production from BBC Learning English and The Open University. For more great Shakespeare content, go to www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/english-language/…

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🎭 What's done is done - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 The green-eyed monster - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 All that glisters is not gold - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 I'll wear my heart on my sleeve - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 A pound of flesh - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 Greek to me - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 There's method in my madness - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 I must be cruel, only to be kind - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 As dead as a doornail - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 In a pickle - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 Mum's the word - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 A fool's paradise - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭The world's my oyster - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 Forever and a day - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 I'll send him packing - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 Wild-goose chase - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 Strange bedfellows - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with Shakespeare Speaks

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🎭 A tower of strength - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

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🎭 Spotless reputation - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with Shakespeare Speaks

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🎭 Not budge an inch - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'