Episodes

  • 010 · A Few Words

    010 · A Few Words
    Aug 9 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/010-a-few-words#complete-transcript On Simon's last afternoon at the workshop, Beth checks the farewell arrangements while there is still work to finish. Their conversation moves between practical details and memories of working together. Listen for used to, would, won't, and I'll as English distinguishes former states, repeated past actions, refusal, and willingness. The guide also explores elaborate, informal, stand around, wish someone well, a few bits, cover something, keep something simple, object to, and a few words. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    27 mins
  • 001 · Only This Month

    001 · Only This Month
    Jun 7 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/001-only-this-month#complete-transcript At a mobile-provider counter, Lena and Marcus must choose between a seven-day travel add-on and an annual plan for their shared account before their queue number is called. Listen for how the present simple presents routines and states, while the present continuous frames current activity and developing change. The guide also covers add-ons, annual plans, data usage, overlap, persuasive evidence, add up to, and work out. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    32 mins
  • 002 · Labels First

    002 · Labels First
    Jun 14 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/002-labels-first#complete-transcript At a shared office printer, Eva and Noah must restore normal work before urgent shipping labels miss their deadline, while a personal print job complicates the queue and paper supply. Listen for the present perfect when a past event matters now or belongs to an unfinished period, and the past simple when an exact finished time or dated step appears. The guide also covers due, queues, stock, error codes, run out of, and take something as closure. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    27 mins
  • 003 · Before the Hill

    003 · Before the Hill
    Jun 21 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/003-before-the-hill#complete-transcript At a bicycle repair shop, Clara asks Evan to reconstruct what happened before and during a chain problem so she can diagnose it safely before his evening deadline. Listen for the past perfect to establish an earlier layer, the past continuous to show an activity already in progress, and the past simple to move the sequence through short completed events. The guide also covers adjust, restrained, shift, skip, lurch, under pressure, deadline, indexing, and maintenance. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    26 mins
  • 004 · A Strong Opening

    004 · A Strong Opening
    Jun 28 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/004-a-strong-opening#complete-transcript At an adult music lesson, Mira asks Julian to turn a week of serious audition practice into a clear measure of what he can perform before their remaining session time runs out. Listen for the present perfect continuous when an activity continues or leaves evidence now, the present perfect simple for achieved extent, completed counts, and stable knowledge, and the past perfect continuous for activity leading to a past reference point. The guide also covers audition, excerpt, settled, metronome, dependable, tempo marking, fall back on, put aside, run through, and first impression. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    28 mins
  • 005 · From the Beginning

    005 · From the Beginning
    Jul 5 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/005-from-the-beginning#complete-transcript At a cinema with twelve minutes before their planned movie, Sienna asks Grant to reconstruct an earlier screening mix-up before they decide how to use the rest of the evening. Listen for stable present facts, past simple events, past continuous background, a genuinely earlier cause in the past perfect, and present-perfect experience or results that still matter now. The guide also covers lobby, screen, seat, trailer, title, opening, ending, late showing, receipt, start at the start, see something through, start halfway through, and from the beginning. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    25 mins
  • 006 · The Ride Home

    006 · The Ride Home
    Jul 12 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/006-the-ride-home#complete-transcript At an outpatient clinic, Priya must confirm Ben's transport details before check-in closes while Ben tries to reduce the help already recorded on his form. Listen for future forms chosen from their source: a fixed schedule, a confirmed arrangement, a prior intention, present evidence, or a decision made in response to the current situation. The guide also covers check-in, a named adult, a fixed schedule, evidence, a slot, an exception, a prior intention, a vague offer, an escort, go ahead, and last-minute. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    26 mins
  • 007 · Nine Means Nine

    007 · Nine Means Nine
    Jul 19 2026
    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/007-nine-means-nine#complete-transcript Eight minutes before an indoor craft market opens, Nina needs Elias to display every price while he argues that customers deserve a more personal introduction. Listen for future forms showing an activity underway at a stated future time, a result completed by a deadline, an official arrangement, and an event immediately ahead. The guide also covers face down, visible, put something out, a barrier, take payments, wrap, conduct a negotiation, commercial consequences, a serious buyer, an introductory offer, an electrical outlet, honor a promotion, a precaution, and a prediction. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.
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    28 mins