Learn English Through Football Podcast: (to) Bed In

In this week's football-language podcast we look at Liverpool's start to the season and the key phrase is 'to bed in'. We also look ahead to a World cup qualifier between Sweden and Kosovo. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions about the phrase or our podcast then you can contact us here.



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Hello

DB: You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast.



DB: Hi everyone and welcome to this week's football language podcast for learners of English who love football. My name is Damon and I am based in Tokyo, which has been enjoying some lovely autumn weather. How about the weather where you are? Last week Damian, the other half of the team, said there was a big storm in England, so I hope he is enjoying better weather this weekend.



He talked about the phrase to down a team and to put some swazz on a shot in the last podcast. That last one was new to me - I need to brush up on my football vocabulary! A good place to do that would be our glossary of footballing terms, which you can find on our website at LearnEnglishThroughFootball.com. Come along to the site and check it out.



Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (French)



DB: It's another international break, which is a good time to take a look back at the start of the season. So on this week's show, I'm going to have a look at how my team Liverpool have been doing, and one of the key football phrases I will use is to bed in.



But before we start my look at Liverpool and some football language, just a reminder that our domain name is now learnengishthroughfootball.com. You can still find us with the old address of languagecaster.com. If you like what we are doing, please share with your friends and give us like wherever you get our podcast from!



Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (Danish)



DF: Thank you for that message which was in Danish. Denmark are doing well in the World Cup Qualifiers, topping their group along with Scotland - those two teams meet for a crunch match in November. We're going to have more stingers or messages throughout the show in different languages. I wonder how many languages you can identify.



If you can, please send us a message in your own language - just tell us that, 'You are listening to the Learn English through football podcast'. Or, you can tell us in English your name, where you are from, and the team you support, plus 'you are listening to the Learn English through football podcast'. It would be great to hear from you and to get as many messages in different languages as possible!



Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Swedish) 



DB: Right, I'm going to turn to my team Liverpool and their start to the season.

Football Language: A Flying Start

DB: Liverpool got off to a flyer by winning seven on the bounce, seven matches in a row. It was a flying start. To get off to a flyer or to have a flying start means to have a great start, usually winning all your games or remaining undefeated. So I was pleased to see Liverpool beat Bournemouth, Newcastle, Arsenal, Burnley, and Everton in the league, as well as defeat Atletico Madrid and Southampton in cup competitions.