WORLD CUP RAMBLE #4 ⚽️ FIFA 2026 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs Argentina 🇦🇷 and more... (with Zdenek) [BONUS]
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

WORLD CUP RAMBLE #4 ⚽️ FIFA 2026 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs Argentina 🇦🇷 and more... (with Zdenek) [BONUS]

B1IntermediateJuly 16, 20262 hr 5 min

Recorded the day after Argentina beat England in the semi-final 😭 here is World Cup Ramble #4. Zdenek joins me again as we discuss as many talking points as possible, including what on earth happened yesterday, the intense rivalry between Argentina & England, the historical background to that rivalry, Spain eliminating France, predictions for the final and so many other things, including a passionate conversation about cultural differences and communication style, plus the real heroes and villains of this epic World Cup competition. Normal podcasting will continue next week. Luke on The Footglish Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 12 · 0:00

.

pronunciation teaching, plus ad-free listening, access to the Premium community, and to show

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B24:51
  • B229:20
  • B235:11
  • B255:42
  • C176:41
  • B292:17
  • B2100:58
  • B2112:52

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B1

B1 · Intermediate

Fine if you can follow simple news

A1 46%A2 32%B1 13%B2 7%C1 1%
  • 92% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 167 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 300 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

Thank you for choosing Luke's English Podcast. For more episodes with specific vocabulary and pronunciation teaching, plus ad-free listening, access to the Premium community, and to show your support for the podcast, sign up to LEP Premium at teacherluke.co.uk slash premium. Hello, welcome to Football Ramble 4 on Luke's English Podcast. Just before we start,

0:24

I thought I should let you know that there's quite a lot of rambling at the beginning of this episode before we actually get into the football. And when we do get into the football, which is after about 25 minutes of conversation about various things, including some interesting stuff like communication style.

0:39

When we do get into the football, we get into it properly with lots of detail, focusing especially on England versus Argentina, which happened yesterday as I record this. So plenty of football chat. You just have to wait about 25 minutes. skip forward or enjoy a great conversation about communication and all sorts of other

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (125 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy