English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bite'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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If you've been procrastinating on your English study, it's time to bite the bullet and listen to this podcast! Learn four phrases with the word 'bite'
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:10.8 | Let me bite in to this apple. |
| 0:13.7 | Mmm, delicious. |
| 0:18.2 | If you bite your tongue, you stop yourself saying something you want to say because it might be upsetting or inappropriate. |
| 0:25.8 | I want to tell him I don't like his hoodie, but he likes it, so I'll bite my tongue. |
| 0:30.6 | If you bite off more than you can chew, you commit to doing something that you cannot complete. |
| 0:36.3 | I always bite off more than I can chew at work. |
| 0:39.1 | I need to be more realistic with the number of projects I take on. If food is bite-sized, |
| 0:44.2 | it's small enough to eat in one. If information is bite-sized, it's small or short and easy |
| 0:50.0 | to understand. Don't learn hundreds of phrases at once. It's better to learn vocabulary in |
| 0:55.3 | bite-sized chunks. Lastly, bite the bullet. That means you finally decide to do something you've |
| 1:01.4 | been avoiding for a while because it's unpleasant. I know you hate going to the dentist, |
| 1:06.4 | but you need to just bite the bullet and book an appointment. Now, try practicing these |
| 1:11.2 | phrases this week. |
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