🔧 Fixing things (Part 1) + Transcript

IELTS Speaking for Success

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

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Get access to our episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Can you fix things? What kinds of things can you fix? Have you ever asked people to teach you how to fix things? Is fixing things a necessary skill? Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/s13e14 Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2025 Podcourses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Lovely, I'm Maria.
0:08.4	And my name is Rory, and we are the hosts of the IELD Speaking for Success podcast, the
0:12.6	podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along
0:16.1	the way.
0:17.1	We've started this podcast to give you gorgeous grammar and fabulous vocabulary for your high-isle-old school.
0:24.1	Your band, thanks, good.
0:26.3	Oh, Rory, I really like your new chain.
0:29.9	Oh, thank you.
0:31.1	The old one broke and I couldn't actually get it fixed.
0:34.7	How interesting.
0:36.3	Because today we're going to be talking about fixing things.
0:41.1	Oh, excellent. Let's fix up some vocabulary. Yeah, dear listener, the topic is fixing things. You know,
0:47.3	like when you repair broken things, when you fix things. You can also fix people or fix your life. You know, just make
0:58.0	something better. Let's talk about fixing things.
1:05.0	Can you fix things?
1:16.6	Unfortunately not really. I've never been a very handy person around the house. If I was pushed, I could probably make some very basic repairs to, like, a hole in the wall or something like that, but I couldn't fix up a smartphone or something similar.
1:30.4	What kinds of things can you fix?
1:39.5	Well, if something like a railing or a fixture came loose, then I could, well, at least I can,
1:44.6	knock it back into place. But that's just using brute force to solve a problem, really.
1:46.5	It doesn't take much technical knowledge.
1:52.0	Have you ever asked people to teach you how to fix things?
1:53.4	Oh, constantly.
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