You know every word in "Did you eat it all?", yet when a British mum says it at breakfast you hear one smooth sound: DIJ-uh EE-ti-TAWL. British speakers do not leave gaps between words. They join them. In this episode: • Consonant to vowel • Vowel to vowel with a little y or w • The same sound twice, and sounds that disappear • Blending t, d, s and z with y • Listening lab: the school run • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: an apple (uh-NAP-ul) — the N moves to the front of apple pick it up (PI-ki-TUP) — lift it from the floor turn it off (TUR-ni-TOFF, with no R sound) — stop the machine or light put it on (PU-ti-TON) — wear it, or start it get up (GE-TUP) — get out of bed hold on a minute (HOHL-do-nuh MIN-it) — wait a moment (casual) a bit of toast (uh BI-tuv TOHST) — a small amount of toast the end (thee-YEND) — the is often said THEE before a vowel she asked (shee-YAHST) — she asked a question go out (guh-WOWT) — leave the house do it (DOO-wit) — just do it two eggs (TOO-wegz) — two eggs, please throw it away (THROH-wi-tuh-WAY) — put it in the bin who is it? (HOO-wi-zit) — what you ask when the doorbell rings bus stop (BUS-TOP, one long S) — where you wait for the bus black coffee (blak-KOF-ee, one held K) — coffee with no milk next door (NEKS DAW) — the house beside ours last week (LAHS WEEK) — the week before this one handbag (HAM-bag) — the D disappears and the N becomes M sandwich (SAN-widge) — the D disappears Wednesday (WENZ-day) — the middle D is silent postman (POHS-mun) — the T disappears fish and chips (FISH-un-CHIPS) — and becomes UN Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.