{"podcast":{"title":"Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson","slug":"luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082","podcast_index_feed_id":494082,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb","website_url":"http://www.teacherluke.co.uk","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1656325825132-9ac545276b5b3d1930cc21e5a7e1391b.jpeg","author":"Luke Thompson","episode_count":1013,"summary":"Luke's English Podcast is an award-winning podcast for learners of English. Listen, learn and have fun while picking up natural British English as it really is spoken. http://teacherluke.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T14:19:58.864133+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082"},"episode":{"title":"Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb 👍🔪 (Learn English with a Short Story) [973]","slug":"sherlock-holmes-the-adventure-of-the-engineer-s-thumb-learn-english-with-a-short-story-973","published_at":"2026-01-26T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082/sherlock-holmes-the-adventure-of-the-engineer-s-thumb-learn-english-with-a-short-story-973","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082","url":"https://shows.acast.com/teacherluke/episodes/6970eb2f2c9b0cd88ada624f","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/e/6970eb2f2c9b0cd88ada624f/media.mp3","summary":"Back by popular demand, here is another Sherlock Holmes short story on LEP. This one tells the suspenseful tale of a young engineer 👷 who accepts a well-paid but mysterious job. In classic horror movie style, he ignores so many red flags 🚩 and warnings ⚠️ and ends up paying the price for it! But, can Holmes and Watson make sure that justice is served? I tell the story and explain some details and words along the way. Story text and summaries available on the episode PDF. Get the PDF with story text, vocabulary list and vocabulary quiz here 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2026/01/26/sherlock-holmes-the-adventure-of-the-engineers-thumb-learn-english-with-a-short-story-973/ Episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2026/01/26/sherlock-holmes-the-adventure-of-the-engineers-thumb-learn-english-with-a-short-story-973/ Sign up to LEP Premium 👉 https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Back by popular demand, here is another Sherlock Holmes short story on LEP. This one tells the suspenseful tale of a young engineer 👷 who accepts a well-p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5690,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082/episodes/sherlock-holmes-the-adventure-of-the-engineer-s-thumb-learn-english-with-a-short-story-973/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082/sherlock-holmes-the-adventure-of-the-engineer-s-thumb-learn-english-with-a-short-story-973.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}