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Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye and I'm Roy.

I'm so excited Faye I'm so excited you made me so happy when you message me what we're doing today what we're doing today.

What? We're about to go into one of the most intense and important meetings of our lives. Why are you happy about that?

I thought we were playing a selection of classic board games. I brought my favourite game.

Why on earth would you bring a selection of board games to a huge meeting?

You told me in your message to bring a Game. You were very clear.

Ah no Roy, I said Bring your A game, not Bring a Game.

Your A game is your best performance, and that's what we need in this meeting.

Right. Well clearly I have brought my A game and a great board game that we can play after we are successful in the meeting.

Roy, if you manage to convince every one of my plan,

I'll play your stupid game.

Let's listen to these examples while we have a meeting.

Klaus brought his A-game to the meeting and sealed the deal.

That team won the match easily. They brought their A game.

Erica didn't bring her A game to the quiz and we lost by a point.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression A game.

Your A game is your best or highest level of performance.

Yes, it's commonly used or highest level of performance.

Yes, it's commonly used with the verb bring and a possessive pronoun like your.

You're very lucky that I'm really

didn't seem like a truly vital and important meeting.

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