A thing

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Beards have been 'a thing' for a while. Is it now time to shave them off?

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome to the English.
0:16.8	Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye. And I'm Neil. Where's your beard?
0:19.6	Oh, uh, I shaved it off. Fancy to change. Beards are such a thing these days.
0:24.7	Yep, ever since beards became a thing. I found them a bit boring.
0:29.2	A thing. Of course we know what the word thing normally means but what does a thing mean here?
0:35.1	Our phrase for this program means a trend or something recognizable in popular culture.
0:41.5	If beards are a thing, it means they've become fashionable. Lots of people
0:46.3	have them. Yes, cats on the internet. They're a thing. Oh, fidget spinners. They're definitely
0:51.8	a thing. Fidget spinners? They're definitely a thing.
0:52.8	Fidget spinners?
0:53.8	Yes, those little metal or plastic toys that you spin on your finger.
0:58.2	Know them?
0:59.2	Ah, those things that kids everywhere are playing with.
1:02.2	Not just kids. Anyway, what else is a thing?
1:05.6	Listen to these examples.
1:07.6	Using funny gifts in your message is such a thing.
1:16.0	You know Parkour, the sport of running and jumping across buildings.
1:20.0	Why is that such a thing?
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