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🗓️ 26 September 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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You know what ‘about’ means, right? But maybe not this extra meaning! Take another look with us

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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.
0:08.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:11.0	Hello and welcome to Neil. In this program we speak, I'm Faye and I'm Neil. In this
0:16.6	program we're talking about about about about. About about about. This is getting silly. We are indeed talking about the word about, but not as it's usually used.
0:28.4	Indeed, let's demonstrate. Is Mark about today? Yes, I saw him this morning.
0:34.0	So when I ask is Mark about today, I wasn't asking if Mark was somehow related to the concept of today.
0:41.0	I just meant is Mark here? About means here or somewhere near here.
0:46.2	Mark's about. Mark's near here. By the way who's Mark? No idea but I know he's near here. Well that's reassuring. Time for some more examples
0:56.5	about about.
0:57.6	Hi, is Sue about? I just need to give her some files.
1:05.0	Will he be about this evening? I want to ask a big favour.
1:09.0	There's no one about. It's a bit scary.
1:12.0	Don't talk like that.
1:14.0	There are children about.
1:18.0	There we are.
1:19.0	About meaning in or close to an area.
1:22.0	You know, there's another word that behaves like this.
1:25.0	You're talking about around? Indeed we could say is Mark around. And we know the answer to
1:30.9	that you saw him this morning.
1:33.0	Except I didn't really see him.
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