Ace

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2013

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Do you like playing cards? Are you ace at playing cards? Join us for an 'ace' programme.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	I'm laying a five.
0:21.0	And I'm laying a five and I'm laying an eight hmm I'll lay it jack. Queen? Aace. Oh okay you go again. Right, this time I'm laying three sevens. Ooh, going bigger are we?
0:39.4	Absolutely. Come on then, what have you got? I've got three kings here you go I bet you can't beat that
0:48.6	Hmm check this out, three aces!
0:53.8	Yay, I win again.
0:55.8	Dinner is on you then.
0:57.8	Yes, okay, I know.
1:00.3	I didn't know you were an ace card player.
1:03.6	What do you mean an ace card player?
1:06.0	I play other cards too.
1:08.0	I just played a five, a jack, a queen two fours, a three...
1:12.0	No, no, I didn't mean literally an Ace card player.
1:16.8	In English, we can use the word Ace as an adjective to mean very good or excellent and awesome.
1:25.0	So you are actually saying I'm an excellent card player?
1:29.0	Thank you Finn, very kind of you to say so. Here are some examples using the word ace.
1:37.0	This is an ace idea.
1:41.0	That's an ace laptop you've got.
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