Cat got your tongue?

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2016

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

There's a cat about and Feifei's not talking. Learn an expression that questions her quietness

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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
0:13.0	welcome to the English we speak.
0:15.0	I'm Rob and joining me is Faye Faye.
0:18.0	Hello.
0:20.0	Oh bless you.
0:22.0	Oh, are you okay?
0:24.0	Have you got a cold?
0:25.0	No, not a cold.
0:28.0	Something's making me sneeze.
0:30.0	Rob, is that a cat on your lap?
0:34.0	Oh yes yeah meet Tiddles I decided to bring him to the office because he gets lonely at home on his own
0:40.1	don't you tiddly widdly it's a good idea don't you tiddily widdly? It's a good idea don't you think?
0:44.0	Fay Fay Faye you've gone all quiet you've usually got something to say.
0:49.6	Faye Faye can Can you speak? Cat got your tongue? No, your cat hasn't got my tongue or anything else. I'm
1:00.5	allergic to cats. Oh dear Faye, but saying cat got your tongue means you're very quiet or you've got nothing to say.
1:09.3	Really?
1:10.8	Well let's hear some examples of this phrase.
1:13.0	What's the matter?
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