Crystal clear

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2013

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

If something is crystal clear, how clear is it? Rob and Feifei find out when they build a wardrobe.

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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. From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	Welcome to the English We Speak.
0:20.0	I'm Lee and with me is Rob.
0:24.1	Hi Rob. Hello Lee.
0:25.9	So Rob, thanks for offering to help me build my new wardrobe.
0:30.2	It's come in a hundred pieces and I don't know where to begin.
0:34.0	Oh no problem Lee. I'm happy to lend a hand.
0:37.0	I'm great at building furniture.
0:39.0	Good because the instructions seem to be so confusing.
0:44.0	This bit here doesn't fit here.
0:48.0	Okay, let's have a look.
0:50.0	Give it to me.
0:51.0	All right, let's look at these instructions. Ah simple it's crystal clear.
0:56.7	Crystal clear the instructions are crystal clear?
1:01.2	Rob my wardrobe may look fancy, but there are no crystals in it.
1:06.4	Oh, I know that. I just mean the instructions are obvious. They are simple and clear to understand.
1:14.0	If we say something is crystal clear, we simply mean it's absolutely clear.
1:19.4	Is that clear?
1:20.4	It is.
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