Cut to the chase

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2013

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Who's chasing Finn and Feifei? Here's a good expression for when you're running out of patience

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0:00.0	The English we speak.
0:03.0	Thank you for driving me to work today, Fay Faye.
0:11.0	It's a nice car. Yeah, it's brand new.
0:15.0	Must have cost a lot of money. By the way, I noticed you had a meeting with the boss yesterday, and you look very happy today good news yes very good
0:27.1	news first the boss offered a pay rise tea and then he offered me...
0:34.0	Uh, a promotion.
0:35.0	Biscuits.
0:36.0	And then he asked me...
0:38.0	He asked you if you want to post abroad.
0:41.0	If my chair was comfortable.
0:43.0	Oh, come on, Faye, cut to the chase.
0:46.0	Cut to the chase.
0:47.0	Is anyone chasing us?
0:49.0	Let's go faster.
0:50.0	See if he's still behind us. Master.
0:55.0	See if he's still behind us. Eh, hey, slow down, Faye,
0:58.0	nobody is chasing us.
1:00.0	Okay, okay. Oh, that was quite an adventure.
1:07.0	In English, we say cut to the chase when we want to hear the most important piece of information. We want someone
1:16.4	telling us something to get to the point. Ah, it might come from the movies.
1:23.0	The chase is usually the most exciting part.
1:26.0	Mm, yes.
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