Donkey's years
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🗓️ 15 August 2017
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Why has Rob got a donkey in the studio?! It's probably got something with today's authentic English phrase which is about not doing something for a long time
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:11.0 | com. |
| 0:18.0 | Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye and I'm... |
| 0:19.0 | Hello! Rob. |
| 0:21.0 | Uh, sorry Rob, what did you say? |
| 0:24.0 | I said I'm... |
| 0:25.0 | I'm... |
| 0:26.0 | Rob. |
| 0:27.0 | Right, and why have you brought a donkey into the studio? |
| 0:32.0 | To help with today's authentic English... brought a donkey into the studio. |
| 0:32.6 | To help with today's authentic English phrase, which is, |
| 0:36.8 | donkey's years. |
| 0:38.8 | So is this about age and how I look like a donkey? |
| 0:44.2 | Not exactly Faye, the phrase comes from rhyming slang. |
| 0:48.0 | Donkeys years rhymes with donkey's ears, yes? |
| 0:51.9 | Yes, donkey's ears does rhyme with donkeys ears so you're |
| 0:57.7 | saying my ears are like a donkeys no no no unlike your Donkey's ears are long and when we say we haven't done |
| 1:05.8 | something for Donkey's years we mean we haven't done something for a long time. |
| 1:10.6 | Right, good, so it's got nothing to do with me looking like a donkey? |
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