English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'role'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 2 April 2025
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Summary
Beth wants to tell you about some common verb collocations with the noun 'role'. Listen to her in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:04.7 | We all play roles. I'm playing the role of presenter now. |
| 0:10.4 | A role is the behaviour of a person in a specific situation. |
| 0:15.0 | If you play a role, you might be part of a play or a film. |
| 0:20.1 | Susie's audition went well and she's going to play the |
| 0:23.4 | role of Wendy in Peter Pan in the play this winter. You can also perform a role. That means that |
| 0:30.6 | you do certain jobs or tasks. He's normally a teacher, but he's been performing the role of students since starting French classes. |
| 0:40.5 | If you take on a role, you do a task or job that you don't normally do. |
| 0:46.3 | Our manager is on maternity leave now. Louise is taking on the role of manager for the next six months. |
| 0:53.8 | You can also define a role. |
| 0:56.3 | This means you are the person that says |
| 0:58.6 | what the responsibilities and tasks are of a particular position, |
| 1:03.4 | often a job. |
| 1:04.9 | The company have never had a mental health ambassador before. |
| 1:09.1 | John's been given the job, so he'll define the role. |
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