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Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Learn an expression to describe how exaggerated some people are.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:04.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:08.0	Welcome to the English we speak with me, Jai.
0:11.0	And me, Nail. Neil, what are you wearing?
0:15.0	Is that a tuxedo?
0:16.0	Have you got a top hat on?
0:18.0	Well, you said that I should dress smartly for our online meeting.
0:22.0	Yes, but a tie-in shut would have been sufficient.
0:25.0	You're so extra?
0:27.0	Extra what?
0:28.0	Extra cool?
0:29.0	Extra amazing?
0:30.0	All true.
0:31.0	Some call me a fashion icon. Your mom calling me a fashion icon.
0:33.0	Your mom calling you a fashion icon doesn't count.
0:37.0	No, Neil, we say someone is extra to mean they're excessive, over the top, or too much.
0:43.2	Wait, so you think this tuxedo is excessive, that I'm a bit extra, I'll go and change into something
0:49.5	more comfortable?
0:50.5	Yes, while you go and change, let's listen to these examples.
0:55.0	Auntie Joan is so extra. She keeps asking when we're going to have a second child.
1:06.7	Lee always sings karaoke and feels the need to say hello to everyone in the club.
1:12.1	He's really extra.
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