Flexing
Learning English Conversations
BBC
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🗓️ 2 June 2020
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
What word can you use to describe people who show off? Find out with Roy and Feifei.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a download from BBC Learning English. |
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| 0:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the English, we speak with me Faye, |
| 0:10.0 | and me, Roy. |
| 0:12.0 | We may sound a little different, that's because we're not able to |
| 0:15.2 | record in our normal studios during the coronavirus outbreak. Roy I saw the |
| 0:21.0 | photo you sent to the text group this morning. I didn't know you had a fancy sports car, a mansion and a swimming pool. Roy, you need to stop flexing. |
| 0:31.3 | What do you mean flexing? |
| 0:34.1 | I'm not exercising my muscles at all right now. |
| 0:37.8 | Not flexing your muscles, Roy. |
| 0:40.6 | You're showing off. |
| 0:42.0 | This is our word for this program, Flexing, which means to show off. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm not showing off. I just want everyone to be aware of my amazing lifestyle. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm thinking about getting some dolphins to go in my life. of my have a mention, a swimming pool or a fancy sports car. Not only do I think you're |
| 1:04.8 | flexing but you're totally exaggerating just to impress people. Are you |
| 1:10.3 | impressed? No not at all. |
| 1:13.6 | Anyway, let's listen to these examples. |
| 1:19.1 | He's always flexing on social media, showing these glamorous pictures of his holidays. |
| 1:25.6 | People who flex are so annoying. It's just showing off. |
| 1:30.9 | She can't stop flexing about her new house, but it's actually not that nice. |
| 1:37.0 | This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the word flexing which means showing off |
| 1:46.7 | when you're showing off about something strange or tacky some people say |
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