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Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye.

And I'm Roy. My legs are really aching. I've been standing all day.

Well, there's an easy fix for that Roy. Sit down.

No, sorry, I can't. I want to be at the front of the queue when we go to watch Rob's

biscuit band tonight. Firstly, I'm not going with you. Secondly, I think you've mixed up front of the queue with

front liner, which is a word we're talking about in this programme.

Ah, right, a frontliner is a person who works in an advanced position. It's been

mentioned quite a lot recently due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yes, doctors and nurses who have direct contact with patients

are sometimes referred to as frontliners. Yes, because they work on the front line.

Right, now I'm going to... because they work on the front line.

Right, now I'm going to sit down,

seeing as we're not queuing to be at the front of the line.

Yes you should.

Let's listen to these examples. Ahmed is a front liner and works in the hospital as a doctor helping patients recover from diseases.

Wellington's mother is a frontliner and attends many accidents as a first responder.

Roberta always wanted to be a teacher growing up and now she works in a school as a frontliner.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the word

Frontliner. This is a term that refers to people who work in an

advanced position during a pandemic such as doctors and nurses. They do amazing jobs. Sometimes they get referred to as

frontline doctors and nurses or frontline workers. Many people see them as

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