Gathering dust

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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What’s gathering dust in your house?

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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	Hello and welcome to the English we speak.
0:09.0	I'm Jaying.
0:10.0	And I'm Neil.
0:11.0	Hi Jaying.
0:12.0	Why are you wearing a cycling outfit and helmet in the office?
0:16.0	Well, I've decided to get fit again, and I love cycling.
0:19.7	The thing is, I can't find my bike, so I decided to wear the outfit to look
0:24.1	theatre without doing the exercise. That makes zero sense. If you can't find your
0:29.7	bike you can borrow my older one It's just gathering dust anyway.
0:34.0	Ew, no thanks. I don't want to use it if it's dirty and dusty.
0:38.0	No, Neil, I said gathering dust. We use this expression to say that something has been left for a while without
0:44.8	being used. The bike's actually really clean. Well in that case yes please I'd
0:50.0	love to borrow your nice clean bike.
0:52.7	Okay, I'll get it for you right after these examples.
0:57.0	When my father sold his house, we discovered an old car in the garage that was gathering dust.
1:06.0	It was worth of fortune.
1:10.0	You can have my old pictures. They're just gathering dust.
1:15.0	If you don't want that tea service, I'll give it to charity.
1:19.0	No point at gathering dust here. You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking
1:29.3	about the expression gathering dust.
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