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The English We Speak.

From BBC Learning English.

Hello, this is the English we speak with me, Lee.

And me Rob.

So Lee, here we are. shopping again.

So, what is it you're going to buy today?

Me? No, I thought you wanted to buy something.

You said to me this morning,

give me credit.

So here we are, all my credit cards. Look, including my gold one.

Impressive, hey? Yes, but Lee, I didn't actually mean... So I'll buy something on my credit card and you can pay me back later.

That's giving you a credit, right?

Wrongly, although it's a nice idea. To give me credit means give me praise or appreciation for something

I've done. And this morning I walked the dog, washed the car, did the shopping, and I still got to work at 9 o'clock.

So please give me credit.

Okay, I'll have a think about whether you deserve credit.

While we hear some more examples of this phrase in action.

We must give credit to our sponsors who helped pay for this new building.

I'll give her credit for her beautiful handwriting,

but the answers she gave in the test were all wrong.

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