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Learning English Conversations

Gnarly

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Do you find something disgusting? Use this word to describe it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:06.0

Hello and welcome to the English We Speak with me, Fay Faye.

0:11.0

And me, Roy.

0:12.0

Faye, why are you making that face?

0:16.0

Because I'm eating something really disgusting. Do you want one?

0:20.5

Not really if it's disgusting disgusting but thanks. What does it

0:24.4

taste like? Horrible. Like old milk mixed with fish. It's part of a new diet

0:31.3

but it just tastes really gnarly.

0:34.0

What is gnarly? Is that the name of the dish?

0:37.0

No, Roy, I didn't say I was eating gnarly.

0:40.0

I said it tastes gnarly.

0:42.0

Nally means unpleasant or not. I said it tastes gnarly.

0:42.8

Narly means unpleasant or not nice.

0:45.8

I was trying to say that the food tastes disgusting.

0:49.1

Well, that makes sense, but maybe you can tell me why you're eating something disgusting after these examples.

0:57.0

That coffee I bought tasted really gnarly. I'm going to complain.

1:06.0

He thinks he's a good singer, but the noises he makes are just gnarly.

1:11.0

Getting out of bed early in the morning is Nali.

1:16.2

I like a lie in.

1:18.6

You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're

1:26.4

hearing about the word narely. We use this word to talk about things such as

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