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The English We Speak.

We Speak.

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Hello and welcome to The English we speak with me Rob and me Fay Faye

Thanks for offering to drive me to the airport Rob.

No problem Faye Faye Faye it takes forever on the bus so I thought I would save you some time.

Thanks, but do you actually know the way to the airport?

Yes, of course. Why are you asking?

It's just we seem to be going round and round this round about.

Rob, shouldn't you take that turning there?

No, that's where we just came from.

Maybe it's this one. Uh, no, that can't be right. Oh Rob, we're going round in circles.

Hmm. We aren't getting anywhere.

Come on Rob, I'm going to miss my flight.

Well done, Faye, you've just explained today's phrase,

go round in circles, although it's nothing to do with driving.

If you do something for a long time without achieving

any results and you always come back to the same problem, then you can describe the situation

as going round in circles.

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