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Learning English Conversations

Happy-go-lucky

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Relaxed about the future? Here's a phrase that might describe your character

Transcript

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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

The English we speak.

0:09.0

From BBC Learning English. English. Hello, I'm Fay Faye Faye and this is the English we speak.

0:18.0

You're Rob.

0:19.0

Yes, and hello, you're Faye Faye Faye.

0:22.0

And Faye Faye if you don't mind me saying, you're looking a bit stressed.

0:26.0

Stressed.

0:27.0

Yes, I am. I've got to give a presentation later,

0:30.0

and I don't feel very prepared.

0:32.0

Oh, relax, Féfé, there's nothing to work. later and I don't feel very prepared.

0:33.0

Oh, relax, Faye, there's nothing to worry about.

0:36.0

Really? Well, I've booked the room, got my laptop ready,

0:40.0

printed out the handouts, but there must be something else.

0:45.0

Well, you sound very well organized to be honest, so stop worrying.

0:49.0

It's only a presentation. Everyone will be asleep anyway.

0:52.0

It's easy for you to be so calm and relaxed about it. You're not doing it.

0:57.0

Oh, come on, Fayfair, you know me. I'm always calm and relaxed. You could say I'm a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.

1:05.0

Happy go lucky? Well, I know you're always happy, but I'm not sure about lucky.

1:11.0

No, happy-go-lucky describes someone who doesn't worry about the future

1:16.2

and just accepts what happens. It's not really about luck. It's about keeping calm and not planning

1:22.4

everything like you do.

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