Haven't slept a wink

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2013

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Zzzz... Neil had a crying child in his room and Feifei had a mosquito in hers. That's why neither of them has slept a wink.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English. Oh, a... Oh,
0:24.0	...
0:25.0	Welcome to the English we speak with me...
0:30.0	A very tired nail. And Faye,
0:34.0	Oh, I'm...
0:37.0	Hi, I'm Fayee I'm so tired.
0:43.0	Me too. The kids?
0:45.0	The kids kept me awake all night.
0:49.0	As soon as one of them went back to sleep, the other one started screaming.
0:54.0	Oh, what's your excuse?
0:56.0	A mosquito?
0:58.0	A mosquito?
0:59.0	Yes, there was a mosquito in my room.
1:02.0	Every time I turn the light off and try to go to sleep, I heard buzzing in my ear. I haven't slept a wink.
1:10.0	And I haven't slept a wink either.
1:13.5	A wink is when you close and open one of your eyes very quickly, once.
1:19.4	Usually to show friendliness or that you are having a joke with someone. It's also a verb to wink.
1:26.4	So if you say I haven't slept a wink, it means you've had so little sleep your eye didn't even close once.
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