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Hello and we've been doing this morning, Jen? Oh, I've been playing on this great new game on my

smartphone. It's a puzzle where you have to find matching pictures of fruit. Now it

sounds easy, but it's really really addictive.

I love puzzles like this especially when they are really addictive.

Can I have a go?

Yes you can.

In fact I'm stuck on level 33. I can't complete it at all. Why don't you see if you can do it for me? It's doing my head in.

Okay, give it to me and I'll see what I can do. Jen said that the computer game is doing her head in.

If something is doing your head in, it means it is frustrating or annoying.

It's a phrase which is often used by young people.

It's a slang phrase.

Let's hear some examples of how you might use it.

Can you please turn that music down?

It's so loud and it's really doing my head in.

I've done all my maths homework except question two. I can't work out the answer and it's really doing my head in.

I hate it when people drop litter in the street.

Does my head in to see so much rubbish everywhere. So the computer

game is doing my head in because I find it difficult. It's frustrating.

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