Just the ticket

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Rob and Feifei help teach a phrase to describe something you really want or need

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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.
0:12.0	Hello, I'm Faye, and this is the English we speak.
0:18.0	I'm with Rob.
0:19.0	Hi Rob, how are you?
0:20.0	Oh, hi Faye, yeah, I'm fine, but I just can't understand why you've brought are you're
0:25.0	? Oh, hi Faye, yeah, I'm fine, but I just can't understand why you've brought me to a railway station.
0:26.5	Isn't that obvious?
0:28.5	No, and what's that piece of paper you're waving in your hand? Oh this this is a ticket. A ticket? Why
0:37.1	would you bring me to a railway station and show me a ticket? It's cold and we could be in a warm studio presenting this program. And anyway, don't you know it's my
0:46.8	birthday and we're supposed to be going out to celebrate later? I know it's your
0:51.1	birthday. You told me last week and you set something about wanting a present
0:56.6	that was just the ticket so here it is.
1:00.3	Oh Faye Fay I didn't want a ticket. When I said just the ticket, I meant I wanted something
1:07.1	that was exactly what I wanted or needed. You know, a camera, a computer game or maybe a nice bottle of whiskey.
1:13.8	Oh right I see.
1:15.8	Oh dear what a wasted trip.
1:17.8	Faye Faye.
1:18.8	But now we're here.
1:19.9	Let's hear some more examples of the phrase, just the ticket.
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