Legend

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2013

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Legends are stories about people who lived long ago, right? Well, there's more to it than that.

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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.
0:16.0	Hello and welcome to the English we speak.
0:19.0	We're in Finn's kitchen and he's hard at work. Hello.
0:25.0	Finn, what are you doing?
0:27.0	Just sawing this table.
0:31.0	Sawing the table. Whyowing the table?
0:33.0	Why?
0:34.0	Oh, to make it round, a nice round shape.
0:38.0	Okay, not quite sure why.
0:41.0	Well, so I can have a round table like King Arthur.
0:47.0	You mean like King Arthur in the British legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
0:58.0	Thin, that sounds a bit weird.
1:01.0	Okay fine. Don't laugh. Actually, hang on, I'm not very good at DIY. My
1:09.8	saw is stuck. It won't move. Give me that. You need to do it like this, nice and smooth.
1:29.0	Oh great, thanks, Feephae, you're a legend. No problem, Finn. A legend. No problem, Finn. A legend. Unlike King Arthur and characters from myths and legends, who didn't really exist, you'll also hear the word
1:38.6	legend used to describe people around you.
1:41.6	Yes, in British slang we say someone is a legend if they do
1:47.8	something very helpful, very generous or very successfully, like in these examples.
1:55.8	Oh, thank you for that, matey. You helped so much with the party today. You're a legend.
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