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Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye, but I'm not sure where Neil is.

Sorry I'm late. It's going a bit crazy out there in the office. Crazy? Yeah, everybody's

arguing and shouting. About what exactly? The mess in the office. The boss says it's untidy and we should clear up after ourselves. He even said that my desk was like a pigsty.

Hmm, well you'd better staying here and keep out of the way until things have calmed down.

Good idea. I'll just let the dust settle.

Oh, so the office is messy and dusty? Is that what everyone's arguing about, the dust?

No, Fay, I just mean I'll wait for the situation to calm down.

Got it, so you're just keeping out of the way.

Are you scared?

Of course not. I just wanted to hear these examples.

We've had lots of complaints about the changes, but let's wait until the dust

settles before we respond.

We're busy moving house at the moment, but I'll give you a call when the dust settles.

Now the dust has settled after the restructuring, I think we can talk about recruitment.

This is the English we speak from the BBC and we're finding out about the phrase let the dust

settle which means to wait for a situation to calm down. We can also say wait for the

dust to settle which is what I'm doing right now.

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