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Learning English Conversations

Mardy

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

A word for a bad mood.

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0:39.8

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0:43.0

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0:47.0

Hello and welcome to the English we speak.

0:50.0

I'm Fay Fay.

0:51.0

And hi I'm Rob. Hey Faye why the long face? What's wrong with my face? I mean why are you looking so grumpy? Grumpy? Yes moody moody there's nothing wrong this is my normal face why are you throwing so many

1:09.8

insults at me oh come on you do look a bit bad-tempered. I'm not bad-tempered but I'm

1:17.4

getting angry now. Oh great then I can describe you as Mardi.

1:23.0

Mardi? I hope that's not another insult.

1:26.0

It's not an insult.

1:28.0

But Mardi does describe someone who's in a bad mood, moans a lot and gets annoyed easily. So thanks for demonstrating that,

1:35.7

Faye, my pleasure. Let's hear some examples.

1:39.5

There are no desks for Pedro to work out today, so he has to sit on the sofa.

1:47.0

No wonder he's so Mardi.

1:49.5

My boyfriend is always so Mardi.

1:52.2

Nothing seems to please him. Maybe I shouldn't have come

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