Noob

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Do you know what to call someone who’s new to something or very inexperienced?

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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.
0:08.0	Welcome to the English we speak with me, Jaing.
0:11.0	And me, Roy, I can't believe you beat me at that video game.
0:15.0	Well, you made some simple mistakes.
0:18.0	It's understandable that I won.
0:20.0	I'm a pro and you're a noob.
0:22.0	A what? a noob.
0:22.8	A what? Anoebis!
0:25.2	Did you just call me an Egyptian god?
0:28.0	Not a noobes, Roy. I called you a noob, as in someone very new to something and inexperienced.
0:36.0	But I'm not a noob. I've been playing it for years. It's my favourite game.
0:41.9	Oh then you're just really bad at it. You need some more practice.
0:47.0	Maybe we could play it again. I have no idea how you found the dragon so early.
0:54.8	You didn't watch a gamer's tips and tricks video, did you?
0:57.8	Well, maybe just one video.
1:00.3	It's good to research what you're going to play.
1:03.0	Let's have another game while we listen to these examples.
1:10.0	He ended up sending out the wrong information to the clients. He's such a noob.
1:17.0	I can't believe I called her the wrong name. I'm such a noob. Four years ago I made a film.
1:26.0	It was terrible. I was such a noob.
1:29.0	So I studied how to make films at university.
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