Not half

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Love pizza? Feifei and Neil bring you a phrase to show how much you enjoy something

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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	com Welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye and I'm Neil and today we're
0:17.8	teaching a British slime expression or maybe just half an expression.
0:22.5	The phrase is not half.
0:24.7	Two simple words, but you need to know what they mean when used together.
0:28.6	Let's try it out first and see if you can work out what it means.
0:32.8	For example, Neil, you really enjoyed that pizza, didn't you?
0:36.6	Not half. I love pizza.
0:39.1	And Fay Fay, you love playing darts, don't you?
0:41.8	Darts, not half.
0:43.7	I play every night.
0:45.9	So what does not half mean?
0:48.4	It means very much in these answers.
0:51.0	When I replied, not half, I meant yes very much I really like darts.
0:56.3	And do you?
0:57.3	What?
0:58.3	Like darts?
0:59.3	That's not the point. I'm trying to give an example. For the record, I do love pizza.
1:05.0	That party was awesome.
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