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Hello and welcome to the English we speak with me Jain.

And me, Rob.

Jain, why is it everyone in our office keeps disappearing?

What do you mean?

Well, every time I want to talk to someone, I can't find them.

Like Roy, for example.

I need to talk to him about something but he's nowhere

to be seen. Have you seen him? No I've not seen hide nor hair of him. You mean he's hiding

from me? No Rob. If we say we've not seen

high nor hair of someone, it simply means we've not seen them anywhere for some time.

Do you need to see him urgently?

Yes, I wanted him to read out some examples, but Neil will do.

I haven't seen hide nor hair of Suuky all week. Maybe she's on holiday.

We haven't seen hide nor hair of the builders since we paid them.

We didn't see hide nor hair of the manager the whole time we were in the office.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning about the expression

to not see hide nor hair of someone, which means to have not seen someone around for

some time, like they've disappeared.

Rob, I hope Roy really hasn't disappeared.

Should we look for him?

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