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The English We Speak.

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com Hello, this is the English we speak and I'm Faye Faye

joining me is Neil hello.

Hey Neil how was your night out at the new restaurant?

Oh it was okay.

Just okay?

Ah, the food was average.

The service was standard.

Neil, there's no pleasing you.

Keep your voice down, Faye, it was nothing to shout about.

It was nothing to shout about.

Would you normally shout about a good restaurant?

Of course not.

But when something is nothing to shout about it means it's nothing special.

It's average or unremarkable.

So you wouldn't make an effort to tell anyone about it.

So basically you mean your experience was disappointing?

Not exactly. I mean, it was neither good nor bad, just average.

These examples might make the phrase easier to understand.

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