Out for the count

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🗓️ 17 February 2015

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Neil and Li talk about how a boxing expression can be used in everyday life.

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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 from the BBC.
0:11.0	Hello and
0:15.0	joining me today is Lee.
0:17.0	Hello everyone.
0:19.0	The expression that Neil and I will talk about today is out for the count.
0:23.8	This expression comes from the sport of boxing and describes a boxer who's been knocked
0:29.0	unconscious, who can't stand up within an account of 10 seconds.
0:34.0	The boxer is said to be out for the count
0:37.0	and loses the match,
0:38.0	but the expression can also be used in another way.
0:41.0	Oh, how? Well, I had a really active weekend. I went hiking in
0:47.1	Wales with my wife and our two children. Hiking in Wales. That sounds like hard work. Well, not for my kids. They loved it. They were
0:56.4	racing each other, running up and down the hills. Then we went to the zoo where they
1:01.3	had even more fun.
1:03.0	So you had a nice day out then?
1:05.0	Definitely.
1:06.0	The evening was even nicer for us, me and my wife,
1:09.0	as there was no reading of bedtime stories
1:12.0	and no computer games. By 7 o'clock, the kids were in bed and the next
1:16.7	thing we knew, they were out for the count.
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