Put the brakes on

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Learn a phrase about stopping or slowing down an activity.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English. To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	Hello and welcome to the English we speak. With me, Faye,
0:10.0	And hello I'm Neil.
0:11.0	Neil, was that a brand new bike I saw you arrive on today?
0:15.5	It was.
0:16.5	Thank you for noticing.
0:17.8	It's a racing bike with 21 gears and go faster stripes on it.
0:22.0	Nice, but didn't you buy a new mountain bike last week?
0:25.4	I did.
0:26.1	To go with the spare one I bought last month.
0:28.0	I love bikes.
0:29.5	Neil, if you don't mind me saying, you need to put the brakes on your spending.
0:34.4	You want me to slow down? You think I'll go too fast?
0:38.0	Not exactly. I'm talking about slowing down how much money you're spending. The expression put the brakes on or
0:44.8	to put a brake on something means to stop or slow down an activity. So Neil would
0:51.1	you like to hear some other people putting their breaks on something?
0:54.2	Will it cost me anything? No, they're free.
0:57.0	We've put the breaks on our plans to expand the business.
1:04.0	There's not enough demand anymore.
1:07.0	Let's put the breaks on our holiday plans.
1:10.0	We haven't got enough money at the moment.
1:12.0	The company is putting the breaks on... We haven't got enough money at the moment.
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