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Hello and welcome to the English we speak from BBC Learning English. I'm Jayin

And I'm Neil. Today Neil I wanted to talk about the

adjective, Savage. Oh right you mean something that's cruel or violent like a wild

tiger? Well a tiger is savage, but I was thinking of another meaning.

What are you on about? You're wasting my time with all this silly animal talk.

Don't you know what Savage means? I do. You're

demonstrating it very well. When someone criticises others severely and cruelly,

we could say that they're savage.

You mean being brutally honest, saying the truth is savage, but I was only joking, Jayig,

just to illustrate the point.

Thanks, Neil. Shall we hear some examples now? the feedback on my homework was savage I thought I'd done a good job. Selina stood up to the bullies in her class.

Now no one dares to pick on her or her friends.

She's savage.

Did you watch that comedy show last night?

The guest speaker was hilarious when she was poking fun at her celebrity friend.

She was savage. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English

and we're talking about the word savage, which can be used to describe someone who is brutally honest.

Right, I've got to be savage with the boss now.

Oh really, how come?

I'm working too much and he hasn't even noticed. I'm going to tell him right now.

Now we have another meaning of savage. We can also say someone is savage

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