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Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm Fay Fay Faye

and I'm Neil. Hey, Faye Faye I have a little guessing game for you.

Well, I like games, but is this the right time to be playing games?

We're presenting a program.

This game is about the program.

You need to guess what today's piece of authentic real English is.

Do I get any clues? Nope. Oh come on Neil you want me to second guess what the

expression is? No, just one guess, not a second guess. I didn't mean that. I said second guess. When you second guess something, you try to guess in advance what someone will do. So in Neil's case I have to guess our expression.

Neil is second-guess the expression you wanted me to guess.

No, but it's a good one. Could we hear some more examples of it please?

Of course you don't need to second-guess our examples.

As the weather is so unpredictable,

we have to second-guess what customers will be eating in our cafe.

I had to second guess what my manager was planning and make my own decisions.

There's no point second guessing the score. Both teams are playing really well.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English. We're learning about the

expression second-guess, which means to guess what someone will do. So there's new

expression for you, Neil. Do you still want to play your guessing game?

Yeah, go on, it'll be fun. Is the answer a wild guess?

Yes, amazing. Right first time. A wild guess is a guess based on no knowledge. But how did you know the answer so easily?

I second guessed you. But it was an easy guess. Now guess what?

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