Slow walk
Learning English Conversations
BBC
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
How do you describe something making slow progress?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the English we speak with me Fay Fay and me Rob. |
| 0:04.3 | Nice weather today isn't it Fay Faye Faye? |
| 0:07.1 | Yes it is but can we begin the program now? |
| 0:11.0 | Oh right let me just sort my script out right okay that's |
| 0:15.2 | better are you ready now well I just need to adjust my chair. Ah I see what you're doing. You're demonstrating how to use slow walk. |
| 0:27.0 | To slow walk, am I? Yes. To delay doing something or prevent prevented from progressing can be described as to slow walk something. |
| 0:37.0 | Rob you seem to be taking longer than normal to start this programme. |
| 0:42.0 | Am I? No no I just need to get the lighting right. |
| 0:46.0 | Ah, let's just have some examples of Slow Walk, shall we? He decided to slow walk the decision on the plans so we can't move forward. |
| 1:00.0 | The company is slow walk in responding to a complaint. |
| 1:06.7 | I made three weeks ago. |
| 1:10.3 | The Council are continuing to slow walk their discussions about finance so we won't get our funding in time. |
| 1:17.0 | In this programme we're learning how to use slow walk to mean delay something or |
| 1:28.1 | prevented from progressing and you Rob are slow walking this program. |
| 1:33.2 | No, no, no, no, not Faye, you're just being impatient? |
| 1:36.7 | I don't think so. |
| 1:38.2 | You're definitely up to something. |
| 1:40.5 | Anyway, we've nearly made it to the end of the programme, so your plan hasn't worked. |
| 1:45.0 | Sorry, hold on a minute, I just need to adjust this chair again. |
| 1:49.0 | Are you slow walking again? |
| 1:52.0 | I guess I am. Bye, Faye. Bye. |
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