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Hello and welcome to the English we speak with me, Faye.

And me Rob.

Rob, did you make that pot I saw on your desk?

Oh yes, do you like it?

I made it in the pottery class I've been attending after work.

I'm impressed, Rob.

He looks very professional. What are you going to do with it?

Well, I'm taking it to my pottery class tonight. We're having a competition for Best Pot.

Rob, go and smash it.

Uh, how all smashing it to win me the competition?

No, no, don't physically smash it.

I mean, go and win. When we tell someone to smash it we don't always

mean break it. It can mean to succeed or do something very well. We say it to give encouragement. Got it, Rob?

Yeah, I think I have, but let's hear some examples, to be sure.

My favourite football team has smashed it and won the cup.

She's smashed it in her exams and passed every single one.

You've trained so hard for the race. You're going to smash it.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're hearing about the phrase Smash It, which describes

succeeding in something or doing something very well. And let's hope Rob

smashes it in his pottery competition.

Yeah, thanks. I hope so. I would do anything to win something.

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