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Hello and joining me today is

Hello and welcome to the English we speak I'm Neil and joining me today is

Ahh, ouch!

Faye he's just walked right into a door.

Hi, I was just catching up on some messages on my phone,

and I sort of lost track of where I was.

Hmm, yes, you were walking around like a zombie, a smartphone zombie.

A smombe is a person who walks around with their head bowed down, writing messages or playing games on their phone and not

paying any attention to the world around them.

Even if they're in a situation which might be dangerous, like crossing a road or walking into a radio studio door.

How's your nose?

Okay, okay, Neil, you've made your point.

Let's hear some examples.

I'm too terrified to drive past the college these days.

You never know when a smombi's going to step out into the road in front of the car.

I was knocked forward. step out into the road in front of the car.

I was knocked flying the other day by a smombie as I was trying to get a bus. I don't even think she knew she'd bumped into me.

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