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The English We Speak broadcasts. Hello and welcome to the English we speak. I'm here with Rob today. Hello Rob.

Hello Faye Faye. Hello everyone. Now Faye Faye I hope you appreciate me bringing you

to this typical English cricket match.

Cricket is not really my sport, but yes Rob is wonderful such an exciting game. I love cricket, especially when a goal is scored.

Uh, that's in football, Fay Faye Faye? Oh yes, of course I knew that. I'm really quite an expert on cricket you know.

Really? So what do we call that man over there who's throwing the ball?

Oh that's easy. It's the um...

Oh, that stumps you.

Stumped.

Stumped. That's a work they're using cricket, isn't it?

Well, it is. When the ball hits the stumps that's the three sticks that the batsman stands in front of and the batsman is stumped but the word stumped has another meaning it means you can't answer a question or you don't

know how to solve a problem. I see, so it means you are stuck and don't know what to

say or do. Well it's true Rob your question has stumped me.

Well have a think about the answer while we listen to some examples of the word

stumped in action. This extremely strange weather has

stumped all the experts. Oh no I was stumped by the final question on the exam paper. I'm going to fail now.

The rest of the team tried to work out why Sally lost the race,

but they were totally stumped.

Rob I'm not stumped by your earlier question.

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