The English We Speak: 'Awesome'

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 10 March 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary. This week's word is 'awesome'

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:20.0	Hello and and welcome to the English we speak. I'm William.
0:24.0	I'm Yang Lee.
0:26.0	And your task, Yang Lee, is to guess today's word, okay?
0:31.0	Okay.
0:32.0	Awesome.
0:33.0	Lee, try some of this cake.
0:35.0	A cake?
0:36.0	Oh, thanks.
0:37.0	That's very nice.
0:38.0	Yeah, do you like it?
0:39.0	Awesome.
0:40.0	They're pretty awesome cakes, huh?
0:42.0	Yes, and I think I know what this week's word is. It's...
0:46.4	Hang on Lee. Try some of this coffee as well. It's really awesome. Exactly, it's really awesome. You got it. So listen to this. Which three adjectives are used in this clip?
0:59.1	This party is awesome. The food is amazing. The wine is excellent.
1:09.0	Awesome, amazing and excellent. That's right.
1:16.0	Awesome means excellent or amazing.
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