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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them as well.

I'm Faye Faye and I'm joined by Beth. Hello, Beth.

Hi, Faye. I learned a new phrase recently. My friend said, let her cook.

Interesting. Were you in the kitchen?

No. I was telling a long story and my friend kept saying to my other friends, let her cook.

And what does it mean?

Well, in modern slang, it means someone is doing well at something and that you should let them

continue until the end of what they're doing.

I see.

So when your friend said, let her cook, they meant don't interrupt.

She is doing great.

Let her keep going.

It's really funny.

A friend of mine's dad likes telling really long jokes.

Sometimes it takes days.

But we know he's really good, so we let him cook.

Days.

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