The English We Speak: 'Green'

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🗓️ 28 February 2011

⏱️ 4 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 'green'

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.
0:17.0	Welcome to the English we speak. I'm Wangfei. And I'm Finn.
0:28.0	Finn has decided to take ourselves for a ride on this new motor bike today and he's very proud of it.
0:35.6	I am very proud of it.
0:37.8	I thought it would be good to get out of the studio.
0:41.8	Look at all the beautiful green fields around us wangfei yes beautiful
0:46.9	green fields that's the word for the day isn't it a green green yes a bit easy isn't it green? Green, yes.
0:52.6	A bit easy, isn't it?
0:54.2	Everyone knows the color green.
0:57.0	The color green.
0:57.8	No, not that meaning, Wang Fay.
1:00.6	So what do you mean? Green as in good for the environment?
1:05.0	No not that green either.
1:08.0	Oh okay maybe another green?
1:11.0	Oh, okay, green with envy? I know that phrase that means to envy somebody, isn't it?
1:19.0	Yes, that's right. But what are you envious about one thing that's that's not what we're talking.
1:24.0	Oh what a a a a
1:27.0	Oh
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