The English We Speak: Lairy

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'lairy'.

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
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:20.0	Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Lee. Did you stay much longer last night at the office party?
0:28.5	Yes I did. After you left we went to a bar in the city.
0:32.8	Oh, sounds good.
0:34.8	We had an office party last night.
0:36.8	I left early but Neil and a few colleagues went on to a bar in the city of London,
0:41.8	the financial district. How was it?
0:45.0	Actually it was pretty bad. There were all these traders getting drunk and shouting a lot
0:50.0	about their cars and expensive clothes and holidays. You know, they were just really lary.
0:57.0	They were what?
0:59.0	Larry.
1:00.0	Larry.
1:01.0	This adjective is used to describe people, usually men behaving in a loud, excited and
1:08.5	slightly aggressive way. So it wasn't much fun.
1:12.4	No, they made it miserable for everyone else in the place to be honest.
1:16.0	So the bar was full of drunk and noisy men.
1:20.0	They were talking loudly about their expensive things.
1:23.2	They sound very lary.
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