Welcome to the English we speak. I'm Beth and I'm Faye. We have an expression that means relax and often celebrate, particularly after a time of stress or pressure, and the phrase is let loose.

Hmm loose is the opposite of tight.

So let loose Beth can you give us an example?

Yes well Faye Faye I know you've been training for a marathon recently

and you've been eating very healthily but I imagine that once the run is done you will

let loose and maybe have some unhealthy food?

Absolutely, I've been craving chocolate, but I haven't had any for a few months.

And speaking of food, I recently worked with some actors and after we wrapped on filming we all let loose and

celebrated by ordering pizzas.

Oh don't talk about pizza I haven't had one for ages.

Sorry.

Okay, let's hear some more examples.

After his exams were done, he could finally celebrate and let loose.

You always dress so smartly. Let loose!

Jeans are much comfier than those suit trousers.

After months of being on a diet, I let loose on holiday and had a few ice creams.

You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning

the expression Let Loose, which is a way of saying relax often with a celebration. Now you can let loose but you can also let a person loose and

that has a different meaning. If you let someone or something loose you give them

freedom.

Like how I let you loose on that video we've been filming.

It's crazy I think we need to film again.

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