The English We Speak: 'Sick'

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 4 April 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's word is 'sick' which can have a different meaning to the one you'd expect.

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 broadcasts.
0:13.0	The English We Speak
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:18.0	Hello and
0:21.0	and welcome to the English we speak. Hello and I'm young Lee.
0:23.0	I'm young Lee.
0:27.0	Lee.
0:28.0	Are you wearing makeup?
0:30.0	Yes, do you like it?
0:32.0	It's not too much. I think you like it? It's not too much?
0:34.0	I think you look...
0:36.1	Sick.
0:37.1	What?
0:38.1	Sick?
0:40.1	But I feel fine. I'm perfectly healthy. No, you don't look ill Lee you look sick
0:46.4	sorry I just don't get it I'm not ill, Lee, I should explain. Sick is our expression for the day.
0:58.0	Lots of young people in the UK use the word sick to mean cool or great English can be weird can't it sick means cool
1:08.8	yeah it is a bit odd I know one teacher who was confused by this word when his student
1:16.2	used it in a class really what did they say something like this. Mr Griffiths?
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