The English We Speak: To Nip Something in the Bud

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 11 July 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's idiom is 'to nip something in the bud'.

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.
0:13.0	We Speak.
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:20.0	Hello and welcome to The English we speak I'm Helen.
0:23.6	Hi I'm William.
0:25.6	Today Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the world's largest flower show. I've seen it on the news before.
0:42.0	Ah, if only I had a garden.
0:45.0	Ah, yeah, you live in an apartment, don't you home?
0:49.0	Yeah, so William, let me guess today we're going to do a phrase relating to flowers and gardening
0:55.1	exactly so what's a phrase well how about how about, how about, um, no it's gone, it's gone, it's no good.
1:08.0	I can't think of a phrase right now.
1:10.0	Oh well, um, let's just have a chat instead.
1:14.0	I'm tired of learning you phrases anyway.
1:18.0	Okay. Well, how are you, Helen? How are the kids?
1:22.0	Oh, yeah, they're both really well.
1:24.0	My little boy eats too much chocolate though.
1:27.0	Oh, really?
1:28.0	Well, you want to nip that in the bud.
1:30.0	Huh?
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