The writing is on the wall

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2013

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Vera gets angry with Dominic when Rob mentions the phrase 'the writing is on the wall'. Is Dominic being naughty?

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
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0:09.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:13.0	No, no, don't pass the ball to him.
0:20.0	Rob is so loud.
0:22.0	That's a lovely drawing, Dominic.
0:25.0	Oh, thank you, mummy.
0:27.0	This is a balloon and the letter B, and this is a ball isn't it?
0:35.0	No, this is a ball, isn't it?
0:38.0	No, this is a ball to play football can't you see?
0:44.0	Hi I'm Vera and this is Dominic and I am five I'm a big boy now and rope is over there watching TV supporting his team.
1:00.0	Ah they're going to lose!
1:03.0	And Dominic is learning to write.
1:07.0	Oh no, they're going to write.
1:08.0	Oh no, they've lost another goal! The writing is on the wall now!
1:17.0	Oh no! Writing on the wall! My nice and clean wall.
1:24.0	Dominic, have you written on the wall?
1:27.0	Naughty boy.
1:28.0	No, no, no, no, there's nothing written on your wall, Vera.
1:32.0	In English, we use the expression, the writing is on your wall Vera. In English we use the expression the writing is on the
1:34.7	wall when we want to say that something bad is going to happen to something or
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