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Learning English Conversations

There's nothing to it

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes we do things that are simple. Learn an 'easy' phrase to describe this.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a download from BBC Learning English.

0:04.0

To find out more, visit our website.

0:07.0

This is the English we speak with me, Jayin.

0:10.0

And me, Neil.

0:12.0

Now, Jayin, could you remind me how to record our voices on this machine

0:15.8

please? Sure there's nothing to it. Open the microphone here. No this this microphone. Then set the volume there. Open the computer screen here.

0:29.1

Click there and then click there and then. See record button just press that there's nothing to

0:36.2

it. Jayang you keep saying there's nothing to it do you mean it's complicated?

0:40.4

No it's the opposite when we say there's nothing to it, we mean it's easy or simple to do.

0:47.0

So, Neil, there's really nothing complicated about recording this program, and if you press that button there, we can hear some examples.

0:56.0

This one?

0:57.0

No, this one.

0:59.0

Making the pancakes is easy. There's nothing to it. Just add milk, eggs and flour.

1:09.0

There was nothing to it. All he had to do was collect the documents and deliver them to the office.

1:17.0

Unfortunately, he got lost.

1:22.0

All you have to do is push this button and the coffee comes out here. There's really nothing to it. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English.

1:37.0

We're talking about the phrase,

1:39.0

There's nothing to it, which means it's easy or simple to do.

1:43.0

So Neil, have you got it now? Can we carry on now?

1:47.0

Yep, I think I've got it now. It's easy peasy.

1:50.0

Good. So next time you can work the studio and record the program.

1:55.0

Absolutely. There's nothing to it.

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