Thingy

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2015

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Oh no, you've forgotten the word for something! Don't worry, this expression might help

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:12.0	com. Hello Finn. forward to another English we speak.
0:17.0	Oh hi Faye, oh yes always.
0:20.0	Oh actually before we begin could you pass me the thingy?
0:25.2	Ah, which thingy?
0:27.2	The script?
0:28.2	No, no, not the script.
0:30.1	The thingy behind you?
0:32.2	Ah, you need a pen.
0:34.0	Here you go.
0:35.0	No, I've got a pen, actually two pens.
0:38.0	I mean that that thingy over there.
0:41.0	Oh, which thingy?
0:43.0	Listen, I know this studio is a bit of a mess, isn't it?
0:47.0	So if you keep saying thingy, we could be here all day.
0:51.0	Sorry, Finn.
0:52.0	Thingy is a word which we sometimes use when we can't remember or don't know the name of an
0:58.0	object.
0:59.0	It is indeed, and it can be used informally when you can't remember the name of a project. And it's today's today's
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