To cough up

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

When is a cough not a cough? We teach you a money-related phrase.

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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	Good to be back at work, Neil. Yes, Faye, I feel a bit better now. Just got just a little... Just a bit of a cough. Anyway it's good to have you here because you can
0:27.2	finally pay me. Oh right why's that? Well remember you said you didn't believe I could stand on my head?
0:36.0	I do. I said I would give you ten pounds if you can do it.
0:40.0	Yes, well.
0:42.0	Uh... No way!
0:45.0	There we are on my head!
0:49.0	10 pounds please.
0:51.0	time to cough up, Neil.
0:53.0	Okay, you can come down now.
0:55.0	Not bad, huh?
0:57.0	Now, how about you cough up and I explain what it means?
1:02.0	Hey, I was only joking about the £10.
1:05.0	Oh, okay. There you go.
1:07.0	Thank you.
1:08.0	If you cough up, it means you give someone money,
1:11.0	especially if you don't want to.
1:13.8	Yes, I didn't want to give Féfei the money, but I said I would, so I had to cough up.
1:18.6	Indeed.
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