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🗓️ 21 April 2015
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Feifei wants to borrow Rob's car but she takes a long time getting to the point. Find out why Rob tells her not to go around the houses. And why doesn't Rob want her to drive his car?
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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. |
0:10.0 | From BBC Learning English. |
0:13.0 | Hello and welcome to the English we speak with me Faye and me Rob. |
0:18.0 | Hello. |
0:20.0 | Rob. I've been meaning to ask. you've got a car, haven't you? |
0:25.0 | Yes, Faye Faye, I have. |
0:27.0 | Is it a quite special car, you know, a valuable, expensive one? |
0:32.0 | Uh, no, no, it's just an old car, but it gets me around. Why are you asking? |
0:37.2 | No reason. You don't use it much, do you? No. |
0:42.2 | Faye, there's no need to go around the houses just say what you |
0:46.7 | want to say. Okay can I borrow your car please but don't worry I won't go around the houses. I just want to go to the |
0:54.4 | supermarket. |
0:55.4 | Uh, Fay Faye, when I said there's no need to go around the houses, I wasn't |
1:00.4 | referring to where you drive my car. I mean you don't have to waste time saying lots of |
1:06.0 | unimportant things before you actually say what you want to say. I see so I should just say |
1:12.1 | what I want to say I should get to the point? |
1:15.0 | Yes, that's another way of putting it. |
1:17.0 | Basically, it means you take a long time to say or do something |
1:21.0 | when in reality it can be done or said a lot quicker. |
1:25.0 | Let's hear some examples of the phrase, |
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