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Learning English Conversations

To paint the town red

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2012

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'To paint the town'.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a download from the BBC.

0:03.0

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0:08.0

forward slash podcasts.

0:11.0

The English we speak.

0:13.0

We speak.

0:15.0

Hello, I'm William.

0:19.0

It's Friday night, time to have fun.

0:22.0

This is the Burning Swan, my favorite pub. I'm just

0:26.9

waiting for Lee. Ah there she is. My goodness, what is she wearing this time?

0:33.2

Hi, Will.

0:35.2

Hi, Lee, nice blue overalls.

0:39.2

Thank you.

0:40.2

These are new overalls.

0:42.2

I bought them especially for tonight.

0:45.0

Right, okay. Lee, I don't really follow fashion, but in London at least,

0:51.0

denim overalls are really just for builders and painters and carpenters.

0:55.4

Yes, right, where do is that, Will?

0:59.6

Hey, what? What are you doing?

1:02.0

It's definitely very dull in here.

1:05.0

Why have you got a kind of paint?

1:08.0

That war, especially, shall we? Lee, what are you doing?

1:17.0

Finally gone mad, Lee!

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