To put someone on the map

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

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🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Need directions to learn a new English phrase? Here's one about a map and being famous

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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.
0:11.0	com.
0:14.0	Hello, I'm Faye, and this is the English we speak.
0:18.0	And hello I'm Neil.
0:19.0	Neil, I wonder if you could help me.
0:22.0	I'm trying to find something on this map.
0:24.3	Oh yes, map reading, I'm good at that.
0:27.0	What are you trying to find?
0:28.0	Well, I went to a gig last night and saw this new singer. He was amazing.
0:34.0	Thanks for inviting me. Anyway, what's that got to do with a map?
0:38.0	Well, afterwards everyone was talking about it and saying the gig was so good that it will put him on the map. But I just can't find him on here.
0:49.0	Put the map away, Faye Faye Faye, you won't find him there. When we say someone will be put on the map, it means
0:56.1	they'll become famous or become more prominent, but not on a map.
1:00.4	Right. Actually, Neil, I've heard about a new restaurant I ate at being put on the map.
1:07.0	Yes.
1:08.0	Some thing as well as someone can be put on the map, or in other words, become famous, popular or well known. You must have eaten at a good
1:15.3	quality restaurant for it to be put on the map.
1:17.8	I did. Let's tuck into some examples, shall we? Her first exhibition at the Tate Gallery has put her on the
1:27.7	map as a serious modern artist. This great tasting food has really put this new restaurant on the map.
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