To sleep on it

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 5 May 2015

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Find out how 'sleeping on it' doesn't just mean lying on a bed!

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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	Hello, welcome to the English. English.
0:14.0	English we speak.
0:15.0	I'm Faye.
0:16.0	And I'm Neil.
0:18.0	We're out shopping today, aren't we Faye?
0:20.0	Yes.
0:21.0	Neil needs to buy a new bed. His old bed has broken.
0:25.0	So Neil, look at all these beds. There are so many to choose from, but which one do you want to buy?
0:31.0	Well, that one there is massive, but it wouldn't fit through my front door.
0:38.0	Hmm. That one there is quite cheap, but it doesn't look very well made.
0:44.5	Hey look at this one a waterbed.
0:47.9	Wow listen to the sound it makes.
0:50.3	Oh there are too many beds to choose from.
0:54.0	Well, Faye, I'll have to sleep on it.
0:56.0	Neil, you can't sleep on that waterbed.
0:59.0	You haven't bought it yet, and anyway, you haven't brought your pajamas.
1:02.8	Relax Faye I'm not going to sleep here in the shop that would be embarrassing.
1:08.1	When someone says they're going to sleep on it they mean they're going to spend some time thinking about something before making a final decision.
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