To take a shot / stab in the dark

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🗓️ 17 March 2015

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Feifei thinks someone's been killed but then discovers taking a stab in the dark doesn't involve using knives!

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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.
0:08.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Welcome to the English We speak with me Rob and oh oh oh
0:17.0	Fay Fay Fay Faye where are you?
0:19.7	Hi hi over here, come quickly.
0:23.0	Oh, what seems to be the problem?
0:27.0	I think there's been a murder.
0:29.0	What, really? A murder? Here?
0:32.0	How can you be so sure?
0:34.0	Well, last night, I was speaking to my friend and we were talking about Jenny from our office.
0:39.0	Oh, yes, Jenny, yes. I haven't seen her around for a while, so...
0:44.0	My friend said Jenny has probably met someone, got married and moved to Australia,
0:50.0	but then she said something very strange. She said it was a stab in the dark.
0:56.0	A stab in the dark?
0:58.0	Ah, so you think she's been murdered?
1:01.0	Well, possibly she hasn't been seen for a long time and then someone was stabbed and in the dark
1:08.4	so she must have been murdered at night.
1:11.0	Oh dear, I think we should call the police.
1:13.0	Oh, no, don't call them yet.
1:15.0	That phrase isn't as bad as you think.
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