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Hello and welcome to the English we speak.

I'm Faye.

And hello I'm Faye Faye. And hello I'm Rob. It's very hot today Rob. What a good idea to

present this program outside in the lovely sunny weather.

Oh yes it is and what a great suggestion that I buy you an ice cream.

Thanks Rob. So come on then what flavor do you want? Chocolate,

strawberry, salted caramel? Vanilla for me please. It's my favorite flavor of ice cream.

Vanilla oh Faye Faye that's a bit boring a bit ordinary It's just ice cream, Rob, but the word vanilla can be used to describe

something that is basic or blunt. So vanilla ice cream is very popular because it is delicious, but your

tasting clothes is just...

vanilla?

Thanks. I think we should hear some examples.

I thought his performance in the movie was very vanilla.

He's normally amazing.

I'm just looking to buy a vanilla car. Nothing fancy, no extras, just something to drive to the shops in.

I wanted to go skydiving with my friend but he's so vanilla he'd never do anything risky.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the word

vanilla which can be used to describe something that is basic, ordinary or boring.

So come on then Rob if my vanilla ice cream is so vanilla what

flavor are you going for? Oh it's got to be salted caramel.

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