What's the damage?

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 4 June 2012

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase What's the damage?

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:13.0	Hello, I'm Jen, and with me in the studio today is Helen.
0:20.0	Hi.
0:21.0	Now Helen, just before we get started, did you get the chance to go to the farmer's market for
0:26.1	me?
0:27.1	I didn't have time to go myself.
0:28.1	I did.
0:29.1	I chose some things I thought you'd like.
0:31.6	Here we are.
0:32.2	I bought some fresh apples, some crunchy carrots, a
0:36.1	load of onions, a loaf of fresh bread and a jar of delicious honey.
0:40.5	Wow brilliant, thank you so much for doing that for me.
0:43.8	I can't wait to try it.
0:45.8	So what's the damage?
0:47.5	Damage?
0:48.5	I don't think there's any damage really.
0:51.2	Although I suppose one of the apple is a little bit bruised and I nibble the end of one of the carrots, but it'll be fine if you just cut it a little bit.
1:00.0	I don't mean the damage to the food. The phrase what's the damage can be used to ask how much money you owe someone for something.
1:07.0	So you wanted to find out how much you owe me for the food?
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