Wing it

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Learn an informal expression for when you have to improvise

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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	com. Hello and
0:17.0	Hi everyone I'm feyfay and I'm fey. And I'm fey. And I'm feyfay and I've just well
0:22.0	feyf's here with me.
0:25.0	Faye Faye, what's going on?
0:28.0	Um, yes and today we're here with you, dear learners of the wonderful English language.
0:35.4	What are you looking for?
0:37.0	Scraped Neil. I misplaced it somewhere.
0:39.6	Just wing it.
0:42.2	Wing it?
0:43.0	Wing, like a bird.
0:45.0	Yes, the air is fresh and I flap my wings.
0:50.0	What are you doing?
0:51.0	What are you doing?
0:52.0	You told me to pretend I was a bird or to tell the story of a bird
0:56.3	why I know lots of bird jokes. No that's not it in English to wing something means to improvise.
1:04.0	This informal expression is thought to come from the theatre,
1:07.0	and it refers to performances given by actors who had to learn their lines quickly
1:11.0	while waiting in the wings.
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