Wrong 'un

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2014

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Li and Finn are looking on an online dating website. Li thinks she's found Mr Right. But Finn thinks he might be a wrong 'un. Learn more about this phrase in the programme.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak.
0:17.0	Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.
0:20.0	I'm Finn.
0:22.0	And I'm Lee.
0:23.0	Ah he looks nice.
0:28.0	Yes, yeah, we're on Lee's computer on an online dating site. She's looking for a date, a hot guy.
0:37.0	Shh!
0:38.0	Don't tell everyone!
0:40.0	Well, actually, I don't really just want a date. I'm hoping to meet Mr. Wright.
0:47.0	Oh, Mr. Wright, the person who is perfect for you.
0:52.0	Well, the one you want to spend the rest of your life with.
0:56.0	Yes.
0:57.0	Oh Finn, he looks lovely. He's got two MAs, a PhD, an enormous salary, a huge house in the country, and a cute hair.
1:12.0	Well, Lee, actually, sorry to say this, but I think he looks like a wrongen.
1:20.0	A what?
1:21.0	A wrongen.
1:22.0	That means a bad person, someone you can't trust. It's a slang way of saying a wrong one. Now we use it with a,en like that a wrongen.
1:35.0	Oh I thought he could be Mr right and you think he's a wrongen?
1:41.0	Yes someone you can't trust.
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