Zip it!

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

We all like to talk, but some people don’t know when to stop.

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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	Welcome to the English we speak with me Jaying.
0:09.0	And me Rob.
0:11.0	Hey Jaying, have I told you about my amazing weekend?
0:15.0	No?
0:16.0	Well, I met some friends, played football in the park, had one of those delicious ice creams from that new shop, then went shopping and bought
0:25.9	some new jeans and this jacket.
0:28.9	Rob, stop!
0:31.3	Why?
0:32.3	I'm wearing my new jacket now. Don't you like it? It was such a bargain and then what I did after...
0:39.0	Rob, just zip it.
0:41.0	Zip it? Oh, okay. I'll zip it up, if that'll cheer you up.
0:47.0	No, zip it. Stop talking.
0:50.0	When we ask someone to zip it it we simply mean be quiet stop talking
0:56.0	it's a bit rude but sometimes necessary if someone keeps on talking
1:01.0	listen to that.
1:04.0	Peace and quiet.
1:05.0	That's better.
1:07.0	Oh, okay.
1:10.0	Maybe we can hear some examples now.
1:16.6	I had to ask her to zip it.
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