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minutes vocabulary. From

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BBC learning english dot

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com. Hello, and

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welcome to 6 minute vocabulary with

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me, Neil, and me, Finn.

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In this program, we're talking about

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phrases from Shakespeare. They're

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phrases that were either invented by Shakespeare

1:50

or used by him in his plays and

1:52

that we still use a lot today. We'll

1:55

give you plenty of examples of these

1:57

and we'll teach you what they mean. We'll

1:59

have a quiz and we'll also

2:01

bring you a top tip for learning

2:03

vocabulary. Let's

2:07

start with Danny. He's talking

2:09

about cooking entertaining

2:12

friends. And while you listen,

2:14

think about this question. Danny

2:17

think it's easy to find special

2:19

ingredients for

2:20

recipes? For

2:23

some people, Food is the be

2:25

all and end all. And I have

2:27

friends whenever I visit,

2:29

produce a dish fit for

2:31

the gods. But in

2:33

my opinion, cooking is not

2:35

for the faint hearted. I really

2:38

hate spending forever and a day

2:40

in the kitchen. Dinner

2:42

parties usually mean trying to track down

2:44

some special ingredient, which

2:46

ends up being a wild goose

2:48

chase. It's pretty

2:50

much a foregone conclusion that

2:52

my recipe won't work

2:54

out as I hope. So I

2:56

just throw a party once a year

2:58

to repay all my friends in

3:00

one fell swoop. Fortunately,

3:03

every one of them has a heart of gold.

3:06

So they understand. That

3:09

was Danny. And we asked you,

3:11

does Danny think it's easy to

3:13

find special ingredients for recipes.

3:16

And the answer is no

3:18

because usually it's a wild

3:20

goose chase. It's now a wild goose

3:23

chase. Is used in Romeo and

3:25

Juliet. This means a situation

3:27

where you waste time chasing after

3:29

something that you can't get. So

3:31

Danny clearly has had bad

3:34

experiences of trying to find

3:36

ingredients and not succeeding.

3:38

Exactly. Well, there are four

3:41

more Shakespearean phrases in our

3:43

first clip. Listen out for them.

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For some people, food is

3:48

the be all and end all. And

3:50

I have friends who, whenever I

3:52

visit, produce a dish fit

3:54

for the gods. But in

3:56

my opinion, cooking is not

3:58

for the faint hearted. I

4:00

really hate spending forever and

4:02

a day in the kitchen. So

4:05

food is the beal and

4:08

end all. That's the beginning and

4:11

ending of everything. Which means it's

4:13

the most important thing. And

4:15

that's why they always produce a

4:17

dish fit for the gods. And

4:19

clearly, if something is suitable for the

4:21

gods, it is the best possible.

4:24

But cooking is not

4:26

for the faint hearted, Danny

4:28

says. The faint hearted are

4:30

people who like courage or determination

4:33

and he thinks people like that shouldn't

4:35

cook. This phrase shows how

4:37

difficult Danny finds cooking

4:39

and he hates spending a long

4:41

time in the kitchen. He does forever

4:44

and a day is a very long time.

4:47

Right? There are three more phrases

4:49

coming up in our next clip.

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It's pretty much a foregone conclusion

4:54

that my chosen recipe won't

4:56

work out as I hope. So

4:58

I just throw a party once a year

5:01

to repay all my friends in

5:03

one fell swoop. Fortunately,

5:06

every one of them has a heart of gold,

5:08

so they understand. Now,

5:11

if something is a foregone conclusion,

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it's a result that is certain to happen.

5:17

He thinks it's certain that his recipe

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won't work out. And that's why he

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entertains his friends in

5:23

one fell swoop. Now

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if you deal with things in one fell

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swoop, that means you deal with them

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all together And suddenly,

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like a bird sweeping down

5:34

through the air to attack something. Yes,

5:36

he doesn't want to cook for people

5:38

more often than necessary. But

5:41

fortunately, his friends understand

5:43

how he feels. Don't they? They do.

5:46

They each have a heart of gold

5:48

Now that means they're very kind

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and

5:50

caring. From

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BBC learning English.

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And it's quiz time.

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Today, you have to change the

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last three or four words of each sentence

6:07

to use a phrase from Shakespeare

6:09

from the program. So number one,

6:12

some successful people don't go to

6:14

university It's really not

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the most important thing. Which

6:19

phrase from Shakespeare can replace

6:21

the most important thing? It's

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really not the beagle and Endo.

6:26

Right number two, we

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got stuck in bad traffic,

6:31

so the journey took a

6:33

very long time. So what can

6:35

replace a very long time?

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The journey took forever and

6:40

a day, correct and

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number three, everyone

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thinks Claire is the nicest

6:46

person. She's always been

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very kind. What can replace

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very kind. She's

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always had a heart of gold.

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She has That's excellent and that

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is the end of our quiz.

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Well done if you got them alright.

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But before we go, here's today's

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top tip. English is

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very rich in phrases and idioms,

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like the ones in this program. Using

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them makes your English sound much more like

7:14

that of a native speaker. Use

7:16

an idioms dictionary and try burning

7:18

five idioms a day, then try working

7:21

them into your conversations too.

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There's more about this at BBC

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learning english dot com. Join us again

7:27

for more six minute vocabulary. Bye

7:30

bye. Goodbye. Six

7:33

minutes for vocabulary. From

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the BBC.

7:42

Seven years ago, I was filming East

7:44

London mosque when the story broke,

7:46

the three schoolgirls from the area had

7:48

gone missing. They were heading to Syria

7:50

to join the Islamic State group.

7:53

Shamima Begum was the only one of the

7:55

girls to emerge from the ash of

7:57

the so called caliphate. I've

7:59

retraced her steps to investigate the

8:01

truth of her story. What do you think people

8:03

think of you? Has it been has a risk.

8:05

The Shamima Bacon story series

8:07

two of I'm not a monster. Listen

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wherever you get your podcasts.