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Episode 10: You'll be a shoo-in!

Can Magda get her dream job by following Johnny’s interview advice?

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AdamJK's picture AdamJK replied on Poland

Hello Azhan,
I'm not quite sure what sort of friends and chatting you mean. Do you mean on this website or another site or chatting by telephone?
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team

Fry's picture Fry replied on Brazil

Hi,
Harry said: "He just talks about his work all the time, about how important he is, and how rich he’s going to be...it gets boring."
Why is the present simple used here? If we used The Present Continuous like: "he's just talking..." and "it's getting...", how would the meaning change?
Thank you in advance
Nick
 

Jack Radford's picture Jack Radford replied on United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Hi Nick

Harry uses the phrase 'all the time' as an adverbial of frequency.  You can find out more information about these here: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials/adverbials-time/how-often 

More generally, the present simple is used when we describe permanent features or thinks that don't change. If Harry had used the present continuous, it would indicate that he thought that Johnny's work talk is a temporary thing.

When my sister was pregnant with my niece, all she would talk about was babies. I could imagine having said: "Wow, she's talking about babies a lot!"

Now, she has given birth and baby-talk has been replaced with talk about my niece. This is a more permanent situation so I might say: "Wow, she talks about Penny a lot!"

Does that help? If not, please let me know and I'll try to explain more clearly.

Thanks

Jack

The LearnEnglish Team

ahmed hamoud's picture ahmed hamoud replied on Yemen

 actually, i am so greatful for being a member in britsh coucil and hope be active and share with you to improve my English
 

okocha's picture okocha replied on Brazil

hello
Day by day i feel myself better in english  so let me practice little bit , i will be a shoo-in i mean the language challenge. than
i would like to show me the methodology  so that i follow  this program  correctly  .
Regards

gatesun's picture gatesun replied on Algeria

 hi hamza it is very interesting this site.

fayza_ch's picture fayza_ch replied on Brazil

 Hi all!
I didn't understand what  "I’ve got the plaster off it now" 
means, could someone explain me?
thanks

Jack Radford's picture Jack Radford replied on United Kingdom (Great Britain)

 Hi Fayza

The 'plaster' that Johnny is talking about is a hard pot that a doctor puts around a broken bone. If you break your arm, the doctor will wrap your arm in a hard white bandage to hold it still and protect it. This is a plaster. Johnny is saying that his leg is much better and that his doctor has taken the plaster off it.

Thanks

Jack Radford

The LearnEnglish Team 

fayza_ch's picture fayza_ch replied on Brazil

 oh, I see now
thanks a lot

naziaa's picture naziaa replied on Brazil

its really helping me , thanks for this exercise

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