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Hi guys.
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Dan, for BBC Learning English here today.
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I'm going to test my teammates to see whether they can understand Australian phrases and idioms.
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I'm going to read the idiom to them and they have 10 seconds to work out what it is.
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I'm going to do it in my best Australian accent, which actually isn't very good.
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Ready?
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Let's go.
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Seems like you're up a gum tree to me.
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Seems like up a gum tree To me, a lie can think of is confusion.
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You've got the wrong idea.
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You may be lost.
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Things look bad, but she'll be apples.
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Okay, Things look bad, but she'll be apples.
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I reckon that something like things are looking bad, but everything's gonna be OK in the end.
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Well, everything's gonna be right.
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Eventually.
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Correct.
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He's been on the wall of the track for the last month.
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He's been on the Wallaby track for the last month.
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Well, I've got no idea what that means, but I'm going to say that he's been looking for something that you can't find for ages.
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Is that right?
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I'm not interested.
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Tell your story walking.
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I'm not interested.
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Not interested?
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Tell your story.
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Walking that means go away.
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I'm no good.
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Talk to you.
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It all go away.
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Music.
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Talk to the hand.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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Do these task on the knocker?
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I won't do this task on the knocker.
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Knock, knock, knock.
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Very quickly.
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Rapidly.
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Don't mess around.
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Just get it done.
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Like immediately.
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They a our wrecking your a few stubby short of a six page, I reckon your few studies short over six pack.
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Okay, I think that's got something to do with beer because the six pack is usually about cans of beer, So I think so.
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But I think it's that intelligence.
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I think it's about people not being very intelligent.
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My working life is like a dog's breakfast.
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My working life is like a dog's breakfast.
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Uh, my working life is gonna work is a bit of a mess.
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Uh, it stinks like dog food, huh?
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It was, like, close.
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Cool.
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Why?
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You always look a shade gonna rock.
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Why you always like a shack on a not rock.
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I guess it means being dangerous being sacked.
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Being alone.
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Yeah.
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Did you get it?
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Yes.
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Thank you.