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Welcome to English at the movies where we teach you American English.
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Heard at the movies are expression.
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Today is touch and go from the Netflix film Holiday in the wild.
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So you're vacationing in Zambia, huh?
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The movie tells about a woman who goes to Africa.
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There she helps rescue a baby elephant and she falls in love.
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Listen for the words touch and go.
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Poachers kill the mama for tusks.
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We don't do some help.
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That baby we get in two days.
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I want to help.
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I didn't see that one coming.
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Be okay.
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It'll be touch and go for a while.
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But we will do our best.
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Do you know what touch and go means?
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Is it?
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We do not think he will live or no one is sure what will happen.
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Listen again along house first.
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Well, I took a little detour.
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It's gonna be OK.
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It'll be touch and go for a while.
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But we will do our best.
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Were you right?
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The answer is be touch and go means no one is sure what will happen.
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It might not end well.
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This expression is often used to describe serious situations about people's health.
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It could go either way in the film.
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They did not know whether the baby elephant would live or not, and that's English at the movies, on and Ball.