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Feifei: Hello and welcome
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to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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Rob: And I'm Rob. Phew, Feifei, is
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the air conditioning on?
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Feifei: Let me check.
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Looks like it's broken.
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Rob: Again? The company fixed it
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just this week.
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Feifei: Yeah.
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Rob: And that's three times this month!
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Feifei: I know...
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Rob: I honestly can't face calling
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the company one more time.
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I've wasted hours on the phone
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to them! Seriously.
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Feifei: OK, OK, Rob. No need to get so
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hot under the collar!
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Rob: But... OK. You're right.
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Give me a minute.
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Feifei: While Rob is cooling down, let me
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explain that phrase I just used.
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To get 'hot under the collar' means
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to become very annoyed or angry
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about something. There is another
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meaning, but we'll get there later.
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OK, Rob, how are you now?
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Rob: Just a minute more.
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Feifei: OK, let's listen
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to these examples first.
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Nick got a little hot under the collar
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when he returned from a meeting
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to discover his
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colleagues had eaten all his chocolates.
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I hate driving in big cities. I just get
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too hot under the collar
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when others drive badly.
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I prefer to take a bus and chill out.
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Try not to say anything about
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Wayne's new haircut.
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He knows it looks terrible. When
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I mentioned it he got
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very hot under the collar.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English.
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So, how are you feeling now, Rob?
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Rob: Much better. Don't worry,
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I'll call the air conditioning company.
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Feifei: If you do, err... can you ask them
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which engineer is coming to fix it?
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Rob: Why does that matter?
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Feifei: Well, you see, there's
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this one engineer who makes me...
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all hot under the collar!
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Rob: Ahh, I see! You find this person
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attractive and they make you feel
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excited or even a bit nervous?
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Well, that's the other meaning of
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hot under the collar, by the way.
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Feifei: Well, yes. Sorry. I should admit it.
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It's been me who has been breaking the
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air conditioning all along... Just...
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just... just in the hope that...
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Rob: Just so that you can see
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that cute engineer?
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Feifei! That really is shocking. OK, let me
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make that call.
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Feifei: Yes, it's getting a bit hot in here.
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Bye.
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Rob: Bye.