Name: About - The English We Speak
Uploaded: 2024-07-11T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 1 min 51 s
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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.

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In this programme, we're talking about 'about'!

This is getting silly! We are indeed talking about the word 'about' - but not as it's usually used.

So, when I asked: 'Is Mark about today?' I wasn't asking if Mark was somehow related to the concept of 'today.' I just meant, 'Is Mark here?'

'About' means 'here', or 'somewhere near here'.

Well, that's reassuring. Time for some more examples about 'about'.

Hi, is Sue about? Just need to give her some files.

Will you be about this evening? I want to ask a big favour.

Don't talk like that. There are children about.

There we are. 'About' meaning in or close to an area.

You know, there's another word that behaves like this.

And we know the answer to that: you saw him this morning.

Except - I didn't really see him. Because Mark doesn't exist...

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About - The English We Speak

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