BOX SET: The White Elephant ? comedy drama episodes 6-10! Learn English while you laugh ??

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Tuck into episodes 6-10 of our comedy drama The White Elephant (the restaurant with no customers), while you improve your English listening and vocabulary so you can talk confidently about kindness, being late, good (and bad) luck, keeping secrets - and getting angry!

Episodes:
00:00 Episode 6: Kindness
Vocabulary:
(something) took me by surprise =(something) unexpected happened
how sweet = thats very nice or kind
very touching = very kind
a nice touch = a kind thought or action

02:20 Episode 7: Late
Vocabulary:
hold the fort = look after something while someone else is away
feels like an eternity = feels like a long time
better late than never = it is good that someone has arrived late, rather than not at all
to make up for lost time = spend lots of time doing something now because it wasnt done earlier
all in good time = there is no need to hurry
late in the day = too late to do anything about it
time is money = time wasted could be used earning money

04:25 Episode 8: Lucky
Vocabulary:
(someones) lucky day = a day when good things will happen to someone
one more (something) for luck = an extra (something) for good fortune
light up = (here) suddenly look happy or amazed
fell into my lap = I got it without any effort
a stroke of luck = a good thing thats happened unexpectedly
better luck next time = (an expression of encouragement or sarcasm) I hope you have more success next time

06:10 Episode 9: Secrets
mums the word = keep it a secret
my lips are sealed = I wont tell anybody
keep it under wraps = keep it a secret
a little dickie bird has told me = somebody has told me something in private
keep it to yourself = dont tell anybody / keep it a secret
to let the cat out of the bag = to tell somebody something that was supposed to be a secret

08:14 Episode 10: Angry
Vocabulary:
Ive had it up to here = I have suffered enough because of something or someone
its driving me up the wall = its making me very angry
dont blow a fuse! dont lose your temper!
fed up to the back teeth = angry because a situation has continued for too long
like a bear with a sore head = in a very bad mood
at the end of his tether = so annoyed that he cant continue
losing it = becoming very angry or upset

Credits:
Gordon Grater: Neil Frost
Ceilia Spatula: Amina Zia
Peter Peppermill: Darren Benedict
Marigold Marcelo (Mary for short): Stacha Hicks
Written, produced and directed by: Rob Carter

More episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcetZ6gSk96_2E-Yy-13_CAbtNCA7lnrU

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