Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 158

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• 00:10

  Hi there.

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  This is Harry, and welcome back to our podcast where I'm trying to help you to get a better understanding of the english language so that you can make progress when you're speaking to people in the office, in the restaurant, or holidays, wherever it might be.

• 00:25

  So what do I have for you this time?

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  Well, we're going to continue with collocations connected with work.

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  So I'll give you the collocation, I'll explain it and give you an example.

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  Okay, let's get started.

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  So the first one, a foolproof solution.

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  A foolproof solution.

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  This means a solution that cannot be faulted, a solution that is bound to be successful, and a solution that is going to work.

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  So, foolproof solution is something that should be easy enough to find, but something that cannot be questioned and is bound to give us a result.

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  A foolproof solution.

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  A foolproof solution to a particular problem so it won't reoccur, it won't happen again.

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  So we usually use the words, I have come up with a foolproof solution, or can you come up with a foolproof solution?

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  Or I need you to provide me with a foolproof solution, something that cannot be, that cannot fall apart later on or that somebody cannot pick fault with.

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  Okay, next, a major drawback.

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  So it's not a small drawback, it's a major or something quite serious.

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  And drawback is another word for a disadvantage or a negative.

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  Okay.

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  So when we have a major drawback, it's something that's going to stop us for a while, some block in our decision making, something that's going to cause us to have a rethink.

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  So the government have introduced a new plan to bypass a certain city with a new ring road.

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