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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Fei.
Fei.
And I'm Rob.
Now, for this program, we're going to need two sounds, a slap and a bang.
Very strange.
A slap and a bang.
Yes.
It's a clue for our authentic English expression.
Slap bang.
Is that an expression?
It is when you want to describe something that is directly or exactly in a particular place.
It's often used with a short phrase in the middle of something very precise.
So the expression slap bang is an informal way of saying exactly in a certain place.
So not a bit to the left or a bit to the right.
No, slap bang means exactly and we are slap bang in the middle of this program.
So let's have some examples.
He scored an amazing goal.