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The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello and welcome to the English We Speak.
You're Neil and.
Hello.
You're Fei.
Fei.
Neil, a question.
If you looked into my purse, what would you find?
Not much.
Probably lots of small coins that aren't worth much.
Well, I'm not rich, Neil, but yes, you would find small change.
A collection of coins with little value.
Ok.
Is this the phrase for this program?
Not exactly.
The phrase is small change, but it's not about money.
Something that is insignificant or trivial, meaning not important, can also be described as small change.
Like getting a seat on the train during the rush hour is small change for me.
And getting chocolate spring sprinkles on top of my cappuccino is small change for me.