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I'm Neil.
And I'm Fei Fei.
You know what, Fei Fei, I just love living here in London.
I mean, the culture, the parks, the restaurants, it's got everything.
Yeah, it's not bad, though, to be fair, it's not the cheapest place to live.
You're right, though.
Most world capital cities are quite pricey to live in, to be fair.
Actually, to be fair, I think there are a lot of reasons to move out of the big city.
You know, more space, better air, fewer people and nature.
Fei Fei.
I think we've given good arguments on both sides, to be fair,
and I hope we've demonstrated today's phrase, which is to be fair.
It's a phrase you will hear a lot, especially in British English.
It's used when you want to explain more than one side of an issue.
Let's listen to these examples.
We played well in the first half, but to be fair, we were awful in the second half.