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Hello, I'm Jennifer.
Welcome to the English We Speak.
Joining me in the studio today is Helen.
Hi, Helen.
Hi, Jen.
I wasn't expecting to see you in the office today.
I thought you were on leave.
No, that's next week.
I'm taking two weeks off work and I can't wait.
Are you going on holiday?
I haven't planned anything just yet, but I do have a few irons in the fire that will keep me busy across the fortnight.
Irons in the fire?
What do you mean?
When did you become an ironmonger?
No, Helen, I'm not an iron monger.
Because that could be great.
I saw a lovely wrought iron bed in a shop in London, but it was too expensive.
Perhaps with your new iron making skills, you can make me one instead.
I definitely don't have any iron making skills.