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Hi, I'm Neil and this is Helen.
Hello.
What's wrong, Helen?
You're looking rather sheepish.
Sheepish?
Like a sheep.
I know.
My jumper is quite woolly.
No, I don't mean you look like a sheep.
I mean you look sheepish, which is quite different.
Of course, looking like a sheep and looking sheepish are two totally different things.
Obviously, yes, if I say you look like a sheep, it means, well, you look like a sheep.
But if I say you look sheepish, it means you look embarrassed or ashamed about something.
To look sheepish means you look embarrassed or ashamed, like you've done something wrong or silly.
Yes.
Ah, yes.
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