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We Speak from BBC Learning English.
Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.
My name is Rob and hello, my name is Helen.
Hold on, Helen, hold on.
We can't hear you properly.
I think your microphone's playing up.
Playing up.
Sorry, so I didn't quite catch that.
Let me just push this button.
Oh, there.
Hello.
Now, you said the microphone was playing up.
That's right.
It wasn't working properly.
If something isn't working as it should be, we sometimes say it's playing up.
Up, not down.
No, playing down is a different expression that means something totally different.
Ok.