The English We Speak: Hold your horses

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  go to bbcworldservice.com podcasts the English we speak from BBC Learning English.

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  Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.

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  My name is William Kramer.

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  And I'm Lee.

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  William, what's our phrase today?

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  Well, hold on a second, Lee, let me just play you.

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  No, come on, tell me now, what phrase are we looking at today?

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  Well, we'll come on to that in a minute, but I've got some very special effects for you.

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  More special effects and special music.

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  That's not what our people want.

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  They want authentic English phrases and they want them now.

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  So what's our phrase today, Li?

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  Hold your horses.

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  Hold your horses?

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  It means be patient.

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  Ah.

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  Where does this phrase come from, William?

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  Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war.

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