The English We Speak: The name of the game

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  Hello and welcome to The English We Speak,

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  where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.

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  I'm Faye Faye.

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  And I'm Phil.

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  Now, I am a big believer in looking professional in the office.

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  I'm sitting here very smartly dressed.

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  But Phil, you're in a track suit and train us.

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  What's going on?

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  Okay, okay, let me explain.

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  I'm going for a run at lunchtime and when you're an athlete like me… Oh, an athlete?

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  You?

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  Don't laugh.

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  When you're an athlete, speed is the name of the game.

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  I just can't run that fast in office clothes.

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  I'm not convinced you can run fast in that either.

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  But anyway, you've given us a good expression to learn in this program, the name of the game.

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  Why don't you tell us a bit about it?

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  So, if something is the name of the game, that can mean that it's the most important aspect of something.

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  The game might actually be a game, so in football, the name of the game is scoring goals.

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  But it can also be used more generally.

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