The English We Speak: Scratch the surface

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  Hello and welcome to The English We Speak,

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

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  I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Georgie.

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  How are you?

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  I'm very well, thank you, Feifei.

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  How are you?

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  Quite stressed, actually.

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  I've got so many things on my to-do list and I feel

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  like I've barely scratched the surface.

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  That's a rubbish way to start the week.

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  Well, scratch the surface is the phrase we're looking at in this programme.

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  What does it mean, Feifei?

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  Well, let me paint a picture in your mind.

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  Imagine you want to dig a deep hole in the ground.

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  I arrive five minutes later after you start.

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  See, you haven't made much progress and say, you've barely scratched the surface.

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