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where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei.
And I'm Phil.
What have you been up to, Feifei?
Well, I just had an old friend visit.
I told her, drop in if you're ever in my neck of the woods, and she did.
Wait, Feifei, you live in the woods?
No, no, it's just an expression.
My neck of the woods means my area.
Oh, yes.
And I think that's the expression we should learn in this program, neck of the woods.
OK, yes.
So when someone is talking about their neck of the woods or that neck of the woods,
they are talking about an area or part of an area.
It's quite an informal expression.