2025-10-09
6 分钟Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English podcast,
where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.
My name is Shayna, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.
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Let's get started with today's lesson.
What's the catch?
What are you getting at?
What do you say?
What do these phrases mean?
Today, we're looking at some informal English phrases that start with what.
These aren't simple questions like what's your name.
Instead,
they're casual expressions you'll hear native speakers use and that you can't always translate literally.
By the end of this lesson, you'll understand what they mean and when to use them,
so your English will sound more fluent and conversational.
Let's get started.
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We'll begin with the phrase, what's the catch?