The English We Speak: A little something

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  Hello and welcome to The English We Speak,

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

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  I'm Feifei.

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  And I'm Phil.

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  Merry Christmas, Feifei.

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  I've got you a little something.

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  Oh, thanks.

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  Wow.

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  It is little.

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  Never mind.

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  It's just a gift card,

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  but I thought I'd get you something

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  as we've spent another year explaining phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers.

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  We use a little something to talk about small presents.

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  Yes, it doesn't have to be a Christmas present.

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  For example,

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  we sometimes get people a little something for their birthday or when they leave a job and we can bring people a little something back from a trip abroad.

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  Sometimes a little something really is just a small present.

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  However, in English, especially British English,

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  we often like to make things sound less significant than they really are.

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