2026-02-24
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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei.
Oh and I'm Phil.
Phil, I was waiting for you to get off your phone before we could start recording this.
Sorry, I've got a friend who's going through a bit of a rough patch.
He's feeling quite down so I rang him for a chat to see if I could cheer him up.
Ah, OK.
But why don't we learn how to use that phrase you just used?
Go through a rough patch.
OK.
Well, the two key words are rough and patch.