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Feifei: Hello, welcome to The English
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We Speak, with me, Feifei
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Rob: And me, Rob. Now Feifei, would you
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call yourself hard-nosed?
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Feifei: Oh here we go again - you're trying
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to insult me. Can we leave my nose out of
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the conversation please?
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Rob: I was starting to compliment you.
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Feifei: Go on - why is having
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a hard nose a compliment?
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Rob: Not having a hard nose but
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being hard-nosed describes
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someone who is practical...
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Feifei: OK.
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Rob: ...someone who is determined
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and tough-minded. That's you, isn't it?
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Feifei: Hmmm maybe. Well, yes I suppose
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that could describe me.
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Rob: I thought so. Let's hear some more
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examples of this word 'hard-nosed'...
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She's a hard-nosed reporter - she got
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the scoop that none of the other
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TV channels managed to get.
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When my son was ill I asked
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my boss for time off but he's so
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hard-nosed he said 'no'!
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Our company is in financial trouble,
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we need a hard-nosed business person
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to come in and
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save us from closing.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
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BBC Learning English and
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we're learning about
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the word 'hard-nosed', which describes
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someone who is practical,
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determined and tough-minded.
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But hold on, Rob...
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Rob: Yes?
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Feifei: I've been researching this word
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and understand that being hard-nosed
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also describes
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someone who is stubborn,
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unforgiving and insensitive!
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Erm, Rob, can we talk about this please?
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Rob: I was trying to be nice!
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Feifei: I don't care. I will not forgive you.
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Rob: What about if I called you
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soft-nosed?
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Feifei: No. From now on I'm only going to
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present with Neil. Now, I've got a pile of
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work to do so I'm off
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to write some scripts.
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Rob: There you go - hard-nosed - practical,
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determined, stubborn and unforgiving.
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Feifei: Goodbye!
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Rob: What did I say?
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