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Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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And I'm Rob.
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Hey Rob, thanks for this ice cream.
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I love ice cream - but why are
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we eating it now?
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As a treat, Feifei! This is my homemade ice cream.
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Yum. It tastes good.
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Tastes good, you say? Just good ?
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Well - it's not bad.
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Not bad?! Honestly Feifei, there is no pleasing
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you sometimes. Is there something missing?
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Rob - it's awesomesauce!
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You want sauce on it? Why didn't
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you say? What do you want - strawberry,
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chocolate, caramel?
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No, I was actually being nice.
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Awesomesauce is an informal way
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to describe something that is
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extremely good or amazing.
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It was a compliment, Rob!
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Listen to these other examples
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of 'awesomesauce'.
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My wife is awesomesauce - she's just
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served me breakfast in bed
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as it's my birthday!
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This peanut butter and banana
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milkshake is awesomesauce - can I have
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some more, please?
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Hey! I got top grades in all my
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exams. Awesomesauce!
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You're listening to The English We
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Speak from BBC Learning English
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and we're looking at the word
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awesomesauce, which is an informal
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way of describing that something is
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extremely good, amazing or incredible.
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And your homemade ice cream
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is amazing, Rob!
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Oh, thanks very much. I don't know
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what to say.
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You can also say 'awesomesauce'.
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The word can also be used to say you
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are very very pleased with something.
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OK then - awesomesauce! If it's that
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good, I must try some too - with
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strawberry sauce on.
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You must, Rob, it tastes great!
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Oh no - not awesomesauce.
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What's wrong?
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I didn't put it back in the
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freezer - it's melted!
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You had better go and make
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some more. Bye.
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Bye bye!
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