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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei
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and hello, I'm Rob.
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Hey Rob, do you know what's going on
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in the office today?
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The boss has been shouting, Helen's crying
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and Neil doesn't look very happy either.
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Beats me.
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Ouch. What did you do that for?
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You said 'beat me'.
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No, no. I mean it beats me.
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Ouch!
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You are strange Rob.
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No Feifei. I said 'it beats me' to mean
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I don't know or I don't understand something.
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I knew that Rob , I just liked hitting you
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with this stick!
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Very funny. Shall we hear some examples?
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It beats me how Stephanie ever got that promotion.
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A: Can you believe that Dave and Andrea are
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still married! He's always bossing her around.
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B: It beats me why she stays with him.
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It beats me how Jen can afford a new sports car when
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she only works part-time.
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So that is 'it beats me' - a phrase used for
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saying that you do not know or understand
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something. So there's no beating involved!
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Definitely not. So now I can safely say,
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it beats me what's going on in the office -
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I haven't got a clue.
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Well the situation seemed very tense and the boss was
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shouting something about mice.
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Mice? Ah yes, well in that case, it could be that I left my
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lunch on my desk overnight
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and it's possible the mice have found it
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and eaten it. They do get everywhere.
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Mice! In our office? I hate mice.
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Ouch! Why are you beating me again?
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I think it's time to go. Bye.
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Bye.
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