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Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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Rob: And I'm Rob. Feifei, feeling hungry?
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Feifei: Rob, they smell amazing!
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Rob: Almost there. We're having a special
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treat today... waffles!
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Feifei: Rob is making waffles: those lovely,
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crispy little cakes with raised squares on
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the surface.
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Rob: Absolutely! My favourite. But what
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are we going to put on them?
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Feifei: Oh that's simple: strawberries and
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syrup. What about you?
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Rob: OK, I'm not so sure. I mean, I used to
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always love them with honey
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and bananas. But they do taste
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amazing with melted chocolate. Or... with
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cream. You know, I recently tried one with
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peanut butter: not a good experience.
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I guess strawberries would be
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worth trying... Or mango.
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But only if the mangoes are fresh...
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Feifei: Rob?
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Rob: Yes?
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Feifei: Can you stop waffling on?
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Rob: Ah, very clever. Perfect time to use
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that phrase! I do need to stop waffling on,
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don't I?
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Feifei: Yes, please. To 'waffle on' means
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to talk and talk without saying anything
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very useful or interesting.
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Rob: I am sometimes guilty of that.
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Let's hear a few more examples.
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I think I did really badly in the interview.
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I wasn't sure how to answer the
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questions, so I just waffled on.
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Meetings with Frank are frustrating.
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He always waffles on about unimportant
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things. Someone needs to have
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a word with him.
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I used to find her blog really interesting
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and inspiring, but these days
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she just waffles on about her pet tortoise.
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Feifei: There we are. To waffle on. At least
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we don't waffle on in this programme,
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do we Rob?
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Rob: Well, I must admit that sometimes
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people have said I do talk rather a lot,
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especially when it's about travel or
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languages... which reminds me I really
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should book my next holiday...
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I've been considering Croatia, though I...
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Feifei: Rob?
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Rob: Ah. Am I waffling on?
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Feifei: I'm afraid so.
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Rob: Ooh, it's waffle time!
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Feifei: Great. Hopefully these tasty
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waffles will keep you quiet for a while.
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Rob: Are you saying the waffles will
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stop me waffling on?
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Feifei: Yup! Now, enough talk... Oh, these
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waffles are delicious.
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Rob: Not bad, eh?!
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Feifei: Bye.
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Rob: Bye.
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