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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 Roy! I'm so excited!
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You made me so happy when
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you messaged me what
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we're doing today!
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What?! We are about to go
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into one of the most intense
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and important meetings of our lives.
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Why are you happy about that?
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I thought we were playing a selection
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of classic board games!?
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I brought my favourite game.
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Why on earth would you bring
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a selection of board games
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to a huge meeting?
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You told me in your message
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to bring a game! You were very clear!
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No, Roy! I said bring your A game!
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Not bring a game! Your A game
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is your best performance - and
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that's what we need in this meeting.
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Right, well clearly I have brought
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my A game - and a great board
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game that we can play after
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we are successful in the meeting!
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Roy, if you manage to convince
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everyone of my plan, I'll play your
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stupid game! Let's listen to these
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examples while we have a meeting.
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Claus brought his A game to the
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meeting and sealed the deal.
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That team won the match easily.
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They brought their A game.
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Erica didn't bring her A game to
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the quiz, and we lost by a point.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC
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Learning English, and we're talking about
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the expression 'A game'. Your A game
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is your best or highest level
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of performance.
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Yes, it's commonly used with
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the verb 'bring' and a possessive
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pronoun like 'your'. You're very lucky
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that I brought my A game to the
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meeting - but it really didn't seem
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like that a truly vital and
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important meeting.
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It was for me. I'm just really
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happy you managed to convince
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them that I needed an indoor golf
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course in the office! And now I believe
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I owe you something!
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Yes, you promised to play the
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board game I brought
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with me today!
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No, not that - it looks boring,
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and I don't want to fall asleep.
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I was thinking of playing
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some golf.
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Well, OK. I like golf, I'm not
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very good at it, so I'll have to
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bring my A game if I want to
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beat you.
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You're not playing.
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I'll let you carry my clubs while
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I play as a reward for your hard
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work in the meeting. So, don't worry
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about bringing your A game.
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Bye!
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Bye!
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