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Feifei: Good to be back at work, Neil?
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Neil: Yes, Feifei. I feel a bit better now.
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Just got a… just a little... just a bit of a
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cough.
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Feifei: Anyway, it’s good to have you here
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because you can finally pay me.
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Neil: Oh. Right. Why’s that?
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Feifei: Well, remember you said you didn’t
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believe I could stand on my head?
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Neil: I do. I said I would give you £10 if
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you can do it.
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Feifei: Yes. Well…
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Neil: No way!
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Feifei: There we are. On my head. £10
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please. Time to cough up, Neil.
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Neil: OK, OK! You can come down now.
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Feifei: Not bad huh? Now, how about you
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‘cough up’, and I explain what it means?
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Neil: Hey, I was only joking about the £10.
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Oh OK, there you go.
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Feifei: Thank you. If you ‘cough up’, it
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means you give someone money,
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especially if you don’t want to.
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Neil: Yes, I didn’t want to give Feifei the
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money, but I said I would so I had to
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cough up.
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Feifei: Indeed. Time for some examples…
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I waited two whole weeks for my new TV
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to be delivered. And then I had to cough
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up an extra £15 for the delivery! I can’t
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believe it.
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My last trip to the library was expensive.
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I had to cough up for the fines for all the
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books I returned late. Whoops.
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When I sat on my colleague’s glasses he
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asked me to cough up £100 to buy a new
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pair. I must admit, the new ones are an
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improvement.
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Neil: You're listening to The English We
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Speak from BBC Learning English. The
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expression we're looking at in this
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programme is 'to cough up'.
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Feifei: Neil, that cough is still sounding
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bad. Have you tried the cough medicine I use?
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Neil: Not yet. It’s just a little expensive.
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£10 for a little bottle of medicine!
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Feifei: It’s worth it. Listen, if you won’t
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cough up, I’ll give you the £10 back if you
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promise to buy it.
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Neil: That’s very kind.
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Feifei: Not a problem. And while you go to
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the pharmacy,
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I’m going to practise presenting the
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programme standing on my head. It’s
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good for blood circulation, apparently.
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Neil: Standing on your head is one thing,
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but presenting a whole programme? No way.
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Feifei: Are you sure! £10 says I can!
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Neil: Haha. OK then. Bye.
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Feifei: Bye.
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