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Feifei: This is The English We Speak. I’m Feifei.
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Rob: And hello, I’m Rob.
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Feifei: Rob, would you mind wiping those
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crumbs from your mouth?
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Rob: Ooops, sorry!
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Feifei: Do you know, it’s very strange
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- I made a cake a last
night and brought it to work
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today to share with you.
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Rob: That’s very kind!
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Feifei: Yes, but
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it seems to have vanished into thin air.
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Rob: Wow! You’re a magician!
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You’ve made a cake disappear!
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Feifei: No, Rob.
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The phrase 'to vanish into thin air’ means
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'to suddenly, mysteriously
and completely disappear'.
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You haven’t seen the cake, have you, Rob?
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Rob: No, Feifei – no sign of your
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‘disappearing’ cake.
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Feifei: OK,
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well let’s hear some examples of this phrase.
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Let’s hope they haven’t suddenly disappeared!
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Examples: I can’t remember
where I’ve parked the car!
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I think it’s vanished into thin air.
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Have you seen the boss?
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Someone important needs to talk to him
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but I can't find him anywhere.
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It's like he's vanished into thin air.
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Has anyone seen my glasses?
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They’ve vanished into thin air.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English
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and we’re learning about the expression
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‘to vanish into thin air’,
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which can be used to describe a situation where
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something mysteriously and suddenly disappears.
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So any sign of my cake?
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Rob: No.
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Feifei: Very odd.
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I put it on my desk this morning
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and went to make a cup of coffee
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and when I returned,
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it had gone.
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Dan: Great cake, Rob!
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Thanks for sharing it!
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I hope you’ll be baking again soon!
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See you!
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Feifei: Rob!
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Rob: Sorry, Feifei!
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It was so tempting, so delicious,so I thought…
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Feifei: So you thought you’d eat it!
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Rob: It helped us demonstrate today’s phrase.
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Feifei: There’s just one thing I
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want to vanish into thin air.
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Rob: Oh yeah? And what’s that?
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Feifei: You, Rob!
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Now I’m off to bake a cake
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- for me.
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Rob: See you!
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Oh, she’s gone!
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