Learn the other meaning of 'roast' - The English We Speak
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Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei...
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And hello, I'm Rob.
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Rob, what's the smell?
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Are you cooking something?
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Yes. It's my favourite - roast beef. Yummy!
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Roast beef?! This isn't really
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the time to be cooking.
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Well, you said let's do 'roast' today - so
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I thought I'd make a start. Just got to do
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the roast potatoes now...
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Rob, stop! I meant let's do the word 'roast'.
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Oh right. Well, this is a good
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example of roasting.
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No, Rob. It's not the meaning I had in
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mind. 'Roasting' is not just
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about cooking food
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in an oven. We can 'roast' people by
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criticising them harshly.
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So, Rob, you were very foolish
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to start cooking something while
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we're presenting a programme!
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Oh, am I being 'roasted' now?
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You sure are, but you're not alone.
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Here are some examples...
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We had to roast the teacher after she was
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seen shopping when she
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was supposed to be
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off work with flu!
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After my PowerPoint presentation froze
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during an important meeting,
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my boss gave me a roasting.
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She was roasted by her friends after
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she posted pictures of herself
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on social media showing
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off her 'amazing' suntan.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC
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Learning English and we're
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talking about the word 'roast',
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which means 'to criticise severely'.
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I'm sure you're used to
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being roasted, Rob?
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Well, if you mean I am hot and smell
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delicious, then I am very roasted!
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Excuse me?
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Feifei, another meaning of 'roast' is to
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tease someone in a light-hearted
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way or give a funny
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comeback when someone
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tries to humiliate you.
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Oh, ha ha! But hold on, Rob,
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I can smell something else...
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Oh no - I left the oven on and now
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the food is burning. Help!
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Rob, you are really stupid - and you
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can't cook either.
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That's me roasted! Bye.
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Bye.
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