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Feifei: Hello, this The English We Speak.
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I'm Feifei...
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Rob: ...and don't you know who I am?!
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I am Rob.
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Feifei: Yes, we all know that, Rob.
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Rob: But I am THE Rob - Rob of
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The English We Speak.
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There is nobody else like me.
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Feifei: Yeah, yeah, yeah - don't milk it!
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Rob: Eh? Come on, show me
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some respect. Ouch, I seem to have
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pulled a muscle - ooo, that hurts.
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Feifei: Come on, Rob. You hardly moved.
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Rob: Ouch, it's in my lower back. It's so
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painful, I don't know if I can carry on.
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Feifei: You are milking it again!
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Rob: Feifei - what am I 'milking' exactly?
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Feifei: Everything! 'To milk it' means to
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take full advantage of a situation usually
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to gain sympathy, respect or kindness.
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Sometimes, like Rob, you fake something
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to get attention
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- that's when we say 'You're milking it'.
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Rob: Are you talking about me?
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Feifei: Of course I am, Rob. Let's hear
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some examples of
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other people 'milking it'...
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OK, don't milk it, Sam! You've told me
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a hundred times you've got tickets
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for the World Cup final.
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Tom's had a week off work with a cold -
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I think he's milking it now.
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Since her promotion, Freya keeps
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bossing us around and telling us
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to call her 'Miss Brown'
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- she's really milking it!
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Feifei: You're listening to The English
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We Speak from BBC Learning English,
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and we're talking about the phrase
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'to milk it'. This means to take
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full advantage of a situation
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usually to gain sympathy, respect
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or kindness. So Rob, have you got
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what 'milking it' means?
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Rob: I do, and I seemed to have recovered
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from pulled muscle but I've become so...
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thirsty, I was wondering...
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Feifei: ...if I could get you a drink of milk?
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Rob: No, Feifei. I was thinking of
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a cup of coffee. You are so very kind
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and generous.
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Feifei: You are milking it again, Rob.
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Actually, I've got just the thing for you.
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Hold on...
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Meet Daisy!
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Daisy: Moo... moo...
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Rob: A cow!!! How do I milk that?
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Feifei: I'd start down there somewhere.
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Good luck.
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Rob: Bye.
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Daisy: Moo... moo...
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