2024-06-25
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Hello and welcome to the English we speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent english speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm fei fei and I'm here with Beth.
Hello, fei fei.
How are you today?
I'm very well, thank you.
What expression are we going to learn in this program?
Well, we are learning take the plunge.
Now, I heard my friend say this and I thought it was interesting because plunge always makes me think about jumping into water.
And that is definitely not what she meant.
That is an interesting phrase.
But what was your friend actually talking about?
How is she going to take the plunge?
Well, she has decided to quit her job and she's going to change career completely because she's going to retrain to be a doctor.
Now that is something quite scary.
She's going to have to train for a long time and it's something she's been thinking about for a long time as well.
Wow, that is a very big change.
So your friend is taking the plunge.
She's decided to make an important decision to stop her current job and go back to university.
Now, where have you used this expression, Beth?
Let me think.