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Welcome to the English we speak with.
Me Phil and me fei Fei.
We have an expression that is about showing people how to do things or explaining something to them.
It's walk someone through.
Walk someone through.
When would you use this?
It's most commonly used at work.
It means to guide, explain or practice something step by step.
So if, if theres something new and you dont know how to do it, you need someone to walk you through it.
I remember when you started working here, we had to walk you through everything.
Luckily its all on computers, so there wasnt much actual walking at all.
No, its not really about walking, its about doing everything slowly and carefully, one step at a time, together with someone else.
We often use it with different processes.
As you were saying, it's very common for when someone starts a new job.
Well, until you walk someone through something, they never really understand it properly.
It's good to look at each step in turn.
True.
As well as processes, it can also be used more generally to mean explain something carefully.
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