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Welcome to the English we speak with.
Me Phil and me fei fei.
We have an expression which means to carefully plan an idea.
It's cook up an idea.
Cook up an idea.
So are there any ideas that you've been cooking up, Phil?
Yes, it's my son's birthday soon and I'm trying to cook up a party idea that he'll really like.
Children can be hard to please, so I hope you can cook up a good idea.
Dont worry, ive been thinking about this for months.
It takes time to cook up an idea this.
Well, its going to be a surprise party.
Ah, I love surprise parties.
I threw a surprise party for my parents last year.
It was amazing.
But I spent a long time cooking up the idea.
Its a great expression because it sounds like youre putting lots of ingredients together to make something special.
Yes, sometimes you need a lot of things to cook up an idea.
It can be hard work.
Lets hear some more examples.
Dont disturb her.