2024-12-03
2 分钟Say this if you want to encourage someone to put some more effort into an activity. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2024/ep-241202 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
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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 feifei, and I'm joined by Georgie.
Hi, Georgie, how are you?
I'm okay, Fayfe.
I'm just really struggling to open this jar.
Come on, Georgie, give it some welly.
There we go.
Now, Fi Fei, you used a great expression there.
Give it some welly.
And that's what we're learning in this program.
It's a British English expression used to encourage people to put more effort or force into an activity, usually something physical, like me opening this jar.
Yes, it's an imperative, but it's quite friendly and fun, so don't worry, you won't sound rude if you say it.
It can be used in lots of contexts, like cycling up a hill.
Give it some welly.
Or hammering a nail into a very hard wall.
Give it some welly.
Let's hear some more examples from our BBC learner English colleagues.
I was at karaoke the other day and I was a bit shy at first, but everyone just said, come on, give it some welly.
So I sang really loudly.