The English We Speak: Do

我们说的英语:Do

Learning English Conversations

语言学习

2011-08-01

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In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at a different usage of the word 'do'.
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  • Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.

  • I'm Neil Edgeler.

  • And I'm Feng Feifei.

  • Neil, you look terrible.

  • You've got red ice grey skin and your voice is so rough.

  • Oh, fei fei, you're right.

  • I feel terrible.

  • I went to a leaving do last night and I drank too much beer and wine.

  • A leaving do Do?

  • Yes, a leaving do.

  • A colleague has got a job at another company and had a party to celebrate his last day.

  • So it was a party?

  • Yes, yes, that's what I said.

  • It was a leaving do.

  • Right, so do is a noun and it means party.

  • Yes, that's right.

  • It's British English.