The English We Speak: Turn over a new leaf

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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.

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  I'm Fei Fei and I'm with Phil.

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  Hi.

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  Any plans for 2025?

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  Fei Fei?

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  It's a new year, so I think it's time to turn over a new leaf.

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  Turn over a new leaf?

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  I'm not sure it's the right time of year to be doing gardening.

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  Feifei, it's not that kind of leaf.

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  And it's just an expression.

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  It means to make a change and make a new start, you stop doing something negative.

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  Turn over a new leaf is the expression we're learning in this program.

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  So it's a bit like making a New Year's resolution.

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  Yes.

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  The leaf in this expression is a leaf of paper, like a sheet of paper.

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  So to turn over a new leaf means to turn the page and start a new chapter of your story.

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  You're trying to move on from something negative.

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  For example, I've been feeling very inactive.

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  I've never managed to get into going to the gym.

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