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Sit back and enjoy episodes 1-5 of our comedy drama The White Elephant (the restaurant with no customers), while you improve your English listening and vocabulary so you can talk confidently about happiness, panic, annoyance, broken things - and getting things done quickly!

Episodes:
00:00 Episode 1: Panic
Vocabulary:
chill out! = relax; don't panic
keep your hair on! = stop being angry or upset
don't get your knickers in a twist = don't get angry or upset

02:05 Episode 2: Quick
Vocabulary:
I haven't got all day = do it quickly; hurry up
get a move on = do it more quickly
pull your finger out = start working harder (and more quickly)
(as) quick as a flash = very quickly
A.S.A.P. =(abbreviation) as soon as possible

03:38 Episode 3: Broken
Vocabulary:
a quick fix = a fast and easy solution
on the blink = not working correctly
kaput = broken, not working
knackered = (here) old and broken
packed up = stopped working
had it = no longer useful

05:21 Episode 4: Annoyance
Vocabulary:
don't bite my head off = don't speak to me in an angry way
it's doing my head in = it's making me annoyed and angry
for crying out loud! = said by someone to express their annoyance or irritation
you're driving me crackers! = you're making me annoyed
don't make my blood boil = don't make me angry
don't blow your top = don't get angry
hot under the collar = annoyed or angry

07:23 Episode 5: Happy
Vocabulary:
full of the joys of spring = very happy / cheerful
on cloud 9 = very happy
on top of the world = feeling happy because things are going well for you
thrilled to bits = excited and pleased
music to my ears = information that makes you happy / pleased
jump for joy = show great excitement / happiness

Credits:
Gordon Grater: Neil Frost
Ceilia Spatula: Amina Zia
Peter Peppermill: Darren Benedict
Marigold Marcelo (Mary for short): Stacha Hicks
Written, produced and directed by: Rob Carter

More episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcetZ6gSk96_2E-Yy-13_CAbtNCA7lnrU

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