BOX SET: The White Elephant ???? comedy drama episodes 21-25! Learn English while you laugh ????????

Help yourself to a 5-episode serving 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 being clean, disasters, feeling sleepy, honesty - and bravery!

Episodes:
00:00 Episode 21: Clean
Vocabulary:
spick and span = very clean and tidy
personal hygiene = keeping yourself clean
as clean as a whistle = very clean
spotless = very clean
you could eat your dinner off that it's very clean
a clean bill of health = officially statement that something is in good condition
clean your act up = start improving your behaviour
a clean slate = forget the past and make a new start

02:00 Episode 22: Disaster
Vocabulary:
a recipe for disaster = a situation that will obviously go very wrong
up the creek without a paddle = in a difficult situation with no way to make things better
on the brink of disaster = about to go badly wrong
disaster averted = a bad situation has just been avoided
a close shave = a bad situation has just been avoided

04:15 Episode 23: Sleepy
Vocabulary:
I didn't sleep a wink = I didn't sleep at all
slept like a log = slept very well
I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it = don't worry about it
let sleeping dogs lie = leave the situation alone to avoid causing trouble
sleeping partner = a partner in a business who provides money for it but doesn't actively manage it
I slept like a baby = I slept very well
a catnap = a short sleep
beauty sleep = an amount of sleep needed to look good and healthy

06:20 Episode 24: Honesty
to be honest = I'm going to tell you the truth
God's honest truth! = I am not lying!
honesty is the best policy = it is better to tell the truth than a lie
come clean = tell the truth
make an honest living = work hard to earn money
open and above board = completely honest

09:00 Episode 25: Brave
Vocabulary:
get his comeuppance = get the punishment he deserves
all mouth and no trousers = talking a lot about doing something without actually doing it
are you a man or a mouse? = be brave even if you are frightened
what are you made of? = prove how brave you are
my knight in shining armour = someone very brave who is going to help me

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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