BOX SET: The White Elephant ???? drama episodes 16-20!

Time for another visit to 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 calm, timing, excellence, love - and failure!

Episodes:
00:00 Episode 16: Calm
Vocabulary:
the calm before the storm = a quiet time before things get very busy or difficult
keep your cool = don't panic / don't get angry
stay calm = don't panic
under control = sorted out in a calm way
act cool and collected = behave in a calm and composed manner
blows a gasket = suddenly becomes angry

02:45 Episode 17: Timing
Vocabulary:
it's about time = you should have done this earlier
make it snappy = be quick
it can take all the time in the world = it may take a large amount of time
every second counts = don't waste any time
in the nick of time = at the last moment
it's a race against time = there's a limited amount of time to finish something
with seconds to spare = just in time
that was a close one = we just managed to avoid something bad happening

05:10 Episode 18: Excellence
Vocabulary:
top-notch = high quality
pull all the stops out = make a big effort so that something is very successful
excel at = do something very well
first-class = best quality
gone above and beyond = done more than was expected or necessary
blown right out of the water = shown to be false
exceeded his expectations = was better (or in this episode, worse) than he thought it would be

07:26 Episode 19: Love
a secret admirer = somebody who likes someone else very much but doesn't tell them
love (something) to bits = love (something) very much
got the hots for (someone) = is very attracted to (someone)
there's no love lost between (two people) = people say this about people who don't like each other
a love-hate relationship = a relationship with someone or something where your feelings often change from love to hate
I cant get (something) for love nor money = something is impossible to get
a labour of love = hard work that people do because they love the end result

09:19 Episode 20: Failure
Vocabulary:
get the better of you = cause you to fail
fall at the first hurdle = fail right at the start of something
cut your/our losses = stop doing something now before it gets worse
(to make) a pig's ear out of something = (to do) something really badly
a sense of humour failure = an inability to understand that something is funny

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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