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From less than a dollar a week for your first year, read, watch and listen to trusted independent journalism and storytelling. It all starts with a subscription to BBC.com. Find out more at bbc.com slash unlimited. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei.
And I'm Phil. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Yes, it is very nearly a new year. Have you thought of any resolutions, Phil? Well, I always struggle to get the homework done for my language classes, but... I'm going to change that in the new year. I'm going to make a fresh start. Yes, good. And that is the phrase we're going to learn in this programme. A fresh start.
You can see the word fresh in there. It gives the idea of something new and nothing bad has happened to it yet. Yeah, so when we talk about a fresh start... we mean we can do something new that isn't affected too much by the past. The start of a new year can offer people a fresh start, but we also use it to talk about starting a new job or moving to a new place. Let's hear some examples of people talking about a fresh start. My brother and I have been arguing for weeks, but we've decided...
to have a fresh start and just get on with each other. So I've got a new job and I'm set to be leaving but I am looking forward to making a fresh start. Oh gosh, I've just put chilli in the cookie dough. Let's just get some more doll and make a fresh start. We've been learning the expression of fresh start to talk about the opportunity to start again.
It's good to notice that we often use the verb make with the phrase a fresh start. Yes. So, for example, I could talk about making a fresh start in the new year. And that's it for this programme. I just want to say that if you feel that you want to make a fresh start with your English, we can help you. Yes, come back to listen to the next episode of The English We Speak. We'll see you then. Bye. Bye.
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