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¶ Beating Speaking Anxiety Series Introduction
Hello, I'm Georgie, an English teacher and presenter at BBC Learning English. I want to tell you about a new series I've made all about speaking. Beating speaking anxiety helps you fight your fears of speaking English. Each video tackles a different fear, like the fear of making mistakes, the fear of not understanding people, and the fear of public speaking.
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¶ Understanding 'Shoot Off' Meaning
I'm Fay Fey and I'm here with Beth. Hi Fay Fey. Uh let's do this quickly. I need to shoot off right after the recording. We can't rush. This script is important. Shoot off. This means to leave quickly because you're in a hurry or there's somewhere you need to be. Sorry, you're right. But I will need to shoot off because I have a dentist appointment and I can't be late again. Late again? Oh dear.
Shoot off is quite common in everyday English for this type of situation. Yes, if you need to leave early, you might warn people, sorry, but I have to shoot off after this. Yes, for example, I told everyone today I will have to shoot off straight after the meeting tomorrow to catch my train. Yes, you did say that earlier. Let's listen to more examples of shoot off.
I always have to shoot off quickly from work because I don't want to miss my train home. Sorry, I've just got to shoot off. My mum's calling me. Sorry team, gotta shoot off. I need to pick the kids up. So shoot off means to leave a place quickly because you need to be somewhere else. A similar expression is dash off. We can also say head out, but this doesn't have the same sense of urgency as shoot off or dash off. Right.
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