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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei.
And I'm Phil.
What have you been up to, Feifei?
Well, I just had an old friend visit.
I told her, drop in if you're ever in my neck of the woods, and she did.
Wait, Feifei, you live in the woods?
No, no, it's just an expression.
My neck of the woods means my area.
Oh yes, and I think that's the expression we should learn in this programme – neck of the woods.
OK, yes.
So when someone is talking about their neck of the woods or that neck of the woods, they are talking about an area or part of an area.
It's quite an informal expression.
If someone recommends a great restaurant, for example, you might say I'll have a look when I'm in that neck of the woods.
When someone talks about something that's near where you live, you might say oh, that's in my neck of the woods.
Let's listen to these people using the expression neck of the woods.
I'm going to be in your neck of the woods next week.
Shall we go for a coffee?
I live in the suburbs of the city.
Nothing exciting happens in my neck of the woods.
I'm not really familiar with this neck of the woods, but I do know a few good shops around here.
We've been learning the expression neck of the woods to talk about an area or part of an area.
We've already said that it's quite informal, so it's most likely to be used in speech rather than in writing.
It's also really common to use a possessive pronoun to relate it to a person.
We often talk about my neck of the woods or your neck of the woods.
Well, I need to get back to my neck of the woods now.
See you next time.
See you then.
Bye.
Bye.
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