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SAD retro background music Welcome to The English We Speak with me, Neil.
And me, Phoebe. In this episode we're going to look at a word that's all about excitement.
It's zing. Zing. People might not have heard this one, how do we use it?
So zing is something special that some things have that's hard to describe, but makes them more interesting or exciting.
I can also tell you something that doesn't have any zing.
That's my lunch. It's just a plain cheese sandwich!
What you need for that is some chillies!
That will give you a bit of zing.
Chillies. That might be a bit too much zing.
Now zing isn't just about food, is it?
No, it could even be about the way you feel!
I was feeling a bit down yesterday but then I booked a holiday and that's given me a bit of zing.
I feel so much better now I've got something to look forward to!
It's good to feel a bit of zing!
Listen to these examples.
That song is OK but it needs a bit more zing.
Can you make it a bit more exciting?
We're going to bring you a show that's full of zing!
It's going to be spectacular!
Since the goal, the game's gone a bit flat.
There's no zing! You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning the word zing, which is about excitement, energy or interest.
It may originally have been onomatopoeia, which is a word that sounds like what it describes.
Zing might have been the sound of something moving fast with a energy.
In informal language, we use onomatopoeia a lot.
For example, if something is a bit weak and needs more energy, we can't say, it needs a bit more umf.
In this example, umf is force or energy.
Zing might be a bit more exciting, but they are similar.
If you want a bit more zing in your English, join us for the next episode.
See you then. Bye. Goodbye!
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