BBC: Life expectancy-2

Oh, well. Next week, maybe. Now, let's take a look at the vocabulary from this programme. First we had dead on your feet. This is an informal expression which means 'extremely tired'. Another way to say the same thing would be 'shattered'. When was a time when you were dead on your feet, Catherine?

I built some garden furniture quite recently, and it took me all day, and I was dead on my feet when I finished. Now, we had motto. Now, a motto is a short phrase which reflects the beliefs of an organization or person. So, Dan, what's your personal motto?

'Take the path of least resistance'. What about you?

'Less is more'.

Ah! Good one. Then we had life expectancy. Life expectacy is how many years a person is likely to live. What do you think's a good life expectancy for a person?

I'm hoping to get to about 85 and then I'd like a sort of, quick exit because I think it's probably not much fun after that. Then, we had equitable. Equitable means 'being fair or impartial' and it comes from the word 'equal'. So, Dan, personal question. Would you say that your marriage is equitable?

I'd like to think so, yes. I do the cooking, my wife does the cleaning, and we share the other jobs. 

We'll have to get Mrs. Dan in to give her opinion. 

After that we heard obesity. Obesity describes a state of being very overweight. It's a medical term and is often used in connection with health problems. The report said that the UK has an obesity problem, Catherine. How do you think we can solve it?

I think we need a sugar tax and everybody should walk to work. Finally we had binge. To binge is to consume a large amount of something in a short space of time, especially something that you don't usually have. And these days we hear a lot about binge drinking, binge eating and binge watching. So, Dan, when did you last binge watch a series on TV?

Oh, it's Game of Thrones, isn't it? Series one, series two, series three. Back to back. 

Back to back binging. Brilliant. 

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