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Hi, I'm Helen, and welcome to The English We Speak. Sorry, I'll be with you in a minute, Chris. I'm just on the phone to Rob. |
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Sure. |
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Rob, do you need me to come and record with you in the studio this afternoon? |
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No, don't worry. I've got Neil coming over to record with me.Everything's hunky-dory. |
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Everything's what? |
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Gotta go. Speak to you later, bye. |
[00:21.48] |
OK, b-, oh, he hung up. |
[00:25.38] |
Having a busy day, Helen? |
[00:27.17] |
Yes, it's been so busy. I've got to move all these boxes. How's your day going? |
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No problems really. I've finished my script and I've already recorded another programme with Rosie. I'm hunky-dory. |
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Hunky-dory? That's what Rob just said to me. Neither of you is very hunky though. |
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What?! Well, hunky means muscular doesn't it? Well yes, hunky is a slang word for describing someone who is muscular. |
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So, you're not telling the truth when you say, I'm hunky… Dory. My name is not Dory though. Why do you call me that? |
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I wasn't lying and saying "I'm hunky", and I wasn't calling you "Dory" either. The phrase hunky-dory doesn't have anything to do with being muscular. It's an informal way of saying something's fine or satisfactory. |
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Ohhhh. It's a bit of a strange phrase though. Yes, it is. No one really knows where it comes from, other than it's believed to be an American phrase. I see. So how can you use it? |
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Well, here are some examples. |
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I was really worried I'd lost her, but everything's hunky-dory now. She was waiting for me by the car. |
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Our washing machine broke last night. An engineer is coming to take a look at it today, so it should be hunky-dory soon. |
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So you can use hunky-dory as an informal way to say that a situation is fine. |
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Now I understand. Well, sadly nothing is hunky-dory for me. I've got all these boxes to move. |
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Is that why you invited me here? |
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Maybe? |
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Hmm right then, let's get on with it. Right, where do you want them? Just over there, thanks. |
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OK. Haha. My work will soon be done. |