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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. Rosie and I are doing a salsa class tonight. It's my favourite Latin American dance and I love the music. |
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Yes, and it's not easy. One, two, three. Oh, I'm not very good yet. I'm still finding my feet. |
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You're still finding your feet? No wonder you're so bad. How can you dance if you don't know where your feet are? |
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I do know where my feet are, Helen. When you say you're finding your feet in English, it means you're becoming confident at something. |
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So if I say I'm still finding my feet, it means I'm still getting used to a new situation, which might not have anything to do with feet? |
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That's right. And when you say you've found your feet, it means you've become familiar with a situation. |
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Let's have a look at some examples then. |
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Lauren has only been at her new job for four days, so she's still finding her feet. |
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My daughter started secondary school two weeks ago. She's already found her feet. She's made loads of new friends and really likes her teachers. |
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I've been living in Egypt for a year but I still can't speak Arabic very well. I'm sure you'll find your feet soon. |
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So finding your feet has nothing to do with your actual feet. You can use it when you start a new job or when you're doing something new. |
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That's right. And I feel like I'm getting quite good at salsa now. |
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Really? It looks like you're still finding your feet. |
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I might ask someone to dance with me, Helen. That guy over there is pretty good. |
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Hi, would you like to dance? |
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Oh, OK. |
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Oooooh this is fun. One, two, three. |
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Oops |
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Sorry. Did I step on your foot? |
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Ouch. |
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It looks like Rosie's doing more than finding her feet. She's finding other people's feet and stepping on them too. |