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Hi, I'm Neil and this is Helen. |
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Hello. |
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What's wrong Helen? You're looking rather sheepish. |
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Sheepish? Like a sheep? I know my jumper is quite woolly. |
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No, I don't mean you look like a sheep. I mean you look sheepish, which is quite different. |
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Of course, looking like a sheep and looking sheepish are two totally different things, obviously. |
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Yes. If I say you look like a sheep, it means, well, you look like a sheep. |
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But if I say you look sheepish, it means you look embarrassed or ashamed about something. |
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To look sheepish means you look embarrassed or ashamed, like you've done something wrong or silly? |
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Yes. |
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Ah, yes. |
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Listen to some examples. |
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Tom walked into the room looking sheepish. |
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Emily grinned sheepishly as she closed the door behind her. |
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James gave her a sheepish look. |
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So, come on Helen, why are you looking sheepish today? |
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Ah, well. |
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Yes? |
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Well, you know that book you lent me? |
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You mean my favourite book of all time, the original edition of The Private lives of the Greatest Cats in History? |
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Yes. |
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OK Helen, now you're looking very sheepish indeed, so you'd better hurry up and tell me what happened to it. |
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I dropped it. |
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You dropped it? Well I hope it's not damaged, otherwise I'll have to... |
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In the river. |
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In the river. You dropped it in the river. |
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It was carried away, I couldn't get it out. |
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Oh no. |
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I'm so sorry. That's why I am looking sheepish. |
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You should be looking even more sheepish than that. In fact, I expect you to look sheepish for several days. |
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It was the best book in the world! "Sheepish" doesn't do it justice... |