The English We Speak: Cook

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speak where we're explained. Fraises used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them as well. I'm Fae-Fae and I'm joined by Beth. Hello Beth. Hi Fae. I learnt a new phrase recently. My friend said, let her cook. Interesting. Were you in the kitchen? No. I was telling a long story. Am I friend kept saying to my other friends, let her cook. And what does it mean? Well, in modern

slang it means someone is doing well at something and that you should let them continue until the end of what they're doing. I see, so when your friend said let her cook, they meant don't interrupt she is doing great. Let her keep going. It's really funny a friend of mine starred, likes telling really long jokes sometimes it takes days, but we know he's really good, so we

Let him cook. Days. Wow. Well, let's listen to more examples of cook.

I've been decorating my house for ages, and now it's really coming together. We're really cooking now. In the meeting, Barry was speaking for about 10 minutes when it really should have been about two, but we just let him cook.

He had so many good ideas. I've never seen anyone play that well in their first game. You might have noticed that we had examples there with cooking and cooked rather than let them cook. And it can be used as a verb in this way too.

And remember, using cook with this meeting is casual. It's often used in a playful and supportive way when speaking with friends or on social media, but you wouldn't use it at work. I think you've been cooking in this episode, Fei Fei. Thanks.

We'll be back next time with another useful English phrase. See you soon. Bye!