Beth Welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Beth.
Feifei And I’m Feifei.
Beth We have an expression that means relax, and often celebrate, particularly after a time of stress or pressure and the phrase is ’let loose'.
Feifei Hmm, loose is the opposite of tight. So, ’let loose’? Beth, can you give us an example?
Beth Yes, well Feifei, I know you’ve been training for a marathon recently, and you’ve been eating very healthily. But I imagine that once the run is done, you’ll let loose and maybe have some unhealthy food?
Feifei Absolutely! I’ve been craving chocolate but haven’t had any for a few months!
Beth And speaking of food, I recently worked with some actors, and, after we wrapped on filming, we all let loose and celebrated by ordering pizzas!
Feifei Don’t talk about pizza. I haven’t had one for ages!
Beth Sorry. Let’s hear some more examples.
Examples After his exams were done, he could finally celebrate and let loose.
You always dress so smartly. Let loose! Jeans are much comfier than those suit trousers.
After months of being on a diet, I let loose on holiday and had a few ice creams.
Feifei You’re listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we’re learning the expression ’let loose’, which is a way of saying relax, often with a celebration.
Beth Now, you can let loose, but you can also let a person loose, and that has a different meaning! If you let someone, or something, loose, you give them freedom.
Feifei Like how I let you loose on that video we’ve been filming. It’s crazy. I think we need to film again!
Beth Yes, maybe… let’s go then!
Feifei Bye!