Name: Mardy: The English We Speak
Uploaded: 2018-09-04T10:29:34.000Z
Duration: 2 min 24 s
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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.

I mean, why are you looking so... grumpy?

Moody! There's nothing wrong. This is my normal face.

Why are you throwing so many insults at me?

Oh, come on, you do look a bit bad-tempered.

Oh, great! Then I can describe you as mardy.

It's not an insult - but 'mardy' does describe someone who's in a bad mood, moans a lot and gets annoyed easily.

So, thanks for demonstrating that, Feifei!

There are no desks for Pedro to work at today, so he has to sit on the sofa - no wonder he's so mardy.

My boyfriend is always so mardy - nothing seems to please him. Maybe I shouldn't have come home drunk last night!

I only had four hours sleep last night and I'm really mardy today.

This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the word 'mardy', which describes someone in a bad mood.

You're going to have to record this programme again.

You forgot to explain that 'mardy' also describes someone who is sulky or grumpy.

I'm not going to start this programme again - I'm too busy.

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Mardy: The English We Speak

awkward

demonstrate

describe

insult