No fear

Feifei Hello, and welcome to The English We Speak… I’m Feifei… Argh!

Rob
And I ‘m Rob. Ah Halloween! I love Halloween, Feifei. Are you looking forward to trick or treating?

Feifei
No fear!

Rob No fear? You mean ‘yes fear!’ Halloween’s all about fear!

Feifei That’s what I don’t like about it.

Rob What’s not to like? There’s ghosts and witches and jack-o’-lanterns! Come on, Feifei! Get on your broomstick and let’s go!

Feifei No fear, Rob!

Rob Why do you keep saying ‘no fear’, Feifei? You’re kind of missing the point.

Feifei No, you are missing the point, Rob. ‘No fear’ is an expression which actually means ‘certainly not’, ‘no way’.

Rob Ah, I get it. So by saying ‘no fear’, you mean ‘absolutely not’.

Feifei That’s right. Let’s hear some examples before my legs turn to jelly.

Examples A: Fancy that Justin Bieber concert? B: No fear! I can’t stand him.

A: Why don’t we stay in tonight and watch golf on the TV. B: Golf?! No fear. I’d do anything other than watch golf.

Feifei This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. We’re learning the expression ‘no fear’, which means ‘absolutely not’, ‘no way’.

Rob So come on Feifei, fear is fun. Let’s go trick or treating!

Feifei No fear, Rob!

Rob Yes fear!

Feifei No fear! Actually, Rob, what’s that thing… behind you?

Rob
What thing?

Feifei Don’t move but it’s just… reaching out a bony hand and… about to touch your shoulder…

Rob
I’m outta here. Argh!

Feifei
Well, at least that gets me out of Halloween for another year. Bye!