Miffed: The English We Speak - YouTube
Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English
We Speak. I'm Feifei.
Rob: And I'm Rob.
Feifei: So, Rob, you don't look so happy!
Rob: I'm… ok.
Feifei: I thought you were off to a rock
concert for your birthday this weekend.
Rob: Yeah, I was. I love rock music.
Feifei: Oh. What happened?
Rob: Well, I booked my ticket a month
ago. It wasn't cheap. Three of my friends
said they were coming too. But they just
told me they forgot to book the tickets, and
now there are none left.
Feifei: What a pain. I'm sorry.
Rob: Yeah, I'm a bit miffed.
Feifei: I'm not surprised. Err, Rob, sorry to
mention this while you're feeling upset…
Rob: Yes…?
Feifei: Do you mind if I use ‘miffed' as our
word today?
Rob: Yeah, OK then.
Feifei: OK, so as you might have worked
out, to feel ‘miffed' is to feel frustrated or annoyed, usually because of the
behaviour of other people. It's what Rob is
feeling right now, because his friends
didn't book tickets to a concert with him.
Let's just give him a minute, while we
listen to these examples.
You know what? I've been working really
late all week to finish this proposal, but
my boss hasn't said a word of thanks.
Yeah, you could say I'm pretty miffed.
Laura met this guy on holiday. She told
me he was really special, and that they
seemed serious about each other. But he
hasn't called in weeks. She's really miffed
about it.
You'd think that when you order a
vegetarian pizza, it would come without
meat. No wonder Martin was miffed when
it arrived with ham on it!
Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
BBC Learning English.
So, feeling any better yet, Rob?
Rob: Well, I just got a message. Get this:
apparently my friends were joking.
Feifei: Err, I knew.
Rob: What?
Feifei: Well, I told them to say that, so we
had the opportunity to talk about ‘miffed'.
Rob: Seriously?
Feifei: Yeah, you don't mind, do you?
Rob: Of course I mind. You made me feel,
well… miffed!
Feifei: Sorry about that.
Rob: And I'm miffed with you now!
Feifei: Rob, you know what?
Rob: What?
Feifei: I got a ticket too. It is your birthday
after all - I wouldn't miss it!
Rob: Really? OK, all is forgiven!
Feifei: Bye.
Rob: Bye.
