Charles Saumarez-Smith is the director of the National Gallery in London. The gallery is home to one of the greatest collections of Western European paintings in the world.

In this edition of People and Places, we go with Charles for a walk around the lively London streets of Soho and Covent Garden. Why? Well, this summer, the National Gallery is putting 44 life-size, framed paintings on the walls of alleyways, shops and restaurants.

Find out why! And you can find out more about the language of this week's programme, below.

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	Taking art to the streets of London

Vocabulary from the programme

to be honest
this expression indicates that what you are about to say, you really mean

i.e.
an abbreviation of 'that is to say' or 'in other words'

to be inhibited about something
to be shy about something

in inverted commas
you can use this expression to highlight the fact that you are giving just one view of something

an amalgamation
the result of putting things together, of combining them

the best of the best
the very, very best!

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