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Sorting out movie night B1

You're trying to get a film going for the evening, but the stream keeps stopping to load.

stream — watch/listen online without downloadingWe just stream everything now, we haven't got a telly aerial.

log out — sign yourself off an accountMake sure you log out if you're on a shared computer.

buffer B2 — video keeps pausing to loadIt keeps buffering every two minutes, it's doing my head in.

The film won't play smoothly

A: Right, shall we just stream something tonight? I can't be bothered going out.

B: Go on then. Stick the new thriller on.

A: Hang on, it keeps buffering. It's stopped again.

B: The wifi's rubbish tonight. Give it a sec to load.

A: There it goes. Finally.

Wrong account logged in

A: It says I've hit my limit — oh, it's logged into your account.

B: Log out of mine and sign in with yours then.

A: Done. Right, it's streaming properly now, no stopping.

B: Brilliant. Pass the popcorn.

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