“without further ado”

[Bhikkhu1991a]

Hello,


What does “without further adieu” mean in the excerpted transcript?

According to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, “adieu” means “goodbye”, and the familiar idiom is “without further/more ado”. Thus, I can’t figure out which one to choose.

Here is an excerpt from the transcript:

Listening Comprehension Transcript

...assistant at Tech University for four years. She got her first head coaching job at Valley State, which she led to the league championship before moving to Hickstown U, where she's gone 64-18 and won two league titles the past three seasons. So, without further adieu, I'll turn the microphone over to MaryAnn to answer your questions.

TOEIC listening: Sports club executive introduces new basketball coach

TOEIC listening part IV, set 6, exercise 7

http://www.english-test.net/toeic/listening/sports_club_executive_introduces_new_basketball_coach.html

Thank you.

Best wishes,
Bhikkhu1991a.

[Alan]

Hi,

The expression is 'without further ado'. This means 'without any more delay'.

Alan
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[Torsten]

Hi, many thanks for pointing this out. I've made the correction.

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