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Conversation Skills: DON'T BE SHY!
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βοΈ #Idiom
β° it's high time
π‘ Meaning:
If you say it's high time something was done, you think it should have been done already, and is overdue.
π For example:
π―It's high time Mick got a real job. He's been wasting his time singing in that Rolling Stones band for too long.
π―It's high time you started looking after your body. You're not a teenager any more, you know!
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β° it's high time
π‘ Meaning:
If you say it's high time something was done, you think it should have been done already, and is overdue.
π For example:
π―It's high time Mick got a real job. He's been wasting his time singing in that Rolling Stones band for too long.
π―It's high time you started looking after your body. You're not a teenager any more, you know!
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π #Phrasal_Verb
β³οΈ hang out (2)
INFORMAL
π Meaning:
π For example:
πΊ hang out
After school, most of the kids hang out in front of the mall.
πΊ be hanging out
I'm worried about my son. He's started hanging out with kids who smoke and drink.
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β³οΈ hang out (2)
INFORMAL
π Meaning:
to spend time in a certain place, or with certain people
π For example:
πΊ hang out
After school, most of the kids hang out in front of the mall.
πΊ be hanging out
I'm worried about my son. He's started hanging out with kids who smoke and drink.
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Do you ever feel deflated ? π
If you feel deflated, you may feel sad, with low energy, and just emotionally drained.
It can also mean you are feeling unconfident and unmotivated, perhaps you recieved some criticism.
You may feel deflated after a long day at work and your boss criticised you.
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If you feel deflated, you may feel sad, with low energy, and just emotionally drained.
It can also mean you are feeling unconfident and unmotivated, perhaps you recieved some criticism.
You may feel deflated after a long day at work and your boss criticised you.
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β³οΈ #video
β΄οΈ #idiom
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π£ #Pronunciation
β³οΈ Sofa
βοΈ= a long upholstered seat with a back and arms, for two or more people.
πΉ βHe sat on the comfy sofa".
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β³οΈ Sofa
βοΈ= a long upholstered seat with a back and arms, for two or more people.
πΉ βHe sat on the comfy sofa".
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π£ #Pronunciation
β΄οΈ Talk
- we donβt pronounce the βLβ itβs just a long vowel sound.
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β΄οΈ Talk
- we donβt pronounce the βLβ itβs just a long vowel sound.
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π§ Eye Surgery
#Podcast_Transcript #pod #audio
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Mike talks about his eye surgery and what happens to vision after an operation.
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πΊπΈTodd: OK, Mike you mentioned that you had eye surgery, so when you had your eye surgery, could you see after your operation?
π¨π¦Mike: Well, that's.. no, I couldn't because I can't see anything out of my left eye, so when I had the operation on my right eye - once you have surgery inside your eye - now this is different surgery from the kind of surgery you get to clear your vision. These days everybody gets laser surgery to clear up their vision. It's completely different. It's operating inside the eye. After that, your eye gets filled with blood from the surgery. It bleeds inside your eye.
Todd: Ooh!
Mike: Yeah. Well, it's normal, so but because of the blood, you have inside your eye, there's something called vitreous fluid. It's the fluid that's in your eye, and that eye becomes so filled with blood. There's so much blood covering it. You can't see. Your eye is like being in a very thick fog patch. You just can't see anything. So I took about two months for that blood to clear out of the eye, and for two months basically I was almost completely blind.
Todd: Whoa!
Mike: Yeah.
Todd: So, when you mean blind, you said it was like fog so was it like a white blindness or a black blindness?
Mike: No, it was white.
Todd: It was white?
Mike: And in fact, it's kind of weird. It's kind of weird to describe but when I saw... The first, I guess, the first two or three weeks, a couple of things happened. The first two or three weeks I couldn't see anything because the blood was completely inside the eye. Sometimes what happens though happens though is the blood, because you are sitting up, the blood drains down into the bottom of your eye and then you can see more and more gradually, but then at night you go to sleep and then you wake up the next day and the blood is all, makes stuff in your eye and then you are back to square one.
Todd: Oh, man.
Mike: Yeah, so that was kind of harsh.
Todd: So, how did you get around? Who took care of you?
Mike: My mom. My mom and my brother actually. They came and they were helping me out a lot. I mean I have to thank them so much. I still do but, yeah they were golden. They were taking me everywhere and guiding me around and taking me to places and doing things and yeah, fantastic.
Todd: Well, you have a good family.
Mike: I have a great family.
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π¨π¦Mike: Well, that's.. no, I couldn't because I can't see anything out of my left eye, so when I had the operation on my right eye - once you have surgery inside your eye - now this is different surgery from the kind of surgery you get to clear your vision. These days everybody gets laser surgery to clear up their vision. It's completely different. It's operating inside the eye. After that, your eye gets filled with blood from the surgery. It bleeds inside your eye.
Todd: Ooh!
Mike: Yeah. Well, it's normal, so but because of the blood, you have inside your eye, there's something called vitreous fluid. It's the fluid that's in your eye, and that eye becomes so filled with blood. There's so much blood covering it. You can't see. Your eye is like being in a very thick fog patch. You just can't see anything. So I took about two months for that blood to clear out of the eye, and for two months basically I was almost completely blind.
Todd: Whoa!
Mike: Yeah.
Todd: So, when you mean blind, you said it was like fog so was it like a white blindness or a black blindness?
Mike: No, it was white.
Todd: It was white?
Mike: And in fact, it's kind of weird. It's kind of weird to describe but when I saw... The first, I guess, the first two or three weeks, a couple of things happened. The first two or three weeks I couldn't see anything because the blood was completely inside the eye. Sometimes what happens though happens though is the blood, because you are sitting up, the blood drains down into the bottom of your eye and then you can see more and more gradually, but then at night you go to sleep and then you wake up the next day and the blood is all, makes stuff in your eye and then you are back to square one.
Todd: Oh, man.
Mike: Yeah, so that was kind of harsh.
Todd: So, how did you get around? Who took care of you?
Mike: My mom. My mom and my brother actually. They came and they were helping me out a lot. I mean I have to thank them so much. I still do but, yeah they were golden. They were taking me everywhere and guiding me around and taking me to places and doing things and yeah, fantastic.
Todd: Well, you have a good family.
Mike: I have a great family.
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π§Learn vocabulary from the lesson!
βͺοΈClear your vision
This is different surgery from the kind of surgery you get to clear your vision.
'Clear your vision' means improve your eyesight so that you can see better. Notice the following:
β«οΈThe laser eye surgery has really cleared my vision, and I am very happy with the results.
β«οΈThere are lots of things that you can do to clear you vision these days.
βͺοΈLaser surgery
These days everybody gets laser surgery to clear their vision.
'Laser surgery' is a type of medical procedure that is very accurate. The surgeons use lasers, instead of metal tools, to complete the surgery. Benefits to laser surgery are that it doesn't leave scars, and it is very precise. Notice the following:
β«οΈNew technology has made laser surgery accessible to lots of people.
β«οΈI think I would like to have laser surgery if my eyesight ever started to fail.
βͺοΈA very thick fog patch
Your eye is like being in a very thick fog patch.
A 'very thick fog patch' is a misty area in the eye that is hard to see through. Fog is like a cloud really close to the ground. Notice the following:
β«οΈShe is complaining of a very thick fog patch in her eye.
β«οΈSometimes as people get older they can start to develop a very thick fog patch in the eye, and this affects their vision.
βͺοΈBack to square one
You wake up the next day and the blood makes stuff in your eye and then you are back to square one.
'Back to square one' means that you have to go back to the beginning and start again. Notice the following:
β«οΈI dropped the pan, and I was back to square one and had to start dinner all over again.
β«οΈWhen I failed my exams, I felt as though I was back to square one.
βͺοΈThey were golden
My mom and my brother helped me out a lot and they were golden.
'They were golden' means that they were nice, good and extremely valuable people. Notice the following:
β«οΈI had so many great friends at school. They were golden.
β«οΈMy whole family was golden when I got injured. They helped me out so much.
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β³οΈ #Idiom
βͺοΈClear your vision
This is different surgery from the kind of surgery you get to clear your vision.
'Clear your vision' means improve your eyesight so that you can see better. Notice the following:
β«οΈThe laser eye surgery has really cleared my vision, and I am very happy with the results.
β«οΈThere are lots of things that you can do to clear you vision these days.
βͺοΈLaser surgery
These days everybody gets laser surgery to clear their vision.
'Laser surgery' is a type of medical procedure that is very accurate. The surgeons use lasers, instead of metal tools, to complete the surgery. Benefits to laser surgery are that it doesn't leave scars, and it is very precise. Notice the following:
β«οΈNew technology has made laser surgery accessible to lots of people.
β«οΈI think I would like to have laser surgery if my eyesight ever started to fail.
βͺοΈA very thick fog patch
Your eye is like being in a very thick fog patch.
A 'very thick fog patch' is a misty area in the eye that is hard to see through. Fog is like a cloud really close to the ground. Notice the following:
β«οΈShe is complaining of a very thick fog patch in her eye.
β«οΈSometimes as people get older they can start to develop a very thick fog patch in the eye, and this affects their vision.
βͺοΈBack to square one
You wake up the next day and the blood makes stuff in your eye and then you are back to square one.
'Back to square one' means that you have to go back to the beginning and start again. Notice the following:
β«οΈI dropped the pan, and I was back to square one and had to start dinner all over again.
β«οΈWhen I failed my exams, I felt as though I was back to square one.
βͺοΈThey were golden
My mom and my brother helped me out a lot and they were golden.
'They were golden' means that they were nice, good and extremely valuable people. Notice the following:
β«οΈI had so many great friends at school. They were golden.
β«οΈMy whole family was golden when I got injured. They helped me out so much.
βββββββββββ
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Conversation Skills β How to avoid a conversation!
What if you DONβT want to have a conversation? How can you STOP talking with someone annoying? What can you do to AVOID talking with people? Watch this lesson to learn the WORST social conversation skills! If you want to improve your English conversation skills, donβt follow ANY of the tips in this lesson
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What if you DONβT want to have a conversation? How can you STOP talking with someone annoying? What can you do to AVOID talking with people? Watch this lesson to learn the WORST social conversation skills! If you want to improve your English conversation skills, donβt follow ANY of the tips in this lesson
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