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hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia
the weekly series where you ask me
questions and I answer them
maybe first question this week comes
from ghoul hi ghoul glow sent us hi
Alicia what is the correct pronunciation
of s and th sounds when they come one
after another especially when we talk
fast for example it's 3 p.m. here is the
thing is that possible he is thin could
you please pronounce these sentences
sure yeah this is a tough one so when
we're speaking quickly we make the S
sound as short as possible sometimes
it's just ants and we drop the it sound
like in its sometimes it turns into a Z
sound so I'll say these sentences at
regular pace it's 3 p.m. it's 3 p.m.
he's thin he's thin he's thin here's the
thing here's the thing here's the thing
is that possible is that possible is
that possible so we're not pronouncing
all the sounds clearly in that last
example is that possible becomes is that
possible is that possible it's like a Z
sound everything gets combined into
there so in the first example sentence
it's a quick soft S sound it's 3:00 p.m.
we're not exaggerating the th sound so
much there it's like the th sound
happens but the tongue doesn't come out
between our teeth he's thin thin thin so
I hope that helps you next question the
next question comes from Maxim
Romanovich hi Maxim Maxim says hi Alicia
nice day isn't it indeed about two weeks
ago I started learning English by
watching serials without translation in
my own language is it normal that
recently I started to notice I could
talk in English to myself about a
half-an-hour am I getting crazy with
English thanks for sending this no
that's awesome I think that's really
cool umm sometimes you guys do send your
comments like oh wow I can understand
things now or I can use English more
than I could before so I don't think
that's weird at all I think that's great
I think that's just
proof that's evident that your
dedication and your studies are paying
off in other words you're making
progress so I think that's great so
thanks very much for sharing this
comment and good luck in your continued
studies it sounds like you're enjoying
yourself that's awesome
great thanks very much for sending this
let's go on to the next question next
question comes from soo Miah abdullah hi
soo Miah
soo Miah says hi I have a question what
is the difference between portal and
date Oh interesting question okay
portal portal is something used in like
science fiction stories we use portal in
science fiction stories and you might
sometimes see this on the Internet as
like a hub a web hub for something but
portal is used to refer to like a gate
between dimensions it's like a special
kind of like dimensional gate so portal
is not commonly used in everyday speech
maybe some of you have played the game
portal that was a really popular game
where you had a gun and you could shoot
the gun like on a wall and a portal
would open here you could shoot another
portal on another wall and walk through
it so it's like some kind of dimensional
like sci-fi word gates however is the
much more commonly used word we use gate
to talk about this like entrance to a
house or to someone's yard or so a
garden for example so a gate is much
much more common we see them in our
neighborhoods in our cities all the time
so typically in most situations I think
Gate is the better word portal is like a
science fiction kind of gate it's
usually like the image is like a circle
gate is like something that swinging is
open something like this I hope that
helps you interesting questions thanks
very much
next question next question comes from
one punch in Taiwan punk punk punk says
hey Leisha could you please clarify the
phrase we got you back I came across
this expression on my email from my bank
it said we've got you back on fraud I
want you to check does your email say
we've got your back or we got you back
these are very different expressions so
I'll explain first the expression we've
got we have got your back means we
support you
we've got your back imagine like a
friend watches your back a friend is
behind you watching your back
the back side of your body like to
protect you to make sure nothing bad
happens to you so when someone is
watching your back to say I've got your
back something like that means I support
you I'm looking out for you I'm trying
to protect you
however we got you back we got you back
means we got revenge on you for
something you did something bad in the
past and someone got you back means they
got revenge on you someone took revenge
for something bad in the past so we've
got your back and we got you back are
very very different expressions I think
your bank is probably saying we've got
your back in regard to fraud in other
words the bank is trying to protect you
if you want to use this expression in
everyday life like a friend is going to
do something difficult or dangerous you
can say I've I have I've got your back
sometimes we also make it more casual we
drop half there and say I got your back
I got your back meaning I support you I
am looking out for you
interesting question thanks very much
for asking let's go on to the next
question next question comes from Ronald
Royce high Reynolds round says one how
to study new words and remember them two
how to speak in an American accent
number one how to study words and
remember them to study words and
remember them you could try using a
vocabulary flashcard tool like unki unki
is a great flashcard tool it's a
computer-based tool so that's great for
flashcards I think you can download sets
of flashcards to help you study
vocabulary words and expressions other
things you can do once you've practiced
those words make sure you use them so
use the words right with the words speak
with the words so don't just input input
input but create using those new words -
how to speak with an American accent
practice speaking with an American
accent that's what I did when I was
growing up and that's what speakers all
over the world do to gain their accents
they practice speaking using that accent
so if you want to speak with an American
accent I would say practice speaking
with an American accent I have an
American accent so if you want to
practice speaking you can try to
practice speaking like me if you want to
if you want to get some ideas about
American accents you can check the
English topics series on this channel
where you can see Michael Davey and of
course me I'm talking in English but in
a more casual setting so you can get an
idea of how our accent sound in everyday
conversation so if you want to see what
an American accent sounds like and use
that as a way to practice your speech
you can check that out for sure those
are all the questions that I have for
this week thank you as always for
sending your questions - remember to
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watching this week's episode of ask
Alicia and I will see you again next
week bye hi everybody welcome back to
cop words my name is Alisha and today
we're gonna talk about ten different
ways to remember words so these are
actually some ways to remember words
that you have sent in to us so I'm
really excited to see what your
recommendations are I study other
languages so let's talk about it let's
see I associate new words with words
that sound similar in my native language
if you're studying English your native
language might share some words so like
I'm studying Japanese and for example
the word chocolate sounds very very
similar in in Japanese so in English the
word is chocolate in Japanese the word
is choco doodle so it sounds similar so
that's an easy word for me to remember I
learn about the roots of words and how
different words are related to each
other many words in English have roots
in very very old languages like Latin so
a word like omniscient for example can
be broken down into maybe two parts
the Omni Omni meaning all or everything
and she int the shins part relates to
knowledge or knowing so together the
word means all-knowing omniscient maybe
you can guess the meaning even if it's
the first time you've seen the word okay
I listen to songs and memorize the
lyrics this is also a common way to to
help kids learn things too through songs
opposite of B plus or minus the square
root b squared minus 4ac all over 2a
it's a quadratic function equation
because it's a song it's still in my
head Thank You mrs. Sam I often watch TV
or YouTube videos that are designed for
young children that's how children in
the native language learn so it's a
great tool for you don't be embarrassed
to do that I do that in English we have
Dora the Explorer
we have Sesame Street I speak as often
as possible with native speakers a
native speaker can go up that's that's a
strange thing that you're saying so
there are a lot of small factors that
you can't get unless you're speaking
with a native speaker so this is a
really really great tip if you're
interested in doing this with us we have
on English class 101.com a special
subscription which is called the Elise
level of subscription where you get to
actually study with one of our teachers
here so if if you don't have somebody
that you can study with now that might
be a way to do it please check that out
if you're interested I try to use the
language routinely in the context of
daily life when you're alone just doing
stuff at home like making breakfast or
cooking or doing the laundry if you use
the language just to say like now I'm
going to I don't know cut vegetables or
oh I need to do laundry later today or
thinking about your appointment whatever
another good example is really I put my
phone into my target language you're
telling little stories when you're
having conversations with people so get
used to telling yourself the story I use
repetition reading writing and speaking
words over and over again keep repeating
in your studies even if it feels like
you know you're not making any progress
you are just just the act of doing that
repetition can be helpful for you if a
football player never throws a football
he's not going to be able to throw it
very well
is he you have to repeat repeat repeat
and then when you're faced with the
actual situation where you need to throw
the football you need to use that
vocabulary word you're ready you already
know how to say the word so yes repeat
it's good I try to think in English so
it becomes natural to my thought process
I do this I think about what I need to
do I think about what I have done I
think about what I'm going to do and so
in that way you can practice past tense
future tense and present tense recently
this has been happening to me I've
started dreaming in Japanese from time
to time where I dream bilingually it's
exciting I think I try to use the word
in a simple sentence so I learn whole
phrases not just individual words yes
this is a huge tip so vocabulary is
important of course if you don't know a
key word you might miss the meaning of
something but context is important too
so there might be two words which seem
very similar like big and large for
example but when should I use large when
should I use big like if your clothes
shopping and you say mmm do you have
this in a big size it might not be the
correct way to use the word instead do
you have this in a large size is the
correct phrase so learning how to use
the correct vocabulary word at the
correct time is important and you can do
that through studying sentences and
phrases instead of just vocabulary this
is why reading is important I feel
reading as much as possible especially
the newspaper helps me to remember words
when I was a kid I just read everything
I was I was so into reading I loved it
and I think that it helped it actually
helped my language skills improve even
in my native language again at first
it's really hard to do and you might
have to use a dictionary a lot but
you'll learn gradually more natural
speaking patterns more natural writing
patterns too which will help you to
sound more natural when you speak and
maybe he can help your listening skills
too when you can listen for those
patterns that you see in textbooks that
you see in newspapers and novels
whatever it's a great tool reading and
thank goodness that's the end so those
are 10 tips that you can use to remember
new words and new phrases try them out
I'm going to be doing my best with my
target language I hope that you do too
thank you very much for watching please
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the bathroom hi everybody my name is
Alisha today we're gonna be talking
about the top 10 favorite English words
we asked our fans on Facebook what their
favourite English words were and these
are the top 10 that came out so let's
talk about them come on the first word
first phrase is come on come on is a
phrase that's used to encourage other
people like let's go to the party come
on or you could also use it with
downward intonation as in come on when
you feel upset about something
someone has stopped in front of you in
the middle of the street and you're
trying to walk but they they just don't
move you can say come on though don't
say that out loud maybe because they
might get upset with you come on over
that's a good one yeah come on over to
my house or come on over to the barbecue
this weekend it's gonna be a good time
so you can use it as part of its
separate phrase as well not just by
itself believe the next word is belief
belief is used a verb it's a verb when
you trust in something or that you feel
that you know that something exists or
something is possible or something is
capable many people use it as in like I
believe in you to show that they think
that the other person or the other group
of people is capable of doing something
or people use it for their faith as well
like I believe in God or I don't believe
in God
for something that youth you have your
faith in and another person or in
religion whatever that might be
consistency consistency is a noun the
consistency of a liquid can be really
thick or kind of thin or you can also
use consistency to talk about something
that's important that you need when
you're studying a language for example
consistency so consistency refers to
doing the same thing the same way over
and over and over again studying every
day or making a habit out of studying
creating consistency in your study
patterns will really help you in
learning another language and watch our
videos every week we're consistent
friend-friend that's good I'm glad that
that was a word that was chosen from the
Facebook thing friend yeah so someone
that you feel close to or someone that
you get along really well with is your
friend mmm in a sentence
I went out drinking with my friends
yesterday and that was a bad idea
friend also can be used for the people
who follow you or the people who you're
connected to on social media so your
Facebook friends maybe Twitter you can
have Twitter friends maybe Instagram
friends people that you haven't actually
met but that you somehow have a
connection with online people are now
calling them your friends but whether or
not they're true friends remains to be
seen what is a true friend a true friend
is someone who you can tell all your
things - and they won't judge you for it
gatecrash this this gatecrash means to
go to an event without having been
invited to the event I've also heard
just crash I haven't heard it with gate
but I just heard crash isn't to crash a
party so in a sentence
I once crashed a house party hmm I
wasn't invited but someone somehow we
had a connection and we just showed up
and had a good time but usually gate
crashes are perceived as their very
unwelcome like you shouldn't be there
great great is just a positive word how
are you I'm great
Oh how was that movie it was great any
time that you want to express some sort
of positivity you could use the word
great great you're great Eileen pizza is
pretty great I haven't eaten beads in a
while Pizza I don't know I love the
phrase I don't know I talked about this
phrase in one of the English topics
videos that we did with Michael we'll
check that out if you haven't already I
don't know of course is used when you do
not know information you don't know the
answer your teacher asks you a question
in math class or something and you can
say I don't know for I have no ideas so
you can use it in this way but I like to
use I don't know a lot to transition in
my speech when I don't have a good idea
or when I'm out of things to say and I
want to kind of pass the conversation to
the next person I go I don't know I
don't know you can use this when you're
trying to make a decision for example
and you kind of want to encourage the
other person to like help make the
decision so one person might say what do
you want to do and you can say I don't
know what do you want to do I don't know
what do you want to do and eventually
somebody has to make the decision but
you can kind of pass back and forth with
I don't know I don't know in this sort
of soft way never mind never mind means
don't worry
about it or maybe like stop thinking
about that I don't need to think about
that anymore never mind like you want to
move on in the conversation you can say
never mind are you making embarrassing
comment never mind what is happening
there was there's like a creaky cracky
thing happening I just used it never
mind no it wasn't on purpose so I just
use never mind I was pretty good passion
passion passion refers to something that
you feel very strongly about positively
usually so you can feel passion for your
studies you can feel passion for your
hobby you can feel passion for your
family or your friend I think we use
passion moreso to talk about like a love
relationship of a romantic relationship
so you could say I have passion for my
wife I have passion for my husband or
like I have passion for this hobby that
I do it's a really positive word so in a
sentence let's see I think a
relationship should be full of passion I
have passion for music I do I have
passion for music I'm constantly
listening to music from the moment I
wake up in the morning I literally have
headphones in in my bed and I'm
listening to my latest the latest new
things on my soundcloud stream that's
true sparkler why did you guys pick
spark sparkler a sparkler is a small
firework like a handheld firework that
you can use like a fourth of July you
light one end of it and it kind of makes
that sound to it cuz it kind of burns
and you can write stuff and if you take
a picture with a like a long time err on
the camera or whatever you can spell out
boobs one of my favorite things to do on
the 4th of July in America is to light
sparklers with my family and friends and
that's the end so that's were let's see
how many 10 those were 10 really cool
words that you guys chose from Facebook
thanks a lot for participating and
sending in those words it's interesting
to see what you guys chose thanks again
for watching today and we will see you
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the only thing I want for Christmas the
series to chill hi everybody welcome
back to ask Alicia the weekly series
where you ask me questions and I answer
them
maybe thanks very much as always for
submitting your questions remember you
can submit your questions to me at
English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia
first question question comes from Carla
hi Carla Carla asks how do you native
speakers use to have I have seen I've I
have got formal and informal sure we use
the verb to have for a lot of different
meaning there's a grammatical function
for the verb have when we pair it with
the past participle form of a verb like
I have plus past participle to make the
present perfect tense or I had plus past
participle to make the past perfect
tense so there's that kind of
grammatical function of the verb have
however if you just want to use the verb
have in everyday situations like I have
a phone or I have a camera or I don't
have any money for example then to have
in that case just means to own something
or to hold something to be keeping
something so please consider the
sentence that you're looking at with the
verb have in it if it comes before a
verb in the past participle it's
probably a past perfect or a present
perfect expression if you're seeing
something after the verb have like an
object in my examples like a phone or a
camera or money then it's probably
referring to owning something or keeping
something so those are probably two of
the most common ways that you'll see the
verb have and it's variations in at
least American English speech next
question the next person asks two
questions so the next two questions are
from SLR Ciotti where we're saya D I'm
sorry
question one from essa can you explain
through thorough though and thought they
sound similar yes indeed they do sound
similar and they even look similar in
writing for sure
however these words have different
meanings
and different functions in speech and in
writing let's look at through to begin
with though through means to pass into
something and to come out the other side
of something so for example to go
through a tunnel or if you're looking at
a document for example to go through a
document means to read through read all
of the content of the document from
beginning to end
so through something is to begin at
something and pass through all of the
content to pass through everything and
come come out the other side or to
complete something so we also use the
word through to mean finished in
American English like are you through
with dinner or I'm through with my
homework so through those are a couple
of different ways we use the word
through the second word thorough
thorough so different from through
thorough means comprehensive thorough
means completely thorough means well
done it has typically a positive meaning
so for example she was very thorough in
her explanation of the word through or
she was very thorough in her explanation
of the word thorough sorry she was very
thorough in her presentation meaning she
gave a lot of information in her
presentation thorough means well done
containing a lot of knowledge a lot of
information in something thorough so
please be thorough in completing your
homework or he wasn't very thorough in
cleaning his room so thorough means well
done completely done finished so
considering everything considering all
points of something even the small
details is considered thorough so we can
use thorough for presentations for
activities that require small details a
thorough safety check for example so
these are actions that are done
completely fully to the small details so
that's thorough next right here is
though though though you can think of
though in the same way you think of the
word but so it's used to contrast
information it's used to express a
difference in something so you could
follow someone's opinion with an
expression like though so for example I
think summer is the best season though
winter is pretty fun too
so you can think of though in the same
way as you think of but a though B so
you're presenting a
and then a contrasting opinion be and
you're connecting those two ideas with
though in the same way you would but so
though though although is similar we use
although and though and but in similar
ways what's the difference but is much
more casual and but is use much more in
casual conversation and everyday
conversation if you're writing a
document a formal document or if you're
making a formal statement you could use
though in place of but so though shows
contrasting information the last one on
this list is thought thought thought is
the past tense of think when used as a
verb so I thought you were coming today
or I thought it was going to rain later
or I thought this was such a great
afternoon thought is used as the past
tense of think we can also use thought
to refer to an idea as a noun so I had a
thought for example or do you have any
thoughts about this project so we can
use thought as a verb past tense of
think or as a noun to refer to an idea
so again that's through thorough though
and thought some of you might be
wondering how do I remember which is
which when I'm reading or when I'm
listening
you have to pay attention to the grammar
of the sentence they all have different
grammatical functions so you need to
think about the grammar surrounding the
word two-on-two question do from SF what
does love to hate me and when can I use
it love to hate means it's something
that you really really dislike but it's
sort of enjoyable to dislike so for
example this is an expression we can
apply to reality TV so many people think
reality TV is not very good
entertainment or it's not very
high-quality entertainment however it's
really really fun to watch so maybe for
example you just hate a character on a
reality TV show but somehow you enjoy
watching that TV show too so something
that you feel very strong dislike for
and yet you really enjoy it at the same
time that's something you can love to
hate you love to hate that thing next
question next question comes from Bowie
Dent a bow a bow a den day I'm going to
ask
when can I use ever in a present perfect
sentence like I have ever ever means at
any time or at all times you can use
ever when you're asking a question like
have you ever bla bla bla have you ever
been to France have you ever eaten ramen
have you ever taken a trip to the
mountains for example we can use ever
when making questions that's one but
because ever means at all time or at any
time we may not use it to answer a
question like that have you ever blah
blah blah we usually say yes or no in
that in response to that we can say I
have never ever taken a trip to France
or I have never ever forgotten my key
use for example I have never ever blah
blah blah but in that case it still
means never an expression like never
ever just emphasizes the word never so
to use ever we need to pare ever with a
verb in a sentence so we can't say I
have ever just I have plus a verb we
cannot say I have ever that's incorrect
I have at some at any time or at all
times it's it's redundant it's it's not
necessary we can however use ever in a
negative expression like I haven't ever
been to France or she hasn't ever eaten
cheese for example so we have to pare
ever with a negative to make a response
we use ever for present perfect tense
questions and paired with a negative
have or has to make a response to make a
negative response so please keep those
two in mind next question next question
comes from Baja hey Baja nice to see you
again bajas question is what does - mean
and when can we use it ok so the word -
as a verb means to run very quickly for
a short period of time so for example I
dashed to the station to catch my train
or I dash to the classroom for my test
he dashed off to the flower store to buy
a bouquet for his mother for example so
these are very very short periods of
time and very high speed that's 2 -
however we can use dad
as a noun in a way that does not refer
to running we can use it in writing as
well sometimes we use the word - to
refer to these lines we see in writing
you might see hyphens and dashes and M
dashes these all have different
functions in writing
hyphens may be used to connect words and
dashes can be used to show periods of
time and M dashes can kind of show extra
information in a sentence so we call all
of these dashes this is kind of the
category that we assigned to each of
these so there's the verb - - and
there's also - as a noun which means all
of these sorts of things so thanks for
that question mark next question next
question comes from Ricardo Villarroel
hey Ricardo welcome back Ricardo's
question is what's the difference
between several sundry and various okay
I'm not quite sure how sundry fits in
here several means a few of something so
think of several as higher than a couple
or a few but it's not quite at many yet
so maybe as a good hint the word several
sounds a bit similar to seven maybe it
doesn't necessarily mean exactly seven
of something but it's a bit higher than
a few and it's not quite at the level of
many or a lot of the next word you asked
about sundry sundry is something we use
for household items like everyday small
household items we usually use that in
the plural form like shops which sell
sundries so this is quite different from
the words several and various so sundry
is usually used in the plural form and
it refers to everyday items in your
house the last word you asked about
various we use various to describe a
miscellany of things we use it before a
noun typically for example various ideas
or various people or various subjects
various topics so various is used to
describe many different types of
something several refers to quantity
various is just used to indicate that
there are different types or different
kinds of the noun that follows it so
as I said various ideas various flavors
various people meaning different types
of ideas different types of people
different types of flavors so several
quantity various types next question
next question comes from Arnett Jake new
gooood Newton ugly eyebrows are how do
we use well before someone starts
speaking and though after they speak
well is kind of used as a soft way to
begin speaking well it kind of shows
that you are listening to the other
person so it shows you listened to the
other person and you are responding to
them well if that's the case it kind of
has that nuance well it sort of shows
you were listening and you are going to
respond based on that information
remember though is used to show contrast
so if someone presents you with an idea
or gives you an opinion and you want to
show contrast to that formally you can
begin with though so if for example
you're in a formal situation a business
situation for example and someone says I
think we should continue with the idea
we proposed last summer for this project
you might counter the opinion or you
might oppose the opinion by beginning
your statement with though
so you could say though that's going to
cost a lot of money to implement so
though shows contrast in a formal and
polite way next question next question
comes from Michael King hi Michael
Michael asks I want to study at home
self study what should I do
ah yeah okay I have self study and it
can be tough to do but you have the
internet congratulations
so what can you do there are a lot of
things number one define your goal what
is it you hope to achieve
what are you looking to do through your
studies don't just say I want to learn
English that's not a very specific goal
give yourself a specific goal to achieve
like I want to pass this level of a test
or I want to be able to do this thing in
my life I want to be able to give a
business presentation in English number
two look for resources that are going to
help you achieve that goal if you need
to work on your speaking you need to
find ways to practice your speaking if
you're looking for something to help you
with your reading or
you're writing for example look for
tools that do that if you want to read
look for blogs look for websites that
have the content in your target language
that you want to know more about so
start reading things and trying to pick
up the vocabulary through studying those
things in your target language there are
tons of resources out there but you need
to define your goal first and then start
looking for the resources that match
your goal three may be the most
difficult one for a lot of us is to
practice every day find some way to make
language practice part of your everyday
routine in my case for example I found
that it was really helpful for me to
take 15 minutes in the morning and 15
minutes in the evening during my commute
on the subway to study vocabulary and
that helped me improve little by little
day by day so it was a total of 30
minutes but it added up over time I am
through practicing every day you'll find
that the resources you're using will
become easier to understand number four
where possible try to create an
immersion environment if you're not in
the situation where you're actually
living in the country or you can go to
the country where they speak the
language you're studying try to create
some kind of immersion environment for
yourself where you can't escape into
your native language just as much as
possible try to create some sort of
immersion environment so that you get
used to hearing those sounds and kind of
the natural responses that people have
to those sounds too number five I think
one more really good tip for studying at
home is asking questions so there are
other people who are learning your
language and other people who are trying
to study we see it a lot on this channel
too and you guys are fantastic about
helping your fellow classmates when you
have a question and you can't find the
answer for it ask someone don't let
yourself get stuck also think about the
resources you already have if it's a
question about vocabulary you can check
the dictionary if you want to deepen
your vocabulary you can check a
thesaurus if you have a specific
question about how an expression is used
try asking a native speaker try posting
on a message board try posting in the
comments try posting on our website so
if you have a question reach out and ask
chances are if you have the question
it's going to help somebody else to ask
the question and get
answer if you have a question ask good
luck with your self-study next question
next question is from Harley passes hey
Harley welcome back what does
uncountable mean this refers to a group
of noun that we do not count with
numbers alone so for example bread is
uncountable instead we use a counter
word between the number and the
uncountable nouns so in my bread example
we use one loaf of bread one slice of
bread there are different words we use
to count the individual pieces or the
individual units of the uncountable now
uncountable nouns means nouns which we
cannot count with just a simple number
before then now we need to use an
additional counter word next question
next question comes from Taylor hi again
Taylor what's the difference between
look into my eyes and look me in the eye
I would say that we use look into my
eyes in more romantic situations or you
might hear this in like movies maybe
there's something magical that's
happening and I don't know which is
casting a spell and she says look into
my eyes look me in the eye is typically
used in a more aggressive situation its
youth than an expression like look me in
the eye and say that look me in the eye
tends to be a more aggressive statement
look into my eyes sounds more romantic
or mysterious next question from Yong ki
Yong Yong hee I'm sorry what's the
difference between I like to take naps
and I like to take a nap or I like to go
for walks and I like to go for a walk so
when you're speaking generally
especially in a sentence like I like to
you need to use the plural form of the
noun you can't use the singular form of
the now because you're talking generally
about all cases of that noun or all
cases of that action you're talking
about a regular activity you like to do
something you have done more than one
time something you are going to do
repeatedly presumably into the future so
you need to use the plural form next
question next question is from soo ha
how do we write a good paragraph number
one you need to think about the position
of your paragraph in your overall
document let's think about writing in
document in terms of three parts and
introduction of body and conclusion in
the introduction section you need to
introduce the key information your
reader needs to know what they're going
to read about later in your documents so
if your paragraph is in the introduction
you need to think about how to introduce
your information there
second the body section of your document
should be where you include your
evidence your supporting materials your
opinions any references that you have so
if your paragraph falls in the body of
the document you should have these
things in mind if your paragraph is in
the conclusion of your document at the
end you should be concluding or
finishing your ideas it's typically a
good idea to summarize the ideas you
presented in the body and the
introduction of your document in the
concluding session do use transitions
when you're writing it's good to
transition from one sentence to another
and to use good transitions between
paragraphs themselves so some example
transitions could be 1st 2nd 3rd or next
then finally after that moreover
additionally furthermore so transitions
help the reader connect the ideas that
you're presenting in your writing 3
avoid trying to include too much
information in one sentence remember you
need to try to present your ideas as
clearly and accurately as possible so if
you find you're just writing and writing
and writing and the sentence is becoming
extremely long take a moment and look at
the goal of this sentence what are you
actually trying to communicate if you
need to break it into smaller sentences
and connect them with transitions next
question next question comes from Juan
Garcia high lawn lawn asks I would like
to know how to use down up off in on and
out after a verb and why it's necessary
oh dear Juan this is a very big question
your question is about phrasal verbs
these are all called phrasal verbs verb
plus adverb or preposition
there are an enormous amount of phrasal
verbs I cannot possibly talk about all
of them in one video phrasal verbs are
necessary because they are part of
speech they are simply a type of verb
type of expression so you need to know
them because they will help you to
communicate effectively so if you want
to know more about specific phrasal
verbs
I would suggest checking a dictionary
okay thanks very much for submitting
your questions again this week great
questions as always thank you so much
you guys make me think really hard
remember if you'd like to submit a
question please send them to me at
English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia
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next time my hi everybody my name is
Alisha and today we're gonna be talking
about ten of the hardest words to
pronounce according to you guys so we
collected some information from you on
Facebook thanks very much for sending in
your ideas and these were the top ten
most difficult words for you to
pronounce so let's get started
absolutely absolutely absolutely might
be tough to pronounce absolutely means
100% absolutely is an agreement phrase
are you going to that music event next
week absolutely yes 100% definitely
absolutely loot like a loot hell ute
dude big rhyme big rhyme apparently
means dirty I have never heard nor used
this word before but perhaps it's
difficult to pronounce big rhyme the
door to my apartment was big rhymed in
the storm last week breakfast the next
word is breakfast breakfast is hard to
pronounce but that is the meaning of
breakfast you're breaking the fast so
fast is a period of time without eating
and to break means to just well in this
case breaking something it doesn't refer
to like crushing a thing but stopping
something to break the fast of the night
in other words so you're fasting during
the night you're not eating so you wake
up in the morning you break the fast but
we don't say break fast we say breakfast
in a sentence this morning from
breakfast I ate a bowl of cereal with
grapes and I had a coffee too colleague
colleague yes colleague many of my
students struggle with this they say
colleague or they say colleague you or
something cuz the spelling of this word
is really really strange there's that
gue at the end and we're more commonly I
feel it's just co-worker colleague
sounds slightly more formal to me then
coworker somebody who you work with or
somebody who you have a business
relationship with in some sense could be
a person from another company could be
somebody from your own company anyone
who you do business dealings with is
your colleague can be your colleague in
a sentence I'm going to a networking
event with my colleagues next week
miscellaneous that mis see miscellaneous
so just as the spelling I think maybe
it's confusing for this word
miscellaneous miscellaneous just means
others stuff or just other uncatted
Erised stuff I keep a lot of
miscellaneous items in a drawer in my
house maybe they don't they don't really
fit into one category like it's not
kitchen things it's not clothing it's
just sort of a mixture of things
miscellaneous things negotiation the
next word is negotiation negotiation
yeah there are two T's in this but
neither T is a hard T they're both very
soft that Sh
sound because they're followed by the
eye and another vowel that she a
negotiation negotiation refers to a
compromise between two people you're
trying to make a decision and you
negotiate in this case that's a noun
form negotiation business negotiations
continued for more than a month with
this important deal realm realm I see
why this one's hard it's that rolling
part the room it's a weird word isn't it
it's used to talk about just like the
kind of a fantasy world is sort of the
nuance of this phrase the realm in a
sentence
lets us go to the realm where the elves
live and eat their bread unfortunately
the next word is unfortunately
unfortunately unfortunately just means
too bad you can use this to to start bad
news for example like unfortunately I
can't come to work today because I'm
sick or unfortunately I broke my arm
at the basketball game last week or
unfortunately my haircut is bad
vocabu-larry vocabu-larry vocabu-larry
just refers to the
words in a language my vocabulary in my
second language is really really low I
need a bigger vocabulary so that I can
express myself more clearly world world
oh I see why this one's hard world world
hard to pronounce that rld I think
together is tough Plus that w at the
beginning as well it's such a short word
but you have to say so many weird things
at the same time world your tongue is
going yeah Wow like this in a sentence I
have traveled all over the world and the
best food is in
my stomach that's in so those were 10
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you don't need new shoes you need new
fee too much information hi everybody
and welcome back to top words my name is
Alisha and today we're gonna be talking
about your top 10 language learning
goals for the year sounds good right
let's go I'll finish the survival
phrases series on English class 101 comm
by listening to two lessons a day the
first goal is I'll finish the survival
phrases series on English class 101 comm
by listening to two lessons a day wow
that sounds like a good goal two lessons
a day that doesn't sound too bad I
suppose having never listened to one of
these because I speak English already
but what I mean if it's if it's only
like two or three minutes you could do
that like one in the morning and one of
the night I'll finish reading one
English book by reading ten pages a day
I'll finish reading one English book by
reading ten pages a day oh that's a
really good goal actually actually I
have this goal for myself for Japanese
and I'm doing a terrible job of it
because I picked a book that was too
hard mmm so I guess if you want to do
this you should pick a book that's just
a little challenging for you I think
that's the best thing to do something
just tough so you learn what you read
I'll pass my English test the next goal
is I'll pass my English test pass my
English test so hopefully all of you
will pass any English tests that you
have coming up or get the score that you
want on your English certification exam
again I think it's just an everyday
thing like studying every day making it
a habit is the best I'll memorize five
English songs whoo oh the next one I
used this technique when I started
learning Japanese actually this goal is
I'll memorize five English songs songs
were great because like the melody helps
the words stick
your head but it does make things a
little bit weird because you might end
up using like an intonation pattern or a
speaking pattern that's not so natural
but you can at least kind of remember
phrases or remember how words are
supposed to fit together even if it's
not necessarily grammatical you know you
might still be able to use it actually
this is a surprisingly easy one if you
just take time listen to the songs and
repeat after the singer the same way
that you would for a song in your native
language this one's a pretty fast goal
withing
I'll finish memorizing 350 words with
flashcards on English class 101 calm the
next goal is I'll finish memorizing 350
words with flashcards on English class
101 comm 350 words with flashcards I
wonder how long that would take 350
words if you learn I don't know 350
words I feel like you could do that in
like a couple months pretty easy if
you're ambitious a couple weeks that's a
good one I'll write 10 postcards in
English to my english-speaking friends
the next goal is I'll write 10 postcards
in English to my english-speaking
friends that's sort of cute actually I
would be sort of happy to get a postcard
from a friend like you don't get
postcards these days and like a
handwritten one from someone who's
studying like English I'd be really cute
I'd like this hey all my friends
watching this video will you send me a
postcard okay how's anyone and Mike
really bad Japanese you can make fun of
my handwriting looks like an elementary
school student I'll learn how to talk
about past present and future events so
the next goal is I'll learn how to talk
about past present and future events
this should really already be a goal
this is pretty much what language is
like language is a tool to talk about
past present and future events and
potential events as well if you're
watching this video you're probably
studying it right now I'll master 150
words by memorizing five words a day
the next goal similar to one we just saw
a few minutes ago is I'll master 150
words by memorizing five words a day
that sounds pretty good
words a day sounds fine just make sure
to review so you don't forget the five
words you learned the day before find a
way to make sure that you don't forget
the words you've already learned but
five words a day seems pretty reasonable
if you can stick with it I'll become a
better English writer by journaling
every day
the next goal is I'll become a better
English writer by journaling every day I
think this is a really good goal to have
actually just doing something writing
something creating something in your
target language in this case in English
is great I do this in Japanese like I
don't hand write but I use sometimes I
use like Twitter or Instagram like just
to try to say what I would like to say
in of course in English but also to try
and say it in Japanese as well so I use
writing as a way to like just try to
create language every roughly every day
or so
I'll watch one history documentary a
week to learn more about the United
States the next goal is I'll watch one
history documentary a week to learn more
about the United States oh this is
interesting this is a cultural goal
really so watching the documentary is a
nice nice way to practice your language
but because this this goal has a history
documentary in the in the goal name
you'd be learning about the culture of
the country the culture behind the
language that you speak a little bit
that's a really good goal actually I
like that one okay that is the end that
was the last one all right so those are
ten goals for learning English this year
so maybe this is maybe maybe one of your
goals was included in this list if you
have a different goal for your language
learning this year please leave it in a
comment let us know how it goes
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soon bye whoa that's a big goal watching
the same movie every day that is a
really hardcore
I wonder what what movie would you watch
clearly like there's any other choice
yeah
I was gonna say like Star Wars but
that's probably that's probably not a
very good choice because it's like
science fiction I would want to use a
movie that's like you know you can pick
up like lines from actually use them
maybe like a comedy then or even like it
sounds dumb but like a romance or like
what's that call it chick flick yeah you
know like this like cheesy romance
movies those might be good yeah honestly
because there's so much like normal
dialogue in those yeah wow that would be
quite a goal wow if anybody does that 10
points for you hi everybody my name is
Alisha and today we're gonna be talking
about the top 25 English phrases so
let's get started the first phrase is
hello hello of course is used as a
greeting you can greet your friends you
can greet your co-workers your family
with this phrase just by saying hello
hey hi what's up hello so yo pretty much
any time of day you can use hello hello
the next phrase is good morning good
morning is used as a greeting in the
morning you can kind of feel when
morning ends for you good morning is
nice and polite or even just morning
with your close friends or close
co-workers the next phrase is good night
good night is fine we don't use this to
greet other people we use it when we're
saying goodbye to other people at night
family members particularly mothers and
fathers to say good night to their
children before they put them to bed you
can say it to your friend in a text
message or in an email if you've been
talking for a while
good night so the next word to talk
about is goodbye use it when you say
goodbye to your friends when you leave
your friends goodbye
bye of course take care have a nice day
peace out that's another way to say
goodbye okay the next phrase is I'm plus
your name of course this is a way to
introduce yourself you can use I'm in my
case Alicia I'm Alicia - introduce
yourself in any situation new friend I'm
Alicia
okay the next phrase is what's your name
what's your name is used to ask someone
else what their name is so what is your
name sounds a bit try to use what's your
name
if you forget someone's name you can say
sorry what's your name or sorry what's
your name again
next phrase is nice to meet you nice to
meet you anytime you meet someone new
nice to meet you is fine good to meet
you is a little more casual great to
meet you sounds very excited pleasure to
meet you sounds like maybe a formal
situation or a business
okay the next phrase is how are you how
are you is an it's just a friendly way
to check in with the other person you
can use it with friends your family your
co-workers maybe even your boss to a
certain degree how are you how you doing
the next phrase is I'm fine thanks and
you if you saw English in three minutes
we talked a lot about this phrase
instead of I'm fine thank you and you
say I'm good thanks how are you just
shorten it make it a little bit more
natural how are you good how are you
great how are you not so good how are
you okay and so on so when someone says
how are you offer I usually say I'm good
this week i bla bla give some
information about what you've been up to
maybe a hobby something that you did
recently an event something interesting
you saw whatever people want to make
that connection with you and it's a good
chance for you to continue speaking the
next word is please PLEASE as a polite
phrase used when you want something from
someone else you can use this as a
response when someone offers you
something like in a restaurant for
example would you like more water would
you like something to drink oh please my
next phrase is thank you thank you is
used to express your appreciation you
can use thank you with everybody the
next phrase is you're welcome you're
welcome when someone says thank you you
can say you're welcome no biggie
I use no biggie as in no biggie is short
for no big problem next where it is yes
yes of course yes means is any positive
expression someone asks you a question
and the answer is a positive answer you
say yes yep uh-huh yeah we know next I'm
guessing I knew it yep the next word is
no no is a negative response to
something when you have to give a
negative answer so as you can probably
guess the long form of no is negative I
like to use nope it's very very casual
not gonna happen my parents would use
that with me to soften that a little bit
if you want to show a negative response
to something like let's go for dinner
tonight what do you want to do like do
you want to go out not really
hmm no I don't think so mm-hmm to soften
it the next word is okay okay
this word comes from copyeditors okay
when they had to check a manuscript they
had to label the manuscript all clear
AC but because they were copy editors
and they have a very very sick sense of
humor they thought they would mark it
okay for all clear to make a joke
because o and K do not start all and
clear but it caught on among everybody
in the world anyway okay is used to
agree with somebody else well it can be
used actually to express a positive or
kind of a slight negative I feel
transitioning in your conversation you
can say okay now we're going to talk
about blah blah blah okay
the next phrase is excuse me excuse me
it's used to get someone's attention in
English when you don't know the other
person for example in a store a
supermarket maybe a stranger on the
street you need to ask directions you
can use excuse me you can use excuse me
in the supermarket excuse me can you
tell me where the hot sauce is if you've
done something rude in public you can
use excuse me I personally do not do
rude things in public ever I'm sorry is
the next word we're gonna talk about I'm
sorry is used to apologize when you have
made a mistake or someone you know it's
made a mistake and you're connected to
it or you just feel bad you can use I'm
sorry you made a mistake at work I'm
sorry you forgot to feed your cat I'm
sorry sorry about that you bump someone
next to you oh sorry what time is it is
the next phrase when you need to check
what time it is
what time is it when you ask someone
else what time it is maybe you say this
to yourself to check your watch check
your phone check a clock pretty
straightforward phrase there aren't
really any short version so that's an
easy one where is that plus a location
so you can use this for a building or a
store we don't we're not going to use
this where is the for a place a city
name or a state name or a country name
to do that you would need to remove the
but where is the bank where is the
post-office you can use this to ask
directions to ask for help in your house
or at work where is the copy machine
where is the file
I need where is the bla bla bla where is
the bathroom is perhaps a very important
question to know the next one is may I
use the restroom may I use the restroom
is a polite and soft expression that you
can use if you
to use the toilet you need to use the
washroom and when you're at someone's
house for the very first time when
you're in a place that your that is new
to you you can ask may I use the
restroom
more casually can I go to the bathroom
to be very polite you can say may I go
to the bathroom
the next phrase is I would like to order
something you can use this at a
restaurant probably or in any situation
where you need to place an order I'd
like a pizza I like beer can I get the
check please this will be used at a
restaurant when you've finished your
meal and it's time to go can I get the
check please in a very very casual
situation you can just say check please
that's fine the next phrase is see you
soon see you soon is used with friends
and family members perhaps when you
expect to see them again soon after
saying goodbye to them this is used at
the end of the conversation you're going
separate directions
see you soon see ya is also good or just
see you to make it a little more formal
you can say I'll see you again soon make
a full sentence out of it that way the
next phrases see you later see you later
is very similar to see you soon but the
point is would see you later is that
you're probably going to meet that
person again later on in the same day
the last phrase is really really is a
very useful word because you can use it
to show you were interested in a
conversation with upward intonation
really really tell me more or to show
that you're not so interested in the
conversation with downward intonation
really so there are many other words
that you can use similar to really in
this way like seriously or oh oh and so
on so it's a really good practice for
your intonation so those are 25 very
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hi everybody my name is Alisha and today
we're gonna be talking about the top 25
english nouns these are the top 25 most
commonly used nouns in English so let's
get started the first noun is the word
name name of course is used in common
questions like what's your name my name
is and so on
my favorite actor's name is Harrison
Ford something like that the next word
is time time is used of course to
express the point in the day is used in
questions like what time is it can you
tell me what time it is I don't have any
time lately if you're really busy
have you any time it's time for my
favorite show house of cards Kevin
Spacey is cool
the next noun is man please be careful
man is one of those words it has an
irregular plural form when you need to
use the plural of the word man you
should say men do not say man's it's
very funny but don't say it
who's that man or what's up man you can
use man with men or women interestingly
enough the next word is women women also
has an irregular plural form please say
women when referring to more than one
woman not women's or woman even though
the the singular and the plural form of
women and women have the same spelling
at the beginning WOM the pronunciations
are different women women so watch out
for that when you say that's pretty why
man the next word is person person you
can use it to refer generally to either
a man or a woman please be careful
persons plural form becomes people when
you want to talk about another culture
for example you can say such in such
countries people or the people in that
country speak above all language the
next word is thing generally an
inanimate object something that is that
just doesn't move like a water bottle or
you know a sweater a thing you can use
it when you don't know the word for
something so thing is very very useful
what is this thing I like many things
for example where the wild things are
the movie that's already out that I
totally knew about no the next word is
mother mother is the person the woman
who gave birth to you is not exciting
mother is commonly shortened to mom or
mama or mummy
madre if you speak Spanish Mumm Mumm bah
if you're me mamacita the next word is
day of course day is used in all of the
days of the week Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Friday Sunday time period when
the Sun is out the day or the daytime
have a nice day the next word is world
world just refers to the entire planet
Earth I like to travel all around the
world or I like trying foods from all
around the world in the world of science
this is an upcoming technology or in the
world of literature he's one of the most
famous authors so worlds can be used to
refer just just to kind of a more
specific hobby or a specific interest or
it's just a specific person's life wharf
world's father father is your dad other
other common words used for father are
dad papa pop
daddy paw Basha while mother is used to
refer to kind of like nurturing kind of
like you know the earth or things that
like kind of give life to others father
at least in my mind there's kind of this
image of someone who's a little bit more
strict in your life the next word is
sister a female sibling is your sister
you can also use sister for a female
person that you feel very very close
with so I might call my female friend
who's I'm very close to my sister my
brother likes to shorten it to sis you
might also hear sista as well if you are
silly sister Whoopi Goldberg was in a
famous movie called Sister Act the next
word is brother brother is a male
sibling you can also use brother to
refer to a close male friend common
variations of brother are brother bro
bra rosy broski depending on what kind
of person you are you can choose to use
any number of those like I might
sarcastically say to my friend cool
story bro look if he's told me a story
that's not very exciting in Mario for
example the name of the Mario games is
actually Super Mario Brothers but
brothers is abbreviated as BRS Super
Mario Bros yeah just be careful about
your use of bro because it sounds a
little bit like a college-age boy that's
kind of the kind of
of the word bro oh brother where art
thou the next word is daughter daughter
is a female child daughter do you have a
daughter I have a daughter I don't have
a daughter taken its son a male child is
someone's son son s Oh n is pronounced
exactly the same as s u n son what are
you talking about son the next word is I
II ye I your eye is the round thing that
you used to see with eye is used in a
lot of expressions and idioms in English
as in I've got my eye on you
meaning I'm watching you or keep your
eye out for something meaning please
look for something or please pay close
attention I'm waiting for something to
happen the next word is hand body parts
give me a hand
or can I give you a hand means please
help me or can I help you to give
someone a hand head this thing on the
top of your body your head we use head
to refer to the top of things as in the
head of a company the head of a group
the head of the line so whoever is first
in the line whoever is top at the
company they are the head if you have a
head dance the next word is foot this is
another word that has a weird plural
form one foot two feet foot
interestingly enough foot is used of
course to refer to your body part a foot
also is a unit of measurement if you are
from America or I believe one other
country in the world uses this system
sorry we're not onboard with the metric
thing in America but foot is 12 inches
about this long so if head refers to the
top of things foot is used to refer to
the bottom of things if you've written a
paper on Microsoft Word for example at
the very bottom of the page there will
be a space called the footer meaning the
bottom where you can put little notes to
your reader the next word is place place
can be used to refer generally to a
location commonly to refer to friends
homes or apartments let's go to your
place or can we have the party at your
place is a little bit more natural than
I want to go to your house the next word
is work be careful about using work as a
noun and work as a verb your work refers
to your job your
sponsibility er tasks at your office or
your workplace you can use it in a
phrase like I have a lot of work to do
or please help me with my work I like to
go to work it can be used to just refer
to anything artistic in general so it
can mean it can be a painting it can be
a building it can be a sculpture it can
be I don't know whatever anything
artsy can be referred to as work as in I
really like that new work by that artist
or did you see so-and-so's new work
twerk the next word is weak weak refers
to the seven-day period that we have
decided is one week here in the modern
world commonly used in expressions
relating to your activities as in I go
to the gym once a week or I see my
friends twice a week or I have to work
every day of the week Monday through
Friday is referred to as weekdays
Saturday and Sunday weekend next word is
month month is there are twelve months
in a year my favorite month depending on
which country I'm in I generally like
autumn months like October I think I
usually like the month of October
September October is good because it's
not too hot and not too cold halloween
is coming and that's my favorite holiday
Hannah Montana my next word is a year
year refers to the time period usually
365 days there are leap years where
there is an extra day in the month of
February what year were you born or I
was born in the year of the rabbit
depending on which calendar you like to
use it can be used to introduce a story
as in many years ago I went to bla bla
bla year the platypus next is the word
one the number one the first number one
of something to refer to somebody who
you loved and who left your life you can
say oh he or she was the one that got
away the next one is the number but it
can be using a number of expressions
like what's your phone number or give me
your number or here's my number it means
phone number but we don't always say
phone that's the end of this top 25 most
common nouns in the English language
maybe you've used some of these you
probably have keep them in mind and have
fun with them thanks very much for
watching this episode and we'll see you
again soon bye
overhead one do you like trees yes yeah
right Matt hi everybody my name is
Alisha and today we're gonna be talking
about the top 25 english verbs by
frequency so let's get into it me is the
first English verb the refers to
existence I want to be an astronaut I
think you would be a great person for
this job
be yourself let's be friends I could
have been a writer if I wanted to be the
next verb is have I have a dog I have an
idea what do you have how many do you
have how much money do you have do you
have any friends how have you been
have you seen my mom I can't find her
have yourself a merry little Christmas
the next verb is do do you want some
pizza do you have a dog so why do you
need if they do do be do be do if you're
Frank Sinatra I do the things that you
do better say say say say what you say
name say you love me do you know what
I'm saying
know what I'm saying the next verb is
get get a life get a job get a haircuts
get a better suit Stevens what you got I
could have gotten pony but I went with a
lizard instead I'm getting tired that's
not true the next verb is make make a
cake make your mother proud someone
outside is making a strange face at me
through the window at the moment that is
a true story
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legitimate means the next verb is go go
big or go home I'm going to the beach
you should go to the beach you should go
to the forest go to a baseball game with
me past tense of goes went I went
spelunking on my holiday the next word
is no this is an interesting word
because no is actually not commonly used
in the progressive tense no is commonly
using present tense
to refer to your mental state or your
emotional state so we don't really say I
am knowing really but we can say I know
I know the answer what do you know about
this issue he couldn't have possibly
known the location of the treasure how
many people do you know I knew it
the next verb is take take a cake take a
break take yourself to bed you should
take vacation have you ever taken a bath
the next word is see we'll see I'll see
you later the next verb is come come as
an expert please come to my house come
to a party I'm gonna come over to your
place later the next word is think think
I think you're great he thinks pizza is
the best food I'm thinking about lunch
I'm thinking about coffee what are you
thinking about I've been thinking about
something that's a Hanson song have you
ever thought about the meaning of life
look look it's the next firm please look
at the camera look over there look over
here and look at dog look at your mom oh
my gosh would you look at that look at
the time
look it's a bird it's a plane it's
actually a bird look that's it is it me
you're looking for hello next word is
want want what do you want I want food
how many coffees have you ever wanted I
wanted to go to the dry cleaners this
morning but I ran at a time that's true
the next verb is give give me a break
I'm going to give you a raise Stevens
I'm giving you the ax fired give me a
break
I have given you everything I have go on
tomorrow off right now I could have
given you the world and instead I gave
you a carpet uses the next word use
don't use a pen I like using chocolate
when I make food are you using me for my
brain
next is fine we could have found buried
treasure last weekend I'm finding Nemo
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next verb tell me a story tell me lies
tell me sweet little life tell me the
truth the whole truth and nothing but
the truth
I am told that you are an extremely good
opera singer I'm telling you to leave
tell lies every day don't tell lies the
next word is ask ask please pronounce
this correctly it is not ax many native
speakers make this pronunciation mistake
and it really bothers me ask ask me
about my collection of rare doughnut
recipes ask your mom about her life why
don't you ask your boss to the party how
about you asked your coworker for some
advice about this issue I should have
asked for help but I didn't the next
verb is work work is work I'm working
now sima team the weather seems nice
today he seemed a little angry this
morning feel is the next word feel I
feel happy feelings feel feel clap along
if you feel like that's what you try oh
my gosh try is the next word huh I'm
trying my best
I try every day to work very hard have
you ever tried ramen I tried ramen
yesterday and it was really good
do you try to exercise every day I'm
trying to sleep go away the next verb is
leave leave leave me alone leave your
doors unlocked
don't leave your doors unlocked I have
never left a hot air balloon without
first taking a picture the next verb is
cold call it the next breath give me a
call please call me later call me maybe
Oh your mom on her birthday every year
she'll be happy Cole Cole you're a
seagull have you ever called the wrong
number have you ever called a dog by
another dog's name and that's the end no
the most fun episode I've ever done
anything so those are 25 English verbs
some very very common English verbs give
them a try we've talked about a lot of
different grammar forms and a lot of
different ways you can use these verbs
so please practice them and if you like
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wanna leave your babies outside of them
leave your attitude at the door there
are a lot of verbs in English okay these
are just a few let's begin the
discussion of the personality adjectives
hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and in today's
episode we're going to be talking about
what adjective describes your
personality best so let's go charismatic
someone who is charismatic is perhaps a
good leader people are drawn to them
people want to follow them want to come
to them charismatic doesn't necessarily
mean that that person is a good person
or a bad person just that they are very
good at drawing people to them people
tell me that I'm very charismatic boring
boring means something that is not
interesting so hopefully nobody calls
you boring if you're a boring person
work on that let's talk about cardboard
boxes reliable reliable someone who's
reliable someone that you can trust or
someone that always does what they say
they're going to do my best friend is
very reliable humorous humorous humorous
is just funny there's a difference
between funny and humorous and silly and
terms of people anyway this is how I
would break it down silly
it's like appreciates just very kind of
childish stuff or just enjoys laughing
funny is um like a slightly more
grown-up funny
I feel like silly can be part of funny
silly can fit into funny but funny is a
little bit more grown-up maybe your make
like the actual word jokes that are you
know require a bit more knowledge or a
bit smarter and then humorous humorous
is like I feel like it's a bit more
pretentious I hope that my friends think
that I'm a very humorous person the next
word is energetic energetic means you
have a lot of energy I personally don't
use it if someone says what's your best
friend like I wouldn't immediately think
he's energetic like I feel like that's a
given
somehow and when I say that's a given it
means it's it's an already understood
idea I would use energetic for something
you would not expect to be energetic my
grandmother is very energetic she hikes
mountains even though she's 80 something
lazy yeah you don't want to be called
lazy generally yeah it means that you
maybe you're not hard-working you don't
take care of yourself or you don't take
care of your responsibilities generally
lazy is not seen as a good thing unless
unless you use it an expression like
today is a lazy Sunday one of my
co-workers is really lazy he never has
his stuff done on time extroverted
extroverted it begins with that prefix X
X TRO like X meaning outside so like
extra more information so an extroverted
person is a very outgoing person they
like talking they like talking to people
they want to go out and do all the
things and be social and go yeah I like
being extroverted on this program
introverted the opposite of extroverted
is introverted introverted inside
something interior they want to not go
talk to people all the time or maybe
they just have a different way of
expressing their social skills in
reality I'm
other introverted person the next word
is indecisive indecisive indecisive
people drive me crazy this word means
someone who is bad at making decisions I
have a friend who is very indecisive she
can't ever make up her mind I have to do
it for easygoing easygoing easygoing is
a good thing to be generally in my
opinion easygoing means you're relaxed
you'll just do whatever you're happy to
just hang out if someone makes a
suggestion you're cool with that alright
fine that's great for me I'll do
whatever my best friend is very
easygoing he's cool to do anything the
next word is naive naive so someone that
doesn't have a lot of experience in a
topic or even life experience could be
considered naive you don't want to be
called naive the suggestion with naive
is that it's easy to take advantage of
you maybe you could be easily molded or
your experience can easily be changed by
someone else
so generally naive is not a good thing
you don't want to be naive
my friend was very naive and got in
trouble with a bad business deal the
next word is artistic yeah artistic is a
good word similar to creative perhaps
artistic is someone who enjoys art or
enjoys creating things so this doesn't
it's not limited to you know just art
like paintings you know during doing
paintings or sculptures or something
like that any kind of creative endeavor
any kind of creative work I feel you
could use the word artistic for my aunt
is very artistic she can draw very well
enthusiastic enthusiastic this is
similar to energetic but it just means
you're excited about things you're
enthusiastic about something usually
sports fans are very enthusiastic about
their favorite team friendly friendly I
hope that you are a friendly person
because someone may be that it feels
easy for you to talk to someone that's
chill someone that's probably outgoing
maybe a bit extroverted is a friendly
person I went to an event on Saturday
and everybody there was very friendly it
was a fun time
how would I describe my personality God
it depends on the day man
the one that I use late
is scatterbrained but that has a very
negative connotation about it
scatterbrained if you break down the
words scatter and brain scatter means
like to spread something randomly brain
meaning inside your brain I have so many
different things going on that like I'm
thinking about like this job in that job
in this project in that project and I
have to do this and oh my god my
laundry's not done yet and what am I
gonna make for dinner tomorrow oh my god
I have to go running later tonight what
am I gonna do how many cups of coffee if
I had this is what's going on in my head
those are 15 words that you can use to
talk about your personality or to talk
about someone else's personality so you
can try and use one of these words to
describe your personality leave us a
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there's a different word that you are
interested in using to describe your
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personality let us know better thanks
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welcome back to top words today we're
gonna be talking about must know
expressions for agreeing and disagreeing
very useful so let's go exactly
exactly when you agree 100% with
something someone else has said you can
say exactly for example ramen is one of
the best foods in the world exactly I
don't agree I don't agree
you have a different opinion from the
other person they tell you I think that
soccer is the best sport you can say I
don't agree but be prepared to provide
your own opinion after this I think
soccer is the best sport I don't agree I
think that football is oh that could
cause some problem I'm soccer football
Americans say football when we mean
American football but the rest of the
world says football when they mean
soccer maybe maybe is when you don't
know when you can't make a decision or
when you're not sure about something
okay so someone tosses you an opinion
someone says their their idea to you I
think it's gonna rain tomorrow you can
say yeah
you don't know for sure yes or no but
it's possible it's a good sort of
in-between expression but if you use
maybe all the times gonna sound really
strange and it's gonna sound like you
can't make a decision so use maybe very
sparingly don't use it so often maybe is
very commonly used it's a soft no it's
up to you to figure that out among the
people that you're talking to though you
want to stay over at my house this
weekend and maybe I couldn't agree with
you more
you are in complete agreement with the
other person and really want to
communicate that to them do you think
that what they have just said is really
really correct super correct yes you are
completely onboard with that idea you
can say I couldn't agree with you more
I couldn't the negative form I could not
agree with you more meaning it's not
possible that I could agree more with
what you're saying next week it's really
important that we have a barbecue
because summer is ending and then your
friend can say I couldn't agree more
that's a fantastic idea
I'll buy steak I think we're going to
have to agree to disagree agree to
disagree this is a kind of it seems like
a simple phrase agree to disagree so
you're agreeing with the other person
you agree that we have a different
opinion agree to disagree I would use
this expression at the end of a
discussion so person a and person B have
different opinions and they've been
discussing those opinions for a long
time and person a is not changing his or
her opinion person B is not changing his
or her opinion so you can say at the end
of the conversation okay we have to
agree to disagree let's just accept our
different opinions and move on in the
conversation you have a point there this
is not necessarily an agreement or
disagreement phrase it's a small
agreement within a larger discussion so
maybe you've been discussing a topic for
a long time and you've disagreed with
the other person until this this time
this person says something and you agree
with that ah you have a point there so
there's one thing that this person
said that you can agree with you can say
you have a point there I think that's
correct or I agree with that point
that's exactly how I feel that's exactly
how I feel
meaning my feeling is the same as your
feeling or my opinion is the same as
your opinion that's exactly how I feel
maybe you can use this if someone
describes your feeling very accurately
for example you can say I feel like the
company is really heading in a nice new
direction you can say yeah that's
exactly how I feel I really like the new
boss I don't think so
I don't think so it's soft it's not so
direct it's not a hard I disagree but
just I don't think so
of course you can use it to discuss
opinions but you can also use it when
you're making plans are you going to
that party this weekend I don't think so
it's not a disagreement but it can be
used as a negation phrase and a negative
response to something when used as an
opinion I think Chinese is the hardest
language to learn you can say I don't
think so I think that Arabic is the
hardest language to learn yes you're
right yes you're right means you're
correct yes I agree with you I think
that's the right information I think
that's the correct opinion just a very
clear agreement phrase you're right it
also has the nuance of being correct so
maybe there was there were there was a
possibility the other person could be
incorrect did you know that pepperoni
pizza is the most delicious pizza in the
world yes you're right you could change
it to that's right for that opinion you
can use your to talk specifically about
the person itself but that's right yes
that's right that information is correct
I guess so I guess so it's sort it's an
agreement but it's sort of a flaky
agreement I guess so it's like you don't
really want to make a decision but you
don't feel strongly in one like in
agreement or disagreement you can say I
guess so it's usually said with this
tone of voice I guess so you know we
don't really say I guess so generally
it's like you can't quite make a
decision or you don't want to make a
decision you can say I guess so
hey we're gonna go for Chinese food for
dinner tonight do you want to come yeah
I guess so you don't feel strongly
either way
I guess so I'm afraid I disagree it's a
rather polite expression that you can
use in a business situation for example
I'm afraid here doesn't mean I'm
actually scared or I'm really frightened
but just it's a softener that's used at
the beginning of sentences to introduce
a negative opinion so I'm afraid I
disagree or I'm afraid I can't agree
with you for example I think that you
need to adopt a new policy for your
company I'm afraid I disagree it's a
soft disagreement that sounds a bit more
formal than some of the other phrases
we've talked about so far absolutely
absolutely means 100% yes exactly
precisely definitely it's a quick and
clear and can be polite as well as
casual word that means you agree with
the other person hey do you want to go
to the beach this weekend yeah
absolutely absolutely
oh that's in so those are some phrases
that you can use to agree and disagree
with other people there are a lot of
them so and you can kind of mix and
match them as you see fit so give them a
try thanks very much for watching this
episode of top words and we'll see you
again soon bye
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everybody welcome back to ask Alisha the
weekly series where you ask me questions
and I answer them maybe first question
first question comes from Ferris does
Ali Ferris Kazanlak how do I stop
translating the meaning of English words
in my head I can tell you about the
things that have helped me and maybe
they'll help you I put myself in
situations where I could not escape into
my native language in my case I could
not escape into English I would go out
like for food and drinks with friends
who could not speak English I had no
choice but to use a different language
with them to something that I've noticed
some of my students do that actually
kind of bothers me they bring a
dictionary to their lesson and they'll
stop conversations in lessons
to check words in their dictionary and
say a single word at a time instead of
just trying to find a different way to
explain that one it totally stops the
flow of conversation - you don't have
really the option to do that in a
conversation most of the time you're not
going to be carrying around your
dictionary with you I hope unless it's
in your phone I suppose third I think
that this is a chance to develop a
better skill instead of trying to
translate into English or to translate
into a different language you should
think about finding a different way to
explain the word you want to use let's
say for example that you want to use the
word beautiful but you can't remember
the word how would you explain that
so think about other ways to communicate
an idea even if you don't have the
vocabulary words so going to your
dictionary shouldn't necessarily be the
first course of action it shouldn't
necessarily be your first step think
about a different way to communicate the
idea you're trying to communicate think
of examples to explain the word you're
looking for and then the other person
can teach you like if you're working
with somebody or you're talking with
somebody who understands you're not a
native speaker chances are if you can
explain the word you're looking for they
will tell you they will be your teacher
I just explained like with body language
sometimes too if I don't know it works
so another thing that really helped me
was not just studying vocabulary words
but actually approaching things as
phrases so not saying okay this word
equals this word in my language but
rather here's a phrase that communicates
a meaning that is interesting to me or
that I hear my friends use a lot I'm
going to use that phrase so don't just
input input input start outputting to so
hope that's helpful for you next
question next question is from Quang
Jiang hai Duong dongok says I'm curious
what do you do in your days off you want
to know how to do my days off I'm going
days I'm pretty normal my days off I
cook I go jogging I sleep I I build this
into my favorite DJ's I see my friends I
eat and drink and watch TV that's about
it I'm a pretty normal person next
question next question is from
Muhammad's Ohio what
the difference between famous and
popular great question
famous is something that is well known
many people know about that thing or
that person Beyonce is famous the Statue
of Liberty is famous the Eiffel Tower is
famous popular however means many people
know about it and it is liked it has a
positive image so like Beyonce is
popular or like a famous candy is
popular like chocolate cake is popular
it's a famous food and many people like
it so popular is famous Plus like a
positive image sometimes we can use
those two words for the same thing so
Beyonce is famous Beyonce is popular but
famous doesn't always mean they are
popular so someone can be famous for a
bad thing in that case though it's
typically better to use the word
infamous infamous infamous means famous
for a bad reason so famous for something
negative next question next question
comes from oh you wrote the
pronunciation of your name very nice
item I thought I think okay okay Alicia
well my level is intermediate they feel
that they're stuck at the intermediate
level and want to reach the advanced
level they're watching lots of videos on
YouTube reading academic articles on the
web but still feel that progress has
somehow stopped could you give me some
advice okay you say in your message that
you feel your progress somehow has
stopped I have been here to the
intermediate plateau like you begin
learning a language and it's like yeah
I'm learning all these things and then
you kind of like Plateau
you get to a level where things don't
continue and you feel like progress goes
much more slowly I would say in this
case first identify how you feel your
progress has stopped by that I mean like
do you feel like your vocabulary is
lacking or do you find that it's hard to
listen to people and to understand what
they're saying do you find it's hard to
write
is it hard to to like to read things so
first identify what is that thing that
you feel like you're not good and then
start to approach your further studies
with that as the focus I think that if
you can think about your different skill
sets your different levels in reading
writing speaking and listening you can
identify which of those
or things is weakest for you and start
there so when you feel your progress has
stopped things like okay what am I not
good at doing and then focus your time
there so maybe that's a helpful first
step for you
hope that helps next question next
question comes from Chiara GRA GRA GRA
GRA asks uh I'll help you studying and
I'll help you to study what is the
correct one thanks I'll help you
something I'll help you do this so just
the regular plain form of the verb I
would suggest is probably the most
natural choice thanks for the question
though next question next question comes
from sheriff sheriff
Emmett sheriff almond okay should I use
the singular or plural verb after
colloquial names for example my team
have won the match or has won the match
okay in this case my team has won the
match my team has won the match so use
the singular form of the verb like same
as like he has or she has my team has is
the correct answer here next question
next question comes from Jeffrey hi
Jeffrey Jeffrey asks sometimes I watch
movies and some characters say you wish
with a very angry attitude or I wish in
other situations what do these two
sentences mean and how do I use it
AHA interesting question okay when
someone responds with you wish to a
negative suggestion it's like they're
mutually together they're recognizing
that they don't like each other so
usually the first character will say
something like make a negative
suggestion like you should you should
leave town and get a different job leave
us alone something like that and then
the other character will say yeah you
wish like yes this this character
recognizes you want me to do that yes
but I'm not going to do that in other
words so it's sort of like a challenge
so this person says like this negative
suggestion the other person recognizes
this suggestion it says no I'm not going
to do that but I know you want me to do
that so you wish and this way means it's
like a negative challenge look they're
kind of fighting recognizing they
dislike each other so that's one the
other one what was in the month so I
wish we
talked about I wish in the previous the
previous episode of ask Alicia so please
check that out but essentially I wish
refers to something that we cannot do
now or something that is different from
the present situation but we want we
want to happen we want to be able to do
so please check the last episode of ask
Alicia for more about I wish like the
positive meaning next question next
question is from Romeo Liu from Vietnam
hello Romeo could you please explain
what the expression try as I may means
this is usually used in an expression
that's sort of negative like even though
I'm trying my best it's difficult for me
to do this thing so try as I may I just
can't get a new job or try as I may I
just can't earn that much money or try
as I may I just can't seem to cook this
dish for example so even though I'm
giving my best effort even though I'm
really working hard this other thing
just isn't happening for me so it's sort
of like it's sort of like a sad or like
a disappointed or unhappy expression
actually thanks for the question room
you okay so those are all the questions
for this week's episode of ask Alicia I
hope that they were useful for you if
you would like to submit a question
remember you can send them to me at
English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia
thanks very much for watching this
episode of ask Alicia and I will see you
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I talk too much I'm late for work hi
everybody welcome back to English topics
my name is Alisha and today I'm joined
again by hi I'm Davey
welcome back Davey so today we're going
to be talking about famous American
Christmas movies we have both prepared
three movies that maybe had some kind of
special significance to us around the
holiday season or Christmas in
particular so let us introduce a few
Davey do you want to start sure I this
was the first one that jumped to my mind
so I'm sharing it first home alone yeah
classic Christmas movie I remember going
to see this in the theater with my mom
and I was when I was a little kid yeah
so that may be ages me a little bit it's
a great movie Kevin gets stuck home
alone in
I'll go I believe as this family goes
off to to spend Christmas in Paris
and he has to fend off some whacky
criminals right and Alma lo and there
were there were what like two or three
sequels to home alone
I think there was at least one like
wouldn't you find that a bit suspicious
about that family if that child
continued to be left home alone year
after year and the same criminals came
back year after year yes some of them
have to change actually I think in the
second one it's still Kevin and then I
think they switched to a different kid
for a different movie I see I don't know
I don't remember right and the only
reason I think that that's considered a
Christmas movie is because that's the
time of year at which the movie takes
place I must disagree with you there
okay there is a strong Christmas message
it is yes Kevin is home alone at the
beginning of the movie he's motivated
because he's so dissatisfied with his
family life he's really angered angry at
his siblings and his parents and he
wishes that they would leave and they
leave and he stuck home alone the first
he loves it and he puts on his dad's
aftershave so I get the home alone face
I remember that and you know hanging out
then the criminals come and he realizes
he misses his family he needs them and
he finds Christmas solace through an old
man that lives down the street
uh-huh it's a heartwarming tale indeed
action as well yes actually
zany antics yep just like Christmas
right hmm every Christmas is like that
always always throwing refrigerators at
criminals that's right right mmm cans
indeed blowtorches right yeah the
traditional festivities have you it was
pretty cruel for us actually yes I don't
remember being that creative or evil
when I was that little true yeah a lot
of things going on in that movie we can
analyse but let us move on okay okay so
I'll go on to the first movie that I
have on my list the first one that I
have is elf elf is fairly recent
compared to a movie like home alone home
alone it was made in what the early 90s
that's right something like that elf was
made what like the early 2000s or so elf
is Elvis quite a new comparatively new
Christmas movie actually
but the story is will ferrell plays an
elf
so elves are in maybe American Christmas
lore and Christmas stories elves are the
people who help Santa Santa Claus in his
workshop to create toys for children and
elves only stay in that workshop they
lived there in the North Pole with Santa
but in this story of elf one of these
elves leaves the North Pole in an effort
to find his father because he's raised
different from his fellow elves because
he is much bigger so he's played by Will
Ferrell it's a comedy but it's also kind
of a sweet story of a person who is
different trying to find acceptance in a
world that doesn't really appreciate
people who are different so there are a
lot of kind of nice messages in this
story and it's comedy as well so like
there are a lot of really funny moments
but they're also kind of like some
really sweet moments as well there's
singing in it which is very nice there's
actually very nice singing I know I
don't even usually like singing but
that's quite good
Zooey Deschanel yeah lovely voice know
that song leaves that is the that is a
very questionable Christmas song I will
say this was very troubling Christmas
song the one who they sing their consent
is cool I'll just say that baby it's
cold outside is the least agreeable
well perhaps Christmas Carol but anyway
that's a different topic so else
yeah elf is a very popular and rather
cheery pleasant movie I I watched that
Christmas movie every year really every
Christmas I watch them are you the kind
of person who watches Christmas movies
every year well I guess yes yes because
I watched that almost every almost every
year almost every year I don't remember
every year what is it that makes you
want to watch the same movie at the same
time every year I'm not that honest or
well I won one kind of movie that I will
watch again and again is a comedy I will
watch comedies over and over and over
again I'll always laugh at the same
jokes I like waiting for the jokes
knowing they're coming and I I love Alf
it's a very funny movie and I remember
that that movie exists when christmas is
coming around so I'm more like it just
reminds me to watch elf
okay so it's not that I think
Christmastime I have to watch elf it's
more like Christmas reminds me to watch
oh I see it's a very funny movie it is
good ok nice what's your next one
my next one is another one I watch
almost every year by heart yeah a lot of
people might argue that diehard is not a
Christmas movie I think that it is and
perhaps maybe this is one that you could
say is becomes a Christmas movie by
default mm-hmm but again John McClane
didn't have to go down to the building
to that Christmas party but he did he
went down there to try and win back his
ex-wife because he was struck by the
Christmas spirit and then he found
himself in the middle of a terrorist
plot and had to fight his way out
happens to me all the time yeah yep
happens to you too I'm sure from you
know yeah from time to time every now
and again not every year thankful right
right you just get swept up in a
terrorist plot and you have to fight
your way out
yeah holiday season tired old tale yep
yep for sure for sure but yes that is a
hotly contested hotly contested means
many people discuss and debate about it
that's a hotly contested movie in terms
of whether or not it is it is in fact a
Christmas movie that's true but it seems
that the majority consensus most people
believe or well some people I should say
do believe firmly the die-hard is a
Christmas movies well you should watch
it and make a decision for yourself
that's true that's true nice okay
what's your next month I'm gonna go to
one which you guys actually pointed out
to me I guess I'll just introduce the
name of it first the movie is called the
Santa Claus this came out when I was in
elementary school I don't remember the
Santa Claus but this I did not realize
it until like a few minutes ago
usually Santa Claus the the person like
in all of our Christmas stories the guy
who brings presents and his red coat and
red pants and all that we spelled his
name without in without an E but in this
story uh the main character is played by
Tim Allen who was a very popular actor
kind of comedic actor in the 90s in the
USA and in this story Tim Allen
accidentally kills Santa Claus as Santa
is delivering presents on Christmas
and so Claus here refers to like a
condition like a condition in a contract
or part of a contract something that
indicates future necessary
behavior in this case so in this I'm
over complicating it but because Tim
Allen's character kills Santa Claus the
actual person there he by doing so he
begins he enters into a contract wherein
he has to become Santa Claus the next
Santa Claus this the title of the film
is actually a play on words it's some
wordplay related to this and I didn't
realize that until just now I saw the
movie as a child and I didn't realize
the play on words at the time but now
it's like oh it's interesting there's
kind of a double meaning in in the title
of this movie so yeah so the movie is
Tim Allen learning how to be Santa Claus
and as he's going through all these
changes and like personality changes and
physical changes as well yeah yes and
this was one I saw it maybe once or
twice I think when I was a kid but there
were just like some strong kind of funny
visuals in it like his hair he would
subtly grow a beard or he would suddenly
get like really fat like as he was
becoming Santa in the movie so this was
one that I remember from my childhood
for some reason you know what I don't
remember either is whether or not the
Santa Clause stipulates if you have to
become Santa as a result of murder or
just accidental well I'm that it was
accidental in the movie so what happens
if you really if you really go for it I
don't know I don't know let's continue
continue on do another movie okay all
right
my last movie I had to go for a classic
is It's a Wonderful Life I haven't seen
this movie in a long time but it's one
of the maybe oldest Christmas movies I
remember not because it's just the
oldest one of my list I think this movie
come out in the 50s or 60s but it's one
I remember watching when I was very
small watching it at home with my family
and it's just a really good classic
Christmas movie yeah I think I've only
seen it once as well I saw it maybe when
I was a teenager but the movie it's
called It's a Wonderful Life but it is
it is an emotional film that goes to
many different places it is so heavy
movie yeah if there's some Christmas
themes for
for sure so yeah that's quite a that is
absolutely quite a classic I think but
um mmm
don't let the title fool you there are
many there are many emotional roller
coasters to ride in that film for sure
okay nice then I'll finish up I guess
with one that we sort of debated I
wasn't sure whether to include it and we
decided okay all right decided okay the
movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas I was
hesitant to include this because I feel
like it could be like a Halloween movie
but at the same time it is sort of a
Christmas movie so if you're familiar
this is a film by Tim Burton it's sort
of and it's an animated film but
basically the characters in the movie
the animated characters in the movie are
from a place where Halloween is like the
theme of their City Halloween Tom
yeah it's called Halloween town and one
day one of the characters in
Halloweentown discovers this other place
as other city like Christmas town like
where all of everything is themed around
Christmas and he's so excited about it
he wants to bring that back to his
Halloween City so he tries to recreate
Christmas in his hometown essentially
and he creates kind of this very very
strange like very dark interpretation of
Christmas but again he's trying to bring
like this Chris the idea of Christmas
spirit to his hometown in the in the
best way that he can and he kind of
messes it up but the the message there
is just that he's he's trying to make
his community a little bit happier to
improve his community a little bit and
kind of the struggles that he goes
through to do that yeah so that's a very
interesting film as well there are a lot
of layers to that it's true I think that
that are the overall plot makes it more
of a more of a Christmas movie than a
Halloween movie yeah I think so too more
of a Christmas mr. I think so too and
actually while I was talking about that
have you seen the movie The Grinch the
Grinch who stole Christmas
which one the old the old animated one
or these well both that's true I don't
think I've seen the Jim Joe carry one
think I've seen that yeah I think I saw
it one time but it just occurred to me
now it's like oh that's a classic story
is a classic Christmas story about this
kind of mean old essentially mean old
man who's like tries to push everybody
out and lives outside of town but around
Christmastime like the community tries
to bring him in and
show him like appreciation and care and
eventually he you know warms up to them
and tries to kind of integrate into the
community a bit but that's another one
that's sort of into that same theme that
maybe we've been talking about if people
coming together around Christmastime
every year mmm very nice that's the
Christmas message I think I think so I
hope so loving community indeed great so
that's all I have Todd all right so
those are a few very famous I think
American Christmas movies if you haven't
seen them you should check them out I
think that they're actually some pretty
good references and cultural references
especially a movie like die hard I that
is a huge hugely famous movie that lots
of people reference and might remember
for Christmas as well I think it's also
quite popular so is else maybe two but
all of these really can give some
interesting insights into American
culture and I mean you can practice your
English to of course and enjoy and there
are a lot of Christmas movies that we
didn't get to talk about today so have a
look around explore see what other
Christmas movies that you can find
absolutely yeah so and if there are any
other Christmas movies or if there are
some famous holiday movies from your
country that you enjoy and that you
think are really famous or kind of
represent holidays in your country let
us know in the comments section so
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