This content introduces and explains three English idiomatic expressions: "late in the day," "you could have knocked me over with a feather," and "I'll say," along with the phrase "what gives." It aims to enhance vocabulary and conversational fluency by providing definitions, examples, and opportunities for practice.
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let's kick this episode off with this
expression late in the day this doesn't
mean that it's almost even in time no
what it really means is it's almost too
late in the sequence of things let me
give you an example now that you've lost
most of your money and bad Investments
it's late in the day to think about
looking for a stock broker a stock
broker is someone who buys and sells
stocks for clients now that you've lost
most of your money in bad investment
it's late in the day to think about
looking for a stock broker let's take
another example at the age of 85 it's a
little late in the day to be thinking
about marriage at the age of 85 it's a
little late in the day to be thinking
about marriage now you'll see an Arabic
sentence on the screen that requires a
translation please pause the video and
translate it even in your head that
enough the proper translation should be
similar to now that you've known that
you were wrong it's late in the day to
apologize it's late in the day General
it's late in the day
General you could have knocked me over
with a feather you could have knocked me
over with a feather before I let you
guess what it means the phrasal verb
knock someone over means to hit someone
and make them fall down and of course
this is a feather so now you can guess
what do we mean when we say you could
have knocked me over with a
feather it means that I was extremely
surprised I was so surprised that I was
disoriented and could have been knocked
over easily
disoriented I was so surprised that I
was disoriented and could have been
knocked over easily feels like a good
time for an example huh when she told me
she was going to get married you could
have knocked me over with a feather when
she told me she was going to get married
you could have knocked me over with a
feather we get from this example that
this person was shocked and very
surprised to learn that she was getting
married perhaps he was in love with her
hm another example of course did you
hear that they're going to tear down the
million did you hear that they're going
to tear down the city hall and build a
new one price tag $12 million
yes and when I did you could have
knocked me over with a feather now I
guess it's your turn to make a sentence
or to be more accurate to translate the
you that was a long sentence but I'm
sure you did very well translating it
you should have said something in the
neighborhood of when she told him that
she wasn't his real mother you could
have knocked him over with a feather I
think it's late in the day to tell him
that she was joking when she told him
that she wasn't his real mother you
could have knocked him over with a
feather think it's late in the day to
tell him that she was joking as you can
see I wanted you to use both words
you've learned so far I'll be doing that
a lot better pay attention my friend H
all right moving on then you could have
knocked me over with a
feather you could have knocked me over
with a
feather this next one is something I
happen to use a lot quite often actually
I'll say the meaning here is not I'm
going to say something n that'll be
silly it's rather I agree with you
strongly it's like saying I'll say
exactly the same thing my opinion and
yours do match here's an example man
it's really hot today I'll say man it's
really hot today I'll say another
example that is the ugliest baby I've
ever seen in my life I'll say that's the
ugliest baby I've ever seen in my life I'll
I'll
say I'll say yeah I'll say say yeah yeah
that's pretty powerful stuff yeah I'll
say yeah that's pretty powerful stuff I'll
I'll
say it's challenging work I'll say it's
challenging work I'll
say have you seen this one before can
you guess what it's supposed to mean
what gives means what's going on or
what's the problem I bet you didn't
think of this this meaning is a bit
tricky I give you that but remember the
trickier the meaning is the better
you'll remember it it works this way
let's take an
example hey what gives my computer just
shut off on its own hey what gives my
computer just shut off on its own here I
demand to know the reason for this weird
unpredicted Behavior what gives let's
take another one all right what giv
Sarah you've been in a foul mood all day
foul mood is like being angry or in a
bad mood all right what GI Sarah you've
been in a foul mood all day okay to wrap
things up here you'll see a conversation
between two friends you'll see what each
is trying to say in Arabic and it'll be
your duty to translate what you see into
go you're in a foul mood today what gives
they're tearing down our old building it's
terrible I'll say but why are they
guess is it late in the day to try to save
it are think so when I heard you could
have knocked me over with a feather
you're in a foul mood today what gives
they're tearing down our old building
it's terrible I'll say but why are they
tearing it down I don't know to build a
new one I guess is it late in the day to
try to save it I think so when I heard
you could have knocked me over with a
feather sure what gifts sure what gifts
you're here like every freaking day what
givs you're here like every freaking day
what gives all right guys this is where
I sing you the Goodbye song I hope this
lesson was easy for you and that you'll
start utilizing these new vocabulary
into your conversations I'll see you
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