Bob's Short English Lessons

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms A POWER TRIP and A GUILT TRIPIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English term a power trip. A power trip is when someone who is your boss, or in authority over you, starts to use that authority sometimes in a bad way. This can happen once in a while when someone is a new boss, they might go on a power trip. They might decide that they're allowed to tell everyone what to do. They can do whatever they want. They can make you come into work early and work late. They just go on a power trip. So it's when someone in authority, like a boss, decides to use that authority to tell other people what to do. It's not nice when someone goes on a power trip.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe second phrase I wanted to teach you today is a guilt trip. A guilt trip is when someone makes you feel guilty in order to convince you to do something. I don't want to name names, but there are people in certain families of mine who will give you a guilt trip if you say you can't come to a family event. Sometimes there's a family event planned, and you're not able to attend, and they will say, oh, you didn't come last year and the year you came two years ago, you only stayed for one hour. It'd be really nice if you could come. That's called a guilt trip. So they're making you feel bad. They're making you feel guilty because you're not doing something. It's not very nice when someone gives you a guilt trip.So to review: A power trip is when someone who is your boss, or in authority, starts to tell everyone what to do and they're not very nice about it. And a guilt trip is when someone makes you feel guilty in order to convince you to do something. By the way, they can both be used as verbs as well. You know, he was power tripping yesterday or don't guilt trip me, I told you, I'm not able to come.Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Hary300. Bob. I am wondering how you started learning about gardening. Were you an agriculture student in college? And my response, no. Jen and I did both grow up on farms however, you could say it's in our family.So thanks Hary for that comment. Yes, Jen and I both grew up on dairy farms. I think I've told many of you before this large barn behind me used to be a dairy barn. When I was a kid, this barn was filled with cows and my parents were dairy farmers. So we milked cows. This is actually the elevator where we would put hay up into the hay loft. But yeah, this is definitely where I grew up. Jen also grew up on a dairy farm. So we both grew up knowing what it meant to take care of animals, but also knowing a little bit about how to grow crops.So Hary, that's what's given us a little bit of insight into how to farm. We didn't grow up on flower farms but we understand fertility and irrigation and how to use equipment. I know how to drive a tractor. I've been driving a tractor since I was about 10 years old. I still remember the first time I drove a tractor. It was quite a bit of fun. Anyways, wo we grew up on farms. That's how come we know a little bit about farming and that certainly, that knowledge we got as children certainly helps us a lot.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase TO CLAM UP and the word BASICALLYIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to clam up. Now, this simply means to stop talking, and it's usually used to talk about when a conversation just stops because someone's mentioned something or brought up a topic that no one wants to talk about. Maybe they started talking about politics, and everyone just clams up because they don't want to talk about politics. Maybe they start talking about some other uncomfortable topic, and everyone will clam up because they don't want to talk about it. So, it simply means to stop talking. It simply means a situation where people are having a conversation, and then someone says something, and then everyone else stops talking, they clam up.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is actually just a word, and it's the word basically. Mark Cooper requested that I talk about a couple of words, the first one is basically. Basically just means the the simple things you need for something to exist, or for something to happen. I'm not describing this very well, so let me get back to the basics. If you wanna make bread, basically you need flour, water, yeast, and salt. If you want to be healthy, basically you just need to go for a walk every day, eat healthy food, and relax a little bit. There's probably other things you can do, but those are the simple ingredients or the simple things you need to do. When we say basically, we're basically just saying the only things you need. For me, basically, if I wanna make an English lesson, I need a piece of paper, a camera, and a good idea, and I'm ready to go.Anyways, to review, to clam up simply means to stop talking. Sometimes when they arrest someone, the police bring him into the police station, and the person will clam up when they start asking questions about the crime that was committed, and the word basically is simply used basically to talk about the simple things you need for something to exist. In order to grow flowers, basically you need dirt, seeds, and some sunshine and some rain.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. I hope it didn't fall outta my pocket. Here it is. This is from Vítor. Mr. Bob is such a nice teacher. Thank you. Do your children know how to swim? And my response, yes. All of our children have had swimming lessons, and we often swim at a local park and at a relative's house. So yes, all of my children have had swimming lessons, and they do know how to swim, so that's really, really cool.Hey, a couple of things I wanted to talk about today, I need to keep an eye on the time here. One is people have noticed that I've been wearing more t-shirts lately. Yes, it's summer. In the summer, I wear more t-shirts. I have a little bit of a relaxed approach to the day. Instead of wearing a nice shirt with buttons and a collar like I do when I go teach every day, I relax a bit, so I tend to wear a few more t-shirts. They say Champion, it's the brand name. It doesn't mean I think I'm the champion.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase SUCH AS and SUCH AIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, 'such as', but before I do that, I actually want to read a comment from a previous video from my other channel from Mélodie. Mélodie says, hello teacher, can you make a video about how we have to use 'such as'? Please have a nice day. And my response was, I'll do this for next week's short English lesson. So thanks Melody for that request.And I will now talk about the phrase 'such as'. This simply means for example. When we mention something, and then we give examples of it, we might say such as. Here's a great example. Jen and I grow flowers, such as sunflowers, dahlias, lisianthus. So when I mentioned that we grow flowers, I then use the word 'such as' to describe some of the specific flowers that we grow. I could say this, my kids really, really like fast foods, such as McDonald's, Harvey's, and A&W. So it's just a way to give examples about something you just started talking about.If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase 'such a', and this might seem like a bit of a strange one. It's used to emphasize something. It's such a nice day out here today. I had such a nice time at the party. I went to a concert the other night and it was such a good time. It was such a great concert. So 'such a' is just a really weird little phrase we use to emphasize things. It is such a nice day out here today. It's not sunny, it's not raining. It's relatively cool. It's such a nice day.Anyways, to review, when you use such as, it's when you're going to give examples. I like to exercise. I do exercises such as lifting weights and walking. Those are the exercises I do. And when you use 'such a', it's to emphasize something. I have such a good day if I exercise in the morning.But hey, let's look at a comment from a different previous video. This comment is from Ruslan. Thank you for the cool lesson teacher, Bob. The river is quite wide. It must be great to have a paddle board or a jet ski, and have fun out there. And my response, it certainly is quite busy on the weekends with all kinds of watercraft, such as boats and canoes, and jet skis, and paddle boards, and all that kind of stuff. By the way, that was a comment from the video where I was out by the really big river in a town that's close to me.By the way, I did a lesson in that town a long time ago. The 'Let's Learn English Downtown' video. It was filmed in that town as well.But yes, that river is very, very busy, especially on the weekends. There was a boat ramp or a boat launch in the park where I was at, I should have showed that too. Maybe I'll go back and do a video there in the future, but it's definitely a busy place on the weekend. Lots of motorboats. If you go early in the morning, people will be there with their fishing boats. So people like to fish really, really early in the morning. Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase CAUGHT OFF GUARD and CAUGHT IN THE ACTIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase caught off guard. Have you ever been caught off guard? When you're caught off guard, it means something happens and you haven't planned for it. Here's a great example. Maybe the weather forecast says it's supposed to be a beautiful day, and you decide to go for a two-hour walk, and in the middle of your walk, it starts to rain. We would say that you were caught off guard. You thought it was going to be a nice day. You didn't bring your umbrella, because the weather forecast said it was going to be beautiful, but you were caught off guard when it started to rain. So when you're caught off guard, it just means something happens and it's something that you didn't know was going to happen.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase caught in the act. When you're caught in the act, it means you're caught doing something while you're doing it. Usually we use this phrase to talk about people who are committing a crime. When someone is stealing a boat, maybe. You can notice behind me, there's a nice river. When someone's stealing a boat, and as they are stealing the boat, the police pull up. We would say that they are caught in the act. I know once when I was a kid, I was taking cookies. I often stole cookies as a child, and one time, I was caught in the act by my mom. I literally had my hand in the cookie jar and was stealing a cookie.So to review, when you are caught off guard, it means that you didn't plan for something to happen, and then it happened. Sometimes students at my school will go to their first track and field meet, and then they don't wear suntan lotion and they're caught off guard. They think it's going to be a cloudy day. They don't wear suntan lotion, and they're caught off guard and they get a really, really bad sunburn. The other phrase, to review, caught in the act simply means for someone to catch you while you're doing something, usually something that you're not supposed to be doing.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from May. "Hi, Teacher Bob. I'm from Myanmar. I was not good at using phrasal verbs, but after watching your videos, I don't have to think a lot, and I can use them naturally without thinking. Thank you so much." And my response, "You're welcome, May. I'm glad I can help."And yes, I am glad that I can help. You know, part of what I'm trying to do here with these lessons is I'm trying to create a lot of content for people to listen to, so that even if you're not actively trying to learn, the fact that you can listen to my videos a couple times a week, and listen to my longer videos on my other channel, hopefully everything starts to sink in. In English, when we say that stuff sinks in, it means that after being exposed to something for a long time, your brain just naturally learns how to use it. So hopefully as you listen to me talk, a lot of things will sink in.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase TO FREAK OUT and CONTROL FREAKIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to freak out. When you say that someone is freaking out, or sometimes when you say an animal is freaking out, it means they're going crazy and doing all kinds of abnormal things. Let me explain a little bit. When someone drives in our driveway, sometimes our dogs will freak out. That means they'll bark and jump around and they'll be all excited because someone has arrived at our place and maybe they don't know who it is so they freak out. Sometimes when a person finds out some exciting news, they might freak out. They might jump for joy or scream or they might be really excited. They might freak out because they're really, really happy about something that's happening. It can also mean a negative emotion. Like sometimes when I'm walking at night and Jen will say something from a dark room or something like that, by the way that doesn't happen very often, but you get my point. If someone was to jump out and scare me, I would freak out. I would scream a little bit and I would maybe run away a little bit. I would freak out. So it's any time you express a lot of emotion, positive or negative, in a way that's a little bit uncontrolled.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase control freak. This is something that we call someone who always wants to be in control of a situation. I have a certain relative where when I make food at their house, they kind of watch me and tell me what to do because I don't think they trust me when I make food. They're kind of a control freak. They wanna make sure I measure everything correctly and I fry everything for the right amount of time. They're a bit of a control freak. Sometimes you might have a boss who's a bit of a control freak. They kinda watch you all the time and they're always telling you what to do and telling you when you do something wrong.Anyways, to review, when you freak out, when you say, "Oh, if I win the lottery tomorrow, I'm going to freak out," it means you are going to have an outburst of emotion, either positive or negative. If you won the lottery, it would be positive. And when you say someone is a control freak, it means they want to be in control of any kind of situation.Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Jalal. "You are so kind, Bob "I assume when you are angry, you don't shout. "I think making lessons on YouTube calms you down. "Thank you." And my response, "Oh, I shout sometimes. "I'm mostly calm, but I'm human, just like everyone else."In fact, the other night, my son was mowing lawn really late just outside the window of our house. And I do appreciate when he mows our lawn, but it was really loud and I was trying to work and I got a little bit angry, a tiny bit angry. Sorry, there was a tree there I had to duck under. And I shouted a little bit. I didn't say anything mean. I said something like, "Hey, stop making so much noise. "I'm trying to work. I'm trying to think."Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases BANG ON and A BANG UP JOBIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase bang on. In English, when we say something is bang on, we mean that it's perfect, and I think this might be a North American saying. I'm not sure, but I hear this all the time. Let's say I went to a party for my sister's birthday last week, and my brother-in-law planned the party, and the planning was bang on. That means he did a really, really good job planning the party. Let's say my van needed to be painted and I want the paint job to look perfect. I would go to a certain person I know who paints vehicles, because the job they do is always bang on. So when you say something's bang on, it just means that it's done perfectly. I try to make sure my English lessons are bang on whenever I make them. I wanna make them current and I wanna make them something that helps you learn a bit more English. I want them to be bang on.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe second phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase a bang up job. Now, bang is actually a word that means when two things hit together, right? Like one car can bang into another. But in these two sentences, we're using bang to talk about something good. A bang up job means a really, really good job. Sometimes people do a bang up job when they're making supper for someone else. If I go and eat at my sister's place, I know that she's going to do a bang up job when she prepares dinner. She's just a really good cook. She knows how to use just the right amounts of salt and pepper and spices to make almost anything taste amazing. She always does a bang up job.So to review, when you say something is bang on, you mean that it's perfect. When I come outside, I always think to myself, the work that Jen does is bang on, and I'll show you some of her work in a bit. And when someone does a bang up job, it's kind of similar, isn't it? When someone does a bang up job, it means that they've done something really, really well. I hope when you go to work, you do a bang up job everyday.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Andres. "I really enjoy the weekend. When Friday morning arrives, I feel that the weekend is so close that I can taste it. Recently, I've been taking an online course about engineering, completely in English. I could take it in Spanish, but I just want to get a taste of studying in English. Thanks, Mr. Bob." And my response was this. "Your usage of both phrases is bang on," and then in brackets, "That means correct."So I used the phrase I taught earlier to respond to Andres. Yes, your use of both phrases from the video before, the phrase to get a taste of, and oh, I just forgot the other one. It slipped my mind. What was the other one? To get a taste of, and so close that I can taste it. I should have remembered that one. Anyways, bang on. You did a bang up job on those two.Hey, I was going to show you over here today, we have been planting a lot of flowers into the field, but we still have a lot more to plant. So behind me, you can see what's kind of this covered wagon. We call it our greenhouse wagon because light can come through. I'll give you a little peek inside here for a minute. So you can see, we have some stuff on the ground here. I actually think these are gourds, some mini pumpkins. And then over here in our greenhouse wagon, we have a lot, oh, these haven't done so well. That happens sometimes when you farm. We have a lot of things that we need to plant. You can see all of these seedlings in here. We have quite a bit oSupport the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase I CAN TASTE IT and TO GET A TASTEIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the phrase it's so close I can taste it. This is a funny phrase we say in English when something that we're really excited about is going to be happening soon. For me, that would be summer vacation. It's so close I can taste it. I should probably add the word that in there if I wanted to make this grammatically correct. But sometimes we say it and sometimes we don't. It's so close I can taste it or it's so close that I can taste it. I'm really excited about summer vacation. Maybe you're buying a new car and you get that car on Thursday. Maybe you went to the car dealership and you paid for it and you're like, "Ah, I get my new car on Thursday. "It's so close I can taste it." So once again, this is just a phrase we say in English when we're excited about something that's going to happen.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe second phrase I wanted to teach you is the phrase to get a taste. When you get a taste for something, it means you try it and you find out that you actually like it. It doesn't have to be food, by the way. I should have mentioned this. The word taste is the sense you have when you eat something. Things taste good. So with both phrases, we're using the word taste in a slightly different way. We're not talking about food. But this one can be about food. Maybe you tried some chocolate cake and you really liked it and now you have gotten a taste for it. So when you try it, you get a taste for it. But you can also use it for other things. Maybe your brother-in-law has a sports car and he let you drive it. And now you're getting a bit, you're starting to get a taste for fancier vehicles. So again, whenever you try something and you really like it, we say that you're starting to get a taste for it.So to review, when you say it's so close I can taste it, it means that you're really excited about something. Maybe you're going to a concert and it's next week. It's so close you can taste it. And then when you get a taste for something it means that you've tried it and you kind of like it, and it doesn't just have to be food. It can be almost anything. I think some people have gotten a taste for my lessons and they kind of like them.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Letícia. "Hi, Bob, I definitely don't like the hot summer "but I have to deal with it almost all year round "because I live in the tropics." And my response was this. "I don't mind the heat in the middle of the summer. "I need a few weeks, though, to get used to it. "Right now is too soon."So I've whined in the past about how I don't like the heat. That is true, but a funny thing kind of happens, doesn't it? When you first have a hot day in the spring, if you live somewhere like I do where it's cold and then it gets warm, those first few hot days are really hard to take. They're very difficult because your body is not ready for hot weather. And so I would say that by the middle of the summer, usually I've adapted a little bit. My body has gotten used to the heat and it's not as bad anymore.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO TAKE THE HEAT and CAN'T TAKE THE HEATIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to take the heat. When you take the heat for something, it means you're the one who deals with people's anger or criticism in a certain situation. Sometimes at work, because I work at a school, parents might be angry with a certain teacher, but my boss decides to take the heat. That means he'll be the person that talks to the parents. He'll explain to them what happened. And instead of the parents talking directly to the teacher, he'll take the heat, especially if it's something where the teacher really didn't do something wrong. Sometimes with Jen and I, our children are angry with us, and I say to Jen, "Hey, I'll take the heat on this one. I'll go and talk to them. They're really annoyed about something. I'll go and see what's wrong, listen to them, and hopefully I can fix it."WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase can't take the heat. When you say someone can't take the heat, it means they can't handle criticism. It means they don't like it when people are angry with them or when people are very, very critical. Sometimes when you make a mistake, it can be hard to take the heat. It's not nice when you do something and then people get really annoyed, and then maybe at some point you're like, "I'm gonna quit doing this job because I can't take the heat. I can't take people getting angry with me all the time." This happens sometimes with professional athletes. Sometimes people get really annoyed and they write mean comments online, and eventually they retire or they quit playing the game because they can't take the heat. And I don't blame them. It's not very nice when people are really, really critical.Anyways, to review, to take the heat means to kind of take the blame, to take the criticism, to handle the angry people if you're in a certain situation. If you're the person who takes the heat, you're the one who talks to them. And when you say that someone can't take the heat, it simply means that in a stressful situation, it's not very good for them. They eventually leave that situation because they just can't take the heat. But, hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.This comment is from Unsal. "Hi, Teacher Bob, how are you doing? The plate that appears on the pipe behind you at the end of the video, is the solar panel? Have a great day, thank you for all your amazing lessons, loves from Istanbul." And my response, "You're welcome. No, it's not a solar panel. It's actually the bottom of a birdhouse. The rest of the house rotted and fell off and we just haven't replaced it yet."So, yeah, at the end of the last video, there's a pipe in the ground with a flat board on top. There used to be an entire birdhouse up there, but at one point the birdhouse kind of rotted and the wind blew it off. And we picked it up, and we were gonna put another birdhouse on top, and we just haven't done that yet. It's just kind of sitting there, so, oh, well. Maybe that's something I'll do this summer. But thanks, Unsal, for that comment.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrase TO MAKE SOMEONE and IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to make someone or to make something. Now this isn't what you think. This isn't using the verb to make in the sense that you're creating something. This is using the verb to make meaning to force someone. When I was a kid, my parents would make me eat my vegetables. When we sat down at the table, we would have meat and potatoes, and green beans. And I didn't always like eating my vegetables. So my parents would make me eat my vegetables. So they would force me to eat my vegetables. And you can also use it to make something. So this is in the sense of if I'm trying to put something together and it doesn't fit, I might force it. I might make it go together by pushing on it. Sometimes I make the door of my van close by shutting it really, really hard. It's not a great example, but I think you get the point.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianSo, oh, the second phrase I wanted to teach you today. Sorry, that was already two phrases, and there's another one on the other side, is it makes no difference. This is a phrase we use when we're okay with something. So let's say someone says to me, do you want vanilla or chocolate ice cream? I could say, ah it makes no difference to me, either is fine. If someone said to me, do you like driving your red van or your blue van? I could say, well, it makes no difference. I like driving both of them.So to review, to make someone do something is to force them to do something, sorry, there's a tractor right there. We'll go look at it in a bit, hopefully. And to make something, do something is to force it as well. And when you say it makes no difference, it simply means that it's fine with you. Do you like my short lessons, or my long lessons? You might reply, and say, ah, it makes no difference. I like both of them.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Dúlio. Hi, teacher Bob, what time of night did you record this video? It's quite interesting that it's quite bright out there. Have a nice weekend. And my response was, I think it was at about 7:00 PM, right now, though it is light out until almost 9:30 PM here. One of the benefits of living in a northern country, and then Dúlio responded again, wow, that's so cool.So thanks, Dúlio. Yeah, it's interesting in Canada. In December, we have these really short days. And then in the summer, we have these really nice long days. So in the month of June, especially this time of year, it's actually quite light out 'til 9:30, almost 10 o'clock at night. It's quite amazing actually. It's really nice for us because on the farm, we can get a lot of work done at night. I'm very, very thankful that the days are really long in the summer, and then we're less busy in the winter. So having shorter days doesn't really matter. It also makes me a lot happier in the summer. It's just nice to be able to do a lot of things outside when you get home.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases IT DOESN'T HURT TO and THE TRUTH HURTSIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "It doesn't hurt to." This is a phrase we say when we're recommending that someone does something that will actually benefit them. If you're studying for an English test, it doesn't hurt to study every day for weeks on end. So even though I'm using the word hurt, which normally means something painful, I'm actually recommending you do something that's good for you. So if you're learning English, it doesn't hurt to write down the new words that you learn. When you come outside at night, like this at this time of year, it doesn't hurt to wear a little bit of mosquito spray. They're starting to bite my ankles a little bit. So it doesn't hurt if you wear some mosquito spray. The same with when you go out in the sun, if you burn easily, it doesn't hurt to wear a bit of sunscreen.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH, "BOB THE CANADIAN"If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, "The truth hurts." This is something we say in English when, you know, when you tell someone something that's true and it makes them sad, or it makes them upset, we're kind of like, you know, the truth hurts. Sometimes people will tell you the truth because they care about you. Let's say you're not eating healthy and you're not exercising, and you're gaining a lot of weight, and maybe your mom or a relative tells you that you really need to take care of yourself, that might offend you a little bit. You might be like, "I can't believe they told me that I'm overweight, or they told me that I'm not healthy," but we might say, "You know what? Sometimes the truth hurts." When you go to the doctor and the doctor says, you need to exercise more, even if you don't like the advice and it makes you sad or upset, the reality is the truth hurts.So to review, when you say it doesn't hurt to, you're actually recommending people do something. And like I said, it doesn't hurt to write down a few words or phrases that you learned today. And when you say the truth hurts, you're simply saying that sometimes when someone tells you something that's true, it doesn't always make you happy, but it's still the truth.Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Ruslan. I can't get this in my pocket. I'm actually wearing shorts right now. I don't know if you guys have ever seen me in shorts. Ruslan says, "What beautiful peonies, Teacher Bob. My Granny used to grow them in her summer garden once. The bush was very big and the stems were long. I like these flowers very much." And my response was, I love them. Not only are they beautiful, they smell great too. It doesn't hurt that people like to buy them as well.So a kind of a funny thing. Thanks, Ruslan, for that comment. So kind of a funny thing happened when I was replying to Ruslan's comment. I'm not sure if he saw me correct it, but as I was typing Ruslan's comment, Jen came in the room and she said the downstairs toilet was running through. When a toilet runs through, that means the water keeps running after you flush it. And I said, oh, that's strange. That normally doesn't happened to that toilet. But I had my text to speech going as I said that. And that ended up in the original comment I left for Ruslan. So, Ruslan, if you saw the first comment before I edited it, that's why I was talking about a toilet running through. And for those of you that don't understand what I was just saying, when you flush a toilet, the water sometimes doesn't stop running and you have to jiggle the handle a little bit and theSupport the show