Bob's Short English Lessons

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English terms FUNNY BUSINESS and FUNNY FEELINGIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English term funny business. Funny business is a kind of behavior that we don't like. Let me give you a few examples. Sometimes when I'm driving in my car, in the back of the van, I want my children to behave. I don't want any funny business. I don't want them to fight or argue or try to take things from each other. I want them to be happy. I want them to be kind. I don't want any funny business. I also could use this term when talking about students. If I step into the hallway to talk to another teacher, I might say to my class, "Please continue working. I don't want any funny business." That simply means I don't want them to throw things at each other. I don't want them to start fighting with each other, either just by arguing or actually fighting. That never happens, by the way, but I certainly don't want any funny business.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 term I wanted to teach you today is the term a funny feeling. When you have a funny feeling, it usually means you think you know what's going to happen in the future. Here's an example sentence. Even though it's a nice day out, I have a funny feeling it might rain today. The wind is blowing a certain way. The clouds in the sky look a little bit strange. I have a funny feeling that it might rain later this afternoon. So a funny feeling is a way to describe your ability to maybe predict the future just a little bit.Anyways, to review, funny business is any kind of behavior that you don't like to see, either with your children, or if you have students, if you're a teacher, or even with maybe the government. You don't want the government to get up to any funny business. You want them to do their job well and rule the country in an appropriate way. No funny business. And a funny feeling is simply you think that you know how something is going to turn out. I had a funny feeling that Italy was gonna win the soccer game, and I was actually right. I had a funny feeling. I'm not that good at predicting the future, but for some reason, I had a funny feeling that they would win.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Rajendra, and Rajendra says, "Hi, Bob. How are you? Another nice and short lesson from you. Again, I'm mesmerized by the beautiful view behind you. Please bear with me. What is that small hut kind of thing behind you?" And my response was this. "That is actually a wagon that we can close up. We use it a lot in early spring to allow small plants in trays to harden off. This means to get used to colder temperatures, but we don't want them to freeze at night, so we close the wagon." So at a certain point in the year, it's nice and warm during the day here in Ontario, Canada, but it's still quite cold at night, so we have one wagon where we bring small seedlings out to kind of get used to being outdoors. We do start growing them in the house, and this wagon is open.So you can see, we use it quite a bit at this time of the year, but we have this wagon over here, which is what I think you were referring to, Rajendra. I think you were referring to this wagon. Let me go to the other side. Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English Phrases TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF and BEAR WITH MEIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase "to bear the brunt of." When you bear the brunt of something, it means you get the worst part of the situation, or the worst part of what's happening. Here's a little story. When I was younger, I took my younger brother shopping with me and we stayed out really late. And I knew when we came home that I was going to bear the brunt of the punishment that my parents were going to give. Because my little brother didn't have any choice but to stay out late. I was the one who was driving and so I knew when we came home late, my parents would be annoyed and that they would have some sort of punishment. Probably I would get grounded, but I knew that I would bear the brunt of that punishment. I would be the one who would get almost all of the punishment. I would bear the brunt of it.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH FOR, "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 "bear with me." This is a phrase we use when we want people to wait while we do something else. A very common time for this to happen is during my live English lessons when I have technical problems. Sometimes I'll say, "Oh, something's not working right. Bear with me while I fix it." So it's simply a way in English to ask people to just be patient and to wait while you solve a problem or fix something.So to review, when you bear the brunt of something, it means that you are getting the worst part of a situation that is happening, okay? Sometimes in a city, people who don't have money bear the brunt of new changes that the government in the city might make, because, sometimes, they just don't have influence over the decision-making process, and they bear the brunt of it. And two, when you say, "Bear with me," it simply means, "Please be patient while I fix something," or, "While I figure something out." And it does happen quite a bit... Well, not quite a bit. It does happen once in a while during my live streams.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. If you sense that maybe I'm feeling a little off making this video, it's 'cause I'm standing in the rain. My camera is under the overhang of my barn, but I'm actually standing out here in the rain, the crazy things I do to make English lessons. Anyways, this is from Aleksey. "This time, the lighting was perfect for filming. The depth of field allowed us to get a good look at the LG. Yeah, the temptation to swim has gone. Hopefully it's temporary." And my response is, yes, I'm quite happy with this camera I'm using for the short lessons. It has very nice stabilization when I walk and talk, and it also has a really good depth of field that has everything in focus so people can see what's behind me. It's great.So speaking of that, let's take this camera for a little walk. I wanted to mention a couple things. One is, yes, this camera has very nice depth of field. That means that, usually, as I walk, you can see what's behind me relatively clearly. I'm quite happy with that. Because as I've said to people before, either the lesson will be interesting or the things that are behind me will be interesting. That's usually my goal when I come out to make an English lesson for you, either I'll be entertaining, or the things you see behind me will be entertaining. One of the two will be true.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases A WAKE-UP CALL and WAKE UP!In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, a wake up call. Now a wake up call can mean a phone call that they give you when you stay at a hotel to wake you up in the morning. But we also use this phrase to talk about something in life that happens that reminds you to do something. Here's a good example. Maybe in your city, there was a car accident and someone got hurt because they didn't have their seatbelt on. We would say that that would be a wake-up call for you if you don't regularly wear your seatbelt. So a wake up call is any time something happens that brings your attention to something that maybe you're not doing in life that you should be doing.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, wake up. Now this can simply be what someone yells to someone if that person is sleeping and you want them to wake up. But we also use this to tell people that they should do something or they should pay attention to something. Here's an example. Sometimes I'll have a student in my class that thinks they're doing a really good job but they're failing all their assignments. So they think they're doing good but they're actually not. I might say to them, hey, wake up. You're not doing a very good job in my class, you need to do better work. You need to hand in your assignments on time. I know you think you are doing good, but wake up. You really need to try harder.So to review, a wake up call is anything that happens in life that reminds you that you should do something or that you should pay attention to something. And if someone says wake up, it might be because you're sleeping on the bus, they actually want you to wake up, but more likely they might be just telling you that you need to change something you're doing in your life. You need to wake up.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Jeff Green. And Jeff says, funny you should say that when you are done teaching, you want to be in peace and then LMAO. And my response was this, teaching is an interesting profession. It has its ups and downs. I love 90% of the job but the end of each semester can be very hectic especially the second semester.The end of the second semester is the end of the school year. It can be extremely hectic, it can be a real challenge for me to get all my work done and to finish things that I need to finish at the end of the school year.I wanted to talk a little bit more about a wake-up call. If you look at the river today, I'm not sure how well you can see this but there's all kinds of algae in the river. Now, the algae itself isn't a problem but it's kind of a wake-up call because the algae grows when there's pollution in the river. And the algae grows when the pollution is from, let's say human waste or fertilizer runoff from farms. So it's kind of a wake-up call the algae itself isn't bad but it's a sign that there are too many nutrients in the water. And I think when I say human waste and nutrients, I hope you know what I mean.There's actually a lagoon really far that way. And then do treat the wastewater, they do treat the sewage but they only treat it once. And then when the lagoon is full, they release it into the river. So all of you who thought that Canada was this beautiful pristine country with no pollution, well, we do kind of have some problems.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases HOLD ON and TO GET A HOLD OFIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, hold on. There's two ways that I use this phrase most commonly when I speak English. the first would be, if I was driving a snowmobile and you were sitting behind me, I would probably say, hold on before I started to move forward, because I wouldn't want you to fall off the back. We also use the phrase, hold on when we want someone to stop or to wait. Let's say that Jen was leaving for market and she had forgot her wallet. I might run out of the house and I might yell, hold on, hold on, don't leave yet. You forgot your wallet. So we can use this phrase two ways. We can use it to tell someone to hold on to someone or we can tell it to, we can say it to someone to mean that they should wait.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, to get a hold of. When you are trying to get a hold of someone, it means you're trying to phone them or text them and they're not responding to you. Sometimes my son is at work and I'm trying to get a hold of him during the day. I'm trying to get a hold of him so that I can tell him to stop at the grocery store and get some things before he comes home. So when you tell some, when you are trying to get a hold of someone, it means that you are trying to contact them. You're trying to get a hold of them using either your phone or via text or even via email.So to review, when you tell someone to hold on, when you yell, hold on, it means you want them to stop or wait. When you tell them to hold on, let's say, if they were riding behind you on a motorcycle, it means you want them to hold on either to you or the motorcycle, so they don't fall off the back when you start going. And when you try to get a hold of someone, it simply means that you are trying to contact them. Sometimes I'm trying to get a hold of someone and they don't respond and it can be a little frustrating. Can't it? When you're trying to get a hold of someone and they don't answer you.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Yusuf. And the comment is this, "Yo, hello, Mr. Bob, Did you cut the tree that was not thriving?" And my response is, "I have not done that yet. Summer has really just begun for me, and there are lots of little jobs waiting for me on the farm. I'm just getting started with my summer work list. It's exciting."So I do really enjoy working on the farm, but I kind of just started on summer vacation last week. So the tree that Yusuf is talking about is actually right here. If you wanna have a look at it, you can see that it's definitely not thriving. It has a dead branch here. It doesn't really look healthy at all. So I'm sorry to say once again, I know people were sad last time I mentioned it. It's time for this tree to go. So it's one of the jobs that I do need to do here on the farm. If we look at this side, you can see it's even worse. There's just lots of dead branches. So I'll get that eventually.There are many things that I need to do on the farm. And it's probably one of the healthiest things I do in life. I know sometimes people say that you should take a break from work, but for me, when I'm done teaching, when I'm done, especially this year, using all the technology and interacting with people, this gives me peace, okay. It's very peaceful for me to do farm work. It's something I really enjoy doing. Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English Phrases TO FALL FLAT and TO FALL INTO PLACEIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to fall flat. When something falls flat, it means that it doesn't work out. It means that it doesn't happen. Last spring when COVID was starting, many people knew that their travel plans were going to fall flat, because they weren't going to be allowed to travel. Maybe you have plans for later this year, but you're not sure if your country will open up, if there will be less restrictions. So your plans might fall flat later this year because you won't be allowed to do what you want to do. It's never very nice when your plans fall flat. I like it when you make plans and you're able to actually do what you wanted to do.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH FOR, "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 to fall into place. When things fall into place, it means they do happen. Maybe you're planning on going on a trip, and so you booked a hotel, you got plane tickets, you have time off work, everything is starting to fall into place. All of the things that you need to do so that you can travel later are actually falling into place so that you can do them. So when you have a plan for the future and all the little parts of that plan are working out, we say that things are starting to fall into place.So to review, when things fall flat, when something falls flat, it means that you had a plan and it just didn't work out, it just didn't happen. And when things fall into place, it means that you had a plan and everything is working out nicely. That's usually the best way to have things.But, hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Qiu Park, and Qiu Park says, "In my native language, we have an idiom with the same meaning. Three-foot-thick ice didn't freeze in a day." Thanks a lot, have a good one. And my response is this, "That sounds like a Canadian phrase, but we don't have that one. I'll have to try and add it."So that was a take on the phrase, Rome wasn't built in a day, and that's a great phrase, three-foot-thick ice didn't freeze in a day. I would love it if that was a Canadian saying, that would be really, really cool. Hey, I'm just gonna walk a little further here into my wheat field.There's a couple things I wanted to talk about today. First of all, thanks, Qiu Park, for that comment. This wheat field, I've been talking about it a lot in some of my videos, it's almost ready to harvest. We are about 10 days away from being ready to harvest this wheat field. I'm just trying to find a little path here in the wheat where I can walk so that I can get further in, and I am super excited about it. This crop has grown really, really well. The wheat looks really, really good, so I'm super happy that the combine will come soon and this will be harvested.The other thing I wanted to mention today is I'm wearing my Captain America T-shirt. It's actually July 4th today, I'm making this video on July 4th. So it is a holiday in the United States, it is the Fourth of July. So to all of my American friends, including Brent from "American English With This Guy," that's his YouTube channel, by the way, I hope you're having a great day over there in the United States.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY and TIME WILL TELLIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, Rome wasn't built in a day. I think you're familiar with the city of Rome. It took a long time to build the city of Rome, and we use this phrase whenever we talk about something that isn't going as fast as people might want it to. Sometimes people want things done quickly, and you'll say, you know, Rome wasn't built in a day. Let's think of something that takes a long time. You can see the peonies behind me. When we plant these, they're very small, and we don't actually harvest flowers off of them for about four to seven years, so it's something where you really need to wait until you have some that you can sell, and this would be a good phrase to say, to describe it, you could say, you know, when you grow peonies, it takes a while before you have something to sell. Rome wasn't built in a day.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, time will tell. Sometimes you have to wait a certain amount of time to see if something you did works out. What would be a good example of this? Maybe you buy a car and you put in some new parts because you want the car to run better, but when you start it up, you're not sure everything's working right, but time will tell if everything is working right. It basically means if you wait a certain amount of time, you will eventually see if something is working well.So to review, when you are talking about anything that takes a long period of time, and if someone is being impatient, you could say, Hey, just be patient, Rome wasn't built in a day, like please remember that sometimes it takes a long time to get things done, and then the second phrase, time will tell, simply means sometimes you need to wait a while to see if something is working. If you're watching my videos to learn English, and you're wondering if they're helping you, well, time will tell. Watch them for a few months or a few weeks, and time will tell if they are a benefit to you.Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Dmitry. Once again, my comment is all crumpled up in my pocket. Sorry about that. Dmitry says, "Hi, Mr. Bob. "The filter that you used "this time making the video looks kind of weird. "The picture seems unnatural "and a little gloomy in my humble opinion, "but maybe I'm the only one who thinks so. "Anyways, thanks for the lesson." And my response was this. "I have to admit I'm not an expert "when it comes to making videos, "but I'm learning slowly, but surely. "I think this video looks a lot better."I hope this video looks a lot better. No, the other day when I was out here, Dmitry, it was very sunny, and if you know anything about cameras, I had my camera set to let a lot of light in, and so, the video had too much light, and then I tried to correct it when I was editing it. While I was editing the video, I tried to change settings so that it looked more natural and I just kept making it look worse, and that was kind of, I was kind of running late, so eventually, I just published it. So again, yeah, the colors weren't great. I think this video, hopefully, the colors are a lot better. It is still quite sunny out, but I set the camera to automatically adjust certain settings based on the light.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases NOTHING MUCH and NOTHING REALLYIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "nothing much." This is a phrase that we use to answer questions like this. Hey Bob, what are you doing this weekend? Nothing much. Hey Bob, what are you doing today? Nothing much. It simply means that you don't have a lot planned for the time that someone is asking about. What am I doing this summer? I would love to say nothing much, but I actually have a lot planned. And by the way, when you say this quickly, it ends up sounding like nothing much, okay? Hey Bob, what are you doing this weekend? Ah, nothing much, just hanging around at home. We might have a little campfire. So you're not doing anything important? No. There's nothing much going on this weekend.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, "nothing really." This is a very similar phrase. It means exactly the same thing. If you said to me, hey Bob, what are you doing this afternoon? I could say, ah, nothing really. I'm just sitting around doing nothing. By the way, none of that is true. I rarely respond to that question by saying nothing much or nothing really. Although they are accurate answers, I'm usually quite busy and I don't usually respond by saying, nothing much or nothing really.So to review, if someone says to you, hey, what are you doing this weekend? You can respond by saying nothing much, which means you're not up to a whole lot. You're not doing a lot of things. Or you could say, nothing really. I'm just kind of sitting around at home twiddling my thumbs. Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video. Did you know that phrase "twiddling your thumbs?" When you're doing nothing in English, we sometimes say you're twiddling your thumbs. You don't actually twiddle your thumbs. It's just a saying.This comment is from Eduardo. And Eduardo says, "Great phrases, Bob; thanks so much. By the way, do you practice basketball? I haven't seen the little basketball court before. Have a beautiful day. And my response is, "I try to help my son practice a few times a week. Mostly he takes shots and I run to get the ball."So thanks Eduardo for that comment. Yes, we do have a small basketball court over here. And I'll walk over there and I'll kind of describe how basketball practice goes at our house. My son likes taking shots. I like running and getting the ball and passing it to him. So he gets practice, shooting the basketball and I get to get a lot of exercise in. He gets the ball in a lot. When he first started practicing, he would miss quite a bit. But lately, he's been getting a lot better at it. Sorry, the new camera's a little heavy. So I'm kind of shaking around a little bit.So yes, over here, we have a basketball net. Hopefully you can see that. And then we even painted the free-throw line and we painted a three-point line as well, so that my son would be able to practice his shots from all three locations. Let me sit down here for a sec. It has been... There we go. It has been a lot of fun having a basketball net. When I was a kid, as I mentioned in another video, I practiced baseball a lot. I wasn't that into basketball, I was into baseball. So it's kind of fun to see my son take an interest in basketball. He practices a couple of times a day. He's super excited. He really hopes he can make the basketball team this fall at school. I hope there is a basketball team.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO BOOT and TO BOOT OUTIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, to boot. This is a phrase that we add to the end of a sentence sometimes, and it means in addition to. So I could say this, it's windy out today and it might rain to boot. Or I could say I bought a new camera and they gave me a camera bag for free to boot. That means that it's windy, but it's also going to rain, so in addition to the wind, it's going to rain. And then in addition to the camera I got, I got a camera bag to boot. So it just means in addition to, or something extra that happened or that you got. So that's what to boot means.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, to boot out. When you boot someone out, it means you ask them to leave or you tell them they have to leave. If you stay in a store until closing, eventually they will boot you out. They will tell you that you have to leave. They don't actually kick you, I think this phrase comes from, you know the act of kicking someone so that their boot would hit you in the butt. But definitely when you boot someone out, it means that you are telling them they have to leave. Sometimes at the end of the school day, around five o'clock, we are closing the school and so we boot out, any students who are still there. We tell them, you need to leave now, because we are locking up the building.So to review, when you say to boot at the end of a sentence, it means in addition to. So you could say something like this, my mom gave me a free meal the other day, she gave me a pizza, and she gave me some apple pie to boot. That means in addition to the pizza, she also gave you apple pie. And the phrase to boot out, simply means to tell someone that they need to leave and then ensure that they do leave. So definitely if you go out to eat and if the restaurant closes at 11:00 PM and you're still there, they will probably boot you out.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. I can't find my comment. I have too many pockets in my shorts. This comment is from Alexi. Alexi says, but be careful, there are people who will tell you the whole long story of their life, if you ask them, what's new? This is from the lesson the other day on the phrase, what's new, and what else is new? And the most dangerous thing would be to ask them at the end of the monologue, what else is new? And my response was this, in English, we would say that person is hard to get away from. Or we might say, they'll talk your ear off. I haven't been in many social situations for the last year, but I remember a few people that would fit that description.So yes, there are definitely people in the world who are hard to get away from. That means that when you engage them in conversation, when you start talking to them, it's hard to leave. They just never seem to stop talking and the conversation doesn't seem to end. That can be very challenging. And we also say that that type of person will talk your ear off. I have to admit, I can be that kind of person. In small social situations, I don't like big social gatherings, but in small social situations, if I'm just sitting around a campfire, talking with people I know well, there's a chance I might talk your ear off. You might leave that gathering and say, wow, it's actually really hard to get away from Bob. Once he starts talking, it's a little hard to get away from him.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases WHAT'S NEW? and WHAT ELSE IS NEW?In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, what's new? Today was the first day that I went back to work after many, many weeks of being at home. And the first question someone asked me was this. They said, "Hey, Bob, what's new?" In English, when you say to someone, "What's new?" You're asking about whatever they've done for the last little while. It's usually a question you ask when you haven't seen someone for a while. You'll say, "Hey, John, what's new? Hey, Bob, what's new?" And then you'll usually tell them what's been different in your life, what you've just done, what's been new in your life. And then usually you respond at the end by asking them what's new as well. So today someone said to me, "Hey, Bob, what's new?" I told them all of the new things that have been happening to me. And then I said to them, "What's new?"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 question I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, what else is new? Now, this may seem a lot like the first phrase, what's new, but we usually ask this later in the conversation. So maybe Jim at work has told me a couple of new things in his life and I've told him a couple of new things in my life. And then as the conversation kinda settles down, at a certain point, you might say, "Hey, so Bob, what else is new?" Or, "John, what else is new in your life?"So the two questions to review when you haven't seen someone for a very long time, you might say, "Hey, what's new?" And then they'll tell you about several new things that they've probably done in their life, or maybe new things that they have purchased. And when the conversation is starting to slow down, you might say to them, "What else is new?" And then they'll tell you some other new things that have been happening in their life.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Mohd Ags. And this comment is, "I see you're getting used to the new camera, excellent. I loved listening to your smooth buttery voice backed by the rustling of the tree and some bird song. Thanks for the video, Mr. Bob." And I replied by saying this, "I'm getting used to it for sure, but I've also purchased another smaller camera that I'm going to be using in my next video." I'm actually using it right now. "It has some tricks up its sleeves, you'll see."So this camera, thanks, Mohd Ags, by the way, for the comment. This camera that I'm using right now has some tricks up its sleeves. What do I mean by that? Well, if I move, this camera follows me. It's kind of an interesting new thing. I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to use this in my videos. I'm not sure if I'm gonna use it a lot or just a little bit. We sort of bought this camera for the farm so we could show people different parts of the farm on that Facebook page and other places. But for now, I'm just out here kind of trying this new camera that follows me as I turn. So if you wanted to see the tree that Mohd Ags was talking about, it's actually behind me over there. If I wanted to walk this way, I think it forgot where I was. Let's see if it's got me again. Oh no, I think it doesn't know where I am anymore and it doesn't know how to track me. Oh, I have to go the other way. Maybe it was at the limit of how far it could turn. Sometimes you have to learn new things. There we go.Support the show

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English Phrase SUPER DUPER and the word SUPERIn this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, super duper. Now, this is kind of a funny couple of words. We use this when we want to emphasize something. Like, this morning, I was super duper excited to do a live stream. By the way, I'm recording this on Saturday because tomorrow is Father's Day and I won't have time, so it's a couple of days early. I know you're seeing this on a Monday, but I was super duper excited to do a live stream this morning. And I don't know why we have this word. It kinda sounds like a kid's word, but honestly, I do use it all the time. Sometimes I'm super duper hungry at the end of the day, and I drive home really fast because I want to get home to have supper because I'm super duper hungry. Sometimes at night, I'm super duper tired, and I just want to go to bed early. So whenever we want to emphasize something, sometimes we add the word super duper. You can add this to your English vocabulary, but you don't have to use it if you think it sounds a little bit silly, but I do.WANT FREE ENGLISH LESSONS? GO TO YOUTUBE AND SEARCH FOR, "BOB THE CANADIAN"✅If you enjoy these lessons please consider supporting me at: http://www.patreon.com/bobthecanadianThe other word I wanted to teach you is the word super, which you probably already know, but I wanted to talk about this because we use this word a lot. There are so many times that we use the word super. So all the examples I just gave, you could use the word super as well. Sometimes I'm super hungry, sometimes I'm super tired. Right now, I'm super, super sore. I just used it twice, didn't I? We must do that sometimes, too. I'm super, super sore because this past week I did a whole bunch of physical challenges. One of the phys ed classes was challenging people to do stuff, so I did a lot of exercise that I normally don't do, and I'm super sore.So to review, super duper is used to emphasize something. Sometimes you'll say that was a super duper cake. I was super duper hungry. I was super duper excited to go to the concert. I think when COVID is over, people are going to be super duper excited to go out again. And then the word super can be used to emphasize things as well. I think people will be super excited to go out when COVID is over. I think people will be super excited to go to things like concerts, and restaurants, and all of the fun things we normally do as human beings.But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video, and this comment is from Athanasios. "Thanks, Teacher Bob. Fake story. Yesterday, I went to the grocery store, and saw a couple of chocolate glazed donuts. I couldn't help myself, teacher. Also fake, I baked a cake, dear Bob. Help yourself, it's scrumptious." So my response was this, "Chocolate glazed donuts are yummy. Also, nice use of the word scrumptious."So great example sentences there, Athanasios. Great job using the phrases from the previous lesson. Nice work.So, what was I talking about? The fact that I am sore. I'm even having trouble holding the tripod. What did I all do this past week for this physical exercise challenge? Well, on Monday I got in almost 11,000 steps. On Tuesday, I went for a walk/run. What I mean by that is that I walked most of the time, but I also did some running. Sorry, it's a little bright if I walk out here. Maybe I'll walk out, and I'll just change this. That will help.Support the show