Summer time and the living is easy another English lesson coming live from
England oh yes it is hi everybody hello there how are you today are you ok
I hope so are you happy I really really hope so welcome to another live stream
for a Sunday afternoon it is just after 2 o'clock here in the UK I don't know
what time it is where you are because I don't know where you are watching but
maybe later you can let me know is that a good idea I think so so how are you
today on this rather strange day here in the UK it was sunny earlier and then it
started raining and now it's sunny again but I have a feeling that later on it's
going to rain yet again what a pain the rain is don't you think so
so here we go it's mr. duncan live english for the next two hours have you
had a good week my week has been very busy first of all we had a very hot week
this week we had record-breaking temperatures this week the temperature
this week here in the UK got very high here is the weatherman to show you just
how high the temperatures got this week you can see the temperatures here in the
UK this week got is high is 34 degrees Celsius that is very very hot so this
week we have had the hottest day this week since 1976 because way back in 1976
we actually had a drought here in the UK maybe not many people know this but I
remember it because I was a I've in 1976 I was around as a child and
we had a very hot summer the summer of 1976 was one of the hottest ever in fact
it went on for so long that we actually had a water shortage we actually had a
drought here in the UK so that happened in 1976 but this week we had the hottest
temperatures in the UK since 1976 and you can see there in London in London it
was 34 degrees during the week and Cardiff 30 degrees Sheffield
26 degrees Birmingham hilly Luca from beaming y'all right now come for a BB
goob in Birmingham it was 30 degrees meanwhile here in Much Wenlock in
Shropshire it was around about 29 30 degrees Celsius so a very hot week in
fact I was here on the hottest day of the year I was here on Wednesday
broadcasting live did you see my livestream on Wednesday just in case you
missed it you can watch all of my live streams in fact everything that I've
ever done on YouTube can be found on my youtube channel there it is all of my
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check out all of my lessons you can have a look underneath this video and the
playlists are there to make it ever so easy for you to find my lessons and of
course don't forget I have been here on YouTube teaching
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incredible oh wait a minute my spinner has stopped my little fidget spinner has
stopped going round there it goes again can you see it further do you have one
of these do you have a fidget spinner if you do have one of these perhaps you
could show me later maybe you could take a picture of you playing with your
fidget spinner hmm also today I want to tell you about my
busy week I went to the dentist this week now if you are a regular viewer you
will know that I hate going to the dentist I hate it so much it's on my
list of the things I hate most mushrooms fresh kidneys going to the dentist I
think those are my my most unfavorite things in the whole world
it's true I don't like eating kidneys I don't like eating mushrooms and I really
really don't like going to the dentist my dentist is lovely though he's a
really nice guy he's so friendly and polite and he always explains what he's
doing now Duncan I'm going to open your mouth and I'm going to shove my hand
right in there that's nice so I've been to the dentist a little bit later on we
are going to have a look at one of my YouTube videos where I talk all about a
very bad experience that I had at the dentist many years ago so that coming a
little bit later on also yesterday I did something very stupid I did something so
stupid yesterday yesterday I went into town to have my usual lunch for a
Saturday afternoon that's what I did yesterday and whilst eating my meal I
actually bit into my tongue so now I have a huge
hole in my tongue at the back where the where my teeth crunched into my tongue
do you ever do that do you ever bite your tongue and it's so
painful it's painful at the time and then afterwards afterwards it hurts even
more it's such a painful thing biting your tongue
so yesterday I bit my tongue and now I don't know if you can see it can you see
it there
I've actually injured my tongue now my tongue comes in very handy for many
things but the most important thing that I use my tongue for is talking in fact
my whole work relies on me being able to speak so if I can't speak I can't work
so today I am actually in pain so please I need all of your sympathy today
because I am suffering today I'm really suffering so I have an injured tongue
the back of my tongue is all chewed I actually bit it yesterday by accident so
now it is very painful in fact it's very difficult to speak today
every time I I speak I'm actually in pain so now I know how you feel also
yesterday I went into town and what else did I do this week I did something else
this week didn't I oh no I know what I've done this week I was spying on mr.
Steve mr. Steve was in the garden in fact this was today this happened today
would you like to see mr. Steve doing the gardening he's outside at the moment
tidying the garden would you like to see mr. Steve gardening oh ok let's go here
we go here is mr. Steve there he is doing the gardening
he's working very hard there can you see can you see what he's doing he's
actually sweeping up the leaves and all of the dead weeds there he is
say hello mr. Steve hello hello my name's mr. Steve and I'm doing some
gardening because mr. Duncan never does it because he's a lazy but mr. Steve you
are not allowed to swear on my show unless it's absolutely necessary so
there he is working very hard mr. Steve this morning in the garden he's
preparing the garden because later on I will be going outside to give you some
flash words and flash phrases where's he gone where's mr. Steve gone so there is
what mr. Steve is clearing up can you see all of the leaves all of the
cuttings because yesterday he was in the garden cutting all the bushes so today
he has to clear up all the mess can you see can you see the mess in the garden
so there is mr. Steve busily working away we will rejoin mr. Steve a little
bit later on to see how well he is getting on with cleaning the garden I
had a question this week come in from one of my viewers asking mr. Duncan I
saw this phrase on the TV this week someone was talking about a politician
giving an interview and they described the interview as car crash what does
that mean what does it mean mr. Duncan when we describe something as a car
crash car crash interview so this particular phrase is often used when
something goes badly or when something is disastrous we can describe it as a
car crash so a car crash is a pretty disastrous
thing two cars crashing into each other so we can use
car crash to describe something that went very badly something that went
really badly so there it is so a car crash interview is an interview that
went very badly maybe the person being interviewed performed badly during the
interview maybe they couldn't answer the questions so when we described an
interview or a discussion or something that we've seen involving people talking
as a car crash interview it means that the interview went badly it went
disastrously wrong we have lots of people on the live chat don't forget you
can chat to me live because we have the live chat it is now open and live on
YouTube at a quarter past two on a Sunday afternoon it is mr. Duncan in
England saying hello and I hope you are well today lots of people joining me on
the live chat Jays reg or Judge Jed reg says hello mr. Duncan from Poland hello
to you thank you for joining me today Eric is here hello Eric how are you
today are you okay I really really hope so welcome to my live English lesson
Maria Maria I'm talking to a girl called Maria hello Maria thanks for joining me
today a happy Sunday yes it is I'm very happy today I've had a super week even
though yesterday I bit my tongue and now I'm in pain so every time I speak today
I am actually feeling pain that's not very nice
hello mr. Duncan how are you doing Haruko is here Thank You Hiroko for
joining me today on the live chat now today I was going to try something
experimental today I was going to try something out to see how well it works
but I've changed my mind I was going to try and you Skype today but I've changed
my mind about that because I realized that it to do it
do to do Skype on a live broadcast is not actually easy it's not as easy as I
thought it was so I was going to do some live Skype today with some of my viewers
but unfortunately because it's so technical
we're not basically I've never done it before either I've never tried it before
Yahoo sir is here Yahoo sir hi there hi to you as well where are you watching at
the moment where are you if you want to get in touch with me if you want to
contact me or stay up-to-date with what I am doing with my English lessons
well perhaps this information will help you
hmm so there it is live English all away you can get in touch with me through my
email address if you have one of these little fidget spinners maybe you have
one of these can you see it through the little doodle it's very good for
relieving stress apparently so if you spin this and watch
it it can help you to relax also it can help you to keep your concentration for
longer so there it is do you have one of these if you do please send me a picture
to my email address the address coming a little bit later on also you can see it
behind me as well so keep watching the email address will also appear behind me
so if you have one of these perhaps you could show me or send me a photograph of
you playing with your fidget spinner because these are all the rage
now everyone is playing with their fidget spinner back to the live chat Oh
a nice voice Thank You Sakura Sakura Chan says nice voice mr. Duncan thank
you very much for that besides my injured tongue I also have
hay fever today I've been suffering with hay fever
over the past few days so I have been feeling a little bit unwell because I
have hay fever if you suffer with hay fever
you have my complete 100% sympathy because it's not very nice some
questions to ask you today we have the mystery idioms coming very soon also
some questions to ask you today besides the mystery idioms we also have some
general questions here's one what's the most dangerous thing you've ever done
what's the most dangerous thing you've ever done when I was younger when I was
a little more adventurous before I went old and fusty I used to own a motorbike
would you like to see my motorbike this is what I used to ride around on so in
my younger years in my young misspent youth actually it wasn't that long ago
this picture was taken in I think it was taken in 2001 this photograph so this
photograph was taken I think it was 2001 and there I am on my motorbike and I
think riding a motorbike is quite a dangerous thing because well for obvious
reasons if you fall off a motorbike you are going quite often at high speed also
you will fall onto the hard tarmac and injure yourself so riding a motorbike is
very dangerous there I am many years ago on my motorbike and I had this motorbike
for about three years and then I went to China to work in China and then after
hour after I returned from China I carried on riding it but in the end I
actually sold it because I had to raise some money so I could buy some equipment
to make my YouTube videos so not a lot of people know that I did actually sell
my motorbike so I could make these YouTube lessons it's true so the most
dangerous thing that you've ever done the most dangerous thing that you've
ever done is there something that you've done in the past that was very dangerous
or risky perhaps you did something like bungee jumping have you ever
ever done bungee jumping that's where you jump off a high building or a high
place attached to a large piece of elastic personally personally I would
never ever do bungee jumping never although I did used to ride a
motorbike and a lot of people say that that is a very dangerous thing to do so
have you ever done anything dangerous in your life we also have the mystery
idioms would you like to have a look at today's mystery idioms whilst we have
time coming up to 25 past 2 I've already been here for 25 minutes it's going very
quickly today so mystery idiom time I don't know why but today's mystery
idioms Mike make me laugh a lot because I think they're very funny so here we go
here is today's first mystery idiom there it is what what what is that what
what what are we looking at here mr. Duncan what are we looking at it looks a
bit bizarre so there it is there is a well-known phrase in English but the
question is what is the phrase it is a well-known English phrase but what is it
oh and the second one the second mystery idiom is what what is going on there
yeah mr. Duncan we think you might be taking too much hay fever medicine so
there is today's second mystery idiom but what the heck is it what is it I
have no idea what it is and there is the first one the first mystery idiom but
what is it if you think you know the answer
to either of those mystery idioms please let me know through the chat box would
you like to see a youtube lesson yes I'm sure you would here we go
I mentioned that during the week I went to the dentist and in the video you are
about to see I talk all about my dentist horror story
growing up is not the most pleasant of events it is often filled with scary
moments and unpleasant experiences of all the upsetting and traumatic moments
from my childhood one in particular still lingers strongly with me I would
have been about eight years old at the time and I had to go to the dentist for
a multiple extraction this procedure involves the removal of many teeth at
the same time in my case it was ten yes I had 10 teeth taken out in one go this
is normally done whilst the patient is under anaesthetic in those days they
often used nitrous oxide to put you to sleep many of you will know this
particular substance as laughing gas so try to imagine the scene an
eight-year-old boy under anesthetic having ten of his teeth removed if that
wasn't bad enough after the procedure ended I was not
fully revived I had not come round from the anesthetic which meant that my
parents had to carry me unconscious through the dentist's waiting room and
out to a waiting car my only real memories of this event include the
moments just before the laughing gas was giving to me via a large rubber mask
which was placed over my face in the dentist's chair and much later as I came
round from the anaesthetic itself at home even to this day I can still recall
the foul taste of stale blood in my mouth not to mention the strange
sensation of having 10 of my teeth suddenly vanish
this horrific experience put me off going to the dentist for many years
needless to say these days a trip to the dentist is not as traumatic as it was in
my childhood modern dental surgeries are more welcoming and the procedures are
over much quicker of course even now going to the dentist
still has its unpleasant moments the worst part of it for me
must be the scrape or scale this is where the dentist removes the hard
plaque that is built up at the base of the teeth with a sharp tool this
particular scaling procedure can be very painful indeed it all depends on how
badly affected the teeth are so the more you look after your teeth the shorter
the scaling procedure will be these days people are becoming more used to taking
care of their teeth on a daily basis so much in fact that nowadays doing your
own dentistry is becoming commonplace there are lots of wonderful gizmos and
tools available now for cleaning your teeth thoroughly at home things that
poke things that scrape things that squirt and things that buzz and Hum Do
It Yourself dentistry is becoming the norm with home dentistry kits now
available for purchase on the Internet although I wouldn't do it myself without
having had some form of guidance or training first
surely one of the worst dental procedures of all must be an extraction
an extraction is where a tooth is literally pulled out of the jawbone just
like I had when I was 8 some people even pull their own teeth
out I can't imagine anyone wanting to pull their own teeth out can you these
days most dental work is carried out with the patient awake and conscious
this includes the drilling into and extraction of teeth normally a local
anaesthetic is used in the form of an injection into the area of the gum where
the procedure is to be carried out the injected part of the mouth will become
numb thus ensuring that the procedure will be a painless one how often do you
go to the dentist do you like going to the dentist when was the last time you
went to the dentist neglecting your teeth is not a good thing to do as when
you get older they will become unhealthy and fall out bad mouth hygiene has also
been linked to other physical ailments such as heart disease and certain types
of cancer fortunately for me I learned my lesson before my teeth became too bad
which is definitely something to smile about
hmm so there it was one of my lessons in fact that was from last year and it was
the story all about my dentist horror visit the visit to the dentist that
scarred me for life I was well and truly scarred right in here and since that
terrible experience when I was eight years old I hated the dentist a lot but
now I go to the dentist again I've started going because well I'm getting
older and I want to make sure that my teeth stay lovely and white and not
smelly there's nothing worse than smelly stinky black teeth don't you think so
nothing worse if I had a choice between losing my hair on my head and losing my
teeth I think I would always lose my hair so it doesn't worry me that I'm
losing my hair but what does worry me what does frighten me is losing my teeth
I would hate to lose my teeth so there it was we have some other things coming
later on we'll be talking about morning routines as well I will be taking you
through my morning routine what does mr. Duncan do here what does mr. Duncan do
when he wakes up in the morning we'll be taking a little look at that would you
like to see mr. Steve in the garden mr. Steve is very busy today he's been in
the garden doing lots of things there he is look look there is he's cleaning up
all of the dirt and all of the leaves he's being very busy today and the
reason why he's doing it is because a little bit later on we will be out in
the garden with some flash words and some flash phrases as well so there is
mr. Steve now and can you see what he's doing he is
brushing mr. Steve brush the Lord he is brushing the Lord now the thing in his
hand is also called a brush it is in fact possible to use nouns as verbs so
as you can see mr. Steve is now brushing all of the leaves up so brush can be a
noun or a verb you can say I'm going outside to brush the leaves up I'm going
outside to brush the leaves so you can brush something you can also brush your
hair as well so it is possible to brush your hair so brush can be the noun it
can also be the verb to brush your hair if you have a look behind me you can see
a list of words that can be used as both nouns and verbs so there are some words
right behind me that you can take a note of so there they are all behind me also
a little bit later on we will have a look at a lesson talking all about nouns
and verbs that coming a little bit later on back to the live chat because a lot
of people are on the live chat stay thank you very much for joining me by
the way thank you so much Diamond Eyes is here hello from Thailand
hello diamond dies I hope you are well today
now juin Tien is watching in Vietnam hi to you hello I'm Rita from Hungary hello
Rita thanks for joining me today Viet though says hello mr. Duncan long time
no see long time no see you haven't watched my live streams for
a very long time okay where have you been what have you been doing mr. Duncan
Nicole from France is here I love your hat do you like my hat
it almost looks like something that a person in Australia would wear but
without the little things hanging down it looks a little Australian in fact uh
I purchased this I got this hat from Turkey many years ago when I went to
Turkey so this hat has come all away from
Turkey and I thought I would wear it today something different from my my
usual baseball cap hello from Algeria Jamelia is here hello Jamelia thank you
very much for joining me today so what is the most dangerous thing that you
have ever done what is the most dangerous thing that you have ever done
that is one of the days questions and as I mentioned earlier a few years ago I
used to ride a motorbike so there I am on my motorbike have you ever ridden a
motorbike maybe if you are watching in Vietnam because I know that many people
ride motorbikes in Vietnam and many years ago I used to also ride a
motorbike but then I sold it I sold it so I could buy some equipment to make my
YouTube videos so what is the most dangerous thing that you've ever done so
mine is riding a motorbike because of course riding a motorbike is a very
risky thing a very dangerous thing to do it can be lui
bakwan says hello mr. Duncan I am MIG Willis
oh hello MIG Willis from Mexico and I saying thank you very much for
everything you are welcome you are welcome no problem at all
Alain is here hello Alain I'm very glad to connect with you today it's my first
time I live in the north of France near rs well did you know that I my
descendant my actual family originally came from France so I am descended from
French people who but I'm not French myself I wasn't born in France but my
distant relatives were French did you know that I think not sheera blade is
here hello Shira thank you very much thank you your real name apparently is
Peter so that's Peter in Brazil Shira Peter
says I am a policeman are you really my goodness so technically my life is very
danger dangerous but I like it the fear makes me feel so alive so Peter
in Brazil is actually a cop a policeman there are some other words that we use
here in England to describe a policeman or a policewoman but I'm not going to
tell you what they are today because they're very rude mr. Duncan I am a dank
we watching in I think you are in Vietnam
Julie G was very surprised to find out that I was going to use Skype today but
I've changed my mind because technically it's very hard to do so I was going to
try and do Skype today on my livestream but I've changed my mind
do you have a morning routine what do you do in the morning when you wake up
what do you do what are the first things you normally do in the morning a little
bit later on I will show you I will tell you all about my morning
routine because I think a lot of people are interested in these things I don't
know why but they are pinnate is here hello pinnate watching in Thailand hi to
you I'm glad that you've come on early today
well normally I'm here every Sunday don't forget I'm here every Sunday I'm
live on YouTube every Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time so you can catch me live on
YouTube every Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time that is when I am on YouTube live and
don't forget you can also watch all of my lessons my playlists for my English
lessons are actually under this video doot-doot-doot so right under this video
you can see all of my lessons all of the playlists for my lessons they are under
this video yes they are back to the live chat lots of people saying hello today
oh my goodness I am overwhelmed M Gloria Trindade trindade I hope I pronounced
your name right we'll call you Gloria shall we the most dangerous thing I've
done is bring my little brother for a walk to a very dangerous jungle where
there were lots of dangerous wild animals Thank You Gloria for that yes
that doesn't sound very that doesn't sound very safe it sounds a little
dangerous so have you ever done anything dangerous I used to ride a motorbike
many years ago all of my friends used to think I was crazy for riding a motorbike
they used to say ear mr. Duncan why don't you buy a car
car is much safer well back then I enjoyed riding motorbikes so that's what
I did many years ago
Claudio says hello I am Claudio Fernandez learning lessons with YouTube
every day thank you very much for that
what an unusual look you have today you look more like an American
really so this hat if I wear this hat I look like an American do Americans wear
this sort of hat I'm not sure about that I've never seen
Donald Trump wearing a hat like this never Andre is here Thank You Andre
Marco Marco Alvaro dough or Alvarado hello Marco
Marco is watching in Australia a big good day to you I've just not my water
bottle over excuse me
I've got my water here today you see I just knocked the bottle over proving
that it's live you see mr. Duncan hello from Milan in Italy says Pasquale hello
Pasquale thank you very much hi Fung says mr. Duncan I Drive my
motorbike every day about 50 kilometres that's quite a long way so you ride your
motorbike is that is that for transportation to work so when you go to
work or when you go to school maybe or college do you ride your motorbike I
used to ride motorbikes I used to love motorbikes when I was a teenager and
when I was a little older I did buy myself a motorbike would you like to see
it again Here I am riding my motorbike this was
taken in a roundabout 2001 was when I bought this bike
and I sold it when did I sell this bike I think I sold it in 2009 or 2010 that's
when I sold this I had to raise some money so I could make my youtube lessons
have you ever done anything dangerous in your life please let me know so what is
mr. Duncan's morning routine would you like to know what I do every morning
when I wake up by the way if you missed the mystery idioms if you missed them
don't worry I will repeat them in a few moments here we go
today's morning routine this is what I do every morning when I wake up can you
see it there on the paper I've made a list of all the things and this is what
I do every morning when I wake up well first of all I open my eyes that makes
sense I have a smile it's true every morning when I wake up the first thing I
do is actually smile I have a little smile to myself just to get me in the
mood for the rest of the day and then I have a little stretch oh I'm sure you do
too but I like to have a little stretch I
like to stretch my arms and my legs when I wake up in the morning I also put my
glasses on I haven't put that down why haven't I put my glasses down there my
glasses are very important in fact as soon as I wake up the first thing I
normally do is reach for my glasses and put them on so I've actually missed that
from the list but but that's what I do also what else do I do I I go downstairs
and I make a cup of tea for myself and then I come back upstairs and normally I
watch about 20 minutes of South Park that has
been illegally uploaded to YouTube it's true then finally I get out of bed then
I go to the bathroom I have a wash I wash myself and also I have a pee pee as
well my morning pee pee and then I clean my teeth then I get dressed I go
downstairs and then I go into the kitchen and take my breakfast so that's
my normal routine in the morning that's normally what I do I wake up I put my
glasses on I smile I stretch I make a cup of tea
I watch 20 minutes of South Park that has been illegally uploaded to YouTube
then I get out of bed I go to the bathroom clean my teeth get dressed go
downstairs for breakfast so there is my morning routine
what is your morning routine do you have a routine do you have things that you do
normally every morning let's have a look at the mystery idioms because a few
people are asking where are the mystery idioms there is the first one
no one has got this right yet so there is the first mystery idiom but what is
it what is today's mystery idiom there are two there is the first one and here
is the second one I love this one it took me a long time yesterday to create
this image so that's what I did yesterday I spent nearly three hours
creating these images so there is the second mystery idiom and there is the
first one but what are they well known phrases in English but what are they
the answers coming a little bit later on also another question to ask today I'm
asking a lot of questions I know when you meet someone for the first time when
you meet someone you've never met before in a social situation do you shake hands
or do you hug do you like to hug so if you hug it means that you greet a person
by putting your arms around them quite often you will pull them close to you
you will give them a hug are you a hugger
do you like to hug people so when you meet someone maybe for the first time or
maybe a friend that you've not seen for a long time do you shake hands or do you
give them a big hug do you like to hug are you a hugger
I'm going to be honest with you now I'm not a big fan of hugging that might
surprise you because I do seem like a friendly soul but it's true I'm not a
big fan of hugging people I don't like hugging people even if it's people I
know well in social situations I don't like greeting a person by hugging them
but of course nowadays especially here in the UK it has become a normal way of
greeting people so quite often you will probably end up being hugged if you meet
someone for the first time or maybe even someone you know well I'm not a fan of
it it might surprise you to find that out but I don't really like hugging
people I'm not very comfortable with that don't ask me why that's just
between me and my psychiatrists hello teacher
Lucy is here hello Lucy how are you thank you very much for joining me today
it's nice to see lots of my regular viewers Pedro Belmont is here as well
hello Pedro the first thing I normally do when I meet someone is shake their
hand yes that that's very formal quite often maybe in a job interview so if you
are going for a job interview quite often you will shake hands you will say
oh good morning good morning but you won't hug you don't normally hug at job
interviews so perhaps that would be a good tip for me to offer you now if you
go for a job interview you can shake hands yes that's okay no problem but
don't hug you might scare them away and there is a good chance that you won't
get the job the daily routine I normally do says Luis I normally do after waking
up is I go out of my house with a cup of coffee to say hi to some of my neighbors
oh that's very kind that's very nice very sociable
I like that Thank You Louie for that Mohamed says is your mystery idiom I'm
all ears no it isn't Afghanistan Kunduz says I
like to hug I like to hug a lot yes some people do they like to greet a person by
hugging them they hold them not me I'm not a fan of hugging I'll be honest with
you you might be surprised to find out
Oh doctor fan oh not a fan at all hi mr. Duncan I'd like to know why I can
understand you so clearly and when I'm watching a movie or listening to a song
I barely understand I don't know why maybe you need to practice listening to
other things maybe you need to practice your listening skills in general but of
course my English is very clear because I speak it as a native language so I am
a native English speaker and also I am a teacher as well so it's very important
if you are teaching English to be understood or else there's no point
doing it just in case you are wondering while why my voice sounds strange today
I actually yesterday I did something very strange very silly I bit my tongue
I bit into my tongue so now my tongue is very painful very painful so that's the
reason why so every time I speak today I am actually suffering pain a bit like
you really what I mean by that is that it's painful to listen to me that's what
I mean so when I was 12 years when I was a 12 year old girl I was about to be run
over I was nearly nearly run over by a car it was the most dangerous thing I've
ever done but I didn't do it myself so what you are saying Lina is that you
nearly had an accident you were nearly hit by a car so maybe that's something
that is also not just dangerous but also very scary as well very frightening so
I'm glad to hear that you survived I'm glad to hear that the car
didn't run you over very pleased I need all the viewers I can keep to be honest
I need all of the viewers so please be careful
yes mr. Duncan I liked a lot of people like hugging I've noticed today a lot of
people like hugging Eugene is here hello Eugene my usual routine is to do yoga am
i doing it right to do yoga and then I often watch one of mr. Duncan's lessons
ah that's me Wow am I really part of your morning routine I'm very very
honored thank you very much Eugene for that and then I go for a walk around the
town too and then begin my work Thank You Eugene for that Catherine oh well
done Catherine well done you have got one of today's mystery idioms correct
well done to you Elaine Elaine de Ville says I can't hug somebody that I meet
for the first time me too I feel very uncomfortable hugging
hugging anyone as a way of greeting so if you meet someone maybe in the street
quite often certainly in this country people will want to put their arms
around you and give you a hug but but I I must admit I it makes me feel very
uncomfortable
so thank you Elaine I also if I am familiar with the person I can't hug
them so Elaine can't hug strangers or people he knows Sharia or Cheria Sharia
Rimmer is here hello to you thanks for joining me today on my life
stream it's live English all the way we are now coming up to three o'clock it's
coming up to three o'clock in the afternoon here in the UK and this is mr.
Duncan in England in a few moments we will go outside but but first of all
let's take a look at what mr. Steve was doing today mr. Steve was very busy
today in the garden can you see him there he is busily sweeping he is
cleaning he's getting rid of the old leaves and he is doing some some
maintenance in the garden we can we can call it gardening so we can say that mr.
Steve is gardening or that he's doing some gardening chores or that he is
doing some garden maintenance so there are very many ways there are many ways
of expressing what mr. Steve is doing at the moment so there he was this morning
very busy in the garden sweeping the leaves with his big brush or broom so
the thing that mr. Steve is holding can be called a brush or it can be called a
broom broom mr. Steve setting a very good example there I must admit he's
doing very well there what do you think do you think mr. mr. Steve's gardening
is good what's he doing now he's about to clear up some leaves but what's he
going to do with them mr. Steve what are you doing you're supposed to put the
rubbish into the bin yes look at him there he's laughing what a cheeky man
so we are now going to go outside shall we go outside and have a flash phrase or
a flash word which would you like and of course you will see that mr. steve has
cleaned the garden there it is now there is the garden now that is what it looks
like a live view of the garden and now we are going to go outside it was
raining earlier so now we are going to go outside into the garden
okay talking in a minute
oh hello there I hope you can hear me okay the reason why the camera is
indoors today's because it was raining so I thought if I put the camera behind
the glass and even if it rains the camera won't get wet so at the moment
it's not raining but I have a feeling it's going to rain very soon here we go
then it is a flash word ah here it is today's Flash word is disgruntled
disgruntled today's Flash word is disgruntled the word disgruntled is an
adjective that means to be unhappy or dissatisfied about something if
something has upset or made you feel displeased we can say that you are
disgruntled you feel disgruntled I can see you are disgruntled by this new
arrangement he stood there looking disgruntled to say I feel disgruntled is
an understatement then there is disgruntle which is a verb that means to
make someone feel unhappy or dissatisfied with something the word
disgruntle literally means to make little grunts so to be disgruntled means
to be upset or annoyed or unhappy about something
do you like the garden I think mr. Steve has done a very good job of the garden
it looks so clean now look at that how clean and tidy everything looks very
nice now I will go back into the studio
I'm back oh that was fun I hope you enjoyed that a very unsettled day today
with the weather because we've had lots of rain this morning then it dried and
and now it looks as if it's going to rain again congratulations once again to
mr. Steve for making such a good job of the garden there he was this morning
sweeping up the leaves I think he did a really good job look at that working so
hard and you know what he does it all for free
he doesn't even charge for it isn't that nice and now and now the garden looks
like this isn't it nice well done mr. Steve if you
would like mr. Steve to come and do your gardening please let me know the mystery
idioms for those who haven't seen them yet there is the first one and there is
the second one the first one again but what are they Estella Estella Viloria
says mr. Duncan we normally kiss the cheeks when we meet friends which cheeks
do you mean do you mean the ones on your face I hope so
Estela yes yes in some countries when you greet someone you will actually give
them a kiss normally on each cheek quite often in I think in Italy and I
think also in France and also in many Middle Eastern countries as well so you
will greet by maybe hugging and also no kissing as well on the cheek
sometimes one cheek and sometimes both M x.25 a says hooking a stranger oh gosh
it's so weird I think so I also don't like hugging people I'm not very good at
that I feel it a little uncomfortable when
I'm doing that Catherine says I have a magnificent garden with lots to do will
you please come on holiday do you mean me or mr. Steve maybe mr. Steve good
because mr. Steve is the gardener not me I hate gardening so here is mr. Steve
again in the garden I don't like gardening but mr. Steve loves doing it I
think is a bit weird to be honest oh look he's getting tired now he's
starting to feel tired ah he's been very busy today so this was taken this
morning this video was this morning did you see then he just walked into the
birdbath he just knocked the birdbath Mieke ode is here hello Myka thank you
for joining me today wherever you are watching today lots of
people watching all around the world so many countries Myka ode says in the
morning I prepare my breakfast then I push the button to start the laundry
machine then I sweep the floor I have my breakfast I wash my face brush my teeth
and I also do my makeup all of that in just one hour
wow that sounds like a very hectic morning it really does very hectic I
love that word hectic Daniela ro ass says my morning routine is like this I
touch the bedside table looking for my glasses I put them on and then I open my
eyes I know if you wear glasses one of the problems with wearing glasses is
that in the morning quite often you can't find them because you can't see
that's one of the paradoxes of wearing glasses if you take your glasses off and
then you can't find them then of course it's going to be virtually impossible to
find your glasses because you don't have your glasses on shirah blade or peter we
will call you Peter shall we hi mr. Duncan I'd like to know why I can
understand you so clearly I think ever answered that already I've answered that
one already a live chat has frozen Bonjour mr. Duncan best wishes to you
from the chat with mr. Duncan I'm really glad to meet you in this chat and greet
you from Moscow says Lena Thank You Lena as I mentioned just now there are people
watching all around the world let's have a look at another video shall we I
mentioned earlier the fact that nouns can sometimes be used as verbs now we
are going to take a look at one of my YouTube videos talking all about the
very same subject
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan and England how are you today are you okay I
hope so are you happy I hope so
in my last lesson if you remember I set a question for you I asked you to name
the English word that has the most definitions and uses within a sentence
it's time now to give you the answer to the question the word with the most
definitions and uses according to the Oxford English Dictionary is with 464
uses and deletions the word set did you get it right I hope so but don't worry
if you didn't in today's lesson we will take a look at one of the many
exceptional situations that exist within the English language in this case where
a noun can also be used as a verb
as you know and now is a word that is used to show the name of an object it is
a naming word for most of the time nouns can only be used in the context of
naming something however there are situations where a noun can magically
transform itself into a verb a naming word becomes a doing word that's a
really funny story I'll tell you another one tomorrow here are some examples of
the magical transformation between a noun and a verb in my hand I have a
brush brush is a noun it describes this object however it can also be used as a
verb when I brush my lung and beautiful and silky hair Wow
Wow I'm enjoying this oh that's so much better
so the word brush can also be used as a verb I brush my hair another simple
example for you now pen pen is a noun it describes this object as you can see but
also pen can be a verb when I pen a letter to my friend I will pen a story
you can use the word pen as both a noun and a verb there are many examples where
a noun becomes a verb such as bag dress drill film fish groom pen hoes key lock
mop phone pipe polish brake run saw shower slide
spray study tap vacuum volt it's worth remembering
not all nouns can be used as verbs and not all verbs can be used as nouns
before I finish my lesson I would like to say a special hello to all my new
friends watching in Saudi Arabia Hungary - Portugal Chile and Iran thank you very
much for watching all of my lessons this is mr. Duncan in England giving you
a wave and saying I hope you can watch me again soon bye bye for now
doo-doo-doo-doo there it was one of my lessons for many many years ago going
back to 2008 such a long time ago nine years ago one of my lessons all about
nouns and verbs and you can see behind me also a list of words that are nouns
and also can be used as verbs as well I've also been looking at my phone in
fact I've been doing that whilst the lesson was playing and let's have a
quick look because we have some some messages coming through now we have one
here Maria Maria says oh I have a picture of my fidget spinner
oh I see let's have a look let's have a look at your spinner
shall we it normally takes a very long time for the picture to open so please
bear with me oh I see yes so there is your spinner so you have a red one this
seems to be the most popular design of spinner the one that has the holes in so
my spinner if you look my my spinner doesn't have holes it is actually solid
and also very heavy I think this one is made of plastic but mine is made of
metal and it's very very heavy so there is the first spinner on the email if you
have a fidget spinner that you would like to show me please let me know
please send it my way to my email address thank you maria maria gonzalez
thank you very much and happy spinning if you would like to get in touch with
me if you'd like to say hello via email or to send me any photographs you have
anything you would like to show me perhaps you would like to show me your
fidget spinner as it were there are many ways
to get in touch with me many ways to stay in touch with mr. Duncan
and that is what we are doing today live English all the way 20 minutes past
three o'clock I am with you for another 40 minutes and then I'm gone back to the
live chat ismail is here hello mr. Duncan good afternoon to
everybody from Turkey hello to Turkey this hat the Hat I am wearing today came
all away from Turkey when I went to visit Turkey a few years ago I actually
purchased this hat I bought it and I brought it back to England with me
Simona is here hello Simona I won't hug a person that I've never met
before but I would hug you do you mean me okay but please give me a warning so
I can I can run away thank you very much for that mr. Duncan every culture has
their own greetings did you know that there are lots of different handshakes
around the world I didn't know that are there are there many different types of
handshake handshake I didn't know that I only know one which is you put your hand
in the other person's hand and shake it some people have very soft hand shakes
and some people have very strong handshakes
like like Donald Trump he has a very strong grip apparently Joe gallo says
I'm going to give you a big hug from NJ NJ I think that might be New Jersey I
think so in the United States very kind of you thank you very much we didn't
used to do it here many years ago we didn't hug each other we didn't we
didn't do it so we would do it now and again or with people we felt comfortable
with but now here in the UK you even hug
strangers if you meet them in the street maybe you are introduced to someone or
maybe a person you only know vaguely people will hug you they will hug you
they will want to put their arms around you and pull you to them but not for me
I'm afraid I'm a little bit I don't like being hugged to be honest I'm not a fan
Muhammad says is your mystery idiom turn a deaf ear turn a deaf ear let's have a
look so these are today's mystery idioms there is the first one no it is not turn
a deaf ear and there is the second one I think we've had a couple of correct
answers I think we've had maybe two correct answers for this so there is the
second mystery idiom and there is the first one but what are they what are
they I went to the dentist on Wednesday do you like going to the dentist I don't
like going to the dentist even though I do feel very guilty because my dentist
is lovely it's a lovely lovely man very kind very pleasant very polite very
gentle but I don't like going to the dentist so so I have nothing against my
dentist he's a really nice guy but I don't like going to the dentist just in
case my dentist is watching terracotta terracotta army perhaps you are in China
maybe you are watching in Xi'an hello everyone from terracotta army hello to
you where are we watching at the moment Elaine says mr. Duncan you must remember
that I'm friend as I can't hug with someone I don't know
well I also can't say - instead of vou for English people it
is easy because you use the same word you I'm not sure what you mean by that
yes vous vous vo us Maria says I don't like hugging people I just hug my family
that's okay if it's people that are close to you I mean I love giving my mum
a hug I love giving people who are close to me hugs my loved ones of course
that's okay there's no problem there but I'm not very comfortable when it comes
to hugging strangers I don't like it back to the live chat
lots of people today talking to me on the live chat I finished school fifteen
years ago and I went to university five years ago
where I studied English and German for being a teacher your Russian is not so
bad by the way do you mean my Russian I'm not sure if I've ever spoken Russian
on my live streams although sometimes I do say prove it prove it
which means hello in Russian mr. Duncan sorry but I don't know who mr. Steve is
Thank You Roberto who is mr. Steve here he is this is mr. Steve how could you
not know who mr. Steve is there he is look there he is
this morning he was busy in the garden he was preparing the garden for me isn't
that very very very kind of him very kind come on mr. Steve that's it put
those leaves into the bin come on faster faster he I think I think he's getting
tired can you tell he's getting a bit tired there what's that
what what did he just put on the ground there did you see that what is it
let's have a closer look oh it is a pair of secateurs I see maybe oh what's going
on now Oh mr. Steve is being attacked by one of the vines very nice so there is
mr. Steve this morning and now the garden looks lovely so there it is a
live view of the garden so that is how the garden looks now it looks lovely the
birds are flying down because they are hungry and everything in the world is
okay
almost Sammy KJ KJ says I like hugging women only
okay fair enough
jameelah says I never hook people when I meet them for the first time Thank You
Jamila you are very similar to me I don't like hugging Pia I don't like
hugging people that I'm not familiar with Julie G says I hate it when someone
shakes my hand and he is talking and still shaking my hand for a long time oh
I see yes I hate hugging as a greeting says Julie
yes sometimes when you meet someone and they shake your hand they will they will
carry on shaking it for a very long time they will say hi hi it's very good to
meet you I'm really pleased to meet you how are you how are you doing it's been
such a long time as since we met they don't stop I know what you mean mr.
Duncan don't be angry with your tongue my tongue is a pain
today my tongue is a pain in the ass today because it's hurting me literally
it's a pain because yesterday I bit my tongue I bit it whilst I was eating my
lunch so yesterday I bit my tongue and now it
is very painful so every word that I'm speaking today feels very painful sorry
mr. Duncan Lina was talking about my Russian not yours oh I see Thank You
Elaine for putting that right it is because I answered Lena in English and
Russian as well in your chat oh I see I don't mind I like it when people talk to
each other in my live chat it's very nice isn't it
it's a lovely feeling and the thing is when you chat through the internet you
don't have to give them a hug as well that's another good reason I mr. Duncan
your garden looks lovely thank you Abdullah for that you are very kind
Randall is here mr. Steve was fighting for his life
we like amazing sorry amazing wild video Thank You Randall for that would you
like to see mr. Steve again here he is doing the gardening he was such a busy
bee Oh Oh No No ooh he's being attacked again
between you and me I think mr. Steve is a bit crazy that's what I think
good morning mr. Duncan and everyone rosso is here hello Rosa welcome welcome
to my live chat I am suffering a lot today because I have hay fever and also
I've hurt my tongue as well I bit it yesterday so I'm really really suffering
guardar is here Garda says thank you mr. Duncan you're thanking me for what why
Muhammad says tear off your ears no the mystery idiom is not tear off your ears
it's actually the opposite think of the opposite think of doing the opposite
thing think of doing the opposite to take and there is the second mystery
idiom but what is it I have been asked about my mystery idioms i I do create
these myself so these are not stolen from anyone else I actually create these
myself using photoshop sizzle
we don't use we don't hug strangers but we do shake hands and also kiss the
cheeks of acquaintances says Daniella I'm not sure about kissing you see here
in the UK we still don't kiss we don't kiss on the cheeks or on the lips we
definitely don't do that to people we don't know well some people do but
that's another story altogether hello mr. Duncan what do you think about
shadowing to improve fluency that comes from Wolfram
I think shadowing is a good thing I have no problem with it there are teachers on
YouTube who talked a lot about shadowing so yes I think shadowing following what
someone is saying and copying or listening and then repeating what a
person is saying there are many ways of doing it but yes I think shadowing is a
very good way of improving your fluency and you can use it also to improve your
listening Olga is here hello Olga I haven't seen you today so far thank you
for joining me hello mr. Duncan when I was in the UK
sometimes people hugged me and pretended to kiss my cheek I was very confused
with this habit before I realised that there was no actual intention to kiss me
yes Olga sometimes people will do fake kisses so they will give you fake kisses
they will go but they won't actually kiss you so they will make the sound and
they will make the movement but they won't actually they won't actually kiss
you so yes that's true so you can do something called a fake
kiss so you hold them and you kiss without actually coming into contact
with their face so your lips do not actually kiss Eugene has said yes
Eugene you have said that the mystery idiom you are very close you are near
very close Nishant says mr. Duncan can you please tell me the difference
between take out and take off I think you mean take off not take of we don't
tend to you we don't tend to say take off but we do say take off take out
means to carry something from indoors to the outside so you can take something
out you could also take a person out it means to go out with a person for a meal
or to go to the cinema so quite often when two people go on a date we can say
that they are going out or one person takes the other person out they take
them out or of course if you take your family out you can take your family out
for a day at the zoo or you can take your family out for a picnic take off
means to remove so normally we use take off to mean remove or of course to leave
the ground so an aeroplane will take off yes they kiss the air says jameelah yes
that's what they do so they don't really kiss
they actually kiss the air what's the point
Joe fix is here hello Joe fix I am Italian and we always give two kisses on
the cheeks two kisses but I do not kiss for real
I do the fake kiss yes quite often in many European countries kissing as a way
of greeting is quite common I think Spain and Italy and France and
sometimes here in the UK as well but many years ago we didn't do that we used
we used to not do that at all because sometimes British people can be
very reserved sometimes but not so much now Maria says why do you use auxilary
do in affirmative sentences well as well do can mean carry out you can do
something so doing or do something yes no problem there don't worry about it
Rita says in Brazil kiss is on the face and hugs to strange people are part of
the routine especially in Rio de Janeiro I do not feel good with the hugs I agree
with you Sammy KJ hates to shake hands
I hate shaking hands when the hen is wet so when the hand is wet or sweaty you
don't like to shake hands I agree garda says in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we
also used the fake kiss not the real kiss okay very good very good mystery
idioms once again and then we will have another video another video clip so
these are today's mystery idioms but what are they what are today's mystery
idiom I will give it the answer towards the
end of today's lesson toward the finish when we leave at 2:00 o'clock I will
give you sorry four o'clock I will give you the answer to the mystery idioms but
what are they what are they thanks a lot for joining me today it is
live English with mr. Duncan in England Rita says in Brazil the
kisses on the face and the hugs to strange people are part of the routine
oh I think I've already read that one that seems very familiar hello mr.
Duncan today it's sugar festival oh I see okay
today it is sugar festival we also kiss four or five times on each side of the
face I always get confused because I don't know how many times I must kiss
sometimes it is funny thank you mohamad eddie brock e la Brockie thank you very
much for that the sugar festival I've never heard of that but it sounds sweet
there Jerome veggie Rome says hello mr. Duncan hello veggie Rome thank you for
joining me today is there anything that you have done in the past that is
dangerous what is the most dangerous thing you
have ever done many years ago I used to ride a motorbike there I am on my
motorbike so that was possibly the most dangerous
thing that I've ever done in my life I think so but what's the most dangerous
thing you've ever done and when you meet someone do you shake their hand or do
you give them a hug do you like to hug personally I'm not a big fan of hugging
I don't mind shaking hands shaking hands is okay
hugging not so good I'm not a fan of hugging to be honest Lina says I turned
32 on the 15th of June Wow congratulations on your birthday from a
few days ago I am giving private English lessons from home to school children of
all ages well the Lina I hope you're home
schooling is going well I hope your private English lessons are going well
hello mr. Duncan I am now waving my hand says Zhanna
hello Zhanna I'm waving my hand as well can you see me yeah isn't it great isn't
technology amazing it really is let's have a look at another another video
clip this is from one of my October lessons one of my October lessons that I
did in 2013 and in this video I'm talking about different types of tools
insert screw C into hole B insert screw C into hole D or E hmm it must be e oh
this is so confusing good morning hello there welcome to day four of 31 days of
dunk Toba can you guess what I am doing today
can you guess I am at the moment trying to build a new piece of furniture for my
studio this apparently is a host to be the desk for my studio for my
ask mr. Duncan episodes at the moment it's in lots of bits all over the place
there's some over there still packed away and there's a little bit here that
I've taken out I need to assemble this I need to put it together I have my
instructions here but the instructions are not very clear I have lots of bits
and pieces some little bits of metal that I have to put in this somewhere I
still don't know where I have some wooden pegs that I have to knock in and
some other little plastic bits I have no idea what these are for I'm sure I'll
find out soon if I read this carefully I have some tools as well oh look look at
my tools I have I have two screwdrivers I have a flathead screwdriver a flat
head and something called a Phillips screwdriver you probably know this
screwdriver as the one with a little cross at the end and you use both of
these for screwing and I have a hammer a little tiny hammer this hammer will come
in very useful later when I get really angry and start smashing things up no
not really so let's get started
I thought it would be fun to take a look at saw the implements I have inside my
big toolbox what's inside mr. Duncan's big toolbox these are the screwdrivers I
am using today one is a flathead screwdriver and the other is a Phillips
head screwdriver the actions connected with this tool depend on what you are
doing with it you screw something in you unscrew something you are screwing
something in you are unscrewing something this is the hammer I am using
to tap the wooden pegs into place there are many different types of hammer from
the small lightweight one used for tapping in small nails right up to the
larger and much heavier sledge hammer the action of using this tool is
hammering you hammer something here is another tool that I use quite often this
is an adjustable wrench it can also be called an adjustable spanner wrench is
used in American English while spanner is used more in British English this
tool is useful because it can be easily adjusted
you only need one spanner instead of lots of different sized ones another
useful tool for gripping things is this pair of pliers pliers come in many
different sizes depending on what you are trying to grab and pull some pliers
are also able to cut things here is another useful tool this is a spirit
level it is used for checking how Strait and level or services when building
something a straight-edged is always important this is a file it is used for
smoothing down a rough surface or edge the action of using this tool is called
filing you file something down there are many different sizes and types of file
this looks like a hammer but it is not this is a mallet mullets have a broad
head and come in many sizes they are often used for knocking objects into the
ground mallets are normally made of wood or rubber another type of pliers for you
now these can be locked into place very useful for in doing or removing
something that is stiff or hard to move this is called a mole wrench or locking
pliers this is a chisel this sharp edged tool is used for chipping and carving
this tool is normally used with a small hammer or mallet the action is called
chiseling you chisel something now here's a very useful tool it's called a
retractable tape measure this allows you to measure very long things easily the
wonderful thing about this is that it is retractable so you can keep it in your
pocket
and there it was I love the way that ended so suddenly it almost almost
caught me out it almost did so there it was a look at some tools some things
that coming very useful when you have some jobs to do around the house we call
it DIY d.i.y which means do-it-yourself if you've just joined me you are here
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today we have done a lot of things I went to the dentist on Wednesday I also
bit my tongue yesterday my tongue as now is now injured I have injured my tongue
can you believe it back to the live chat I am Rui watching from Brazil I am 43
and I want to improve my English skills with mr. Duncan Thank You Rui you are in
the best place the right place good choice good choice
piri piri Nika is here the most dangerous thing that you've done I have
rolled on a skateboard down a big mountain into the town it was so scary
and dangerous skateboards I remember way back in the 1970s when skateboards were
very popular many many years ago all of the cool kids in the 1970s had
skateboards and here we are now in 2017 and many of the cool kids once again
have skateboards it's it's strange how things come around again and again very
strange I've had a question come in what does throw in the towel mean there it is
it is a phrase an English phrase throw in the towel I have been asked
to explain what it means if you throw in the towel it means that you quit you
quit you give up you stop doing the thing you were doing you stop doing the
thing you were doing you throw in the towel
you stop you end you quit you throw in the towel so I hope that helps you there
just another six seven minutes to go well we are going soon oh it's not fair
mr. Duncan can you please stay on for longer no I can't I'm afraid I have
other things to do also my tongue is very painful today because yesterday
yesterday I I bit my tongue and today it is very painful it is swollen and
painful are you a DIY enthusiast i from time to time I do some DIY jobs many
years ago I used to be a painter and decorator many many many years ago so
that skill still comes in handy so in this house when I moved to this house
all of the house needed painting it needed decorating and I did it all I did
it myself so sometimes having a certain skill can come in very useful hello here
in Italy we have a hot Sunday well today it's very hot here but it's not very
bright the weather outside at the moment it's quite dull there it is there is the
weather outside that is a live view of my garden
it looks very tidy now and the reason why it looks so tidy is because mr.
Steve this morning was very busy tidying the garden there he is look
working so hard by the way if you would like mr. Steve to come and do your
gardening for you please send me an email and a plane ticket so that is
where we leave mr. Steve with his gardening thank you once again mr. Steve
for making the garden look so lovely and there it is again doesn't it look nice
very lovely back to the live chat and then I will give you the answers to
today's mystery idioms mr. Duncan what do you do after your live lesson has
finished well quite often certainly today I will go into the kitchen and I
will begin preparing my supper my dinner my evening dinner my late meal so I will
start doing that tonight I am having salmon delicious
every Sunday I always have some some salmon for my for my evening meal hmm
delicious can mr. Steve please come and clean my garden in Brazil Thank You
Rosso for that as I said mr. mr. Steve is available to clean your garden to
make it look lovely all you have to do is send a plane ticket that's all you
have to do it's as simple as that throw in the towel can mean surrender
yes if you throw in the towel you you give up you surrender yes throw in the
towel can be used in many ways you quit you throw in the towel you surrender you
give up you give in hi from India says cool man hello cool man thank you for
joining me today I do believe that in India at the moment it is in fact very
hot so I'm glad to hear that you are staying cool mr. Duncan I have learned a
very nice idiom to skate on thin ice it means to do something dangerous yes
that's a very good idiom if you skate on thin ice it means you do something
that's very risky or dangerous you skate on thin ice mr. Duncan you
have a drill yes I have I have three drills three of them and they are very
useful for making holes Catherine says would you like a return ticket or a
single ticket I think mr. Steve would probably like a
return ticket so he will come across to your country he will do your gardening
and then he will go back to the airport and come back to the UK
it sounds very fair to me very fair let's have a look now at the
mystery idioms so here we go here is the first mystery idiom I thought these were
quite difficult I thought the first one was very difficult actually very
difficult so this is quite a difficult word a difficult idiom to get right so I
don't think anyone got this right I don't think so so the first idiom that I
gave you today to guess lend an ear if you lend an ear it means you listen to
someone you listen to what someone says you listen carefully to someone you lend
an ear it's a great expression that lend an ear so if you lend an ear it means
you listen or you pay attention to what someone is saying you lend an ear maybe
someone has some news to to tell you something very exciting they might ask
you to lend an ear or to listen filling the second mystery idiom there
it is but what is the answer I thought this
one was a little easier than the first one a little easier so here is the
second mystery idiom quite a few people got this right yes in fact yes many of
you got this right so well done the answer is throw your toys out of the
pram I love this expression it means that you lose your temper or you have a
tantrum if something doesn't go your way if something doesn't go to how you
wanted it you will have a tantrum you will become very moody you will sulk
you will become sulky you will throw a tantrum you throw your toys out of the
pram just like a baby sometimes when a baby gets angry it will
start screaming and crying and quite often a baby will throw its toys out of
the pram so there it is today's mystery idioms throw your toys out of the pram
and lend an ear we have two more mystery idioms coming next Sunday don't forget I
am with you next Sunday from 2 o'clock UK time once again every Sunday 2:00
p.m. UK time and don't forget during the week also I will do a surprise stream
I will suddenly pop up on YouTube as
hopefully a pleasant surprise so I will be with you
I will be with you next Sunday from two o'clock and of course during the week
with one of my famous surprise streams Eugene says I like the second idiom very
much very nice mr. Duncan your studio looks very modern thank you very much
for that li ha yes this is my little studio this
is where I present my live English streams every single Sunday and of
course next Sunday I will be back and it's a new month as well next week don't
forget we will be in July next Sunday so I will see you then it's now four
o'clock it's time for mr. Duncan to say goodbye parting is such sweet sorrow it
really is it is now 1 p.m. in Germany it is now 2 p.m. in the UK it is time for
me to go thanks a lot for joining me today it's been a very busy one I hope
next Sunday my tongue will be healed up because it's very painful today because
yesterday yesterday I did something very stupid I bit my tongue and today it's
very painful I will go I will say goodbye to Olga to ute Leija Eliana Joan
see you Joan Elaine thank you very much Julie G is also saying goodbye goodbye
to everyone thank you very much for following me
today see you next Sunday 2:00 p.m. UK time Thank You mr. Duncan
Thank You Zanna you are very welcome you are welcome you are always welcome to
join me on my live streams whenever they are
mink we minghui says 88 that means bye-bye because number eight in Chinese
is Bai so if you say 88 you actually say bye-bye it's funny
goodbye mr. Duncan see you next week thank you Ching Joseph fix see you later
I am going right now this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying
thanks a lot for following me today don't forget you can catch me on
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this video time for me to go I will see you next Sunday this is mr. Duncan in
the birthplace of English saying thanks for watching me today and I will see you
next Sunday bye Estela bye Simona bye to everyone
have a good week until next week this is mr. Duncan for the last time today
saying thanks for following me thanks for watching me and thanks for joining
in and of course...ta ta for now. 8-)
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