Do you know the difference? LAST, LATEST, AT LEAST, LATTER, LATER, LATELY...
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What do you do when you go
to stay at someone's house?
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You give them a present.
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My friend, Charlie, gave me this egg timer when he
came to stay. Today's lesson we will be looking
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at eight words associated with time and the
measuring of it that will expand your vocabulary.
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First word today: "last". Now, this can
mean final or not break. For example:
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"The last item on my shopping list
this morning was a box of Weetabix."
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That's breakfast cereal.
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Yum-yum. An item can be "built to last", that
means it's not going to break, apart from
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if I throw it really hard on the floor. It
will last. It will live for five years,
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10 years. Who knows?
Maybe even 20.
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"Latest".
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"Latest" means up to date. This egg timer
is the latest in technological development.
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Quite a tongue twister, that. Technological
development. Really high-tech.
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"At least". "At least" means as a minimum.
For example:
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"At least with this handy tool I know
when to take my cooking out of the oven."
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And for more tips on cooking, do check
out my video on cooking vocabulary.
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With this handy tool. "At least".
So, at the very beginning
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my advantage is I know when to take it out
of the oven, but also it's really nice and
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it looks great in my kitchen.
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"The latter". "The latter" means the second mentioned.
I'll put this into a sentence context for you.
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"Of course, you could use a mobile phone
and its alarm clock to tell you when
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to take something out of the oven, but
I much prefer to use an egg timer.
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The latter is so much
more traditional."
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"Later". "Later" means
after more time.
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"Later when I get home I will be
using my egg timer to cook a stew."
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Don't want to burn
that stew, do we?
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"Lately". "Lately"
means recently.
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"Lately I have been fishing."
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Next word: "Outlast". "Outlast"
means to live longer.
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"This egg timer will
outlast all the
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other kitchen equipment that I
have." It will live longer.
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"Lastly" means finally.
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"Lastly, have you guys got any great tips
on essential tools for your kitchen?"
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If so, why not join the conversation
below and give us your tips?
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Hope you've learned something from today's lesson
using these words to do with time accurately.
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Why not do the quiz now and test
your understanding of today's video?
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Until next time, take care.
Good bye.
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