Meaning of SLIM PICKINGS and LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุชุชู… ุชุฑุฌู…ุชู‡ุง ุขู„ูŠู‹ุง.

00:00
So in English, when we say,
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ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู†ู‚ูˆู„ ุŒ
00:02
there were slim pickings,
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ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑุงุช ุถุฆูŠู„ุฉ ุŒ
00:04
it means that there weren't very many of an item
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ูู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู†ุงุตุฑ
00:07
that we went to buy.
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฐู‡ุจู†ุง ู„ุดุฑุงุฆู‡ุง. ููŠ
00:08
The other day, I went to the grocery store
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ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุŒ ุฐู‡ุจุช ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุญู„ ุงู„ุจู‚ุงู„ุฉ
00:11
to buy bananas.
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ู„ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ.
00:12
And when I got there, they didn't have very many bananas.
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ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูˆุตู„ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุŒ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ. ูƒุงู†
00:15
They had a very small amount of green bananas.
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ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ูƒู…ูŠุฉ ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ุฌุฏู‹ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ ุงู„ุฃุฎุถุฑ. ูƒุงู†
00:19
They had a small amount of over-ripe bananas,
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ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ูƒู…ูŠุฉ ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ ุงู„ู†ุงุถุฌ ุŒ
00:22
they were actually a little bit brown.
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ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุจู†ูŠู‹ุง ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹.
00:24
And they didn't have hardly any yellow bananas,
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ูˆู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุฃูŠ ู…ูˆุฒ ุฃุตูุฑ ุจุงู„ูƒุงุฏ ุŒ
00:28
you know the bananas that are just the right color yellow,
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ู‡ู„ ุชุนู„ู… ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ ู‡ูˆ ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ุงู„ุฃุตูุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณุจ ุŒ
00:31
where you know they will taste delicious?
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ุญูŠุซ ุชุนู„ู… ุฃู†ู‡ ุณูŠูƒูˆู† ุทุนู…ู‡ ู„ุฐูŠุฐู‹ุงุŸ
00:33
So in that situation, I could say,
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ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญุงู„ุฉ ุŒ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุงู„ู‚ูˆู„ ุŒ
00:36
there were slim pickings.
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ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑุงุช ุถุฆูŠู„ุฉ.
00:37
When you say there were slim pickings,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู†ู‡ ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑุงุช ุถุฆูŠู„ุฉ ุŒ
00:39
it means that there was not a lot to choose from.
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ูู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง.
00:43
This happens too, when you go shopping on a day
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ูŠุญุฏุซ ู‡ุฐุง ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุฐู‡ุจ ู„ู„ุชุณูˆู‚ ููŠ ูŠูˆู…
00:47
when there are big sales.
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ุชูˆุฌุฏ ููŠู‡ ุชุฎููŠุถุงุช ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ. ููŠ
00:48
The other day, I went shopping on Boxing Day,
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ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุŒ ุฐู‡ุจุช ู„ู„ุชุณูˆู‚ ููŠ Boxing Day ุŒ
00:51
which is one of the biggest shopping days in Canada,
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ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฃุญุฏ ุฃูƒุจุฑ ุฃูŠุงู… ุงู„ุชุณูˆู‚ ููŠ ูƒู†ุฏุง ุŒ
00:54
It's the day after Christmas,
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ุฅู†ู‡ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠ ู„ุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ
00:55
and there were slim pickings.
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ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑุงุช ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุฉ.
00:57
There weren't actually a lot of things left to buy on sale.
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ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ู„ู„ุดุฑุงุก ู„ู„ุจูŠุน.
01:01
Probably the opposite of slim pickings
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ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุญุชู…ู„ ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุนุจุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุงูƒุณุฉ ู„ู„ู…ุฎุชุงุฑุงุช ุงู„ุถุฆูŠู„ุฉ
01:03
would be the phrase, lots to choose from.
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ุŒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง.
01:07
I really like it when I go shopping for something,
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ูŠุนุฌุจู†ูŠ ุญู‚ู‹ุง ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฃุฐู‡ุจ ู„ู„ุชุณูˆู‚ ู„ุดุฑุงุก ุดูŠุก ู…ุง ุŒ
01:10
when I go to buy something,
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ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฃุฐู‡ุจ ู„ุดุฑุงุก ุดูŠุก ู…ุง ุŒ
01:12
and there is lots to choose from.
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ูˆู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง.
01:14
In English when we say that there is a lot to choose from,
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ููŠ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู†ู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง ุŒ
01:18
or there's lots to choose from,
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ุฃูˆ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง ุŒ
01:20
it means that there are all kinds of different sizes
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ูู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ูˆุงุน ุงู„ุฃุญุฌุงู…
01:23
and colors to choose from.
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ูˆุงู„ุฃู„ูˆุงู† ุงู„ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง.
01:25
If I went to buy bananas,
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ุฅุฐุง ุฐู‡ุจุช ู„ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ ุŒ
01:27
and they had hundreds of bananas
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ูˆูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ู…ุฆุงุช ุงู„ู…ูˆุฒ
01:29
that were the right color yellow,
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ุจุงู„ู„ูˆู† ุงู„ุฃุตูุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณุจ ุŒ
01:31
I could say that there was lots to choose from.
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุงู„ู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงุฎุชูŠุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง.
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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