Learn the English Phrases THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE and FREE REIN

- In this English lesson I wanted to help you

learn the English phrase,

"The best things in life are free."

We use this phrase in English to remind ourselves

that the best things in life are free,

to remind ourselves that you can buy a lot of things

with money, you can buy fancy cars,

you can buy large homes.

If you are really, really rich, you can buy a lot of things

but the best things in life are actually free.

Conversations with a friend are completely free.

A hug from someone is completely free.

If someone gives you a compliment and says,

"You look really good today,"

or "You're a really smart person

and I think that that's really cool,"

that compliment is free,

and those are some of the best things in life.

So in English, when we say the best things in life are free,

we're simply reminding each other

that money isn't everything.

I mean, it's helpful, but I do agree

the best things in life are free.

The second phrase I wanted to help you learn today

is the English phrase, "Free rein."

When someone gives you free rein over something,

it means you are in charge of it.

So at my school, I am a teacher in my classroom,

but I do have a boss, but my boss gives me free rein

in my classroom to teach the way I think is best.

My boss doesn't tell me that I must teach a certain way.

My boss gives me free rein to teach in the way

that I think works well with the students I have.

So when someone gives you free rein,

it means they've given you complete control

over the situation.

Maybe at your work you're in charge of a large project.

And if your boss gives you free rein,

it means you're in charge of how much you spend,

you're in charge of hiring people to help on the project,

it means that you are kind of a mini boss on that project.

So anyways, once again, the saying,

the best things in life are free

is a saying we use just to remind ourselves

that we should appreciate the beautiful trees,

we should appreciate nature,

we should appreciate the people around us

because relationships and the beauty of nature

are some of the best things, and they're totally free.

Oh, and free rein of course means

you are in complete control of the situation.

Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Maz.

And Maz says great video bob,

"Staying up late in the long run kills off brain cells

and that's fact, going to bed early prevents that."

"So getting wiser is kind of a true statement,

but I'm not sure about getting wealthier."

And my response was, "Maz, that is very perceptive of you,

I've never thought about it that way."

So this is from the video where I taught the English phrase,

early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,

wealthy, and wise.

And what Maz is saying is that, if you do go to bed early,

it could keep your brain cells alive longer,

and you might actually be wiser,

but it's hard to prove that going to bed earlier

and getting up earlier makes you wealthier.

I think that's true, I think you would need to do

a large scale scientific study Maz,

in order to figure that out.

But anyways, Maz, thank you so much for the comment.

I did want to remind all of you that

even though I don't respond to all the comments,

I do read them all.

And if you leave a comment,

it might be the comment that I choose

for the very next video.

So Hey, it is a crazy busy Monday night here.

I barely have time to make this video,

which you'll be watching on Tuesday, of course,

because I have to finish editing my big video

and I just got home from work and I had to go to the garage

to look at a vehicle

'cause we might buy a different vehicle, we're not sure.

My life is super busy right now,

but it's all very orderly.

I have my day planned out really well.

So it's not overwhelming.

It's certainly a day where I have a lot to do,

but it's all planned very well.

Oh, and I did wanna go back to my response here,

where I said, Maz, that is very perceptive of you.

When you tell someone that they are very perceptive,

it means that they understand things quickly and easily.

Anyways, thank you so much for watching this little lesson.

I hope you're having a great Tuesday

and I'll see you in a couple of days

with another small English lesson.