Meaning of FRESH AIR AND A BREATH OF FRESH AIR - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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Bob's Short English Lessons


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So it's nice sometimes to come outside and get some fresh air.
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We refer to the air outside as fresh air because it's clean and it smells good usually.
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Sometimes when we're in a house we will open a window to get some fresh air or we'll open
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a window to let some fresh air in, again referring to the air from outside as fresh air.
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Sometimes when we're driving a car we'll roll down the window in order to get some fresh
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air.
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Hopefully you guys have fresh air in the countries that you live in.
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I know in Canada when you are out in the country like I am there is a lot of fresh air, but
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sometimes when you go to our bigger cities the air isn't so fresh.
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So hopefully you can go outside and get some fresh air at some point today.
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We have another phrase that uses "fresh air" and that's you can say that someone is a breath
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of fresh air.
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Maybe you have a friend or you know someone and when they come into a room it's like a
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breath of fresh air.
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That would mean that the person who comes into the room is very happy, is very joyful
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and they are a breath of fresh air or they're like a breath of fresh air, you can say it
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both ways.
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They liven up the room.
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I have a sibling, I won't say which one, one of my brothers and sisters is a breath of
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fresh air whenever they walk into a room.
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So that means that whatever's happening, when they walk in, everyone is happy and everyone
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smiles.
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