Learn the English Phrases NAME DROPPING and TO DROP BY - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

In this English lesson

I wanted to help you learn the English phrase name-dropping.

Name-dropping, or to drop names,

means that you mention famous people or popular people

when you're having conversations with other people.

So, name-dropping would be something like this.

If I was having a conversation with you

and if I said something like,

I was talking to Drake and Justin Bieber the other day,

and they were just saying that they're really happy

that the winter isn't as cold as it could be.

So that would be name-dropping.

I would just casually be mentioning famous people

in my conversation,

so that other people would be impressed

that I have such famous friends.

I don't actually know Drake or Justin Bieber,

but if you drop names,

or if you are doing what's called name-dropping,

it means you mentioned famous people just casually

when you're having conversations with someone else.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today

is the phrase to drop by.

When you drop by someone's house,

it means you visit them,

sometimes without letting them know that you're coming.

You don't just have to drop by someone's house, though.

You can drop by someone's office at work,

you can drop by someone's desk at work.

It simply means to visit someone

or go over and talk to them.

Sometimes, not right now because of COVID,

but sometimes when I'm in the town where my mom lives,

I might just drop by to see how she's doing.

So it means maybe I'll call before I go,

but maybe I won't call.

Maybe I'll just drive,

and if I see my mom's car outside of her house,

I'll just drop by and see how she's doing.

So, to repeat: name-dropping, or to drop names,

is to just casually mention a famous person's name

as if you know them, in a conversation.

Usually you do know them, though. Maybe not.

I don't know Drake or Justin Bieber.

I did mention that, didn't I?

And to drop by means to visit,

sometimes without letting the person know

that you're coming over.

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

And this comment is from Seowoo.

Sorry, I never know how to pronounce your name correctly.

It's very challenging.

So I will just say, Seowoo.

Hopefully that's correct.

And the comment is this, "It's absolutely worth my while

watching your video.

Is it worth your while teaching us English

or teaching English to us?"

Both are correct, by the way.

"Thanks, Bob."

And my response is this:

Yes, absolutely. I enjoy every minute of it.

I wish I had more time to read

and respond to comments though.

So I wrote my response because I wanted to use two phrases.

I wanted to use the phrase that I enjoy every minute of it.

Sometimes when we like doing something in English,

we'll say that we like every minute of it.

Did you like the show?

Did you like the movie?

I liked every minute of it.

So that's another phrase.

Sometimes I like to teach more than two phrases.

And then I wanted to use the word though

in as many responses as I possibly could.

So over the next few days, I'm gonna try

and add that a lot and you'll see that I said,

I wish I had more time to read

and respond to comments, though.

So I do wish I had more time to respond to comments.

I've become a little overwhelmed

with the number of comments,

especially on my bigger channel,

but on this smaller channel as well.

Sometimes there's a lot of comments.

I do read them all and I do try to respond to them all.

But sometimes I get a little bit behind.

I hope that you can forgive me.

Anyways, I'm sitting outside on a beautiful day here.

The sun is just going down over there.

You can't quite see it.

Maybe I'll turn the camera,

so you can have a little bit of a look.

Not actually sure if it's in the frame.

No, it's not, but anyways.

Oh, now I'm messing things up horribly.

Anyways, I'm having just an enjoyable day here

making a little English lesson for you.

I hope you're having an enjoyable day

wherever you are.

See it tomorrow with another short English lesson.