Learn the English Phrases IT'S NEVER TOO LATE and RUNNING LATE

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase,
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it's never too late.
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This is a phrase that we say
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when someone thinks maybe they're too old,
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or they just don't feel like starting something
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because they don't think they'll get done on time.
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And then we'll say it's never too late.
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Recently, I've had a number of questions from viewers
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who have said, "I'm 50 years old,"
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or "I'm 60 years old.
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Is it too late for me to start learning English?"
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And my reply is, "It's never too late."
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It's never too late, in my opinion,
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to start learning a language.
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I think learning the English language
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at a young age is awesome.
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Learning the English language when you are older
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is also just as awesome.
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I know some of you are semi-retired or retired.
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And I think that I would say to you,
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it's never too late to start learning the English language
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or to start perfecting your knowledge of English.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase running late.
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The reason I want to teach you this phrase
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is because I'm running late right now.
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It is Monday morning.
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I know you're watching this on a Tuesday.
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And I need to be at work in about 15 minutes,
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but I thought I would come outside
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and quickly make this video so that it was done.
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But I think, right now, I'm running late.
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If you don't know what this means,
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I think you're starting to understand.
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When you are running late,
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it means that you are going to be late for something.
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I might be a little bit late for work today.
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We'll see.
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I might drive a little fast.
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Not necessarily over the speed limit,
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but I might drive a little fast
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on the way to work.
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So, anyways, to review,
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when you say to someone it's never too late,
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you're simply encouraging them
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that it's a good time.
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That any time is a good time
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to start working on something or to start doing a project.
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And when you are running late, it simply means you're late.
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You're not actually running at all.
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You're just simply late.
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So, hopefully I'm not late for work.
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Although, you know what, if I am,
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I don't think it's that big of a deal.
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I have been late for work, maybe three times in my life.
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I'm hardly ever late for work.
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I'm sure it will not be a problem.
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But, hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This is from Arefe, and Arefe says,
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"It's interestingly," oh, sorry, "Interestingly," sorry.
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I'm having trouble speaking English today.
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"Interestingly, the first phrase is the opposite
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of the second phrase.
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Thanks a lot."
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So yesterday, I looked at the phrases, on my mind.
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And what was the other one?
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Slipped my mind.
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And they're kind of the opposite, right?
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Slipped my mind means you forgot something.
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On my mind means you're thinking about something.
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My reply was yes, they do mean the opposite of each other.
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I was a bit forgetful over the weekend.
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So the first phrase was one that I used on Saturday.
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The second phrase I chose simply
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because it also has the word mind in it.
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I like to make the phrases match a bit,
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even if the meanings are completely different.
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So just a little bit of insight, again,
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into the process I use to create these videos.
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I'm always on the lookout for a phrase.
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On Saturday, I was supposed to do something
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and I forgot to do it.
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And then later in the day, Jen actually asked
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if I had done what I was supposed to do.
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And I said to her, "Ah, no, it slipped in my mind."
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And then as soon as I said, "It slipped my mind,"
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(chuckles) I went to my computer
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and I added that phrase to the list of phrases
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that I wanted to teach.
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So that's what I do.
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I just listen to the phrases I use
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and the phrases other people use.
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So when you use the phrase, it slipped my mind,
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it's a totally authentic English phrase
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that I used over the weekend.
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Then once I have one phrase,
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I like to just look for another phrase on the internet
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that's somewhat related.
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It can be a phrase that means something similar,
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or as the case was yesterday,
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a phrase that means exactly the opposite.
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Anyways, I'm running late.
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I need to get going.
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Honestly, I won't be late for work, so don't stress.
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But it was fun making this video for you.
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I'll see you with a new video in a couple days.
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