Learn the English Phrases TO MISS THE BOAT and TO BE IN THE SAME BOAT

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In this English lesson I wanted to help you
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learn the English phrase to miss the boat.
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In English if we say that someone has missed the boat
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it means that there was an opportunity
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for them in life and somehow they missed out on it.
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Here's a great example.
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When I was younger, a friend of mine applied for a job.
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And while he was waiting to hear back as to
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whether he got the job or not, he decided to go on vacation.
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While he was on vacation, they couldn't get ahold of him
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and so they gave the job to someone else.
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That is a perfect situation where I would say
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that someone missed the boat.
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There was an opportunity in his life
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and he totally missed out on it.
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It would have been a really good job too.
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I always felt bad for him
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but he ended up getting a better one later.
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The second phrase I want to teach you today is
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the phrase to be in the same boat.
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When you are in the same boat as someone else
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it means that you're experiencing the same thing.
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You're in the same situation.
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And it's usually not a good situation.
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We usually use this term to describe a negative situation.
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Here's a good example.
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If I didn't take care of my car
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eventually it would break down.
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It would just not run anymore
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because you need to take care of vehicles.
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If you don't take care of your vehicles
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you'll be in the same boat.
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You'll be in the same boat
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as me because your vehicles eventually will break as well.
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It's always a good idea to take care of your vehicles
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because if you don't, eventually they break down.
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But it does cost a lot of money, doesn't it?
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Anyways, to review.
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When you say that someone has missed the boat,
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when you use the English phrase to miss the boat,
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it means that there was an opportunity
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in life and somehow that person missed out on it.
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And when you say that you are in the same boat
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as someone else, it simply means that you're
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in the same situation, maybe for the same reasons
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and it's usually not a good situation.
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Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Padma and Padma says this,
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the environment in this community is so cordial
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and relaxed that you always feel free to leave any comment
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without any hesitation.
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I love this community.
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My response was this.
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I really appreciate the community surrounding the lessons
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on both my channels.
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It's really nice to have regulars
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that aren't only here to learn
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but also to contribute and help others.
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Thanks for being awesome people.
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Thanks for the comment Padma.
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And that thanks is to Padma as well
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as everyone else who makes these YouTube videos even better
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by being part of the community, by leaving comments below,
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by joining in the live lessons on Fridays and Saturdays
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on my other channel, all of you are just awesome.
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I never dreamt that I would have lessons
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on YouTube that would create a community of people
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who just enjoy learning
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and enjoy interacting with each other and with me.
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So it's really nice.
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So Padma, it's cool that you recognize that ,
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it certainly is an awesome thing.
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And I thank all of you for that, it's not me that made this.
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I just make the silly lessons that you watch,
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your the people who actually join in
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and make the community a lot more fun by leaving comments
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and by joining in, on the live lessons on the other channel.
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So thanks for that.
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Going back to the phrases I taught today though,
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I used the word boat
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because there's a boat stuck in a canal, in the Suez Canal.
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And it's just, I'm just shocked
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that they can't get the boat out of the canal
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that it just kind of went sideways and it's stuck there.
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I really hope they get it moving.
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As of today, when I'm making this video
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the boat is still stuck there.
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And it's having an effect on world trade.
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So many goods, so many products travel by ship
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through that canal that it's causing a bit
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of a headache around the world
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for people who like to ship things via boat or on a ship.
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So there's a huge container ship and it's stuck.
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And when I saw the news
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on that repeatedly over the last few days
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I thought I should teach a few phrases
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with the word boat in it.
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Anyway, it's Bob the Canadian here.
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Thanks for watching this little short English lesson.
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I'll see you in a couple of days with another one.
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Bye.
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