Learn the English Phrases TOOTH AND NAIL and UNTIL THE BITTER END - An English Lesson with Subtitles
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In today's English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn
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the English phrase tooth and nail.
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This is something we
use to describe a fight
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between two people.
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Not a fight where they're
punching each other,
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not a physical fight,
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but maybe a court battle
or just an argument.
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And you say that someone fights tooth
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and nail for something.
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When you fight tooth
and nail for something,
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it means that you fight
really, really hard for it.
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A long time ago in this area,
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they wanted to build windmills.
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They wanted to build wind turbines,
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and people fought tooth and
nail against the wind turbines.
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They didn't want them to build them.
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They ended up losing, but
they fought really hard.
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They protested.
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They were very, very angry,
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and they tried to get
them to not build them.
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So they fought tooth and nails.
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They fought tooth and nail
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against building the wind turbines.
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So when you fight tooth
and nail for something,
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it means that you fight
really, really hard for it.
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And then I have another phrase here.
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Sometimes when you fight with someone,
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you fight 'til the bitter
end, or to the bitter end,
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or until the bitter end.
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I guess there's three ways to say it.
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Maybe if I talk again
about the wind turbines,
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they fought 'til the bitter end, okay?
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So for a couple of years,
they were trying to fight
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against having the wind turbines built,
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and then eventually, they had no choice
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but to let them build them,
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but they fought to the bitter end.
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They fought until the bitter end.
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They fought 'til the bitter end.
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So when you fight tooth
and nail for something,
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it means you fight really,
really hard for it,
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and when you fight until you
can no longer fight anymore,
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we say that you fought
until the bitter end.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
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You're learning English
with me here on YouTube,
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or Facebook, or TikTok, or Instagram.
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I'm not sure which one you are watching,
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but anyways, hope you're
having a good day,
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and I'll be back with another
English lesson tomorrow.
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