Learn the English Phrases "to breeze through" and "to shoot the breeze"

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help
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you learn the English phrase to breeze through.
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When you breeze through something, it means
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you do it quickly and easily.
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At school, I had a whole stack of
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student work that I needed to look at.
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Well, that truck's pretty loud.
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I'm not sure if you can hear it.
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I had a whole stack of student work that I needed
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to look at and I thought it was going to be
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hard, but I was able to breeze through it.
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It actually was really easy to look at all the
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work and give them each a grade out of ten.
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So when you breeze through something, it
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means you do it quickly and easily
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and it's not very difficult at all.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach
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you today is to shoot the breeze.
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So when you shoot the breeze,
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it means you talk with someone.
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Sometimes after work, as I'm walking out, another
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teacher will be walking out and we might
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shoot the breeze for a few minutes.
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We might just stand and talk about our day.
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We might stand and talk about
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a student who wasn't behaving. I don't know. Do we?
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Do teachers do that?
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Sometimes, but we sometimes just shoot the breeze.
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We also sometimes say shoot the bull.
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It means to just talk about everyday things.
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So to review to breeze through something means to
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do it easily or to do it without difficulty.
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That would maybe be a better description.
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To do it quickly and with very little difficulty.
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And to shoot the breeze or to shoot
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the bull means simply to talk to someone.
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So even though it has the verb to shoot
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in it, it doesn't mean that at all.
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It means to just have a conversation.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from keen student.
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I am the first to leave a comment.
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You were actually, I've almost got my
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teacher's degree, but I am still learning.
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Thank you for the lessons.
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They are very helpful and needed.
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And my response, that's awesome that
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you almost have your degree.
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I hope the rest of your studies go well.
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So thank you keen student.
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I do hope things go well for you. It's cool.
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When I hear about people who are becoming
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teachers, I just think it is awesome.
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By the way, it's really windy out here.
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I'm not sure if you can see that with my
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paper flapping around a little bit or if you can
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see it in the trees above me, but it's definitely
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a windier day than I was expecting.
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But that's okay.
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Got my jacket on, I'm dressed for the weather and
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like I mentioned earlier this week, it feels like we
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are shifting into fall 100% sure that's what is happening.
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I'm not sure if you can see Walter behind me here.
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He's feeling a lot better.
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I don't know if you watch Jen's videos. Hi, Walter.
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Hey, Pup.
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Oh, he's very interested in something.
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I'm not sure if you watch Jen's videos, but Walter had
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a sore paw, and we ended up taking him to the
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vet, and he was on antibiotics for two weeks.
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He hurt like, the little nail on his paw,
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and he's definitely doing a lot better now.
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As you can see.
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He must have gotten a scent of something.
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He must smell a squirrel or maybe some other small
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rodent or animal, and he's off hunting away, so.
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But anyways, the bad part about that is
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it's really expensive to go to the vet.
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For us to go to the vet
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for a 20 minute visit was $375.
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That was a little shocking.
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When Jen came out, I stayed in the van.
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Jen went in, and it was like,
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oh, that's a lot of money.
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But, hey, when you have a dog and
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you love your dog, you pay whatever you
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have to pay to keep your dog healthy.
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And by the way, Oscar, you probably can't see him.
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He's just having a nap over there.
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If you see a little orange
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spot, brown spot, that's Oscar.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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I'm standing here in this grove of
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trees, and it's getting super windy now.
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I'll see you in a few
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days with another short English lesson. Bye.
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