Learn the English Phrases "by day", "by night", and "night owl"

3,359 views ・ 2024-11-06

Bob's Short English Lessons


Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.

00:00
In this English lesson, I wanted to help you
0
400
1713
00:02
learn the English phrases by day and by night.
1
2114
3023
00:05
I'm a teacher by day and a YouTuber by night.
2
5138
3839
00:08
So when you use by day and
3
8978
1847
00:10
by night, you're describing when something happens.
4
10826
3503
00:14
You often hear this in a superhero movie, Superman
5
14330
3639
00:17
is Clark Kent by day and Superman by night.
6
17970
2831
00:20
Or is that Batman?
7
20802
1215
00:22
Batman is Bruce Wayne by day and Batman by night.
8
22018
3127
00:25
Yeah, that makes more sense.
9
25146
1537
00:26
Batman does more work at night than Superman.
10
26684
2663
00:29
But when you say by day and by
11
29348
1663
00:31
night, you're talking about when it happens.
12
31012
2535
00:33
I hope you can see this.
13
33548
1159
00:34
I'm testing out the low
14
34708
1239
00:35
light capabilities of my camera.
15
35948
2255
00:38
The other phrase or term I wanted
16
38204
1975
00:40
to teach you is night owl.
17
40180
1663
00:41
A night owl is a person who enjoys
18
41844
2591
00:44
being out at night or working at night.
19
44436
2391
00:46
I'm not a night owl, by the way.
20
46828
1671
00:48
So to review, when you do something by day and
21
48500
2831
00:51
by night, it means that's when you do it. Maybe you're.
22
51332
3303
00:54
You're a hard worker by day
23
54636
1407
00:56
and a party animal by night.
24
56044
2151
00:58
I don't know what you're like, but maybe that's you.
25
58196
2799
01:00
Or to review as well, night owl would be
26
60996
2607
01:03
a person who enjoys doing things at night.
27
63604
3599
01:07
But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
28
67204
3331
01:11
This comment is from Lidepla.
29
71515
2976
01:14
I've noticed two more interesting
30
74492
1655
01:16
expressions in this lesson.
31
76148
1455
01:17
I felt a little bit off and on top of things. Thanks.
32
77604
3007
01:20
And my response?
33
80612
735
01:21
Yes, I'm glad you picked up on those.
34
81348
2201
01:23
There are often extra phrases
35
83550
1975
01:25
that just come out naturally.
36
85526
2607
01:28
So sorry if I'm not
37
88134
1471
01:29
speaking smoothly and fluently tonight.
38
89606
2271
01:31
Maybe because it's late in the day, but thanks.
39
91878
1927
01:33
Lidepla.
40
93806
1055
01:34
I think I said that right for that comment. Yes.
41
94862
2343
01:37
Quite often in my videos there's a couple extra little phrases
42
97206
3607
01:40
that are kind of a bonus that you can learn.
43
100814
2331
01:43
Yeah, I'm here in front of the grocery store.
44
103725
2280
01:46
It's nighttime.
45
106006
1303
01:47
There's definitely people out who are
46
107310
1673
01:48
night owls and I'm not.
47
108984
1719
01:50
By the way, if you're wondering why
48
110704
1439
01:52
I'm out here making a video, it's
49
112144
2311
01:54
not because I'm a super dedicated YouTuber.
50
114456
2567
01:57
It's because I'm on my way back
51
117024
1447
01:58
to work for parent teacher interviews.
52
118472
2943
02:01
So it's actually only like quarter to six.
53
121416
2199
02:03
But it's dark here already.
54
123616
1119
02:04
Or wait, let me check my watch.
55
124736
2055
02:06
Sorry, it's quarter to seven
56
126792
1375
02:08
and it's dark here already.
57
128168
1727
02:09
So yeah, I'm not a night owl.
58
129896
1855
02:11
I enjoy doing things by day.
59
131752
2767
02:14
I enjoy.
60
134520
995
02:16
Like I would rather get up early and go
61
136205
3232
02:19
do things than stay up late to do things.
62
139438
2463
02:21
That's just my personality.
63
141902
2055
02:23
There's no way you'll catch me joining volunteer
64
143958
4471
02:28
activities or committees that meet at night.
65
148430
3031
02:31
That just does not interest me at all.
66
151462
2703
02:34
I would rather go to a meeting at 7
67
154166
2933
02:37
in the morning than at 7 at night.
68
157100
2169
02:39
So things like parent teacher interviews are
69
159270
2399
02:41
a little bit not annoying for me.
70
161670
2595
02:44
Like, I don't mind them.
71
164266
911
02:45
I think they're good and they're practical and
72
165178
1903
02:47
they help parents and students know what they
73
167082
3295
02:50
can choose to do to do better.
74
170378
1799
02:52
But certainly it's not my favorite thing.
75
172178
2895
02:55
In fact, I'll probably.
76
175074
1571
02:57
I'll probably not sleep very well tonight because when
77
177425
3288
03:00
I go home, I'll still be kind of heightened.
78
180714
3015
03:03
Like I'll have some adrenaline going and
79
183730
2951
03:06
I'll still have lots of energy.
80
186682
2007
03:08
Normally by this time of night, I'm just watching
81
188690
2353
03:11
some YouTube videos or possibly reading a book or
82
191044
5159
03:16
doing something that's just a little bit more relaxing.
83
196204
3055
03:19
So anyways, let me check my time here.
84
199260
2475
03:22
Oh, we're good.
85
202395
1024
03:23
I'm trying to walk far enough so
86
203420
1631
03:25
that you can see the Tim Hortons.
87
205052
1719
03:26
Sometimes people enjoy seeing the Tim Hortons.
88
206772
3151
03:29
There's definitely a Tim Hortons over here.
89
209924
1887
03:31
There's a bunch of people in front of it.
90
211812
1991
03:33
Not sure what they're doing.
91
213804
1559
03:35
I think it might be like Girl
92
215364
2375
03:37
Guides selling cookies or something like that.
93
217740
2287
03:40
I'm not 100% sure.
94
220028
1863
03:41
I'm not sure why it's green behind me either.
95
221892
2815
03:44
In real life it's not green behind me.
96
224708
3223
03:47
In real life, it's actually just a normal color.
97
227932
3279
03:51
So anyways, there's the Tim Hortons.
98
231212
3023
03:54
There's no one in the drive through.
99
234236
2207
03:56
People must not be trying to get coffee late at night.
100
236444
3367
03:59
So anyways, I think my time is up. Thanks for watching.
101
239812
3473
04:03
Oh, you probably want to see the other side.
102
243286
1639
04:04
So this is the mall.
103
244926
1295
04:06
I think there's a dance studio and a dollar store and
104
246222
2487
04:08
a post office and a bunch of other things here.
105
248710
2103
04:10
So anyways, thanks for watching.
106
250814
1847
04:12
I'll see you in a couple
107
252662
863
04:13
days with another short English lesson.
108
253526
1791
04:15
And hopefully it's less green looking than this one. Bye.
109
255318
3687
About this website

This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.

https://forms.gle/WvT1wiN1qDtmnspy7