Learn the English Term HUSH-HUSH and The Phrase THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT

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In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn
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the English term hush-hush.
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If I say something to you and then say,
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don't tell anyone else, it's hush-hush.
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Or if I say it's very hush-hush right now,
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it means that you shouldn't be telling it
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to someone else either.
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In fact, I probably shouldn't have told you
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in the first place.
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So when something is hush-hush,
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it means that it's a secret.
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Right now, we're talking at school
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about the possibility of having
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a longer Christmas break than normal.
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So the teachers are talking about it,
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but it's very hush-hush right now.
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We don't want to tell the students
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that we might be doing that
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because we don't want them to get too excited about it.
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But as teachers,
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we're starting to think about maybe having
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a longer Christmas break, but right now it's hush-hush.
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It's very hush-hush right now.
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As teachers, we're not supposed to talk
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to the students about it,
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because if we do, they'll plan trips
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and they'll plan to do things
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that they're not supposed to be doing.
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So it's kind of a secret. It's hush-hush.
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Why am I making a video about it then?
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Because it's something that might happen. It isn't for sure.
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So if you are my students, watching this video,
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Christmas break is the same length
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as normal, as of now, okay?
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It's not gonna be any longer.
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We don't think it will be. We'll see.
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Who knows what will happen?
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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the long and the short of it.
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I used this in my video yesterday for my members only.
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I said, well, that's the long and the short of it.
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When you talk about something
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and you describe it in detail,
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you've described the long and the short of it.
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And we often, in English,
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will finish talking about something by saying,
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well, that's the long and the short of it.
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So if I was to teach you an English lesson
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on a certain topic, and if I was done teaching that lesson,
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I could end by saying,
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well, hopefully you understood the lesson.
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That's the long and the short of it.
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Basically what I'm saying
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is that's everything you need to know about this topic.
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So that's the long and the short of it
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for teaching you two terms today.
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Again, hush-hush means that something is a secret.
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If something is hush-hush,
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or if you say it's very hush-hush right now,
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it means that it's a secret
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and you're not supposed to talk about it.
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And when you end talking about something by saying,
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that's the long and the short of it,
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you're basically saying,
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you've talked about everything
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that you needed to talk about.
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Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Lay.
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And Lay says,
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I drank a lot last night and now I am paying the price.
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Is it correct? And my response was, yes.
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Great work. Totally correct.
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So yesterday's lesson was on paying the price,
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or when you pay the price for doing something.
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How it can mean more than just money.
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And Lay's example here is about drinking.
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So sometimes if you go out,
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if you are someone who consumes alcoholic beverages,
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if you drink too much, you definitely pay the price
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the next day.
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Many of you gave examples in the comments of things
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you pay the price for.
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Some people said things like,
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I went to bed too late last night,
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and today I'm paying the price.
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Or, some people said I didn't study hard enough for a test,
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and now, today I'm going to write the test,
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and I'm gonna pay the price.
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So I think you understood the concept of paying the price.
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It doesn't always have to do with money.
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Sometimes it's just a matter of you do one thing in life
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and it ends up costing you in some way later.
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So, anyways, hopefully that made some sense to you.
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I'm sitting out here outside.
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I did like all of the comments yesterday as well,
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where people said, please keep doing the videos outside.
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I live in an apartment
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and I like seeing the outdoors at your place.
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Or, I'm always curious about Canada
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and it's fun to see things outdoors.
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So I'm gonna keep doing them outside, of course,
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like I said yesterday.
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One thing I will say though,
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is it has been very difficult to go out to make videos.
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I can make videos in my yard,
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but it's very hard to go to town or go to the city right now
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because of all the restrictions we have.
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So, I'm kind of stuck here on the farm
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for the next few months, at least.
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So, I'll try to find different parts of the farm
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that I can show to you as the next few months go by,
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as we wait for the vaccine
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and everything else to happen
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so that we can get out of this pandemic.
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So anyways, sorry,
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I went a bit longer than four minutes today.
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Sometimes that happens,
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and I might as well just keep talking
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till we get closer to five minutes.
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What should I talk about?
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The gloomy weather?
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Often in Canada, there is no sunshine in the winter.
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It is rare in the winter for us to have sunshine.
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Although technically, it's still fall.
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I keep saying winter, but technically it's fall.
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I think once I put on the winter coat,
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I start to think like it's winter.
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And once I start wearing gloves.
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By the way, I found gloves
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where I don't have to take my finger out of a small hole
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to use my phone.
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These gloves have a special tip on them,
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so I don't have to do that anymore.
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So that's kind of cool.
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Anyways, Bob, the Canadian here,
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I hope you're liking these short lessons.
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Sorry that this one was a minute longer.
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I'll see you in a day or two
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with another small English lesson.
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