Learn the English Phrases "to die for" and "to die of boredom"

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, to die for.
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When you describe something as being to die for,
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it just means it's really, really good.
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I know it has the word die in it, which is a sad word,
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but if you were to go to a restaurant
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and order a chocolate dessert and it was amazing,
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you might tell your friend, "You need to order
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the chocolate dessert, it is to die for."
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It just means that it's really, really good,
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it's like the best chocolate dessert
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you've ever had in your life, it's to die for.
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The second English phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase, to die of boredom.
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We sometimes use the word die, and I'm not sure why,
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because obviously death and dying is a very serious thing,
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but sometimes people will describe something
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as it was so bad that they were going to die of boredom.
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Sometimes I think my students
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might describe my classes this way.
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I hope you don't find my English video lessons this way,
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where you're thinking, "Oh, I'm gonna die of boredom,
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if I sit and watch this whole lesson."
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But I know there have been times in my life,
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where maybe I've gone to see a movie,
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that someone said was to die for
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and I actually find it extremely boring
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and I would say, "You know what?
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I almost died of boredom while I was watching that movie."
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Anyways, to review, when you say something is to die for,
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you are saying that it is amazing,
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when you say that you're going to die of boredom,
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it means you're at something or watching something
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and it's just not interesting,
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you feel like you're so bored
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that you're going to die, not literally.
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Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Anaya.
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"Hi Bob, iconic place, love it so much.
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The greenery and daylight boosted my mood way too much.
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Thanks for that."
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And my response, "You're welcome, Anaya.
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I'm always happy to share the view."
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And I am, I'm always happy to share the view
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and some of you noted as well,
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that it has turned quite green here.
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It happens rather quickly,
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I'm always a little bit shocked at how quickly
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we go from winter and cold to things looking quite green.
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I'll spin you around in a sec to see the other side here.
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Yes, I still have to fix this picnic table, (laughing)
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I'll get to it eventually, but if we walk over here,
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I'll spin you around and you'll see
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we do not have leaves on the trees yet,
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but we do have the grass turning nice and green.
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You'll notice that the daffodils over here
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are starting to bloom
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and just all in all,
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it is a nice spring day.
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I really enjoy this, if I'm quiet once again,
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I just hear birds chirping.
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It is a nice time.
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I should show you this though.
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Last fall, Jen and I, our order for tulips didn't come in
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and so we only ended up with a small amount of tulips.
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Usually we have a lot more,
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you can see that they're in
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what we would call a raised bed here
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and they are starting to pop out of the ground
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and they will bloom in a bit,
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but usually this is much longer,
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it's usually about four or five times longer than this.
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But yeah, a little bit of a mix up last fall, that's okay.
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If we look here, you can see that on the maple trees,
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we are close to the leaves popping out.
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So anyways, beautiful spring day, it's to die for this day.
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(laughing) Anyways, thanks for watching.
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I'll see you in a couple days, sorry, this one's late.
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I'll get back on track eventually, hopefully, bye.
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