Learn the English Phrases TO GET SOME SHUT-EYE and TO HAVE A HUNCH

In this English lesson,

I wanted to help you learn the English phrase

to get some shut-eye.

Now this is your eye, and this is your eyes shut.

And when we say that you need to get some shut-eye,

all we really mean is that you need some sleep.

Let's say that it's been a long day,

and it's 9:30 or 10 o'clock at night.

I might say to Jen,

ah, you know what, I'm really tired.

I need to get some shut-eye.

Basically, all I'm saying is that I need to get some sleep.

This happens a lot more often in the summer

when I'm doing physical labor on the farm.

A lot of times I'll work really hard all day,

using my muscles,

and then at the end of the day,

I really feel worn out, and I need some shut-eye.

So it basically just means that you need some sleep.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today

is the phrase to have a hunch.

Now I have a hunch

I might have done this phrase already in the past.

When you have a hunch,

it means that you think something is true,

but you don't really have a lot of facts,

or details to prove it.

Sometimes when police are investigating a crime,

they'll have a hunch.

You'll hear this a lot on police TV shows,

they'll have a hunch.

That means they don't necessarily have clues or facts

about how to solve the crime,

but their brain is just kind of telling them

what they should do.

I have a hunch that Jen will be home soon actually,

because she left about an hour ago,

and she just went to do a few errands.

So I have a hunch that she'll be home soon.

I don't actually know if she'll be home soon.

I just think she will be

based on a few feelings that I have,

and a couple things that I know.

So I, she hasn't texted me,

and said I'll be home in 10 minutes,

but I have a hunch she'll be home soon.

So to review,

to get some shut-eye means to simply get some sleep.

And it's kind of funny, isn't it?

To get some shut-eye, you shut your eyes,

and then you sleep.

And then to have a hunch means

that you think something is true.

Not because you have a lot of facts,

but simply because you have this feeling, you have a hunch.

Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Bharadwaj.

Hello, Mr. Bob,

really appreciate your hard work in preparing these videos.

It has helped me gain confidence,

and improve my fluency in English.

And my response,

I'm happy that I can help, Bharadwaj.

So I appreciate the thank you,

and I do think these lessons are kind of,

I would say they're an acquired taste.

In English, when we say something is an acquired taste,

it usually means that it's not for everybody.

And you have to kind of find a way

to use that thing in a way that helps you.

So these videos aren't necessarily for everybody,

these short English lessons,

because I do talk a little quicker for the last two minutes,

because I do teach two phrases really, really quickly.

And for some people, that's not enough phrases.

They wanna learn like 20 phrases at once,

but they are fun for me to do.

And I'm glad that people do appreciate them.

I've never expected this channel

to become really, really big,

but it is fun for me to do these lessons.

I wanted to show you, let me get this spun around,

and let's take a little look down here.

I hope it focuses.

You'll see that the daffodils

are just starting to poke out of the ground.

So that's kind of cool.

Spring is on its way.

I know I've been talking about spring a lot.

I wasn't gonna talk about the weather in this video,

but as I walked out here,

I noticed that the daffodils were coming out of the ground.

So I thought I should mention them.

A sign of spring,

and what I always think is a bit of a sign of hope,

which I think might be something that's good

for the world right now.

Anyways, Bob the Canadian here,

I'm glad that you're here enjoying these lessons,

and I know they're an acquired taste,

but I'll see you in a few days with another one, bye.