Learn the English Phrases "That's that!" and "That's more like it!"

In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, “That's that!”

This is a funny little phrase we say when something is over or when something is done.

When the workday is done, you might say, “Well, that's that!

Time to go home!”

When you're done having a conversation with someone, you might say, “Well, that's that!

See you again tomorrow.” So it's just a way to kind of sum up that something is over.

It's kind of a way to end something.

I could do this when I'm done my videos as well.

I could say, “Well, that's that.

The lesson is over.” It's not over, though. Stick around.

There's a little bit more to go.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, “That's more like it!”

This is something we say when someone starts doing something

in a better way or when something turns out to be better.

Let me think of a good example.

If I was doing something wrong, let's say I was watering the plants wrong

and then Jen said, “No, no, turn the hose this way and go slower,”

She might then say, “That's more like it!” to tell me that I'm now doing it correctly.

So if someone's doing something wrong and then you show them how to do it right

and when they do it right, you might say, “Hey, that's more like it!”

You might get this when you're learning to pronounce an English word.

When you do say it right, your tutor might say to you or your English coach might say,

“That's more like it!” So to review, if someone says, “That's that!”, it's

just a way, kind of a funny little phrase to say when something is over or ending.

And if someone says, “That's more like it!”, it must mean whatever you're doing,

you're doing it right.

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

It's in my back pocket.

Oh, my wallet's in this back pocket, this is my wallet

and this is my phone in my front pocket.

And these are my keys because I just got home.

I don't know why I'm showing you all that, but that's what's in my pockets today.

Where's the actual

comment?

Here it is. This is from Revolution.

Thanks for this valuable information.

I don't know how to pay you.

And my response?

You do not need to worry about how to pay me.

YouTube is a win-win situation.

You watch my videos, I get advertising revenue.

You learn English. It's a great system.

So I often mention...

Sorry I dropped the comment.

I often mention this to people.

Some people want to thank me somehow

or they want to pay me somehow for my lessons.

If you want to be a member, you can, but it's not required.

There are some things you can do though, that help me here on YouTube,

and those would be good things to do if you did want to thank me.

Number one.

Watch my video from start to end, especially on my other channel.

If you do that, then YouTube knows it's a good video

and they're more likely to show other people the thumbnail.

The other thing you can do is watch the video twice.

By the way, watching my entire video helps you and me.

The second thing you can do is watch the video two or three times.

This also helps you a lot because the repetition helps you to remember.

And it also tells YouTube that my video is a good video.

By the way, don't do these two things if the video isn't a good video.

If it's a boring video, just stop watching it.

But if you did want to thank me, that would be a good way to do it.

What else could you do?

You could tell other people about this channel or my other channel.

That also helps me a lot because the more people that watch,

and the more of you

that watch the little advertisement at the beginning, I get a couple more cents

and all of that adds up to be a nice little reward for doing this

so you don't have to worry about paying me.

But if you did want to be helpful, watch the whole video.

Watch it more than once.

Remember, this benefits you and me and tell everybody you know about Bob the Canadian.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I hope you having a good day.

I'll see you in a couple days with another short lesson. Bye.