Learn the English Phrases WITH IT and I'M WITH YOU

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In this English lesson
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, with it.
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When you are talking about a person
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and you say that person is with it,
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you mean that their brain is working really good
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and they are mentally competent.
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Here are some example sentences of the phrase, with it.
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I could say, I'm not really with it this morning
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because I haven't had my coffee yet
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and I really need caffeine so my brain works.
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You could say something like, my grandfather is 97 years old
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and he's still really with it.
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So when you use the phrase, with it to talk about a person,
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you're basically talking about
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how well their brain is working.
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So for me, I just know that
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if I don't get a good night's sleep,
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I'm not very with it the next day.
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I'm kind of off my game a little bit.
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The second phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase, I'm with you.
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So when you say I'm with you
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it means that you agree with that person.
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If you were to say to me,
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the sun is a beautiful thing to see every day,
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I would say, I'm with you on that.
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I really think that a sunny day is a beautiful day,
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except if it's over 30 degrees then I don't really enjoy it.
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But when you say to someone I'm with you
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it means that you agree with them.
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If someone was to say, football is the best sport
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in the world, you might reply and say, ah, I'm with you.
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I keep wanting to say soccer,
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that's why I'm making an S sound.
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Football is amazing.
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It is the best sport, I'm with you.
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So to repeat, if you say that someone is with it
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it means they're alert, their brain is working really well
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and they are just energetic and thinking clearly.
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If you say I'm with you, it means you agree with someone.
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I feel like I was making a few
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or almost making mistakes as I'm recording this
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because for some reason I'm not really with it today.
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I was really with it
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but I came outside and it's extra windy
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and it was hard to find a place to record a video.
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So if you'll just excuse me, I'm a little out of sorts.
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I'm not totally with it right now.
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I will a moment though.
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Let me just refocus.
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Let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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And this comment is from Xavier.
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And Xavier says, "in Spain the electric bill
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"has risen by 28% so far in January.
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"They may think we are made of money.
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"That's not a good way to make our day."
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And my response was, "ouch, that's a pretty steep increase
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"to make matters worse, you're probably at home
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"using a lot of electricity."
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So Xavier, thank you so much for that comment.
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This is from the video yesterday,
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where I looked at the phrase, to be made of money
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and I looked at the phrase, it made my day.
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So yes, costs of electricity.
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So in Ontario, Canada, the government has actually
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frozen the cost of electricity for this month
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and they actually lowered it to a lower rate.
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Now, I like that, that's really nice because we're all home
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it's nice to have a little bit cheap electricity.
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I'm sorry Xavier, if in Spain it's getting more expensive.
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I don't mean to brag but in Canada
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they've lowered the rate
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but I'm worried that over the next five or 10 years
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in Canada we'll all have to pay a lot more taxes
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to the government because the Canadian government
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is borrowing lots of money
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in order to get the country through this epidemic,
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through this COVID pandemic.
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And so I feel like the more money we borrow
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the more taxes we're all going to have to pay
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over the next 10 years but I'll take it.
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I don't mind having electricity a little bit cheaper
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especially in the winter.
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We heat our house with oil, our furnace burns oil
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but we also use electricity to run the fan and the furnace
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and other things around the house.
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And so having electricity a little cheaper
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during the winter isn't actually a bad thing for me.
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I actually think I kind of appreciate it.
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Anyways, I hope you're having a good day.
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I hope you're all really with it right now
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and learning a lot of English in this lesson.
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I'll see you tomorrow with another short English lesson.
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