Meaning of ONE TRACK MIND - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English if we say that someone has a "one track mind" it means that they can only
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think about one thing, or they only talk about one thing whenever you see them.
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A really good example of this would be someone who just read a book that they really like
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and you are having a conversation with them and all they can do is talk about the book
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that they just read.
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We would say that that person has a one track mind.
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We also use this to describe some of our pets.
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So sometimes our dogs, dogs always seem to be hungry, and they always want something
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to eat, so you could say that a dog, when it comes to food, a dog always has a one track
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mind.
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So having a one track mind means you can only think about or only talk about one thing.
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