Learn the English Phrases "Oh well!" and "Well, well, well!"

In this English lesson,

I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, "Oh well!"

This is a phrase we use when something happens,

but it's not something that we're upset about

or angry about.

It's something that just happened.

I could say this,

"I came outside today and it rained

and my camera got a little bit wet, but oh well,

it's not a big deal."

This camera's a little bit waterproof.

Maybe I'm doing a job at work

and I drop something on the floor,

and even if it breaks or something,

I could just say, "Oh well," if it's not a big deal.

Maybe I dropped something that's old

and it was kind of junk anyways.

I might say, "Oh well, I dropped that.

It's not a big deal."

So notice I'm also using the phrase, "It's not a big deal."

That's probably a phrase that means the same thing.

"Oh well, it rained. It's not a big deal."

"Oh, well, my camera got a little bit wet."

By the way, it rained here. I'm pretty happy about that.

The next phrase I wanted to teach you is the phrase,

"Well, well, well."

And this is a phrase we sometimes say a little sarcastically

when we discover something

or when we catch someone doing something.

I might walk into a classroom

and a student is trying to eat at the back of the room

when they're not supposed to be eating.

I might say, "Well, well, well. What's going on here?

Why are you eating during class?"

So it's kind of a way of saying you've just seen something

or discovered something.

I'm trying to think of another example.

When you come home, if you have a dog,

when you come home and the dog has eaten your shoe.

You might say, "Well, well, well. What's happened here?

Who ate my shoe?"

So it's kind of a way

of just saying that something happened.

I think detectives must say this a lot.

When they find a clue, they might go,

"Well, well, well. What's this on the floor?

It looks like the criminal left behind their tools,"

or, I don't know.

I'm not very familiar with how criminals work.

I think they have tools, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, to review.

When you say, "Oh well,"

it means something's happened and it's not a big deal.

You're not upset or concerned.

And when you say, "Well, well, well,"

it means you've discovered something

or you've seen something, and you kind of,

before you talk about it, you just say that

to indicate that maybe you're surprised a little bit.

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

This comment is from Maritza.

"So cute, Walter!

But I wonder, where is Oscar?

I haven't seen him for a long time.

I hope he is well.

Thank you for another valuable lesson."

And my response,

"Oscar's doing well, but as always, he is mostly with Jen.

He sticks to her all day."

You could also say he sticks with her all day.

"Walter tends to wander.

Oscar is Jen's friend.

Walter is everyone's friend."

And that is very true.

Walter does bark when people come over,

but he's very quickly their friend.

He's supposed to be a bit of a guard dog.

He's supposed to bark when people come over

and protect the property and protect Jen.

But very quickly, he (chuckles) just likes to lick people.

If people are wearing shorts, he likes to lick their legs,

which is kind of strange.

But dogs do strange things, right?

Oscar, on the other hand, loves being with Jen

and is most often just found with Jen.

So I will get some video of the two of them,

and I'll overlay it.

As I'm talking right now, you can see the peonies,

but I'll also just talk a little bit

and put a video in here of the two dogs.

They are both doing well.

Oscar has actually lost a bit of weight

since we got Walter because he exercises so much.

They run around so much when they're playing with each other

that Oscar has started to look very lean and very healthy.

He's not unhealthy.

Like sometimes dogs can lose too much weight,

but he was getting a little pudgy,

and he definitely looks a lot healthier now.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I'll see you in a couple days

with another short English lesson.

Bye.