Learn the English Phrases "between jobs" and "odd jobs"

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help
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you learn the English phrase between jobs.
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When someone says they are between jobs, it
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means they don't currently have a job.
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It's kind of a nice way
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of saying that you're unemployed.
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If someone says they're between jobs, it
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means somehow their last job ended.
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Maybe they got fired, maybe they got laid off, maybe
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they quit and they are looking for another job.
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So they are between jobs.
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Again, it's simply a nicer way of saying
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that you don't currently have a job.
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I have.
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Let me just put it this way.
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There's someone I know who is often between jobs
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because whenever they find a job after a month
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or two, they usually get let go.
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They get fired because they're just
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not a very good worker.
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So they're often between jobs looking for a job.
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The other phrase I wanted to
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teach you today is odd jobs.
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When we say there are odd jobs to do around
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the house, it means little things like fix the bathroom
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sink or put a new rug in the entranceway.
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There's just little things that you need to do.
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When I was a kid, I used to visit my grandparents.
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And when I visited my grandparents, my grandpa had a
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whole bunch of odd jobs to do around the house
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and we would help him.
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We would do some odd jobs outside too,
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like rake the leaves, weed the garden.
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I remember one time we changed light bulbs in
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a couple rooms where the light bulbs weren't working.
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Just odd jobs that needed to be done.
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So to review, if you're between jobs, it means you don't
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have a job and you're looking for a new one.
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And if you are doing a bunch of
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odd jobs, they're just simple, small jobs that
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you need to do around the house.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from
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a previous video after we look at the
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really loud car at the gas station.
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Let me put this back on the tripod.
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Hopefully that sound ends soon.
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This comment is from...
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I think this is more interesting.
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I think they got the car going.
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I think everything is okay now.
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This is from Konstantin.
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By the end of a school day, my voice
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gets so strained that even lozenges hardly help.
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I sometimes can't shoot the breeze with my friends.
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A blessing in disguise.
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This little frog in the throat
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gives your ramblings a unique charm.
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Bob, big thanks, Bob.
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Take care of your professional tools, my
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voice, and enjoy the indian summer. My response?
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It's par for the course for us,
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I guess, mine is doing better.
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Yeah, my throat feels way better
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than it did the other day.
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But thanks, Konstantin, for that comment.
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It usually just takes a week.
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Voice is a little strained and
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then it goes back to normal.
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But hey, I did want to show you
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the gas station because something has changed here
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and it made me a little bit sad.
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You used to be, this is probably normal for all
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of you, but you used to be able to pull
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up, fill your car with gas, and then if you
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wanted to, you could go in and pay.
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But now there's a sign here
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that says prepay before fueling.
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And I know that's probably a
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normal thing for most of you.
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It's a normal thing in most big cities
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in Canada as well.
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You can't put gas in your
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vehicle and then pay afterwards.
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So usually I pay at the pump, but today I have
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cash with me, so I had to go in, I had
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to tell them I want $50 worth of gas.
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And then I was allowed to put that gas in my vehicle.
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So small towns used to just trust people.
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I guess we're now more like a big town.
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You have to pay before you put gas in your vehicle.
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Do I sound a little annoyed?
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It was just a little bit inconvenient.
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I'm used to the old way.
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There's a gas station close to my house where you can still
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fill your van up and then go in and pay and maybe
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buy a chocolate bar or a can of pop or something.
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But no longer here in this town.
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It's no longer allowed.
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Anyways, thanks for watching. I'll see you in a few
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days with another short English lesson. Bye.
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Have a good day yourself.
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