Learn the English Phrases "vice versa" and "on the other hand"

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In this English lesson
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, vice versa.
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I think this is actually a Latin phrase
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and it means the opposite, or the other way around.
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Let me explain.
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If I was to say I don't like my sister and vice versa
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that would mean my sister also doesn't like me.
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By the way, my sister and I get along really well.
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We like each other a lot.
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That was just an example.
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Sometimes I say, you should watch my English lessons
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with the subtitles on
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and then watch them with the subtitles off, or vice versa.
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That means the opposite.
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You could watch the video with the subtitles off
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and then watch it with them on.
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So when you say vice versa,
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it means you can do it the other way around
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and it's just as good as the first way it was mentioned.
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Or it can change the meaning to mean in both directions
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like the first example.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase,
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on the other hand.
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This is when you add other
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information that might contradict what you've just said.
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I could say this,
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I'm a little worried that it might rain today,
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but on the other hand, if I look that way
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I see the sky is clear, so it might not.
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So you're introducing a new fact
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that might slightly contradict what you just said.
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If I said to you,
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you should watch these videos with the subtitles on
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in order to understand more what I'm saying.
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On the other hand, if you listen to them or watch them
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with the subtitles off,it's better for your listening skills
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so maybe you should do both.
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Anyways, to review,
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vice versa simply means the other way around
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at the end of a sentence.
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And when you say, on the other hand,
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you're introducing new information to the discussion
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that might actually contradict what you've just said.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Iryna, I believe.
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"Your video is cool.
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"It is very good that you are helping your wife
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"to grow flowers."
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And my response, many hands make light work.
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Thanks Iryna, for that comment.
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Yes, I try to help Jen out as much as I possibly can.
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I just think it's nice for her to have help on the farm.
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The more help I give, the easier it is for everyone.
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And I always laugh at the English phrase,
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"Many hands make light work."
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It makes me laugh because we have another phrase,
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"Too many cooks spoil the broth."
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I think I've explained both before.
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The first phrase, many hands make light work,
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means if lots of people work on something, it's easier.
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The second phrase, too many cooks spoil the broth,
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means if too many people work on something, it can actually
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ruin the thing you're working on because too many people
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are doing things different ways or the wrong way.
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Anyways, where am I today?
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I am out.
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Hopefully the wind's not blowing too much on the microphone.
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I am out here on our local soccer fields.
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I'll try to hold the the camera here so the mic's
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outta the wind a bit.
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Soccer has started.
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We do have to wait until the fields are dry a little bit.
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They are drained really well.
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But yeah, soccer starts.
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You can actually, I'm not sure if you guys can see this,
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but in the distance,
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the city workers are actually
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here mowing the lawns, trimming the edges.
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I'm sure they'll probably put the lines down for soccer.
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They were down last week, but I think it rained
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because the soccer lines are just made out of chalk.
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Oh, and the sun's coming out now as well.
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So anyways, soccer will begin.
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I think when I drove by yesterday
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there were actually little kids having a practice here
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so I think it has begun.
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Maybe I'm not making sense right now,
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but certainly soccer season has started
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or is least going to start soon.
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Sorry for not making sense at the end.
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Anyways, thanks for watching this short English lesson.
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I'll see you in a couple days with another one.
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Bye.
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