Learn the English Phrases "to travel light" and "at a good clip"

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help
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you learn the English phrase to travel light.
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When you travel light, it means you don't
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take a lot of things with you.
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You just bring one small suitcase
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or maybe two small suitcases.
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I'm just laughing a bit because
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I'm actually in Maine right now.
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I'm here, and I brought two small suitcases.
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And I'm claiming that I am traveling light.
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But maybe not technically light, but to travel
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light simply means to maybe just take a
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backpack and go away for a few days.
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Hardly bring anything with the opposite would be to
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bring, like, a big suitcase, a small suitcase, a
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backpack, and all kinds of other things.
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So when you travel light, you
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don't bring a lot of stuff.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach
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you today is at a good clip.
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When you go at a good clip,
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it means you're going pretty fast.
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I got here, let's see.
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I left this morning at around 830,
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and it's quarter to eight right now.
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So less than 12 hours.
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I was going at a pretty good clip.
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I wasn't speeding by a lot, about two or
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3 miles an hour faster than the speed limit.
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But, yeah, I went at a pretty good clip.
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I had a really nice car to drive.
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I'll explain that in a sec.
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But to review, to travel light means to travel
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and not bring a lot of stuff with you.
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Maybe your phone, your wallet, and a backpack.
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And when you go at a good clip in
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a vehicle, it means you're going pretty fast.
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But, hey, let's look at a
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comment from a previous video.
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This comet is from Mahmoud.
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It's gonna be a lot of fun for both of you.
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Always great to see you guys together.
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And then my response, I think it's going to be a blast.
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So I haven't told Brent I'm here yet.
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I just got here, and I wanted to make this video quick.
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I wanted to explain to you, that's not my rental car.
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This is my rental car.
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But before you think Bob spent crazy
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amounts of money on his rental car.
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I was supposed to get a car like that, an economy car.
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But when I went to the rental place, they
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said that they didn't have any more economy cars.
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And then they said they didn't
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have any more premium cars.
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And then they said that I would have to take this car.
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I would have to take this car.
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So I was kind of happy for
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the same price as an economy car.
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Actually, I think that's Brent's car, by
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the way, the little black one there.
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He's not here yet, though.
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He'll be here in a bit. Anyways.
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You might have seen this place already.
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This is an apartment that Brett found for me
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to live in for a couple of days.
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And let's turn some lights on here.
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It's actually quite nice.
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I've already been in for a little bit.
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I brought my fan, but my fan broke on the way here.
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I like to sleep with a fan on, but I see
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there's a fan there I might be able to use.
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This is my room. Don't look there.
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That's tomorrow's lesson on that
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paper or Friday's lesson.
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And there's a couch and other things as well.
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So that's kind of cool.
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So pretty fun.
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I'm going to end this video now.
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And then there's another minute that's going to
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start because I'm going to let Brett.
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I'm going to let Brett know I'm here.
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And then maybe we'll add him to the end. So.
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See you in like a split second.
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Well, he's here. I'm here. How's it going, Brent?
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It's going great.
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I walked up here.
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It's a beautiful night.
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It is a really nice night.
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So I'm here for a couple days.
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Are we gonna do a lot of work
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or are we gonna just hang out or.
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I think if we do a little mix,
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a little work here, a little play there.
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Yeah, that sounds good. That's what I'm up for.
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So anyways, I'm a bit tired, but Brett
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and I are gonna hang out tonight.
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This is the only work we're doing tonight.
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I promised him that.
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So hopefully we're gonna do something
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fun or just hang out.
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Well, I live in a small town.
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There's not much to do.
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We'll have nice company though.
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We'll have good conversations.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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See you in a couple weeks with another short lesson.
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Thanks, Brett.
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It thank you.
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You our.
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