Learn the English Phrases TO HAVE CHEMISTRY and TO CLICK WITH

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In this English lesson
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase
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to have chemistry.
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Now, chemistry is something you can study in school.
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You can take chemistry class.
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But this phrase actually has to do with relationships.
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When you go on a date with someone
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and if you really get along well,
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and if you enjoy each other's company
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and you find each other attractive,
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we would say that you have chemistry.
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When people start to date, when people go out on dates,
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they always hope that they'll have a good time
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and that they'll have chemistry with the other person.
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Sometimes people go on a date
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and they don't have any chemistry.
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And then usually, they don't go on a second date
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but sometimes people go on a date
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with someone and they really just enjoy themselves.
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The person is interesting.
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The person is attractive.
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The other person finds you interesting and attractive.
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And we would then say that you have chemistry.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase, to click with.
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When you click with someone
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it simply means that you get along well, it's not romantic.
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It's not the same as having chemistry with someone.
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It's used more to talk about people who are friends
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or becoming friends.
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When I first went to university, I met a bunch of people
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and there were a few people that I just clicked with.
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When you click with someone
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it usually means you have the same interests,
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you like doing the same things.
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And when you click with someone, there's a good chance
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you will become good friends with them.
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So when I started university,
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the first day I didn't know anyone.
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The second day I met a few people
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and there were a few people that I clicked with
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and they ended up becoming my good friends.
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So to repeat, and to review,
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when you have chemistry with someone,
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it means that you find each other very, very attractive.
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You find it very enjoyable to spend time with each other.
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And you both have the same feeling.
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You have chemistry.
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When you click with someone,
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it simply means that you get along with them.
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I'm sure that many, many of you, if I met you in real life,
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and we had a cup of coffee, I'm sure I would click with you.
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I'm sure we would have an enjoyable conversation
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and it would be a lot of fun.
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Speaking of someone who I click with,
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let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This is from Brent, otherwise known
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as American English With This Guy.
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And Brent and I have a lot in common
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and we've never met in real life,
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but I think if we did, I think we would click.
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In fact, I think when the pandemic's over,
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we're still hoping to have a cup of coffee
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halfway between Maine and Ontario.
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But anyways, let's get to the comment.
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Brent says, "That's why these lessons are so good,
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natural spoken English.
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Even when you break the rules,
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you're showing learners how to correctly speak."
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And my response was this.
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"It just goes to show how strange this language can be.
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There are so many written rules that aren't followed
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in everyday speech.
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I guess we'll just have to keep explaining things."
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So one of the cool things for me and not cool for you
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is that there are an endless amount of topics
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for me to talk about when it comes to teaching English.
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But that can make you feel a little bit overwhelmed.
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But I would just say this, keep working at it.
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It's not impossible to learn a language.
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People do it all the time.
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If you're feeling discouraged
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because there are so many things to learn, just keep at it.
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You'll do fine.
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I think for sure.
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And I do wanna mention
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sometimes I sneak extra little phrases in,
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so in my response, I use the phrase,
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it just goes to show.
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I'm not gonna explain that one.
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I think I'll let you figure that one out in context.
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Anyways, you can see it's December
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but it doesn't look like December.
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This is my snowblower.
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This is supposed to be hooked up to my tractor
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so that went up it snows.
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I can clean the driveway.
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I think if you watch one of my videos
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on Learn English in the Snow,
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you'll see me using my snowblower
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but it's still sitting here.
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And you would think on a beautiful day like this
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I should be out here hooking it up, but you know what?
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I'll let that wait for another day.
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It was good teaching you again.
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I'll see you in two days with another short English lesson.
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