Meaning of NO-SHOW - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English if you call someone a no-show
it means that they were supposed to meet with
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you or they were supposed to come to a certain
place to meet you and they didn't show up.
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They didn't arrive.
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They didn't come.
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Today Jen had an order for some flowers, someone
called and ordered a lot of flowers from our
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flower farm and the person said they were
going to be here at 1:00 but they didn't come
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at 1:00 and it is almost 6:00 and they are
still not here.
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So we would call that person a no-show.
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We were expecting them to show up.
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We were expecting them to come and pick up
their flower order, but we haven't seen him
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yet so we're pretty sure that he is a no-show
which is too bad because we have a whole bunch
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of flowers that this person wanted and they
didn't come to get them.
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So, anyways, if someone doesn't show up when
they are supposed to we call them a no-show.
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So if you go on a date and someone is a no-show,
like if you are going to meet someone for
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a romantic evening, for a date, we would say
that you have been stood up.
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So kind of, the person who doesn't show up
is called a no-show, but the person who is
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waiting for that person we would say that
they are stood up, or that they have been
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stood up.
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So if you don't show up you are a no-show.
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If you are the person sitting there waiting
and the person doesn't show up you have been
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stood up.
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