Learn the English Phrases "to belt out" and "to tighten your belt"

In this English lesson, I wanted

to help you learn the English phrase

to belt out.

So a belt is something you wear

on your pants so your

pants don't fall down.

But it's also a verb we use

to talk about someone who's

singing very, very loudly.

You can belt out a song.

Let's say you go to a karaoke

evening somewhere and you

choose your favourite song and

then you get the microphone

and as the words show up on

the screen, you start to belt

out the song.

So kind of a unique verb, but it is

a verb that you will hear quite often.

Sometimes people will say, wow,

the singer could

really belt out the songs.

It was very cool to listen to.

The second phrase I wanted to teach

you today is to tighten your belt.

When you tighten your belt, it

means you're trying to save money.

So let's say Jen and I wanted

to go on a trip in six months,

but in order to do that we would

have to save up some money.

We might need to tighten our belts.

So we might need to

tighten our belts.

That means that we decide

to not go out to eat.

We're not going to order pizza,

we're going to make all

of our food at home.

How else would you save money?

Maybe we're going to cancel Netflix.

We're going to decide

to tighten our belts so that

we can save some money.

So to review, to belt out simply

means to sing something loudly

with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

And to tighten your belt means to

decide to not spend money on extra

things for the next little while.

But hey, let's look at a comment

from a previous video.

This comment is from Freddy Wolf

and the comment is.

Here we go.

Thanks, Bob.

While your temperatures are

currently quite low and a bit

chilly, we are experiencing very

high temperatures up to 30.

This is in France, by the way,

for the month of May.

This is a record since

weather forecasts have been

taking measurements.

Sand from the Sahara is even

predicted to come up to us.

Our cars will all be sand colored.

Mandatory wash in sight.

See you soon.

And my response.

Oh, wow, that's a long way

for the sand to travel.

I've never experienced

something like that.

I hope it doesn't last long.

I think I forgot to put the T

on last in that comment.

There's a little, there's

a little error there you'll have

to correct if you see it.

But yeah, thanks Freddy

for that comment.

Sand from the Sahara or

the Sahara, I'm not sure how I'm

supposed to pronounce it.

Even English speakers

sometimes don't know how to say

the words properly, so.

But that's interesting.

That's a long way

for the sand to travel.

It reminds me of when

we had the wildfires in northern

Canada and the smoke

traveled all the way to New York

City in the United States.

That was kind of incredible.

But hey, where am I today?

Well, I'm just out walking

in a typical Canadian subdivision.

If I show you,

that is a very large dog.

Yes.

I'm not always a big fan of dogs.

I'm just going to walk quickly.

Now.

This is a typical

Canadian subdivision.

Every once in a while I do come

and make a lesson in a subdivision.

I always hope that the people

who live in the subdivision,

if they see me, don't mind.

I also have a sense that there

might be a car coming up behind me.

Oh, no, it's turning.

So I'm safe.

I have to be hyper aware

of my surroundings when

I come and make an English lesson

in a place like this.

But there you go.

You can see that a lot of Canadians

have more than one vehicle.

One vehicle there.

When you see a vehicle

in the driveway, there's often

another vehicle in the garage.

And then someone even

has a boat over there.

I wonder when they'll take

that out to the lake.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I'll see you in a couple of days

with another short English lesson.

And I'll see if I can find

another unique place

to go to make the lesson.

Bye.