Learn the English Phrases "above and beyond" and "beyond compare"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help

you learn the English phrase above and beyond.

When you go above and beyond, it means

you do a really, really good job.

If at work, my boss said to me,

Bob, can you work on this project?

And if I worked on it for like, ten or 12

hours a day, seven days a week, for three weeks, he

might say, wow, you really went above and beyond.

You did more than I was expecting you to do.

Maybe you're studying for English, and you, one week

you decide instead of studying 30 minutes a day,

you're going to study for 2 hours a day.

You would then be going above and beyond.

You're doing more than you

expected even yourself to do.

The second phrase I wanted to teach

you today is the phrase beyond compare.

When something is beyond compare,

it means it's just awesome.

My sister makes really good desserts,

and they are beyond compare.

It basically means that no one else I

know makes desserts that are as good as

the desserts that my sister makes.

That was a little bit of a tongue twister.

So when something is beyond compare,

it means it's like the best.

It's like the best version of whatever it is that

you're doing or eating or whatever you are not comparing.

So to review, when you go above and beyond, you

do more than what people are expecting you to do,

or even more than what you're expecting yourself to do.

You go above and beyond.

And when something is beyond compare,

it simply means that it's awesome.

That's.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from...

I'm laughing because it's very early in the morning and

I kind of lost track of what I was doing.

But hey, let's look at a comment from Silvia.

Hope you have a fantastic time at the market.

The peonies are just gorgeous.

And it's incredible to think about all the hard

work that goes into growing those beautiful flowers.

Jen's dedication is truly remarkable, by the way.

Here in Argentina, we do have personal days, and it

depends on the jobs and the contract you sign.

And then my response, personal days

are something new for me.

We only started to have them a few years ago.

Sometimes I feel guilty taking one, but

hey, it's in the contract now.

So, yes, a couple things to respond there to Silvia.

The market was good.

That was already a week ago now, almost.

But yes, the market was awesome. We did well.

We really, really enjoyed it.

And about personal days, yeah, that is

something very, very new for me.

Personal days didn't exist till about six

or seven years ago where I work.

So it still feels a little funny saying to my boss,

hey, can I take a day off next week, Thursday?

And then the boss just says, okay,

you have one personal day left.

It's no problem.

But, hey, here I am walking on the path

that I created so that we can get down

to the river every year in our field.

If I turn, you can see where I am on the property.

The house and barn are up there.

But every year we try to mow a path down

to the river so that we can come down here

with the dogs, or we can come down here with

the kayaks when we bring the kayaks to the river.

And it's just a little easier

than walking through the deep grass.

So I'm just kind of giving you a sense of

what it's like for me to walk down to the

river on, like, a Saturday afternoon or a Sunday afternoon.

It's just nice to have the grass nice and short.

And then we usually also mow this area down here.

It's a little brown now, but it will green up again.

I think I cut the grass a little short,

and the river is a little shallow right now.

Usually there's water here, but today there's mud.

So that's the area that I mow.

It's kind of fun because I use

my son's lawnmower to do it.

He has a really good lawnmower.

And then I think you can probably see.

Here comes Walter.

Oh, he didn't go in the water.

Usually he just runs straight out and goes swimming.

That's another reason why we have this.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I'll see you with another short

English lesson in a few days. Bye.