Meaning of NOT NORMALLY THE CASE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So it is a beautiful sunny day today, which
is not normally the case in April in Canada.
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Normally it would be raining.
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So we have this phrase in English where if
we say something is "not normally the case"
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it simply means that it's not what we would
be expecting or not what we would consider
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normal.
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So for instance, maybe you have a really,
a favourite football team and they won their
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game last night and your friend says to you,
"Well that's awesome because that's not normally
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the case.
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Normally they, they lose their games."
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So we're having a beautiful day here in Canada,
which is not normally the case in April, but
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I'm really enjoying it.
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I have to actually wear my sunglasses today.
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