English Addict Ep 362 -🔴LIVE stream / Wednesday 30th APRIL 2025 / Join the LIVE Chat & Learn English

Oh. Very nice.

I don't normally say this, but I really do wish you could be here right now in person with me.

Because we are having the most glorious weather.

It really does feel as if summer has arrived.

Even though, strictly speaking, it isn't summer yet.

Here we are. Then. We are back together again.

Coming to you live from the birthplace of the English language. You know where it is.

I know where it is.

We all know where it is. And I know what you are thinking.

Come on, Mr. Duncan. Get on with it.

We haven't got all day. You.

We are back together again.

It's so nice to be with you once more.

Hi, everybody.

This right here is Mr. Duncan in England.

How are you today?

Are you okay?

I hope so.

Are you happy? Do you have one of these on your face this morning or this afternoon?

Or in the evening, depending on where you are in the world?

I hope you are smiling right now. And if you're not. Don't worry.

I will try to put these things on your face during the next hour of this live stream.

My name is Mr. Duncan.

I talk about the English language.

You might say that I am an English addict.

And I have a feeling because you are here as well.

Perhaps you are an English addict as well.

It's nice to see you here today. The final day.

The last day we say goodbye to April.

Tomorrow, the 1st of May.

And I think for many people, tomorrow will be a public holiday.

May day tomorrow many people will be having an extra holiday.

We have a public holiday next Monday, so we will be having a long weekend next weekend.

The weekend that is coming towards us.

Just in case you are wondering what this is.

This is the internet.

Sometimes you can find interesting things on the internet and guess what?

This is one of those interesting things all about the English language.

And yes, we have made it all the way to Wednesday.

Once more.

There is a lot going on at the moment in the world.

You may have noticed

1 or 2 things are going on.

Some of those things are exciting and

some of them not very exciting or even pleasant, unfortunately.

Anyway, we are here to chat together.

It is not only me, but also you as well out there in YouTube land.

For those wondering, Mr.

Duncan, how long have you been doing this for?

How long have you been talking to the world on YouTube for?

Well, I will give you a clue right now.

I started doing this

way back in 2006, a very, very long time ago.

And I have to say, quite a lot has happened since then.

Hi, everybody.

This is Mr.

Duncan in England.

How are you today? Are you okay? I hope so. Are you happy?

I hope so.

The answer to the question is 18 years.

This year.

In fact, it will be my 19th year on YouTube.

And can you believe it?

It will be 19 years this year that I've been doing all of this for you.

Hello to the live chat.

Can I say hello to the live chat?

It's very nice to see you all here today as well.

It would not be English addict without you out there watching as well.

Lovely to see you here. Who was first on today's live chat?

I'm sure you can guess who it is.

Yes. Once more, the champion is at the top of the pile.

Vitesse.

Vytas.

You are the king of

clicking finger today.

Congratulations to you in second place.

Very close behind

it is Beatriz. Congratulations to you.

You were nearly first.

Nearly in first place, but not quite.

Hello also.

Oh, we have sash-sash. Hello to sash-sash.

And we have someone new joining us today.

Hello to Sharma.

Hello, Sharma.

How are you today?

Welcome to the world of English.

We are all friendly.

We will give you a lovely warm welcome.

And I will say hello to you now. Sharma.

Welcome to my live stream.

Also we have Palmira Marut, CEO is here today.

Who else is here?

Hamda is here as well.

Nice to see you joining me on my lovely live stream.

Don't forget, you can watch me Wednesday like you all now.

And also every Sunday I am live on YouTube.

Also, Claudia is here. Hello, Claudia.

It is nice to see you here today as well. We are talking about politics.

Don't get scared.

Please don't click away.

When I say that I'm going to talk about politics, I'm going to talk about something in reference to a thing happening here

in the UK tomorrow.

So I know sometimes I do mention politics, but I wouldn't describe myself as a political person.

I don't normally stand up and tell people or talk about what I believe politically.

So I wouldn't describe myself as a person on the front line of politics

or expressing any real political views.

I suppose it's the same as enjoying a certain thing.

I also like birds. I like watching the birds,

but I can't fly.

Even though I love the birds.

However, I did try flying once.

It did not end well.

That's all I can say.

Who else is here?

We also have Alessandra. Hello, Alessandra.

Nice to see you back with us as well.

Joining the gang.

Do you like that?

The English gang.

Now, we normally think of the word gang as something quite negative.

But I can tell you now, gang can also be group as well.

A group who often hang out or meet together.

We often describe it as a gang, so it doesn't always have a negative meaning.

Even though sometimes people think it does.

Hello as is, nice to see you here, but you also have her room too.

Hello, Haroon.

Nice to see you.

Thank you for joining us today.

It is lovely to see so many people joining me on this Wednesday.

We have a lot to show you today, a lot to talk about.

We will be taking a bike ride

with myself and Mr.

Steve.

We will be looking at some lovely sheep as well during today's live stream

topics.

We are talking about wanting something.

Now, I don't know about you, but sometimes

waiting for something can be really frustrating.

If something is frustrating, it makes you feel

anxious, annoyed, especially when you have to wait for something.

No one likes to wait for things, including me.

Although

I always like to stay calm in any situation where there might be some sort of stress or maybe some sort of problem.

So quite often, if you have to wait for something that normally means there is a problem.

Quite often, if you have to wait,

we are talking about that today as well.

Also,

we will be mentioning Charles Dickens.

We were talking about Shakespeare last Wednesday.

Today we have a little bit of Dickens.

I don't know about you, but I do enjoy a little Dickens now and again, to be honest with you.

Can I say hello to Vietnam?

Hello, Vietnam.

I know I have a lot of people watching in Vietnam, although today there might not be so many people watching in Vietnam

because at the moment there is a big celebration taking place in Vietnam, the 50th anniversary of the now.

They are describing it as the reunification.

The national celebration in Vietnam, which actually took place yesterday.

But many people, many Vietnamese, are still celebrating the big event,

50 years of unification and being as one country.

For those wondering, I've just realised I am wearing my red t shirt today.

This is not connected to that.

However, it is a very interesting coincidence.

So if you are watching in Vietnam at the moment, I hope you had a good time yesterday.

I don't know if you saw the drones, did you see the drones?

Wasn't that the most amazing thing?

Apparently

the the most drones ever

flying around displaying a beautiful light show.

It was the largest drone light show ever.

As a way of celebrating the the big national event in Vietnam.

It was rather amazing.

And if I'm just going to try and find my drone because I think I have a drone here as well.

Not quite as impressive as your drone, but in two.

It might come back in a moment.

It's back.

Now, I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, Mr. Duncan. That was not very impressive at all.

It wasn't as impressive as the wonderful drone show that took place yesterday in Vietnam.

I know you're right.

I know.

And fortunately, my budget, my budget can only run to one drone.

That's all I can afford, I'm afraid. And that is a sorry about that.

Anyway, congratulations to Vietnam for your national celebrations yesterday.

60, 60, 60.

Did you like that note?

What is that note? It's very high.

I don't know what's happening today.

My voice feels very loose and free.

Now, nobly.

I can't reach that note quite often.

My voice does not work that well.

But today I don't know what how he is not great.

What a wonderful note.

Can I say hello to Ung trum?

Hello, Ung, I hope you are having a good day today as well.

All. By the way, big exciting news!

If you would like to meet me

in person

face to face.

If you would like your are to meet my advisor then guess what?

You will have a chance to do just that because on the 1st of June we are going to get together in

Paris.

We are going to have a little bit of fun in Paris and

we are going to have a rendezvous on the 1st of June,

perhaps you would like to join me and everyone else on that day as well.

Just four weeks from tomorrow, we will be getting together.

In Paris, we will be having the big Paris rendezvous.

If you would like to join me, please drop me a line to my email address.

The address is under this live stream.

If you are interested in meeting up.

Over the next few days, I will be creating a special group for all those who are interested.

But first you have to tell me through email and then we will take it from there.

Already we have quite a few people interested in joining us that is myself and also Mr.

Steve, and lots and lots of other English addicts as well.

That will take place on the 1st of June, just four weeks away from now.

I have to say it's gone very fast.

These past few weeks I've

been talking about the Paris rendezvous and now it is just four weeks away.

I have to say I am very excited.

One thing I will mention if you are planning on going to Paris, you should probably

make your reservation now because this year

they are expecting more people than ever to visit Paris now, because last year they had the Olympics.

Fewer people actually went to Paris.

So this year they are expecting more people to actually go to Paris this year in 2025.

So if you are planning, if you are thinking of joining me and Steve and everyone else in Paris,

I would try to arrange the flight and your hotel as soon as possible.

That, by the way, is something we are talking about later on today.

We are talking about doing things straight away, doing things without having to wait.

Because let's face it, most of us do not like waiting.

We don't.

We like things straight away. We don't want to wait.

We don't want to hesitate.

We want it right now.

I don't know how

clear the sound is going to be on here, but we are now cycling around Lake Vyrnwy.

I am on a bicycle, and to be honest, I haven't been on the bicycle for quite a while.

In fact, maybe four years since I rode a bike.

That's all I have to say. I'm doing quite well.

Mr. Steve is just behind me riding his bike.

I think he's okay.

Both of us have managed not to fall off yet, so we're okay.

We are enjoying ourselves.

I think Mr Steve has fallen off his bike.

I hope you enjoyed that.

A lovely memory from the past with myself and also Steve on our bikes.

And English Addict is with you today.

Live!

Yes, live right

now at twenty five past two o'clock in the afternoon.

And I hope you are having a good time.

I've just noticed on the live chat we have the one the only.

You are a little bit late today.

I wonder why it is Lewis Mendes is here today.

Hello, Lewis, nice to see you here.

I hope you have a good excuse

for being late today.

I'm only joking. Don't worry.

Coming up today, we have a lot of things to talk about.

We are going to look at some Dickens in a few moments.

There's no answer to that, really?

And also, do you like waiting for things to happen?

Do you like waiting for things to occur?

I am very patient.

I am a person who is very patient.

I can wait for things.

I never like to hurry.

Sometimes if you do something too fast or too quickly, first of all, you might not enjoy it as much.

The second problem, of course, is quite often you can make mistakes if you are in a hurry.

If you can't wait for something to happen.

Sometimes you can make small or even big mistakes so that can happen.

We will be talking about that a little bit later on.

Another question

that I'm going to ask if I have time.

I don't have children,

I don't, so I don't have any children that I have to raise.

I don't have to look after them.

And I often wonder, I think to myself, I wonder,

I wonder what it's like to raise a child.

It probably sounds like a very strange question,

but it is one that flashes through my synapses now and again, and I have to say.

I think it's a very interesting question.

So we might ask that question a little bit later on.

My eyes

are very soul, unfortunately.

I'm very sorry about my eyes.

They are so they are painful because I have a little bit of hay fever today for which I apologise.

Oh, do you like reading?

Do you like reading books?

Do you like reading books that were written a long time ago?

Well guess what?

Today is the anniversary of one such book being published, A Tale of Two Cities.

Have you ever heard of this story?

A very dramatic story, taking place over a long period of time, involving

two central characters and the story revolves around two different places,

as the name suggests.

So on this day in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities was published by Charles Dickens.

Of course, he is famous for other stories as well tragedies,

maybe stories about social issues, poverty, being poor,

A Christmas Carol a lot of people think of that particular story when they talk about Charles Dickens.

A tale of A Tale of Two Cities was published on this day.

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens.

Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, the novel tells the story of French doctor and Manette,

his 18 year long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris.

Of course, the Bastille famous

landmark, well known for being a very bleak place.

If you had to spend time in the Bastille, it was never, ever

a party, to be honest with you.

And also the story concerns his release,

where he went to live in London with his daughter Lucy, who he had never met.

So the story involves those characters and also those places, and it takes place over a period of time.

We often talk about historical stories, something happening during a certain

period of time, a big story you might describe it as a saga.

You might describe it as a novel.

Most people refer to this particular book as a novel.

It is a story with lots of things taking place, involving different characters over a long period of time.

Of course, this particular story is also famous for its opening lines, so these are the first lines of the story.

Very famous as well.

This particular quote is very famous. It was the best of times.

It was the worst of times.

It was the age of wisdom.

It was the age of foolishness.

It was the epoch of belief.

It was the epoch of incredulity.

It was the season of light.

It was the season of darkness.

And then the story goes on.

So you might describe this opening passage as

something that is setting the scene for that particular period of time in which the story is set.

And I suppose there are some words that are interesting in that piece.

For example, we have the word epoch.

Epoch refers to a certain period or a period of time,

maybe dates between one period of time and another.

We often describe it as an epoch,

the period or the period of time.

A very interesting word, an old fashioned word.

But it is one that we still use even nowadays.

And of course, another interesting word, incredulity.

I love that word.

Incredulity is not a great word.

When we say incredulity, we are naming the feeling or the way of thinking concerning doubt.

You doubt something.

If you doubt something, we can say you have incredulity.

A person can be incredulous.

To be incredulous means to doubt or be of a doubting nature.

So some very interesting words in that particular passage, and also a very good story as well.

If you've never had a chance to read it.

We did study Dickens at school.

Now, the thing that always amazes me about my school life

and the things I was taught at school, certain things were left out.

So even though we did talk about and study some of Charles Dickens stories,

we never really covered Shakespeare very much, which always surprised me

because, as I mentioned last Wednesday, Shakespeare had a big effect

on the English language with many phrases and words that we use nowadays

being popularised by William Shakespeare himself.

But there are many stories that people do study and learn as they go through their school life.

In the United States, for example, you will often find certain books or certain stories will be studied.

They call them the Great American Tales, and there are many stories,

including Of Mice and Men, another great Story, another good novel, a very interesting novel.

The Great Gatsby is another one.

Many students, as they go through high school in the United States, will often study that particular book as well.

And of course, The Great Gatsby is a very interesting story because it takes place once again

over a long period of time, and it involves lots of situations love,

hate crime,

distrust, deception.

All of those things are contained within that story, which is probably the reason why many people find it quite a fascinating story.

Back to Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities,

a very good story, and if you want to catch up with it, or maybe some people these days don't have time to read the whole book.

So instead they like to look at the summary

of the story.

So it is possible to take a big story or a big situation, and you can summarise that thing.

To summarise something is to shorten that thing.

You take all of the important parts and you put it

into a shorter form.

Summarise. You can summarise anything. I suppose.

Some people often say, Mr.

Duncan, we would like to summarise your live streams because sometimes they go on for a very, very long time.

For those wondering what this is, this is English addict and in a few moments from now we are going to have a look at politics.

But don't panic, don't worry,

it's going to be

nothing heavy, nothing involved, so you don't have to worry.

We are talking briefly about politics in a few moments from now.

In the meantime, we will relive a lovely memory of my time living here

in Much Wenlock.

Oh. A lovely memory from a couple of years ago,

when all of the sheep were being sheared.

How many sheep do I have?

I only have one sheep.

And she is not even real.

Lady Woollington is my sheep.

Those sheep you just saw were being sheared.

It's a great word that to shear something is to trim.

Maybe you are shearing a bush in your garden to shear is to cut or remove something.

So what was happening in that video?

The sheep were having their thick, woolly coats removed.

Some people think it's cruel, but in fact it does help the sheep because during the summer months when the weather gets hot,

yes it does.

Trust me, sometimes here in the UK we do have hot weather like today.

For example, we have 23 Celsius today, which for us

living in England is very, very hot. I have to say.

So I hope you enjoyed that.

Tomorrow is a big day in the UK calendar because we have a voting tomorrow.

We have the local elections taking place tomorrow here in the UK on Thursday the 1st of May.

Local

elections take place in certain parts of the UK,

so these are the local councils and the people who represent each area are the councillors

and they will be voted in or voted out depending on what the situation is.

So tomorrow we have the local elections taking place in the UK and I have to say, I'm going to say it now and I won't say it again.

I think

having the chance to shape the future of your country is always a good thing.

So a lot of people these days seem to have become very apathetic.

They have something called apathy.

Apathy is when you stop caring about certain things or everything,

you stop caring about those things.

You develop something called apathy.

It means you don't really care what happens.

You have no interest in that particular thing.

But I have to say, I think having the chance to go and place your vote

for someone to represent you and maybe do something useful for you and your community is always a good thing.

So I will be doing it tomorrow.

I will be going to the local voting station and we will be voting for,

local council representatives.

And in fact, one of my neighbours is running in the elections, not very far away from where I live.

I won't give any details because I can't, of course, but he is also standing in the local elections tomorrow.

And of course, the thing to remember is anyone, anyone can put themselves forward

as a member of Parliament or a councillor so anyone can do it, even me.

So if I decided that I wanted to put myself forward

quite often you will represent a certain party or a certain political group.

It is not unusual for that to happen.

And of course some people might also have an independent view.

They will stand

for election, but they don't belong to any particular political party.

So that is happening tomorrow.

It has come around again.

So these are not the big elections.

These are not the the big elections that change the government.

However, they can change the shape

of the local districts

as each person is voted in or of course

they might be voted out.

So all of that is happening tomorrow as we all go to vote.

And I think a lot of people will be doing it because at the moment we have great weather here in the UK, very nice weather here in the UK.

Hello to sorry, sorry Kate.

Who says can you please say something about yourself, about me?

My name is Duncan.

I live in England and I talk about the English language because I love English very much.

In fact, you might say I am an English addict.

Crazy about English. I love it very much.

For those who are wondering

about my normal lessons, I am making lots and lots of new lessons at the moment.

I can't begin to tell you how busy I've been over the past few days, making lots and lots of new lessons.

At the moment we are looking at

the action of waiting.

Are you very good at waiting for things?

Are you good at waiting for something to happen?

Are you a patient person?

We will be talking all about that in a few moments from now.

But first of all, because summer is on the way here in the UK, there is a wonderful

event taking place in nature all around this area.

There are lots and lots of one particular flower and that flower is the bluebell.

Well, isn't that just lovely?

Growing in certain areas around the place in which I live?

Lots and lots of lovely bluebells are out at the moment.

They don't normally last very long.

Sadly, they don't last very long.

They will appear.

They will come into this lovely bloom of blue.

And you can also get other colours as well of bluebell, very strange as it sounds, but you can.

But the bluebells are very much

around at the moment, but they are not around for very long and in certain places you never see them.

In certain parts of the country you don't see bluebells at all, whilst in other places

they are abundant, a lot of bluebells around.

But sadly they will be here today and gone tomorrow.

Talking of something that is here today

and hopefully not gone tomorrow,

it is English addict and can I just say and I know I don't always say this, but I'm going to say it now.

If you would like to subscribe to my YouTube channel,

please do so and then you will never miss any of my live streams or any of my new English lessons as well.

If you would like to do that, please do so and I will be ever so grateful.

Do you like waiting for things?

Sometimes we might have to wait for something to happen.

Something that is approaching, maybe a thing, a moment of time that we are expecting.

Something that will happen during that particular moment.

Quite often in life we do have to wait for things and that is what we are talking about right now.

We are talking all about the waiting game.

Mr. Duncan.

Why do they call it that?

Well, sometimes if you are waiting for something to happen, it does feel as if you are playing a game.

You are waiting for something to come to you.

You are waiting for a moment of time to arrive.

It is a little bit like a game.

And just like all games, you have to be patient when you play them.

We often find it very frustrating having to wait for something

frustrating to feel frustrated.

You have frustration.

That thing is frustrating.

Having to wait for something can be very frustrating.

You have to wait for something to happen.

So a very good example

is waiting for something to happen.

A moment of time.

Perhaps you are about to celebrate your birthday.

Maybe tomorrow it is your birthday.

And you can't wait.

You can't wait for that moment to arrive.

You are really excited because that moment is approaching.

You can't wait though. You can't wait for it to actually arrive.

In our daily lives. There will always be something to wait for.

For example,

uninvited guest, someone you have invited to visit you.

They will arrive,

they are on their way and you are waiting for them to arrive.

You are waiting for that person or maybe a group of people to arrive.

They are coming to you.

Of course it can work the other way around.

You can also be going to another place.

You might be visiting someone else, so you will arrive where they are.

So maybe they are doing the same thing.

They are waiting for you to arrive.

You are waiting for a delivery to arrive at your door nowadays

because many people do like to go on to the internet and shop for things.

You might be waiting for that thing that you ordered from

anywhere.

Really. It's so easy now to buy things on the internet.

Quite amazing really. Just how easy it is.

You can look for something on the internet

and then the next day

it's on your doorstep.

What a wonderful age we are living in.

So you are waiting for a delivery to arrive at your door.

The thing ordered is on its way and you are waiting for it.

You are waiting for that thing to arrive.

You expect it to be delivered soon.

So perhaps if you are waiting during the day for something to arrive, you have to wait for it to come.

You have to wait for it to be delivered,

and sometimes you have to wait a long time.

It is common for a person to become impatient.

Impatient.

If you are impatient,

it means you can't wait for something to happen.

You can't wait for it to occur.

You are impatient.

You are waiting for that thing to happen.

So if you are waiting for something, you might become impatient

whilst waiting for something to happen or waiting for something to arrive.

You might become impatient.

You might become restless.

You have no patience.

In this particular word.

We are talking about how calm we are feeling, how patient you are.

To be patient means to have the ability to stay calm,

even when everything is going wrong around you.

Which happens quite often.

You are a person who can wait.

You are a person who is patient.

You are relaxed.

You are controlled.

You have control over your emotions.

You are calm.

Easy.

The easy attitude

is to be patient.

You are laid back.

It doesn't matter when my parcel arrives.

It doesn't matter when my delivery comes because I can wait for it.

I am laid back, relaxed, cool.

You are able to wait for that thing.

And a lot of people do think that patience is a virtue.

It is a very good thing to have because we live in a world where everything is happening

at a very fast pace, and sometimes you might forget that sometimes you have to wait.

Sometimes it is necessary for us to wait for things to happen.

If you can't wait for something, you are

impatient, restless,

eager.

To be eager means to be excited.

So you are eager for something to happen.

You can't wait for it to occur.

Perhaps you are going on holiday tomorrow.

You are going off somewhere exciting, somewhere scenic and beautiful and you can't wait.

We can say you are impatient, but you can't wait for that thing to happen.

You are eager for that thing to occur.

You might feel frustrated.

So if you can't wait for something

you become frustrated.

You might also feel uneasy.

If you feel uneasy, it means you feel upset or annoyed.

Or maybe you feel disappointed because the thing you are waiting for

hasn't arrived yet, or that particular moment in time hasn't happened yet.

You are not calm.

This is what it looks like. By the way, this is calm.

So here I am now on my live stream, broadcasting live.

And look at my hand.

Look how steady my hands are.

So steady.

And here I am broadcasting live.

So that is what being calm looks like.

Look at that.

Of course, if I wasn't calm.

I would be like this.

I would be nervous.

I would be anxious, apprehensive, worried,

not calm.

There might be moments of your life

where you are relaxed and calm, and sometimes you might be the opposite.

We can also say that you show your impatience.

To be impatient means you can't wait.

You are not the type of person who can wait for things to happen.

You are impatient.

You have impatience.

You are describing that feeling.

You might say something like where is he?

Where are they?

What can be keeping them?

Perhaps you are waiting for someone to arrive

and you are showing your frustration by saying certain things.

Where is he?

Where are they?

What can be keeping them?

What's the hold-up?

The phrase hold-up means delay, something that is stopping a certain thing from happening.

Hold-Up something is stopping you. Something is holding you up.

You show your impatience by saying, oh,

I wish they would get a move on.

I wish they would get a move on.

You are thinking to yourself, I wish that person would go faster.

I wish they would hurry.

Come on,

I haven't got all day.

So that is something you might say to someone who is taking a long time to do something.

You might show your frustration by saying to them, come on,

I haven't got all day.

You might be waiting for something to be delivered.

Where are they with that parcel? Where are they?

Where are they with that parcel?

It should be here now. Where are they?

Where is it? I'm waiting.

And I am very, very

frustrated because of it.

You might tell someone.

Hurry up.

Get a move on.

I haven't got all day.

Chop, chop.

If we want a person to do something quicker,

maybe they are taking too long to get ready.

They're putting their clothes on and getting ready.

You might become frustrated and say

chop chop quickly! Hurry up.

I haven't got all day.

And finally, this is one we often use in British English.

In British English, we will often tell someone.

To pull their finger out.

I know.

Don't ask me what it means because I can't tell you.

But it is an expression we use quite often in British English.

We will tell someone to hurry up to go faster,

to work.

More.

Pull your finger out.

Hurry up!

I'm waiting.

We want it

now. Straight away

ASAP.

That's interesting.

ASAP is an abbreviation of as soon as possible.

So we will often ask for something as AP as soon as possible.

We want it now. We want it quickly.

You must hurry up ASAP.

As soon as possible.

We can also ask for something pronto.

Pronto.

Quickly now. Come on.

I want you to come to my house pronto.

Quickly.

We can also describe something happening

as quick as a flash. You want something to happen?

You want a person to do something straight away without stopping, without waiting.

You want it to happen as quick

as a flash.

And finally.

Immediately.

If you want something to happen immediately, you want it to happen as soon as possible, or even now.

I want that immediately.

I don't want to wait. I don't want to hesitate.

I want it now.

Immediately, straight away, without any waiting.

So I think it would be fair to say that a lot of people don't like waiting for things to happen.

We don't like waiting

for anything.

In fact, I would say nowadays we have become more impatient than ever before now.

I remember in the early days of the internet

when everything was very slow and it would take a long time for something to arrive.

So if you are downloading loading something into your computer.

A long time ago it used to take ages.

It used to take a very long time and you had to wait.

You had to be patient.

But of course nowadays you can just click your mouse and everything is instant.

Everything happens straight away.

It happens immediately without having to wait.

But nowadays I think maybe we are too impatient.

We want everything to happen straight away without waiting at all.

That is almost it for me. For today.

It's almost time for me to say goodbye.

You have had an extra five minutes of English addict today, so I hope you've you've enjoyed it.

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I will see you on Sunday.

I'm back with you on Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time.

And of course we will be into May.

Very interesting things are coming up.

Lots of new lessons will be on my YouTube channel during May,

and we will be building up to that wonderful moment of time when

we have the big rendezvous in Paris as well.

Thank you very much for your company today.

I'm back on Sunday, 2 p.m. UK time.

There will be a new English lesson tomorrow.

Oh, on the 1st of May, a new English lesson all about

learning English.

The method of learning English.

The things you need to know.

The things you need to do as you go along on your journey of discovery.

As I always say, the world of English is a fun and exciting place to be and I'm

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Catch you later!

See you soon!

And of course, until the next time we meet, you know what's coming next. Yes, you do.

Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.

I will see you on Sunday with Mr. Steve.

And of course.

Come on, Mr.

Duncan. We're waiting. Well, waiting for you to say it.

Please don't be impatient.

Stay calm.

Be patient.

Ta ta for now.