Learn English LIVE lesson - Sunday Chat - 25th June 2017 - nouns that can be verbs - Mr Duncan

Summer time and the living is easy another English lesson coming live from

England oh yes it is hi everybody hello there how are you today are you ok

I hope so are you happy I really really hope so welcome to another live stream

for a Sunday afternoon it is just after 2 o'clock here in the UK I don't know

what time it is where you are because I don't know where you are watching but

maybe later you can let me know is that a good idea I think so so how are you

today on this rather strange day here in the UK it was sunny earlier and then it

started raining and now it's sunny again but I have a feeling that later on it's

going to rain yet again what a pain the rain is don't you think so

so here we go it's mr. duncan live english for the next two hours have you

had a good week my week has been very busy first of all we had a very hot week

this week we had record-breaking temperatures this week the temperature

this week here in the UK got very high here is the weatherman to show you just

how high the temperatures got this week you can see the temperatures here in the

UK this week got is high is 34 degrees Celsius that is very very hot so this

week we have had the hottest day this week since 1976 because way back in 1976

we actually had a drought here in the UK maybe not many people know this but I

remember it because I was a I've in 1976 I was around as a child and

we had a very hot summer the summer of 1976 was one of the hottest ever in fact

it went on for so long that we actually had a water shortage we actually had a

drought here in the UK so that happened in 1976 but this week we had the hottest

temperatures in the UK since 1976 and you can see there in London in London it

was 34 degrees during the week and Cardiff 30 degrees Sheffield

26 degrees Birmingham hilly Luca from beaming y'all right now come for a BB

goob in Birmingham it was 30 degrees meanwhile here in Much Wenlock in

Shropshire it was around about 29 30 degrees Celsius so a very hot week in

fact I was here on the hottest day of the year I was here on Wednesday

broadcasting live did you see my livestream on Wednesday just in case you

missed it you can watch all of my live streams in fact everything that I've

ever done on YouTube can be found on my youtube channel there it is all of my

lessons my playlists are in fact under this video so underneath this video are

all of my lesson playlists right underneath this video so if you want to

check out all of my lessons you can have a look underneath this video and the

playlists are there to make it ever so easy for you to find my lessons and of

course don't forget I have been here on YouTube teaching

English for over 10 years

incredible oh wait a minute my spinner has stopped my little fidget spinner has

stopped going round there it goes again can you see it further do you have one

of these do you have a fidget spinner if you do have one of these perhaps you

could show me later maybe you could take a picture of you playing with your

fidget spinner hmm also today I want to tell you about my

busy week I went to the dentist this week now if you are a regular viewer you

will know that I hate going to the dentist I hate it so much it's on my

list of the things I hate most mushrooms fresh kidneys going to the dentist I

think those are my my most unfavorite things in the whole world

it's true I don't like eating kidneys I don't like eating mushrooms and I really

really don't like going to the dentist my dentist is lovely though he's a

really nice guy he's so friendly and polite and he always explains what he's

doing now Duncan I'm going to open your mouth and I'm going to shove my hand

right in there that's nice so I've been to the dentist a little bit later on we

are going to have a look at one of my YouTube videos where I talk all about a

very bad experience that I had at the dentist many years ago so that coming a

little bit later on also yesterday I did something very stupid I did something so

stupid yesterday yesterday I went into town to have my usual lunch for a

Saturday afternoon that's what I did yesterday and whilst eating my meal I

actually bit into my tongue so now I have a huge

hole in my tongue at the back where the where my teeth crunched into my tongue

do you ever do that do you ever bite your tongue and it's so

painful it's painful at the time and then afterwards afterwards it hurts even

more it's such a painful thing biting your tongue

so yesterday I bit my tongue and now I don't know if you can see it can you see

it there

I've actually injured my tongue now my tongue comes in very handy for many

things but the most important thing that I use my tongue for is talking in fact

my whole work relies on me being able to speak so if I can't speak I can't work

so today I am actually in pain so please I need all of your sympathy today

because I am suffering today I'm really suffering so I have an injured tongue

the back of my tongue is all chewed I actually bit it yesterday by accident so

now it is very painful in fact it's very difficult to speak today

every time I I speak I'm actually in pain so now I know how you feel also

yesterday I went into town and what else did I do this week I did something else

this week didn't I oh no I know what I've done this week I was spying on mr.

Steve mr. Steve was in the garden in fact this was today this happened today

would you like to see mr. Steve doing the gardening he's outside at the moment

tidying the garden would you like to see mr. Steve gardening oh ok let's go here

we go here is mr. Steve there he is doing the gardening

he's working very hard there can you see can you see what he's doing he's

actually sweeping up the leaves and all of the dead weeds there he is

say hello mr. Steve hello hello my name's mr. Steve and I'm doing some

gardening because mr. Duncan never does it because he's a lazy but mr. Steve you

are not allowed to swear on my show unless it's absolutely necessary so

there he is working very hard mr. Steve this morning in the garden he's

preparing the garden because later on I will be going outside to give you some

flash words and flash phrases where's he gone where's mr. Steve gone so there is

what mr. Steve is clearing up can you see all of the leaves all of the

cuttings because yesterday he was in the garden cutting all the bushes so today

he has to clear up all the mess can you see can you see the mess in the garden

so there is mr. Steve busily working away we will rejoin mr. Steve a little

bit later on to see how well he is getting on with cleaning the garden I

had a question this week come in from one of my viewers asking mr. Duncan I

saw this phrase on the TV this week someone was talking about a politician

giving an interview and they described the interview as car crash what does

that mean what does it mean mr. Duncan when we describe something as a car

crash car crash interview so this particular phrase is often used when

something goes badly or when something is disastrous we can describe it as a

car crash so a car crash is a pretty disastrous

thing two cars crashing into each other so we can use

car crash to describe something that went very badly something that went

really badly so there it is so a car crash interview is an interview that

went very badly maybe the person being interviewed performed badly during the

interview maybe they couldn't answer the questions so when we described an

interview or a discussion or something that we've seen involving people talking

as a car crash interview it means that the interview went badly it went

disastrously wrong we have lots of people on the live chat don't forget you

can chat to me live because we have the live chat it is now open and live on

YouTube at a quarter past two on a Sunday afternoon it is mr. Duncan in

England saying hello and I hope you are well today lots of people joining me on

the live chat Jays reg or Judge Jed reg says hello mr. Duncan from Poland hello

to you thank you for joining me today Eric is here hello Eric how are you

today are you okay I really really hope so welcome to my live English lesson

Maria Maria I'm talking to a girl called Maria hello Maria thanks for joining me

today a happy Sunday yes it is I'm very happy today I've had a super week even

though yesterday I bit my tongue and now I'm in pain so every time I speak today

I am actually feeling pain that's not very nice

hello mr. Duncan how are you doing Haruko is here Thank You Hiroko for

joining me today on the live chat now today I was going to try something

experimental today I was going to try something out to see how well it works

but I've changed my mind I was going to try and you Skype today but I've changed

my mind about that because I realized that it to do it

do to do Skype on a live broadcast is not actually easy it's not as easy as I

thought it was so I was going to do some live Skype today with some of my viewers

but unfortunately because it's so technical

we're not basically I've never done it before either I've never tried it before

Yahoo sir is here Yahoo sir hi there hi to you as well where are you watching at

the moment where are you if you want to get in touch with me if you want to

contact me or stay up-to-date with what I am doing with my English lessons

well perhaps this information will help you

hmm so there it is live English all away you can get in touch with me through my

email address if you have one of these little fidget spinners maybe you have

one of these can you see it through the little doodle it's very good for

relieving stress apparently so if you spin this and watch

it it can help you to relax also it can help you to keep your concentration for

longer so there it is do you have one of these if you do please send me a picture

to my email address the address coming a little bit later on also you can see it

behind me as well so keep watching the email address will also appear behind me

so if you have one of these perhaps you could show me or send me a photograph of

you playing with your fidget spinner because these are all the rage

now everyone is playing with their fidget spinner back to the live chat Oh

a nice voice Thank You Sakura Sakura Chan says nice voice mr. Duncan thank

you very much for that besides my injured tongue I also have

hay fever today I've been suffering with hay fever

over the past few days so I have been feeling a little bit unwell because I

have hay fever if you suffer with hay fever

you have my complete 100% sympathy because it's not very nice some

questions to ask you today we have the mystery idioms coming very soon also

some questions to ask you today besides the mystery idioms we also have some

general questions here's one what's the most dangerous thing you've ever done

what's the most dangerous thing you've ever done when I was younger when I was

a little more adventurous before I went old and fusty I used to own a motorbike

would you like to see my motorbike this is what I used to ride around on so in

my younger years in my young misspent youth actually it wasn't that long ago

this picture was taken in I think it was taken in 2001 this photograph so this

photograph was taken I think it was 2001 and there I am on my motorbike and I

think riding a motorbike is quite a dangerous thing because well for obvious

reasons if you fall off a motorbike you are going quite often at high speed also

you will fall onto the hard tarmac and injure yourself so riding a motorbike is

very dangerous there I am many years ago on my motorbike and I had this motorbike

for about three years and then I went to China to work in China and then after

hour after I returned from China I carried on riding it but in the end I

actually sold it because I had to raise some money so I could buy some equipment

to make my YouTube videos so not a lot of people know that I did actually sell

my motorbike so I could make these YouTube lessons it's true so the most

dangerous thing that you've ever done the most dangerous thing that you've

ever done is there something that you've done in the past that was very dangerous

or risky perhaps you did something like bungee jumping have you ever

ever done bungee jumping that's where you jump off a high building or a high

place attached to a large piece of elastic personally personally I would

never ever do bungee jumping never although I did used to ride a

motorbike and a lot of people say that that is a very dangerous thing to do so

have you ever done anything dangerous in your life we also have the mystery

idioms would you like to have a look at today's mystery idioms whilst we have

time coming up to 25 past 2 I've already been here for 25 minutes it's going very

quickly today so mystery idiom time I don't know why but today's mystery

idioms Mike make me laugh a lot because I think they're very funny so here we go

here is today's first mystery idiom there it is what what what is that what

what what are we looking at here mr. Duncan what are we looking at it looks a

bit bizarre so there it is there is a well-known phrase in English but the

question is what is the phrase it is a well-known English phrase but what is it

oh and the second one the second mystery idiom is what what is going on there

yeah mr. Duncan we think you might be taking too much hay fever medicine so

there is today's second mystery idiom but what the heck is it what is it I

have no idea what it is and there is the first one the first mystery idiom but

what is it if you think you know the answer

to either of those mystery idioms please let me know through the chat box would

you like to see a youtube lesson yes I'm sure you would here we go

I mentioned that during the week I went to the dentist and in the video you are

about to see I talk all about my dentist horror story

growing up is not the most pleasant of events it is often filled with scary

moments and unpleasant experiences of all the upsetting and traumatic moments

from my childhood one in particular still lingers strongly with me I would

have been about eight years old at the time and I had to go to the dentist for

a multiple extraction this procedure involves the removal of many teeth at

the same time in my case it was ten yes I had 10 teeth taken out in one go this

is normally done whilst the patient is under anaesthetic in those days they

often used nitrous oxide to put you to sleep many of you will know this

particular substance as laughing gas so try to imagine the scene an

eight-year-old boy under anesthetic having ten of his teeth removed if that

wasn't bad enough after the procedure ended I was not

fully revived I had not come round from the anesthetic which meant that my

parents had to carry me unconscious through the dentist's waiting room and

out to a waiting car my only real memories of this event include the

moments just before the laughing gas was giving to me via a large rubber mask

which was placed over my face in the dentist's chair and much later as I came

round from the anaesthetic itself at home even to this day I can still recall

the foul taste of stale blood in my mouth not to mention the strange

sensation of having 10 of my teeth suddenly vanish

this horrific experience put me off going to the dentist for many years

needless to say these days a trip to the dentist is not as traumatic as it was in

my childhood modern dental surgeries are more welcoming and the procedures are

over much quicker of course even now going to the dentist

still has its unpleasant moments the worst part of it for me

must be the scrape or scale this is where the dentist removes the hard

plaque that is built up at the base of the teeth with a sharp tool this

particular scaling procedure can be very painful indeed it all depends on how

badly affected the teeth are so the more you look after your teeth the shorter

the scaling procedure will be these days people are becoming more used to taking

care of their teeth on a daily basis so much in fact that nowadays doing your

own dentistry is becoming commonplace there are lots of wonderful gizmos and

tools available now for cleaning your teeth thoroughly at home things that

poke things that scrape things that squirt and things that buzz and Hum Do

It Yourself dentistry is becoming the norm with home dentistry kits now

available for purchase on the Internet although I wouldn't do it myself without

having had some form of guidance or training first

surely one of the worst dental procedures of all must be an extraction

an extraction is where a tooth is literally pulled out of the jawbone just

like I had when I was 8 some people even pull their own teeth

out I can't imagine anyone wanting to pull their own teeth out can you these

days most dental work is carried out with the patient awake and conscious

this includes the drilling into and extraction of teeth normally a local

anaesthetic is used in the form of an injection into the area of the gum where

the procedure is to be carried out the injected part of the mouth will become

numb thus ensuring that the procedure will be a painless one how often do you

go to the dentist do you like going to the dentist when was the last time you

went to the dentist neglecting your teeth is not a good thing to do as when

you get older they will become unhealthy and fall out bad mouth hygiene has also

been linked to other physical ailments such as heart disease and certain types

of cancer fortunately for me I learned my lesson before my teeth became too bad

which is definitely something to smile about

hmm so there it was one of my lessons in fact that was from last year and it was

the story all about my dentist horror visit the visit to the dentist that

scarred me for life I was well and truly scarred right in here and since that

terrible experience when I was eight years old I hated the dentist a lot but

now I go to the dentist again I've started going because well I'm getting

older and I want to make sure that my teeth stay lovely and white and not

smelly there's nothing worse than smelly stinky black teeth don't you think so

nothing worse if I had a choice between losing my hair on my head and losing my

teeth I think I would always lose my hair so it doesn't worry me that I'm

losing my hair but what does worry me what does frighten me is losing my teeth

I would hate to lose my teeth so there it was we have some other things coming

later on we'll be talking about morning routines as well I will be taking you

through my morning routine what does mr. Duncan do here what does mr. Duncan do

when he wakes up in the morning we'll be taking a little look at that would you

like to see mr. Steve in the garden mr. Steve is very busy today he's been in

the garden doing lots of things there he is look look there is he's cleaning up

all of the dirt and all of the leaves he's being very busy today and the

reason why he's doing it is because a little bit later on we will be out in

the garden with some flash words and some flash phrases as well so there is

mr. Steve now and can you see what he's doing he is

brushing mr. Steve brush the Lord he is brushing the Lord now the thing in his

hand is also called a brush it is in fact possible to use nouns as verbs so

as you can see mr. Steve is now brushing all of the leaves up so brush can be a

noun or a verb you can say I'm going outside to brush the leaves up I'm going

outside to brush the leaves so you can brush something you can also brush your

hair as well so it is possible to brush your hair so brush can be the noun it

can also be the verb to brush your hair if you have a look behind me you can see

a list of words that can be used as both nouns and verbs so there are some words

right behind me that you can take a note of so there they are all behind me also

a little bit later on we will have a look at a lesson talking all about nouns

and verbs that coming a little bit later on back to the live chat because a lot

of people are on the live chat stay thank you very much for joining me by

the way thank you so much Diamond Eyes is here hello from Thailand

hello diamond dies I hope you are well today

now juin Tien is watching in Vietnam hi to you hello I'm Rita from Hungary hello

Rita thanks for joining me today Viet though says hello mr. Duncan long time

no see long time no see you haven't watched my live streams for

a very long time okay where have you been what have you been doing mr. Duncan

Nicole from France is here I love your hat do you like my hat

it almost looks like something that a person in Australia would wear but

without the little things hanging down it looks a little Australian in fact uh

I purchased this I got this hat from Turkey many years ago when I went to

Turkey so this hat has come all away from

Turkey and I thought I would wear it today something different from my my

usual baseball cap hello from Algeria Jamelia is here hello Jamelia thank you

very much for joining me today so what is the most dangerous thing that you

have ever done what is the most dangerous thing that you have ever done

that is one of the days questions and as I mentioned earlier a few years ago I

used to ride a motorbike so there I am on my motorbike have you ever ridden a

motorbike maybe if you are watching in Vietnam because I know that many people

ride motorbikes in Vietnam and many years ago I used to also ride a

motorbike but then I sold it I sold it so I could buy some equipment to make my

YouTube videos so what is the most dangerous thing that you've ever done so

mine is riding a motorbike because of course riding a motorbike is a very

risky thing a very dangerous thing to do it can be lui

bakwan says hello mr. Duncan I am MIG Willis

oh hello MIG Willis from Mexico and I saying thank you very much for

everything you are welcome you are welcome no problem at all

Alain is here hello Alain I'm very glad to connect with you today it's my first

time I live in the north of France near rs well did you know that I my

descendant my actual family originally came from France so I am descended from

French people who but I'm not French myself I wasn't born in France but my

distant relatives were French did you know that I think not sheera blade is

here hello Shira thank you very much thank you your real name apparently is

Peter so that's Peter in Brazil Shira Peter

says I am a policeman are you really my goodness so technically my life is very

danger dangerous but I like it the fear makes me feel so alive so Peter

in Brazil is actually a cop a policeman there are some other words that we use

here in England to describe a policeman or a policewoman but I'm not going to

tell you what they are today because they're very rude mr. Duncan I am a dank

we watching in I think you are in Vietnam

Julie G was very surprised to find out that I was going to use Skype today but

I've changed my mind because technically it's very hard to do so I was going to

try and do Skype today on my livestream but I've changed my mind

do you have a morning routine what do you do in the morning when you wake up

what do you do what are the first things you normally do in the morning a little

bit later on I will show you I will tell you all about my morning

routine because I think a lot of people are interested in these things I don't

know why but they are pinnate is here hello pinnate watching in Thailand hi to

you I'm glad that you've come on early today

well normally I'm here every Sunday don't forget I'm here every Sunday I'm

live on YouTube every Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time so you can catch me live on

YouTube every Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time that is when I am on YouTube live and

don't forget you can also watch all of my lessons my playlists for my English

lessons are actually under this video doot-doot-doot so right under this video

you can see all of my lessons all of the playlists for my lessons they are under

this video yes they are back to the live chat lots of people saying hello today

oh my goodness I am overwhelmed M Gloria Trindade trindade I hope I pronounced

your name right we'll call you Gloria shall we the most dangerous thing I've

done is bring my little brother for a walk to a very dangerous jungle where

there were lots of dangerous wild animals Thank You Gloria for that yes

that doesn't sound very that doesn't sound very safe it sounds a little

dangerous so have you ever done anything dangerous I used to ride a motorbike

many years ago all of my friends used to think I was crazy for riding a motorbike

they used to say ear mr. Duncan why don't you buy a car

car is much safer well back then I enjoyed riding motorbikes so that's what

I did many years ago

Claudio says hello I am Claudio Fernandez learning lessons with YouTube

every day thank you very much for that

what an unusual look you have today you look more like an American

really so this hat if I wear this hat I look like an American do Americans wear

this sort of hat I'm not sure about that I've never seen

Donald Trump wearing a hat like this never Andre is here Thank You Andre

Marco Marco Alvaro dough or Alvarado hello Marco

Marco is watching in Australia a big good day to you I've just not my water

bottle over excuse me

I've got my water here today you see I just knocked the bottle over proving

that it's live you see mr. Duncan hello from Milan in Italy says Pasquale hello

Pasquale thank you very much hi Fung says mr. Duncan I Drive my

motorbike every day about 50 kilometres that's quite a long way so you ride your

motorbike is that is that for transportation to work so when you go to

work or when you go to school maybe or college do you ride your motorbike I

used to ride motorbikes I used to love motorbikes when I was a teenager and

when I was a little older I did buy myself a motorbike would you like to see

it again Here I am riding my motorbike this was

taken in a roundabout 2001 was when I bought this bike

and I sold it when did I sell this bike I think I sold it in 2009 or 2010 that's

when I sold this I had to raise some money so I could make my youtube lessons

have you ever done anything dangerous in your life please let me know so what is

mr. Duncan's morning routine would you like to know what I do every morning

when I wake up by the way if you missed the mystery idioms if you missed them

don't worry I will repeat them in a few moments here we go

today's morning routine this is what I do every morning when I wake up can you

see it there on the paper I've made a list of all the things and this is what

I do every morning when I wake up well first of all I open my eyes that makes

sense I have a smile it's true every morning when I wake up the first thing I

do is actually smile I have a little smile to myself just to get me in the

mood for the rest of the day and then I have a little stretch oh I'm sure you do

too but I like to have a little stretch I

like to stretch my arms and my legs when I wake up in the morning I also put my

glasses on I haven't put that down why haven't I put my glasses down there my

glasses are very important in fact as soon as I wake up the first thing I

normally do is reach for my glasses and put them on so I've actually missed that

from the list but but that's what I do also what else do I do I I go downstairs

and I make a cup of tea for myself and then I come back upstairs and normally I

watch about 20 minutes of South Park that has

been illegally uploaded to YouTube it's true then finally I get out of bed then

I go to the bathroom I have a wash I wash myself and also I have a pee pee as

well my morning pee pee and then I clean my teeth then I get dressed I go

downstairs and then I go into the kitchen and take my breakfast so that's

my normal routine in the morning that's normally what I do I wake up I put my

glasses on I smile I stretch I make a cup of tea

I watch 20 minutes of South Park that has been illegally uploaded to YouTube

then I get out of bed I go to the bathroom clean my teeth get dressed go

downstairs for breakfast so there is my morning routine

what is your morning routine do you have a routine do you have things that you do

normally every morning let's have a look at the mystery idioms because a few

people are asking where are the mystery idioms there is the first one

no one has got this right yet so there is the first mystery idiom but what is

it what is today's mystery idiom there are two there is the first one and here

is the second one I love this one it took me a long time yesterday to create

this image so that's what I did yesterday I spent nearly three hours

creating these images so there is the second mystery idiom and there is the

first one but what are they well known phrases in English but what are they

the answers coming a little bit later on also another question to ask today I'm

asking a lot of questions I know when you meet someone for the first time when

you meet someone you've never met before in a social situation do you shake hands

or do you hug do you like to hug so if you hug it means that you greet a person

by putting your arms around them quite often you will pull them close to you

you will give them a hug are you a hugger

do you like to hug people so when you meet someone maybe for the first time or

maybe a friend that you've not seen for a long time do you shake hands or do you

give them a big hug do you like to hug are you a hugger

I'm going to be honest with you now I'm not a big fan of hugging that might

surprise you because I do seem like a friendly soul but it's true I'm not a

big fan of hugging people I don't like hugging people even if it's people I

know well in social situations I don't like greeting a person by hugging them

but of course nowadays especially here in the UK it has become a normal way of

greeting people so quite often you will probably end up being hugged if you meet

someone for the first time or maybe even someone you know well I'm not a fan of

it it might surprise you to find that out but I don't really like hugging

people I'm not very comfortable with that don't ask me why that's just

between me and my psychiatrists hello teacher

Lucy is here hello Lucy how are you thank you very much for joining me today

it's nice to see lots of my regular viewers Pedro Belmont is here as well

hello Pedro the first thing I normally do when I meet someone is shake their

hand yes that that's very formal quite often maybe in a job interview so if you

are going for a job interview quite often you will shake hands you will say

oh good morning good morning but you won't hug you don't normally hug at job

interviews so perhaps that would be a good tip for me to offer you now if you

go for a job interview you can shake hands yes that's okay no problem but

don't hug you might scare them away and there is a good chance that you won't

get the job the daily routine I normally do says Luis I normally do after waking

up is I go out of my house with a cup of coffee to say hi to some of my neighbors

oh that's very kind that's very nice very sociable

I like that Thank You Louie for that Mohamed says is your mystery idiom I'm

all ears no it isn't Afghanistan Kunduz says I

like to hug I like to hug a lot yes some people do they like to greet a person by

hugging them they hold them not me I'm not a fan of hugging I'll be honest with

you you might be surprised to find out

Oh doctor fan oh not a fan at all hi mr. Duncan I'd like to know why I can

understand you so clearly and when I'm watching a movie or listening to a song

I barely understand I don't know why maybe you need to practice listening to

other things maybe you need to practice your listening skills in general but of

course my English is very clear because I speak it as a native language so I am

a native English speaker and also I am a teacher as well so it's very important

if you are teaching English to be understood or else there's no point

doing it just in case you are wondering while why my voice sounds strange today

I actually yesterday I did something very strange very silly I bit my tongue

I bit into my tongue so now my tongue is very painful very painful so that's the

reason why so every time I speak today I am actually suffering pain a bit like

you really what I mean by that is that it's painful to listen to me that's what

I mean so when I was 12 years when I was a 12 year old girl I was about to be run

over I was nearly nearly run over by a car it was the most dangerous thing I've

ever done but I didn't do it myself so what you are saying Lina is that you

nearly had an accident you were nearly hit by a car so maybe that's something

that is also not just dangerous but also very scary as well very frightening so

I'm glad to hear that you survived I'm glad to hear that the car

didn't run you over very pleased I need all the viewers I can keep to be honest

I need all of the viewers so please be careful

yes mr. Duncan I liked a lot of people like hugging I've noticed today a lot of

people like hugging Eugene is here hello Eugene my usual routine is to do yoga am

i doing it right to do yoga and then I often watch one of mr. Duncan's lessons

ah that's me Wow am I really part of your morning routine I'm very very

honored thank you very much Eugene for that and then I go for a walk around the

town too and then begin my work Thank You Eugene for that Catherine oh well

done Catherine well done you have got one of today's mystery idioms correct

well done to you Elaine Elaine de Ville says I can't hug somebody that I meet

for the first time me too I feel very uncomfortable hugging

hugging anyone as a way of greeting so if you meet someone maybe in the street

quite often certainly in this country people will want to put their arms

around you and give you a hug but but I I must admit I it makes me feel very

uncomfortable

so thank you Elaine I also if I am familiar with the person I can't hug

them so Elaine can't hug strangers or people he knows Sharia or Cheria Sharia

Rimmer is here hello to you thanks for joining me today on my life

stream it's live English all the way we are now coming up to three o'clock it's

coming up to three o'clock in the afternoon here in the UK and this is mr.

Duncan in England in a few moments we will go outside but but first of all

let's take a look at what mr. Steve was doing today mr. Steve was very busy

today in the garden can you see him there he is busily sweeping he is

cleaning he's getting rid of the old leaves and he is doing some some

maintenance in the garden we can we can call it gardening so we can say that mr.

Steve is gardening or that he's doing some gardening chores or that he is

doing some garden maintenance so there are very many ways there are many ways

of expressing what mr. Steve is doing at the moment so there he was this morning

very busy in the garden sweeping the leaves with his big brush or broom so

the thing that mr. Steve is holding can be called a brush or it can be called a

broom broom mr. Steve setting a very good example there I must admit he's

doing very well there what do you think do you think mr. mr. Steve's gardening

is good what's he doing now he's about to clear up some leaves but what's he

going to do with them mr. Steve what are you doing you're supposed to put the

rubbish into the bin yes look at him there he's laughing what a cheeky man

so we are now going to go outside shall we go outside and have a flash phrase or

a flash word which would you like and of course you will see that mr. steve has

cleaned the garden there it is now there is the garden now that is what it looks

like a live view of the garden and now we are going to go outside it was

raining earlier so now we are going to go outside into the garden

okay talking in a minute

oh hello there I hope you can hear me okay the reason why the camera is

indoors today's because it was raining so I thought if I put the camera behind

the glass and even if it rains the camera won't get wet so at the moment

it's not raining but I have a feeling it's going to rain very soon here we go

then it is a flash word ah here it is today's Flash word is disgruntled

disgruntled today's Flash word is disgruntled the word disgruntled is an

adjective that means to be unhappy or dissatisfied about something if

something has upset or made you feel displeased we can say that you are

disgruntled you feel disgruntled I can see you are disgruntled by this new

arrangement he stood there looking disgruntled to say I feel disgruntled is

an understatement then there is disgruntle which is a verb that means to

make someone feel unhappy or dissatisfied with something the word

disgruntle literally means to make little grunts so to be disgruntled means

to be upset or annoyed or unhappy about something

do you like the garden I think mr. Steve has done a very good job of the garden

it looks so clean now look at that how clean and tidy everything looks very

nice now I will go back into the studio

I'm back oh that was fun I hope you enjoyed that a very unsettled day today

with the weather because we've had lots of rain this morning then it dried and

and now it looks as if it's going to rain again congratulations once again to

mr. Steve for making such a good job of the garden there he was this morning

sweeping up the leaves I think he did a really good job look at that working so

hard and you know what he does it all for free

he doesn't even charge for it isn't that nice and now and now the garden looks

like this isn't it nice well done mr. Steve if you

would like mr. Steve to come and do your gardening please let me know the mystery

idioms for those who haven't seen them yet there is the first one and there is

the second one the first one again but what are they Estella Estella Viloria

says mr. Duncan we normally kiss the cheeks when we meet friends which cheeks

do you mean do you mean the ones on your face I hope so

Estela yes yes in some countries when you greet someone you will actually give

them a kiss normally on each cheek quite often in I think in Italy and I

think also in France and also in many Middle Eastern countries as well so you

will greet by maybe hugging and also no kissing as well on the cheek

sometimes one cheek and sometimes both M x.25 a says hooking a stranger oh gosh

it's so weird I think so I also don't like hugging people I'm not very good at

that I feel it a little uncomfortable when

I'm doing that Catherine says I have a magnificent garden with lots to do will

you please come on holiday do you mean me or mr. Steve maybe mr. Steve good

because mr. Steve is the gardener not me I hate gardening so here is mr. Steve

again in the garden I don't like gardening but mr. Steve loves doing it I

think is a bit weird to be honest oh look he's getting tired now he's

starting to feel tired ah he's been very busy today so this was taken this

morning this video was this morning did you see then he just walked into the

birdbath he just knocked the birdbath Mieke ode is here hello Myka thank you

for joining me today wherever you are watching today lots of

people watching all around the world so many countries Myka ode says in the

morning I prepare my breakfast then I push the button to start the laundry

machine then I sweep the floor I have my breakfast I wash my face brush my teeth

and I also do my makeup all of that in just one hour

wow that sounds like a very hectic morning it really does very hectic I

love that word hectic Daniela ro ass says my morning routine is like this I

touch the bedside table looking for my glasses I put them on and then I open my

eyes I know if you wear glasses one of the problems with wearing glasses is

that in the morning quite often you can't find them because you can't see

that's one of the paradoxes of wearing glasses if you take your glasses off and

then you can't find them then of course it's going to be virtually impossible to

find your glasses because you don't have your glasses on shirah blade or peter we

will call you Peter shall we hi mr. Duncan I'd like to know why I can

understand you so clearly I think ever answered that already I've answered that

one already a live chat has frozen Bonjour mr. Duncan best wishes to you

from the chat with mr. Duncan I'm really glad to meet you in this chat and greet

you from Moscow says Lena Thank You Lena as I mentioned just now there are people

watching all around the world let's have a look at another video shall we I

mentioned earlier the fact that nouns can sometimes be used as verbs now we

are going to take a look at one of my YouTube videos talking all about the

very same subject

hi everybody this is mr. Duncan and England how are you today are you okay I

hope so are you happy I hope so

in my last lesson if you remember I set a question for you I asked you to name

the English word that has the most definitions and uses within a sentence

it's time now to give you the answer to the question the word with the most

definitions and uses according to the Oxford English Dictionary is with 464

uses and deletions the word set did you get it right I hope so but don't worry

if you didn't in today's lesson we will take a look at one of the many

exceptional situations that exist within the English language in this case where

a noun can also be used as a verb

as you know and now is a word that is used to show the name of an object it is

a naming word for most of the time nouns can only be used in the context of

naming something however there are situations where a noun can magically

transform itself into a verb a naming word becomes a doing word that's a

really funny story I'll tell you another one tomorrow here are some examples of

the magical transformation between a noun and a verb in my hand I have a

brush brush is a noun it describes this object however it can also be used as a

verb when I brush my lung and beautiful and silky hair Wow

Wow I'm enjoying this oh that's so much better

so the word brush can also be used as a verb I brush my hair another simple

example for you now pen pen is a noun it describes this object as you can see but

also pen can be a verb when I pen a letter to my friend I will pen a story

you can use the word pen as both a noun and a verb there are many examples where

a noun becomes a verb such as bag dress drill film fish groom pen hoes key lock

mop phone pipe polish brake run saw shower slide

spray study tap vacuum volt it's worth remembering

not all nouns can be used as verbs and not all verbs can be used as nouns

before I finish my lesson I would like to say a special hello to all my new

friends watching in Saudi Arabia Hungary - Portugal Chile and Iran thank you very

much for watching all of my lessons this is mr. Duncan in England giving you

a wave and saying I hope you can watch me again soon bye bye for now

doo-doo-doo-doo there it was one of my lessons for many many years ago going

back to 2008 such a long time ago nine years ago one of my lessons all about

nouns and verbs and you can see behind me also a list of words that are nouns

and also can be used as verbs as well I've also been looking at my phone in

fact I've been doing that whilst the lesson was playing and let's have a

quick look because we have some some messages coming through now we have one

here Maria Maria says oh I have a picture of my fidget spinner

oh I see let's have a look let's have a look at your spinner

shall we it normally takes a very long time for the picture to open so please

bear with me oh I see yes so there is your spinner so you have a red one this

seems to be the most popular design of spinner the one that has the holes in so

my spinner if you look my my spinner doesn't have holes it is actually solid

and also very heavy I think this one is made of plastic but mine is made of

metal and it's very very heavy so there is the first spinner on the email if you

have a fidget spinner that you would like to show me please let me know

please send it my way to my email address thank you maria maria gonzalez

thank you very much and happy spinning if you would like to get in touch with

me if you'd like to say hello via email or to send me any photographs you have

anything you would like to show me perhaps you would like to show me your

fidget spinner as it were there are many ways

to get in touch with me many ways to stay in touch with mr. Duncan

and that is what we are doing today live English all the way 20 minutes past

three o'clock I am with you for another 40 minutes and then I'm gone back to the

live chat ismail is here hello mr. Duncan good afternoon to

everybody from Turkey hello to Turkey this hat the Hat I am wearing today came

all away from Turkey when I went to visit Turkey a few years ago I actually

purchased this hat I bought it and I brought it back to England with me

Simona is here hello Simona I won't hug a person that I've never met

before but I would hug you do you mean me okay but please give me a warning so

I can I can run away thank you very much for that mr. Duncan every culture has

their own greetings did you know that there are lots of different handshakes

around the world I didn't know that are there are there many different types of

handshake handshake I didn't know that I only know one which is you put your hand

in the other person's hand and shake it some people have very soft hand shakes

and some people have very strong handshakes

like like Donald Trump he has a very strong grip apparently Joe gallo says

I'm going to give you a big hug from NJ NJ I think that might be New Jersey I

think so in the United States very kind of you thank you very much we didn't

used to do it here many years ago we didn't hug each other we didn't we

didn't do it so we would do it now and again or with people we felt comfortable

with but now here in the UK you even hug

strangers if you meet them in the street maybe you are introduced to someone or

maybe a person you only know vaguely people will hug you they will hug you

they will want to put their arms around you and pull you to them but not for me

I'm afraid I'm a little bit I don't like being hugged to be honest I'm not a fan

Muhammad says is your mystery idiom turn a deaf ear turn a deaf ear let's have a

look so these are today's mystery idioms there is the first one no it is not turn

a deaf ear and there is the second one I think we've had a couple of correct

answers I think we've had maybe two correct answers for this so there is the

second mystery idiom and there is the first one but what are they what are

they I went to the dentist on Wednesday do you like going to the dentist I don't

like going to the dentist even though I do feel very guilty because my dentist

is lovely it's a lovely lovely man very kind very pleasant very polite very

gentle but I don't like going to the dentist so so I have nothing against my

dentist he's a really nice guy but I don't like going to the dentist just in

case my dentist is watching terracotta terracotta army perhaps you are in China

maybe you are watching in Xi'an hello everyone from terracotta army hello to

you where are we watching at the moment Elaine says mr. Duncan you must remember

that I'm friend as I can't hug with someone I don't know

well I also can't say - instead of vou for English people it

is easy because you use the same word you I'm not sure what you mean by that

yes vous vous vo us Maria says I don't like hugging people I just hug my family

that's okay if it's people that are close to you I mean I love giving my mum

a hug I love giving people who are close to me hugs my loved ones of course

that's okay there's no problem there but I'm not very comfortable when it comes

to hugging strangers I don't like it back to the live chat

lots of people today talking to me on the live chat I finished school fifteen

years ago and I went to university five years ago

where I studied English and German for being a teacher your Russian is not so

bad by the way do you mean my Russian I'm not sure if I've ever spoken Russian

on my live streams although sometimes I do say prove it prove it

which means hello in Russian mr. Duncan sorry but I don't know who mr. Steve is

Thank You Roberto who is mr. Steve here he is this is mr. Steve how could you

not know who mr. Steve is there he is look there he is

this morning he was busy in the garden he was preparing the garden for me isn't

that very very very kind of him very kind come on mr. Steve that's it put

those leaves into the bin come on faster faster he I think I think he's getting

tired can you tell he's getting a bit tired there what's that

what what did he just put on the ground there did you see that what is it

let's have a closer look oh it is a pair of secateurs I see maybe oh what's going

on now Oh mr. Steve is being attacked by one of the vines very nice so there is

mr. Steve this morning and now the garden looks lovely so there it is a

live view of the garden so that is how the garden looks now it looks lovely the

birds are flying down because they are hungry and everything in the world is

okay

almost Sammy KJ KJ says I like hugging women only

okay fair enough

jameelah says I never hook people when I meet them for the first time Thank You

Jamila you are very similar to me I don't like hugging Pia I don't like

hugging people that I'm not familiar with Julie G says I hate it when someone

shakes my hand and he is talking and still shaking my hand for a long time oh

I see yes I hate hugging as a greeting says Julie

yes sometimes when you meet someone and they shake your hand they will they will

carry on shaking it for a very long time they will say hi hi it's very good to

meet you I'm really pleased to meet you how are you how are you doing it's been

such a long time as since we met they don't stop I know what you mean mr.

Duncan don't be angry with your tongue my tongue is a pain

today my tongue is a pain in the ass today because it's hurting me literally

it's a pain because yesterday I bit my tongue I bit it whilst I was eating my

lunch so yesterday I bit my tongue and now it

is very painful so every word that I'm speaking today feels very painful sorry

mr. Duncan Lina was talking about my Russian not yours oh I see Thank You

Elaine for putting that right it is because I answered Lena in English and

Russian as well in your chat oh I see I don't mind I like it when people talk to

each other in my live chat it's very nice isn't it

it's a lovely feeling and the thing is when you chat through the internet you

don't have to give them a hug as well that's another good reason I mr. Duncan

your garden looks lovely thank you Abdullah for that you are very kind

Randall is here mr. Steve was fighting for his life

we like amazing sorry amazing wild video Thank You Randall for that would you

like to see mr. Steve again here he is doing the gardening he was such a busy

bee Oh Oh No No ooh he's being attacked again

between you and me I think mr. Steve is a bit crazy that's what I think

good morning mr. Duncan and everyone rosso is here hello Rosa welcome welcome

to my live chat I am suffering a lot today because I have hay fever and also

I've hurt my tongue as well I bit it yesterday so I'm really really suffering

guardar is here Garda says thank you mr. Duncan you're thanking me for what why

Muhammad says tear off your ears no the mystery idiom is not tear off your ears

it's actually the opposite think of the opposite think of doing the opposite

thing think of doing the opposite to take and there is the second mystery

idiom but what is it I have been asked about my mystery idioms i I do create

these myself so these are not stolen from anyone else I actually create these

myself using photoshop sizzle

we don't use we don't hug strangers but we do shake hands and also kiss the

cheeks of acquaintances says Daniella I'm not sure about kissing you see here

in the UK we still don't kiss we don't kiss on the cheeks or on the lips we

definitely don't do that to people we don't know well some people do but

that's another story altogether hello mr. Duncan what do you think about

shadowing to improve fluency that comes from Wolfram

I think shadowing is a good thing I have no problem with it there are teachers on

YouTube who talked a lot about shadowing so yes I think shadowing following what

someone is saying and copying or listening and then repeating what a

person is saying there are many ways of doing it but yes I think shadowing is a

very good way of improving your fluency and you can use it also to improve your

listening Olga is here hello Olga I haven't seen you today so far thank you

for joining me hello mr. Duncan when I was in the UK

sometimes people hugged me and pretended to kiss my cheek I was very confused

with this habit before I realised that there was no actual intention to kiss me

yes Olga sometimes people will do fake kisses so they will give you fake kisses

they will go but they won't actually kiss you so they will make the sound and

they will make the movement but they won't actually they won't actually kiss

you so yes that's true so you can do something called a fake

kiss so you hold them and you kiss without actually coming into contact

with their face so your lips do not actually kiss Eugene has said yes

Eugene you have said that the mystery idiom you are very close you are near

very close Nishant says mr. Duncan can you please tell me the difference

between take out and take off I think you mean take off not take of we don't

tend to you we don't tend to say take off but we do say take off take out

means to carry something from indoors to the outside so you can take something

out you could also take a person out it means to go out with a person for a meal

or to go to the cinema so quite often when two people go on a date we can say

that they are going out or one person takes the other person out they take

them out or of course if you take your family out you can take your family out

for a day at the zoo or you can take your family out for a picnic take off

means to remove so normally we use take off to mean remove or of course to leave

the ground so an aeroplane will take off yes they kiss the air says jameelah yes

that's what they do so they don't really kiss

they actually kiss the air what's the point

Joe fix is here hello Joe fix I am Italian and we always give two kisses on

the cheeks two kisses but I do not kiss for real

I do the fake kiss yes quite often in many European countries kissing as a way

of greeting is quite common I think Spain and Italy and France and

sometimes here in the UK as well but many years ago we didn't do that we used

we used to not do that at all because sometimes British people can be

very reserved sometimes but not so much now Maria says why do you use auxilary

do in affirmative sentences well as well do can mean carry out you can do

something so doing or do something yes no problem there don't worry about it

Rita says in Brazil kiss is on the face and hugs to strange people are part of

the routine especially in Rio de Janeiro I do not feel good with the hugs I agree

with you Sammy KJ hates to shake hands

I hate shaking hands when the hen is wet so when the hand is wet or sweaty you

don't like to shake hands I agree garda says in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we

also used the fake kiss not the real kiss okay very good very good mystery

idioms once again and then we will have another video another video clip so

these are today's mystery idioms but what are they what are today's mystery

idiom I will give it the answer towards the

end of today's lesson toward the finish when we leave at 2:00 o'clock I will

give you sorry four o'clock I will give you the answer to the mystery idioms but

what are they what are they thanks a lot for joining me today it is

live English with mr. Duncan in England Rita says in Brazil the

kisses on the face and the hugs to strange people are part of the routine

oh I think I've already read that one that seems very familiar hello mr.

Duncan today it's sugar festival oh I see okay

today it is sugar festival we also kiss four or five times on each side of the

face I always get confused because I don't know how many times I must kiss

sometimes it is funny thank you mohamad eddie brock e la Brockie thank you very

much for that the sugar festival I've never heard of that but it sounds sweet

there Jerome veggie Rome says hello mr. Duncan hello veggie Rome thank you for

joining me today is there anything that you have done in the past that is

dangerous what is the most dangerous thing you

have ever done many years ago I used to ride a motorbike there I am on my

motorbike so that was possibly the most dangerous

thing that I've ever done in my life I think so but what's the most dangerous

thing you've ever done and when you meet someone do you shake their hand or do

you give them a hug do you like to hug personally I'm not a big fan of hugging

I don't mind shaking hands shaking hands is okay

hugging not so good I'm not a fan of hugging to be honest Lina says I turned

32 on the 15th of June Wow congratulations on your birthday from a

few days ago I am giving private English lessons from home to school children of

all ages well the Lina I hope you're home

schooling is going well I hope your private English lessons are going well

hello mr. Duncan I am now waving my hand says Zhanna

hello Zhanna I'm waving my hand as well can you see me yeah isn't it great isn't

technology amazing it really is let's have a look at another another video

clip this is from one of my October lessons one of my October lessons that I

did in 2013 and in this video I'm talking about different types of tools

insert screw C into hole B insert screw C into hole D or E hmm it must be e oh

this is so confusing good morning hello there welcome to day four of 31 days of

dunk Toba can you guess what I am doing today

can you guess I am at the moment trying to build a new piece of furniture for my

studio this apparently is a host to be the desk for my studio for my

ask mr. Duncan episodes at the moment it's in lots of bits all over the place

there's some over there still packed away and there's a little bit here that

I've taken out I need to assemble this I need to put it together I have my

instructions here but the instructions are not very clear I have lots of bits

and pieces some little bits of metal that I have to put in this somewhere I

still don't know where I have some wooden pegs that I have to knock in and

some other little plastic bits I have no idea what these are for I'm sure I'll

find out soon if I read this carefully I have some tools as well oh look look at

my tools I have I have two screwdrivers I have a flathead screwdriver a flat

head and something called a Phillips screwdriver you probably know this

screwdriver as the one with a little cross at the end and you use both of

these for screwing and I have a hammer a little tiny hammer this hammer will come

in very useful later when I get really angry and start smashing things up no

not really so let's get started

I thought it would be fun to take a look at saw the implements I have inside my

big toolbox what's inside mr. Duncan's big toolbox these are the screwdrivers I

am using today one is a flathead screwdriver and the other is a Phillips

head screwdriver the actions connected with this tool depend on what you are

doing with it you screw something in you unscrew something you are screwing

something in you are unscrewing something this is the hammer I am using

to tap the wooden pegs into place there are many different types of hammer from

the small lightweight one used for tapping in small nails right up to the

larger and much heavier sledge hammer the action of using this tool is

hammering you hammer something here is another tool that I use quite often this

is an adjustable wrench it can also be called an adjustable spanner wrench is

used in American English while spanner is used more in British English this

tool is useful because it can be easily adjusted

you only need one spanner instead of lots of different sized ones another

useful tool for gripping things is this pair of pliers pliers come in many

different sizes depending on what you are trying to grab and pull some pliers

are also able to cut things here is another useful tool this is a spirit

level it is used for checking how Strait and level or services when building

something a straight-edged is always important this is a file it is used for

smoothing down a rough surface or edge the action of using this tool is called

filing you file something down there are many different sizes and types of file

this looks like a hammer but it is not this is a mallet mullets have a broad

head and come in many sizes they are often used for knocking objects into the

ground mallets are normally made of wood or rubber another type of pliers for you

now these can be locked into place very useful for in doing or removing

something that is stiff or hard to move this is called a mole wrench or locking

pliers this is a chisel this sharp edged tool is used for chipping and carving

this tool is normally used with a small hammer or mallet the action is called

chiseling you chisel something now here's a very useful tool it's called a

retractable tape measure this allows you to measure very long things easily the

wonderful thing about this is that it is retractable so you can keep it in your

pocket

and there it was I love the way that ended so suddenly it almost almost

caught me out it almost did so there it was a look at some tools some things

that coming very useful when you have some jobs to do around the house we call

it DIY d.i.y which means do-it-yourself if you've just joined me you are here

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today we have done a lot of things I went to the dentist on Wednesday I also

bit my tongue yesterday my tongue as now is now injured I have injured my tongue

can you believe it back to the live chat I am Rui watching from Brazil I am 43

and I want to improve my English skills with mr. Duncan Thank You Rui you are in

the best place the right place good choice good choice

piri piri Nika is here the most dangerous thing that you've done I have

rolled on a skateboard down a big mountain into the town it was so scary

and dangerous skateboards I remember way back in the 1970s when skateboards were

very popular many many years ago all of the cool kids in the 1970s had

skateboards and here we are now in 2017 and many of the cool kids once again

have skateboards it's it's strange how things come around again and again very

strange I've had a question come in what does throw in the towel mean there it is

it is a phrase an English phrase throw in the towel I have been asked

to explain what it means if you throw in the towel it means that you quit you

quit you give up you stop doing the thing you were doing you stop doing the

thing you were doing you throw in the towel

you stop you end you quit you throw in the towel so I hope that helps you there

just another six seven minutes to go well we are going soon oh it's not fair

mr. Duncan can you please stay on for longer no I can't I'm afraid I have

other things to do also my tongue is very painful today because yesterday

yesterday I I bit my tongue and today it is very painful it is swollen and

painful are you a DIY enthusiast i from time to time I do some DIY jobs many

years ago I used to be a painter and decorator many many many years ago so

that skill still comes in handy so in this house when I moved to this house

all of the house needed painting it needed decorating and I did it all I did

it myself so sometimes having a certain skill can come in very useful hello here

in Italy we have a hot Sunday well today it's very hot here but it's not very

bright the weather outside at the moment it's quite dull there it is there is the

weather outside that is a live view of my garden

it looks very tidy now and the reason why it looks so tidy is because mr.

Steve this morning was very busy tidying the garden there he is look

working so hard by the way if you would like mr. Steve to come and do your

gardening for you please send me an email and a plane ticket so that is

where we leave mr. Steve with his gardening thank you once again mr. Steve

for making the garden look so lovely and there it is again doesn't it look nice

very lovely back to the live chat and then I will give you the answers to

today's mystery idioms mr. Duncan what do you do after your live lesson has

finished well quite often certainly today I will go into the kitchen and I

will begin preparing my supper my dinner my evening dinner my late meal so I will

start doing that tonight I am having salmon delicious

every Sunday I always have some some salmon for my for my evening meal hmm

delicious can mr. Steve please come and clean my garden in Brazil Thank You

Rosso for that as I said mr. mr. Steve is available to clean your garden to

make it look lovely all you have to do is send a plane ticket that's all you

have to do it's as simple as that throw in the towel can mean surrender

yes if you throw in the towel you you give up you surrender yes throw in the

towel can be used in many ways you quit you throw in the towel you surrender you

give up you give in hi from India says cool man hello cool man thank you for

joining me today I do believe that in India at the moment it is in fact very

hot so I'm glad to hear that you are staying cool mr. Duncan I have learned a

very nice idiom to skate on thin ice it means to do something dangerous yes

that's a very good idiom if you skate on thin ice it means you do something

that's very risky or dangerous you skate on thin ice mr. Duncan you

have a drill yes I have I have three drills three of them and they are very

useful for making holes Catherine says would you like a return ticket or a

single ticket I think mr. Steve would probably like a

return ticket so he will come across to your country he will do your gardening

and then he will go back to the airport and come back to the UK

it sounds very fair to me very fair let's have a look now at the

mystery idioms so here we go here is the first mystery idiom I thought these were

quite difficult I thought the first one was very difficult actually very

difficult so this is quite a difficult word a difficult idiom to get right so I

don't think anyone got this right I don't think so so the first idiom that I

gave you today to guess lend an ear if you lend an ear it means you listen to

someone you listen to what someone says you listen carefully to someone you lend

an ear it's a great expression that lend an ear so if you lend an ear it means

you listen or you pay attention to what someone is saying you lend an ear maybe

someone has some news to to tell you something very exciting they might ask

you to lend an ear or to listen filling the second mystery idiom there

it is but what is the answer I thought this

one was a little easier than the first one a little easier so here is the

second mystery idiom quite a few people got this right yes in fact yes many of

you got this right so well done the answer is throw your toys out of the

pram I love this expression it means that you lose your temper or you have a

tantrum if something doesn't go your way if something doesn't go to how you

wanted it you will have a tantrum you will become very moody you will sulk

you will become sulky you will throw a tantrum you throw your toys out of the

pram just like a baby sometimes when a baby gets angry it will

start screaming and crying and quite often a baby will throw its toys out of

the pram so there it is today's mystery idioms throw your toys out of the pram

and lend an ear we have two more mystery idioms coming next Sunday don't forget I

am with you next Sunday from 2 o'clock UK time once again every Sunday 2:00

p.m. UK time and don't forget during the week also I will do a surprise stream

I will suddenly pop up on YouTube as

hopefully a pleasant surprise so I will be with you

I will be with you next Sunday from two o'clock and of course during the week

with one of my famous surprise streams Eugene says I like the second idiom very

much very nice mr. Duncan your studio looks very modern thank you very much

for that li ha yes this is my little studio this

is where I present my live English streams every single Sunday and of

course next Sunday I will be back and it's a new month as well next week don't

forget we will be in July next Sunday so I will see you then it's now four

o'clock it's time for mr. Duncan to say goodbye parting is such sweet sorrow it

really is it is now 1 p.m. in Germany it is now 2 p.m. in the UK it is time for

me to go thanks a lot for joining me today it's been a very busy one I hope

next Sunday my tongue will be healed up because it's very painful today because

yesterday yesterday I did something very stupid I bit my tongue and today it's

very painful I will go I will say goodbye to Olga to ute Leija Eliana Joan

see you Joan Elaine thank you very much Julie G is also saying goodbye goodbye

to everyone thank you very much for following me

today see you next Sunday 2:00 p.m. UK time Thank You mr. Duncan

Thank You Zanna you are very welcome you are welcome you are always welcome to

join me on my live streams whenever they are

mink we minghui says 88 that means bye-bye because number eight in Chinese

is Bai so if you say 88 you actually say bye-bye it's funny

goodbye mr. Duncan see you next week thank you Ching Joseph fix see you later

I am going right now this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying

thanks a lot for following me today don't forget you can catch me on

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they can be followed they can be watched everything I have ever made on YouTube

is available under this video all of my lessons all of my playlists are under

this video time for me to go I will see you next Sunday this is mr. Duncan in

the birthplace of English saying thanks for watching me today and I will see you

next Sunday bye Estela bye Simona bye to everyone

have a good week until next week this is mr. Duncan for the last time today

saying thanks for following me thanks for watching me and thanks for joining

in and of course...ta ta for now. 8-)