Live English Lesson - Sunday 2nd July 2017 - Learn English with Mr Duncan in England

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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Well hello there hi everybody its Misterduncan with you now live on YouTube I
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hope you are okay how are you today are you okay I hope so are you happy I
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really really hope so I hope you can see me clearly I'm outside at the moment
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this is another livestream at just after five minutes past 2:00 on a Sunday
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afternoon I hope you are okay I'm feeling a little bit under the weather
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today I'm not feeling very well because I am suffering with hay fever today and
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at the moment it is peak hatefully hay fever peak hay fever that's what I'm
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trying to say so at the moment it is the peak of the hay fever season which means
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that at the moment the pollen in the air is at its highest point so I do
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apologize for my slight sniffily nose and also my sore throat but I am
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suffering with hay fever now I was going to cancel the whole thing today I was
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going to call it off but at the last moment I thought mr. Duncan the show
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must go on and so it will
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doo-doo-doo Oh mr. Duncan has hay fever how badly do I
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have it I have it very very bad let's just say ah so here we are sunday has
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arrived again hello there Oh Deary me it's very hot today here in England also
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the pollen count is very high as I just mentioned it is now the peak the peak of
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the hay fever season when we say peak we mean that something is at its highest
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point it can't get any higher which means that the pollen in the air is now
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at its highest volume so over the next few days the pollen will slowly
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disappear from the air and then gradually I will get better but at the
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moment I am suffering from hay fever today and I have lost count of how many
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times I've sneezed today I have sneezed so many times have
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you ever wondered how you write a sneeze down the sound of a sneeze looks a
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little bit like this you see you can say achoo achoo
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there it is can you see it achoo or a tissue so when you sneeze the sound
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you make can be written like the first one achoo or the second one a tissue
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talking of which I have been sneezing so much today I have been sneezing my head
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off so I suppose the big question must be today for me how many times will I
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sneeze during today's live broadcast I think I
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am going to be sneezing quite a few times today already I can feel my nose
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becoming blocked up once again and also I should mention that just before the
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broadcast started I did take some of my allergy medicine so this particular type
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of medicine is supposed supposed to alleviate it is supposed to ease the
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symptoms of hay fever so let's see shall we let's see if this really works
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of course the side effect of this is it can make you feel very drowsy so if I
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fall asleep during today's live stream please forgive me so thanks for joining
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me it's mr. Duncan live on YouTube I
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thought today it would be fun to to look at some idioms and phrases to do with
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sneezing now here is a good example of one not to be sneezed at so here is an
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expression an English phrase connected to sneezing so not to be sneezed at if
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something is not to be sneezed at it is something that is not to be rejected
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without careful consideration something that's too good to pass on or to reject
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we can say that it is not to be sneezed at so perhaps you see a bargain in a
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shop maybe you can see something or you'll find something in a shop that is
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on sale we can say perhaps that that price is not to be sneezed at it means
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perhaps you shouldn't pass it by perhaps you shouldn't reject it so if something
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is not to be sneezed at it means the offer is too good to reject so let's
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have a look shall we we have lots of people on live chat at
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the moment thanks for joining me today I'm not feeling very well I'm not sick
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as such but I am suffering at the moment with hay fever it is a seasonal illness
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that I get every single summer and right now I'm at my worst point because the
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pollen in the air is at its maximum amount so at the moment I am really
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suffering because it is at the moment Peak hay fever season peak it can't get
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any worse than this it can only get better so so there is something positive
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to look at so let's have a look who is on the live chat I always like to say
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hello to my lovely students watching all around the world know juin is here hello
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new juin Viet Tran Nam hello to you watching I believe you are watching in
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Vietnam Patricia is here watching in France hello Patricia thanks for joining
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me on this very strange livestream because today I'm not feeling very well
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I have hay fever today so my nose is blocked up my throat is very sore and
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perhaps during today's broadcast I might be sneezing as well so I bet you can't
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wait for that Lionel is here Lionel says hello everybody hello to Lionel thanks
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for joining me today it's a beautiful day outside did you see did you see it
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at the start of today's broadcast it is a beautiful summer's day you can see
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that the Sun is out and I am taking shade today so when I'm outside I will
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be taking shade underneath the apple tree can you see the apple tree there in
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the shot there it is looking lovely at the moment there are lots of apples on
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my apple tree at the moment fee Vysya Orpha saya
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mihari is here physio says hello from Cape Town hello to you as well
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Marcello is here hello Marcello how am i how am i today I'm I'm okay I suppose
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but I I am suffering with hay fever at the moment so my nose is very blocked up
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because all of the the mucous membranes in my nose they have they have all
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swollen because of the pollen in the air so that's what hay fever is it is an
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allergic reaction to pollen and that's what I'm suffering with today Attila is
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here hello Attila thanks for joining me on the live chat nice to see you here
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you Lee pop is watching in Russia a big privet to Russia
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tin drunk is here I think you are also watching in a Viet Nam al for or should
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I say all for Indonesia says hello mr. Tonko we can see you clearly thank
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goodness for that can you hear me though today because that my nose is all
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swollen inside ah because I've got the dreaded hay fever Thiago is here hello
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mr. Duncan and hi to everybody Patricia says hello to Lionel isn't that
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nice Ahmed is here hello mr. Duncan from
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sunny Helsinki hello to Finland and hello to Ahmed Ryan is here hello mr.
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Duncan I am Indonesian oh we have quite a few people watching today in Indonesia
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a big hello to you a little bit later on today we will be going to your part of
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the world I will be showing you a video that was filmed
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way back in 2014 yes we are going on holiday today
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because the holiday season is coming of course the summer months normally mean
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that all of the schools will close and lots of people will take their holidays
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so one of the questions I must ask today is are you going on holiday or traveling
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this year so are you going on holiday are you going somewhere nice this year
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and if so where will you go where are you going for your holidays just in case
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you are having a holiday a little bit later on we will go for a holiday
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together because we are going to visit a very special place that I've been to
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many times not very far away from Indonesia
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so that coming a little bit later on and zonic is here hello and zonic I haven't
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seen you for a long time nice to see you here today Ryan is also
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here nice to see you hello mr. Duncan and hello everybody from Alex hello Alex
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thanks for joining me don't forget if you are following me on the live chat
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available in certain countries so there you go also coming later on we will talk
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about sleep because here in the UK we've all
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been talking about sleep this week because there is a big study taking
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place to find out how much sleep we really need now some people believe that
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you should have at least eight hours sleep every night but of course some
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people feel as if they don't they only need a little bit of sleep every night
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they only need maybe two or three hours every night some people sleep during the
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day and stay awake during the night for various reasons quite often it's because
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of their job so some people work at night and they sleep during the day so
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that's another question to ask you later also we have the mystery idioms so many
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people love the mystery idioms so now we are 17 minutes into today's livestream I
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think we will have a look at today's mystery idioms would you like to have a
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look here we go here they come today's mystery idioms they are pictures and you
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have to work out what the English phrases are so there is the first one
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can you see it so there is the first mystery idiom can you see it just say
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what you see it is a well-known phrase in English and also we have another
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mystery idiom ooh that's an interesting one what is that what is that drawing
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what is that picture can you see it it is a very interesting illustration it is
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a mystery idiom and there is the first one for those who didn't see it so there
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they are today's mystery idiom what are they we will also be taking a look today
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at a couple of my ask miss Duncan lessons because a few years ago I
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did a series of English video lessons where I answered your questions so I
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thought it would be fun to save my voice today by showing some of my ask mr.
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Duncan lessons from a few years ago don't forget I've been doing this for
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many years I have been on YouTube teaching English for free for over 10
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years so yes it's true I have been doing this now for over 10 years on YouTube
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it's true Ahmed says Mr Duncan it's a great idea
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that you didn't cancel the livestream Thank You Ahmed for that I was going to
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cancel it because I didn't feel very well in fact yesterday I was so ill
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because of the hay fever and even at the moment I feel as if I want to sneeze so
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my hay fever is also bad today but yesterday I was very very unwell I went
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out for a walk I was walking into town and then suddenly I felt very unwell my
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eyes were burning my nose was was inflamed very very sensitive
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I started sneezing my eyes were watering it was terrible so that was yesterday
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and today I'm still feeling the effects of the hay fever so please bear with me
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would you like to take a trip because we are going to talk about holidays today
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we are going to talk about holidays very soon we are going to visit a place that
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I have been to many times and I also visited in 2014 we will be going there
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very shortly Alex is here hello Alex Alex is watching in Brazil thanks for
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joining me today Eugene is here hi Eugene thanks for
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joining me it's great to see you here one of my regular viewers on my youtube
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is the address there are lots and lots of English video
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Mohammad Rahim says I am NOT going anywhere for my holiday but I do wish to
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visit London someday I haven't been on holiday this year I didn't go on holiday
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last year either I stayed here because I was so busy preparing for my first ever
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live stream it is almost one year since I started doing these live streams can
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you believe it I really can't believe that it's been
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almost a year since I started doing the live streams I did the first one on the
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15th of July 2016 so here we are nearly a year of live streams on YouTube hasn't
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the time gone quickly time really does fly when you were having fun
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Gabrielle has made a guess at the mystery idiom Gabrielle has guessed that
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the idiom is busy as a bee busy as a bee that's a very good answer but certainly
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it isn't the correct one it isn't the correct answer and what is the second
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one there is the other one when I first saw that illustration I thought it
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looked a bit rude I thought it looked like something naughty but it isn't I
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promise you I promise you it isn't anything naughty and there is the first
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idiom so what are the mystery idioms ooh
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no it isn't busy bees it is not it is not busy bees but a very good guess mr.
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Duncan the super chat is not available in my country it is not available
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make a donation a small donation to help my work continue don't forget I do all
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of this for free and I've been doing this for free for over ten years no one
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else has done that no one else in the world I'm sure someone will write to me
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now and disagree I am going on holiday to Dubai says maryann a very lovely
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place Dubai beautiful buildings lots of places to sunbathe and have a nice
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relaxing time so Marianne I hope you have a good time in Dubai mr. Duncan
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could you please pronounce the following words beer beer oh sorry I see bears
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sorry bear bear like a grizzly bear oh also
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beard beard beard is what you grow on your face it is facial hair beard bread
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bread of course bread is what you eat you eat bread you eat bread with
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marmalade you can eat bread with many things bread and finally bird bird bird
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so we have Bear Rao beard bread and bird bird
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mr. Durkin our best wishes from the Ukraine you are the best teacher in the
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whole world Thank You Zenon thank you very much for that
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it is not busy be a lot of people saying that the first idiom the first mystery
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idiom is busy as a bee it is not it is not busy as a bee I spent four days in
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Kazan my parents and I hope to visit the south of Russia at the end of September
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says Lena I hope you have a good trip many people it would appear are taking
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their summer vacations sadly I will not be going anywhere because I will be here
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busy teaching you so I won't be having a long vacation because of course I have
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many viewers many students who wish to learn English Doh rat oh hello Doh rat
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thank you very much for your sympathy because I'm not feeling very well today
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I have terrible hay fever terrible hay fever it's it's what we call Peak hay
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fever so my hay fever and is now at its peak
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it can't get any worse than this nice holidays in Morocco mr. Duncan you
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should have a holiday in Morocco Thank You Leila for that that's lovely
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Estela has made a guess and also Zoran has made a guess as well on the mystery
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idiom Patricia says is it stick your tongue out at someone no that's very
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rude if you do that alfe all for Indonesia says at least
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every night I stay awake because of the mystery idioms I think I would like
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today's workout first the first one can you see it just say what you see okay
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thank you very much for that hello mr. Duncan our best wishes from
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Ukraine thank you very much once again I had a t-shirt like yours oh do you mean
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my smiley face t-shirt yes I thought I would wear this today to make me feel
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happy to cheer me up because I'm not feeling very well
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poor mr. dokkan mind your language mind your own language is the second one
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no it isn't mr. Duncan Jamelia yes
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Jamelia has also made a guess at one of the mystery idioms Elaine is here hello
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Elaine hello everybody today in my area here in the north of France the weather
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is also wet oh it's wet in France today just like in
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Moscow the temperature is 19 degrees I think here today it's about 20 to 22 or
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23 degrees Celsius today mr. Duncan I'm going to Italy for my holiday oh one of
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my friends is just about to go to Italy for her holidays yes
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joseline is here hi joseline thanks for bringing yourself forward on the live
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chat thank you very much Kath a says hello mr. Duncan is the
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second idiom have the tongue hanged no it isn't a man Karam says Mr Duncan I am
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going to to for my holidays ah very nice I have been
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to Turkey twice yes a very nice place very friendly people can you pronounce
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colleague can you pronounce colleague in British and American English I can
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pronounce it in the way that I say it colleague colleague colleague it's
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actually a very strange word because it looks like it's spelt in another way but
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in fact the pronunciation is colleague colleague a colleague is your work mate
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a person you work with they are your colleagues he is your colleague Ahmed
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Ahmed Oh --them or earth man mr. Duncan during the week I saw some funny
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episodes of mind your language oh yes a lot of people now are watching
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mind your language because there are some episodes on YouTube so yes quite a
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few people are watching mind your language it is a very funny program
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Claudio ah very good Claudio Claudio has made a
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guess at today's mystery idiom here they are again
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for those who missed them earlier where were you and here is here is the second
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one
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did you hear that my voice just completely broke then I have an attack
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of the hay fever today I am convinced that the mystery idiom is busy as a bee
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no it isn't 'no doin it is not but very good very good guess min kyu or mink hue
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100 says mr. Duncan how do I find the difference between
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peak and top well top could just mean the surface of something or the highest
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surface of something so the top is the highest point so it can also be the
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highest surface or of course the surface of anything so the top can also mean the
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surface of something to be on the top you are at the highest point and of
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course peak can be the same thing the peak can also mean the highest point so
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for example you can have the peak of a mountain so the highest point of a
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mountain is its peak or you could also say that you are at the top of the
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mountain you are at the peak so the words peak and top are quite
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interchangeable I am going to take a little rest because we're going to take
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a trip now we are going on a journey we are going to travel three and a half
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thousand miles from where I am sitting now because we are going to go on a
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holiday together would you like to join me this is an excerpt from one of my
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lessons that is available on my youtube channel it is available to watch and in
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this lesson we are going to go on holiday together we are
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to take a trip to Penang in Malaysia hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England
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yes I'm back in England how are you today
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are you okay I hope so are you happy I hope so
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I have just returned from a short break to a place I used to visit often but for
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many years I had not been to I went for a holiday to the Malaysian island of
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pulau pinang or as it is more commonly known penang needless to say I took my
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video camera with me and this is the result
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the island of Penang is part of a state of Malaysia the island itself sits to
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the northwest coast of the Malaysian mainland the state of Penang consists of
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the island and part of the mainland the island is formally known as pulau pinang
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but it is often referred to as simply penang it also has the title the pearl
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of the Orient
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the earliest mention of Penang goes back to the 15th century with the name being
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used by the Chinese Navy the name is derived from the word for a type of nut
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palm modern Penang can be traced back to the late 18th century when it was leased
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to the British Empire by the then Sultanate of keda of which Penang was a
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part the British colony there was formed on August 11th 1786 which started a long
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association with the British and the rest of Malaya as it was known then this
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association would go on for over a hundred years
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Penang was the first-ever British settlement in Southeast Asia and one of
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the first to be colonized after the loss of North America this formed the second
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wave of the then still powerful British Empire
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Britten's association with penang and malaysia is still evident today with all
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of the old colonial buildings many of which are still in a good state of
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repair
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the capital of Penang Island is called Georgetown and is named after Britain's
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King George the third who was the ruler at the time of its colonization
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Georgetown has some of the best preserved colonial buildings in
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Southeast Asia search is the importance of this area in 2008 it was granted a
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UNESCO World Heritage status so as to assure its long-term preservation as
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Penang entered its next stage of development
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the most obvious building in Georgetown is the komtar tower with its distinctive
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12-sided geometric shape this area has fallen into disrepair over the past few
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years and is currently the focus of a large renovation scheme it would be hard
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to talk about Penang without mentioning food Penang is famous for its wide range
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of local cuisine
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all sorts of food is available here Malay Indian Chinese and of course
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Western Penang is regarded as serving some of the best food in Asia and is
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often referred to as the food capital of Malaysia
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at night the main seafront on penang island comes to life as the restaurants
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beckon in hungry locals and tourists with their varied menus
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this area is called gurney drive and is one of the main focal points on the
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island along here there are many restaurants and bars as well as hotels
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and shopping centers many of which have only recently been constructed
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the state of Penang is split between the island and the mainland access between
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the mainland and Penang Island is via the Penang Bridge this 8 mile link
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carries traffic to and from the island it is also possible to sail to and from
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Penang Island via a ferry service in 2006 a second Penang Bridge was proposed
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for the island so as to ease the growing traffic congestion this second Bridge
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was scheduled for completion in 2013 but delays including a partial collapse
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caused the opening to be put back the second Penang Bridge was formally opened
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on March 1st 2014 just a week before I arrived so far the new bridge has
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received a lukewarm response with many motorists still favoring the first
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bridge at fifteen miles in length it is the longest bridge in both Malaysia and
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Southeast Asia and cost four and a half billion
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malaysian ringgit to build
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I hope you enjoyed that there it was I was just sneezing then I do apologize
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there it was a lesson all about traveling to the beautiful island of
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Penang which is in Malaysia and that is a lesson that I made way back in 2014
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are you travelling anywhere nice this year are you going somewhere lovely if
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you are please let me know
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hello son says mr. Duncan I am confused by the word until if you told me I'll
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leave I'll leave I'll on leave I'm on leave I'm trying to
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read what you're writing here if you write I'm on leave until the 17th or 7th
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of July do you come back to work on the 4th of July
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I have no idea what you're saying there none of that makes any sense if you are
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unli until the 7th of July it means you are unli you are not working until the
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7th of July so you will not be working until the 7th of July so if you are on
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leave it means you are not at work so you are on leave until the 7th of July
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I'm going to Vietnam soon and I want oh go to Vietnam soon I want to meet you
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thank you you churn Park for that I'm not going anywhere this year I'm not
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traveling abroad because I have too much work to do here I have my live streams
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which I must do I also have other things that I have to do as well
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so I'm a very busy person at the moment
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quite a few people getting the mystery idioms
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oh very good well done here they are the mystery idioms there they are there is
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the first one and there is the second one but what are they so there they are
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today's mystery idioms but what are they one or two people have got the right
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well done congratulations to you another thing I want to talk about today is
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sleep sleep we will also talk about sleep today because a big study is
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taking place at the moment here in the UK to try and find out what the effects
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are of having too little sleep so if you don't get enough sleep what are the
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effects on your brain so that's what we will be doing today we'll be talking
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about sleep if you get enough sleep what's dokie West okey says hello my
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lovely teacher hi hello there I'm not feeling very well today because I have
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terrible hay fever now it isn't flu it's not a cold I don't have anything like
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that it is actually caused by an allergic reaction so if you are allergic
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to something it means you are very sensitive your body is very sensitive to
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certain things so my body is very sensitive to pollen pollen that comes
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from the plants and at the moment we have grass pollen which is the one that
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makes me ill so there is lots of grass pollen around at the moment back to the
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live chat Olga is here hi Olga thanks for joining me today I've spent the
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first part of my annual holiday visiting Moscow it is a very large and beautiful
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city lots of museums and places to visit Thank You Olga I'm glad to hear that you
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had a good time in Russia l divaldo says hello from Brazil lots of
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people watching in Brazil I I'm pretty sure of that Bloody Mary is here
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hello Bloody Mary nice to see you you are hi mr. Duncan you are missing as too
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much because we are on holiday at the seaside oh I see
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so you are actually on your holiday at the moment I see so you are missing me
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so much you are even watching me whilst you are on holiday that's amazing thank
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you very much I feel very honored and you are at the moment on holiday in
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Bulgaria well Bloody Mary I hope you have a super
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time I visited remaini where my father and I stayed at a hotel and we were on a
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short tour around Venice Florence and also Rome those little one day tours
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were wonderful says Leena I'm very glad that you had a good time it's nice to
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have a break isn't it it's nice to have a holiday it's nice to travel somewhere
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different because staying in the same place for many many many months can
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become a little bit boring let's say hi mr. Duncan warm greetings from Singapore
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thank you very much for that I'm not feeling very well today I have some hay
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fever today so all of the pollen has affected my body the jock thank you very
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much for your message from Singapore Marianne has also made a guess on the
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mystery idiom that's great shall we go outside for a moment I know
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that I'm taking a big risk by doing this but I think we will go outside at the
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moment we will go outside right now and we will have a flash word hopefully
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I will be able to do it without sneezing or coughing so let's see what's the
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weather doing outside first of all well as I mentioned earlier there it is look
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at that it's looking gorgeous outside right now so let's go outside and have a
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Flash word shall we
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so here I am outside I hope you can see me clearly because it's very sunny I'm
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taking shelter underneath my apple tree because it's so bright out so here we go
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here is a flash word just for you again I hope you can see it clearly on the
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screen there it is the word is chastise chastise the word chastise is an English
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verb the word chastise is an English verb that means to inflict harsh
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punishment on someone the action of giving harsh or Stern punishment is
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chastise to reprimand someone severely is also chastise the manager would often
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chastise his workers for being late chastisement is the noun that names the
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act of chastising to chastise someone is to discipline punish rebuke reprimand
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scold the word chastise derived from the word Chasen which used to mean divine
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punishment so there it is can you see it today's lash word the first 100 I seem
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to have made it through that without sneezing I thought I was going to sneeze
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because at the moment the air is full of pollen there is pollen everywhere in the
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air
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did you do I'm back I'm back Oh Deary me they say that there are
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certain things you should never do I think one of those things is never try
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to present a live program across the internet when you have hay fever and
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also when you have taken lots of medicine as well I've been taking these
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you see yesterday and today I've been taking these pills to help give me
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relief from my hay fever they seem to be working but also they have a terrible
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side effect they have a side effect which makes you fall asleep so if I
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suddenly fall asleep please don't panic there is nothing wrong with your
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computer it's just me lots of people now talking about holidays everyone wants to
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talk about holidays Yuchun Park asks what do you think about people who eat
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dog meat in some countries well I know that in certain countries in China for
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example in certain parts of China they do eat dog meat whilst I was in China I
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never did I never I never did eat dog meat in fact I didn't even see any
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restaurants that sold dog meat so it's only certain parts of China I know there
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are other countries as well that that eat dog meat hi Yeti hiya - hi mr.
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Duncan I've been trying to chat with you for such a long time but my message
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would not send why I don't know but a big hi-yah - hi-yah - hi-yah I was on a
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holiday as I got work in Milan says Daniela so far
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away from my house so I enjoyed visiting museums famous streets parks and the
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amazing Duomo there Thank You Daniela so where did you go you went to Milan oh
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yes very nice very very classy hi mr. Duncan
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lots of people getting the Mystery idiom correct well done lots of people getting
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these right today is it because they are very easy I'm not sure so here we go
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today's mystery idioms there is the second one and there is the first one
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but quite a few people have got them right today so congratulations well done
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you you have done very well there we are just coming up to three o'clock in the
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UK I don't know what time it is where you are if you want to get in touch with
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me you can write to my email address and of course you can follow me on Facebook
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doo-doo-doo yes we are live across the world wide web on a Sunday afternoon if
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you'd like to make a donation on the live chat don't forget you are more than
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welcome to also I have a patreon account as well if you would like also to send a
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small donation you are more than welcome no problem that would be very pleasing
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in fact so I'm on Facebook for those who missed the address there it is you can
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catch me on Facebook and believe it or not I also have an Instagram account as
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well you can catch me on Instagram with lots of photographs from my
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everyday life and as I mentioned just also I am on patreon as well if you
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would like to make a regular donation to help this continue because I spend all
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of my time teaching you for free it costs nothing it costs you nothing
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so you can catch my own Instagram and of course on Facebook as well I am all over
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the Internet it's true it's true the live chat is very busy let's have a look
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I've noticed that the live chat does something very strange because after a
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while it will go back to the beginning so as I'm reading your messages suddenly
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I don't know why the live chat will jump back to the beginning it's very annoying
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especially when you're presenting live in August I will be going to Brighton oh
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very nice Lionel Lionel gar Bale says I will be going to Brighton for 3 months
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to improve my English well the Lionel I hope you have a nice
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time and of course during August the weather normally here in the UK is very
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nice so hopefully you will have a very nice time in Brighton the weather should
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be nice and of course Brighton is by the sea so yes you are very lucky I hope you
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have a super time in Brighton hello mr. Danko
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please come to Kurdistan Oh as I read that message it disappeared
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I don't know how or why hello from the world's capital Rome Giambi is here
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hello to you thanks for joining me do you know Brighton mr. Duncan it
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sounds like a very nice town yes Brighton is a coastal town it is on the
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south coast of England and it's a very nice place very friendly lots of
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interesting places to explore lots of nice places to eat lots of interesting
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bars as well so yes Brighton is a good place to to go to and stay out hello sir
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I will go to France in September oh I see and also siem reap reap in February
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2018 wow you are really planning your holidays there you are planning ahead I
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like it Claudio has made a guess at the idiom or one of them a still tongue
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keeps a wise head that is an interesting expression but it isn't the one that I'm
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looking for Gendry o says hello mr. Duncan hi from H
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town in Texas oh I see you are really in Texas at the moment well I suppose I
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should say howdy or maybe not pin it says good evening mr. Duncan its
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pin it from Thailand I wish you get well soon from your hay fever yes hopefully
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over the next few days my hay fever will slowly go away
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as the pollen in the air disappears so hopefully over the next few days my hay
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fever will gradually disappear I hope so let's have a look at one of my
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ask mr. Duncan lessons shall we ask mr. Duncan is a series of lessons where I
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answer your questions this is taken from ask mr. Duncan number 16 where I sit and
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answer your English questions
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hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok
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I hope so are you happy I hope so Here I am once again on yet another hot
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and steamy day in the UK with some of your email questions and comments
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concerning the English language and my work here on the worldwide web
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so before I her pass out through heat exhaustion let's have our first question
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for today how do we use in return in a sentence this question comes from
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armored al hurry be who lives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the words in
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return form a clause in a sentence which shows that a favor must be repaid with a
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favor also I do something for you so you must do something in return
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for me it can show that a favor must be given later if I help you today you must
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do something later for me in return so the favor can be given back straight
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away or at a later time but it must be given at some point in a return a very
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nice email I have received a very nice email from Igor Brito who lives in
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Brazil and teaches extensive English there at the University of Amazon in the
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northern part of the country Igor write to thank me on behalf of his
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students for my lessons well thank you Igor for your very touching words and a
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big hello to you and your students in belém do pará will you ever go back to
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China what drives you to create so much work this question comes from way or
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Simon to use his English name works in China as many of you may know I
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have worked in China teaching ESL which I did for over four years between 2003
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and 2007 should the opportunity arise I would love to return there for a visit
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I have many fond memories of my time in China and many of my experiences there
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led me to do the work I'm carrying out today even though I'm far from China now
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the time I had there still lives in my heart as for your other question the
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driving force behind all my work is of course the students who follow me I love
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teaching and as long as there is a need for my work I will go on creating it
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I now devote most of my time to this project I also put virtually all of my
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own money into it too my goal is to help as many people as possible I know I'm a
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small man and a tiny player on the internet but making a change for even
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just a few people is reward enough for me a fruity idiom did you know that the
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word banana can be used as an idiom the expression go bananas he or she has gone
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bananas the crowd went bananas after the match it means to become crazy
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or act in a mad or overactive way how do I change my accent is it possible to do
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this this question was sent in by Luiza II who comes from China but is now
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living in Canada one of the most sensitive issues surrounding language is
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accent the way you speak identifies you and your background it is a very
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personal part of your character the traditional train of thought with
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teaching is that it is better to teach a second language to young students in a
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kindergarten rather than adults in a training center but even then the end
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result could be a child speaking with an accent it is not
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they learn which sets the accent but where they are learning it here is an
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example of this occurrence a person lives in England for 25 years and they
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have a strong English accent they moved to California when they are 26 by the
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time they are 35 they are speaking with an American accent maybe they are using
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local colloquialisms over time their accent has changed the amazing thing is
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that this person is probably unaware that this has happened this will not
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always happen of course but it does show that if we can change the way we speak
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without realizing it then it is possible to do it intentionally of course just
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like any other change it will take time whether you try it or not is up to you
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ah I feel so good before I dash off today I would like to
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say a special hello to do I fan who lives in Vietnam and is a big fan of my
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English lessons thank you for your kind words Dwight a big hello to Tanya putana
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who lives on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira yes Tanya I did visit
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Madeira in October 2007 and I had a lovely time there it really is a great
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place to escape to and relax I even sampled some of the delicious
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Madeira wine while I was there mmm finally a big hello to MC Bebo in Cairo
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who is a friend of DJ Bodi who I said hello to last week I gather you both
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enjoy music and share an interest in DJing I can let you in on a little
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secret now in the past I have worked as a DJ on the radio it's true that is all
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from me for today I'm now going outside to enjoy some of this lovely sunshine
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before the big grey clouds return this is mr. duncan in england saying thank
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you for asking me and of course to tar for now
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there it was one of my ask mr. duncan lessons from 2010 I'm sure that quite a
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few people are going to say mr. Duncan you look so young there you look so
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young in your old lessons it is true I do look a little younger thank you for
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joining me today I am feeling a little under the weather because I have
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seasonal hay fever at the moment but today apparently is the worst day for
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hay fever sufferers so hopefully from now on until the end of July my hay
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fever should get better it should slowly ease off talking of my lessons of course
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don't forget you can find all of my English lessons all of my lesson
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playlists are under this video so if you look underneath this video
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there are playlists featuring all of my lessons that I've made during the past
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10 years so there they are I hope that is helpful
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back to the live chat hello from Nicaragua says era era el and also shuts
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teeth shut seal Vlad chats give Vlad I hope I pronounced your name right hello
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from Belarus hello to you hello from Germany mr. Duncan maxi says hello it's
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nice to see you here mr. Duncan I'm glad to watch your live stream again because
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I was at sea I was at the seaside in Nessebar
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Bulgaria unfortunately at the home tell the wife I was very bad and I
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missed your last streams don't worry Nikolai I am here today and
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I hope you can pick me up very clearly through the internet I hope your Wi-Fi
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is working great a man is here hello mr. Duncan me too I have hay fever
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which makes me feel very sleepy because of the medicine I have taken that's true
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yes I have taken the same thing this particular medicine you are supposed to
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take it you take these tablets whilst you have hay fever but the only problem
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is they also make you feel very very sleepy which is how I'm feeling at the
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moment so if my concentration suddenly vanishes and I I'm just sitting here
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staring into space the reason is because I've taken some hay fever medicine and
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it's making me feel very very tired Alex is here hello Alex mr. Duncan I'm living
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in Birmingham now your lessons have helped me a lot with my communication
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skills with local people big thanks thank you alex alex k
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watching in birmingham at the moment not very far away from me
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why do people get hay fever why do people have fever now asks Hayati well
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hi ah tea it isn't an illness it is a reaction so what I have is actually a
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reaction to something that my body doesn't like and in this case it is
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pollen that comes from the plants and the trees so the pollen goes into my
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body and my body goes oh I go like that and so my body goes crazy it tries to
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give rid of the pollen it tries to push it
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from my body by making my nose run and making me sneeze and cuff so yes
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hay fever is I think it's safe to say that hay fever is a pain in the arse it
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really is hay fever is a pain in the ass or of
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course if you're watching in America it's a pain in the ass definitely no
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doubt about it so that's the reason why everyone seems to be sick at the moment
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mr. Duncan you look younger when you wear a t-shirt please don't wear a suit
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you are very welcome to Hong Kong oh well of course Hong Kong has been in the
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news this week because the Chinese premier visited Hong Kong and there were
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some problems there I've never been to Hong Kong ever in my life I've been to
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China of course mainland China but I've never been to Hong Kong I would like to
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visit there one day perhaps how old were you when you took that video well that
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video that you just watched was made seven years ago so that's me seven years
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ago and this is me now this is what I look like in 2017
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unless of course you are watching this in 2025 in which case I will probably
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look a little bit older maybe Ahmed says when I came to Finland I've been
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recently sleeping for just four hours a day that's not very many hours because I
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started a new life so I have to work hard and study hard as well can you
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believe it well sometimes life can be very hectic especially when you start
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something new or you start out on a new adventure in your life so yes I I can't
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believe it but four hours doesn't sound very many so how many hours sleep do you
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get how many how many hours of sleep do you need how much sleep do you usually
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get please let me know as for me I like to have around about seven seven and a
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half maybe eight hours sleep every night but sometimes I'm very naughty sometimes
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I stay up till very late maybe two or even three o'clock in the morning and
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then I go to bed and then of course the next day I feel really tired I feel so
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tired the next day but of course it's my own fault so how many hours sleep do you
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get how many hours sleep do you have Cheam B says I have heard
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from a friend of mine who lives in the UK and she said that she took part in a
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marathon a marathon so it means alvera lang run you run for a very long
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distance what is it 24 miles is it's 24 miles I feel that the marathon is around
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about 24 maybe 25 miles I'm probably wrong I have never run a marathon in my
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life you see I've never done it I've never tried to run a marathon I'm not
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sure if I'm fit enough to do that so Giambi's friend took part in a marathon
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for raising money yes many marathons normally raise money for good causes and
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in the case of your friend it was a charity that raises money for cancer
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research so that's great that's very good very good I have a fly that keeps
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landing on my face there is a fly in here it keeps buzzing
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around me
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so yes there are many many things that are held in this country many events
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that are held to raise money for for charity the Flies are everywhere today I
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think now I have lots of fruit flies in my studio
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Ahmed yes I've read your message already excuse me the live chat has gone back
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again mr. Duncan I suffer from insomnia I only sleep for a few hours
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says Jamila that's quite a common thing a lot of people suffer from insomnia
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insomnia means difficulty in sleeping so if you find it very hard to sleep we can
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say that you suffer from insomnia insomnia so Thank You jameelah for that
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this fly is really annoying me it keeps buzzing around my face I don't
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know why I think it wants to give me a kiss so Elaine says good luck Lena I am
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confident you will succeed that's very nice well I like to get 5 or 7 hours of
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sleep each night but being a young working mother who is also studying uh
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it just doesn't allow me to get more than 4 hours every night that's not very
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many is it I bet you feel tired the next day I think so hey mr. Duncan that's me
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why don't you reply to me says Hayate hi ah tea I have also said hello to you
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I've already said hello to you earlier I said hello to you earlier so yes hi
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Artie I did say hello to you earlier good luck Lena
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I am confident you will succeed thanks a lot once again
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sixth is a town in Belarus and it is located in the sludge river which is 150
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kilometers south of Minsk Belarus yes Belarus is in Europe I think it's on
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the border of Russia and also Ukraine I think so Belarus it's it is landlocked
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so Belarus is surrounded by countries so there isn't any ocean nearby Belarus
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thank you very much for that mr. Duncan when the BBC makes a documentary about
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teachers teaching English to all the world Much Wenlock will be as famous as
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Penny Lane says Estella I'm not sure about that I'm not sure if the BBC would
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ever want to feature me on their channel they might lose all our viewers Nelson
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mr. Duncan I am Nelson from Brazil I sent you a photograph of the Malachy
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Monika tree in my garden by email did you see it yes I did I did get your
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email Nelson thank you very much for that I did see your tree looking very
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lovely schisandra or Cassandra says yesterday I watched a video about Nicola
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Tilson and he used to sleep an hour now and again during the day yes
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also I tell you who else used to get very little sleep Margaret Thatcher she
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used to be the prime minister of this country way back in the 1980s and
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Margaret Thatcher used to only get two or three hours sleep every night mr.
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Duncan you always look young because of your lovely sprite you have I'm not sure
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about that I don't feel very lively or bright today I feel a little unwell
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because I have hay fever
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I'm very glad though because today so far I haven't sneezed once this morning
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I couldn't stop sneezing but fortunately now my sneezing has
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stopped thank goodness for that boo dou Kwok says hi mr. Duncan do you
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have any idea why the more I sleep the more sleepy I am well you might not be
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the only person who has that problem because I always find that if I if I
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have a very good night's sleep the next day I feel very sleepy and tired I don't
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know why that is so even though I've had a really good sleep without any
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interruptions the next day I still feel tired it would appear that the more
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sleep you have the more your body wants maybe hello sir yes as well there is an
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internet from which you can learn a lot I'm not sure what that refers to the
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second idiom let's have a look at our mystery idioms before I fall asleep here
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they are this is the first word quite a few people have got this rights and here
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is the second idiom so there are today's mystery idioms it is time now to go back
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to October 2013 way back in time we are now going to take a look at one of my
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October lessons that I made in 2013 and in the lesson we will take a look at
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damsons we will also take a look at sheep and also birds as well because as
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you all know I love nature so much
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good morning everyone hi and welcome to day five of 31 days of dunk Toba how are
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you on this fine Saturday morning oh the weekend has arrived
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I bet you are very happy about that Here I am out in my garden this morning
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because it is a glorious morning here in Much Wenlock I am in my garden and just
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behind my house you can see here look there are some sheep having a little
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sleep because they have been very busy all morning chewing away and grazing on
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the field over there good morning sheep morning how are you
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today are you ok I hope so I have received quite a few messages concerning
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my dams and jam I think I am going to have to start selling my dams and jam on
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the internet because it seems very popular ok I have a confession to make I
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did not make the dams and jam it has nothing to do with me whatsoever so I
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cannot claim responsibility for the dams and jam in fact it's mr. Steve he's the
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one that's gone a little bit crazy over it so he's very excited at the moment
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because he is making tons of dams and jam the tree is right here the dams and
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tree is right here in fact if I if I go down to the ground here look lots and
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lots of dams ins quite a few have fallen on the floor so you I think knows have
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gone a bit bad anyway if you would like some of my dams and jam my dams and jam
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please send your address and we'll post a slice of bread with some
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dams and jam on it although by the time it gets to you it might be a little bit
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sticky anyway let's get on with today's lesson what are we going to look at
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today would you like to see some sheep would you like to see some birds would
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you like to see some shots of my dams entry I think you would
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this particular flock of sheep have been grazing in this field for just a couple
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of weeks earlier in the year there were some use in this field along with their
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newborn lambs au is a female sheep it is common for the male and female sheep to
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graze separately in different fields lambs tend to be born in springtime
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although this is not always the case as some can be born in early to mid summer
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as well sheep mainly eat grass they make a great addition to any field as they
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help to keep everything neat and the grass stays low
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I get so many birds coming into my garden here in Much Wenlock especially
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during the nesting season right now the most common birds in my garden are blue
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tipz great tits and long tail tits look at their lovely long tails so cute
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another popular visitor to my garden is of course the all familiar Robin with
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it's bright red breasts
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and of course the wood pigeon
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the dams and tree which everyone is so excited about right now
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this tree has produced a very large number of damsons this year as I have
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already mentioned this week damsons make very good jam it is very easy to make
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jam you just boil a fruit with some sugar and a little water until the
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mixture is all hot and squishy then you strain the liquid to remove the stones
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you then place the warm liquid into jars and wait for the jam to cool off and set
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when something has set it has gone solid the word set has many definitions as you
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can see the leaves are already beginning to fall autumn is once more on the way
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there it was one of my 31 days of dunk towba that I made way back in October
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2013 I hope you enjoyed the beautiful sights and the sounds there from a few
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years ago meanwhile live and this is a live view now this is live in the garden
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so what you just watched was made in 2013 but this is live this is the garden
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as it looks right now there are lots of birds flying around the birds have been
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very busy recently because they are all raising their young now one or two
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people have asked mr. Duncan where is your magic fly swatter yes I have my fly
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racket for squishing and getting rid of the Flies well guess what I have it here
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here it is I have it now and can you believe it the fly has disappeared so
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now I have my fly zapper but unfortunately the fly has
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disappeared I can't find it now so thanks to all those who who asked mr.
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Duncan don't you have a device for for getting rid of your fly is yes I do and
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here it is this in fact was my mystery object about three or four weeks ago do
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you remember it was Yuchun Park have you ever been to Holland I did go to the
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Netherlands about 20 years ago I went to the Netherlands and had a wonderful time
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there a very interesting place lots of canals in Holland lots of canals and
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narrow boats and all of the streets and the cafes they are all very close to the
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canals so yes very nice very nice place very interesting Julie gee
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yes Julie my magic fly racket is now here but sadly the fly has disappeared
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our med asks did you ever visit Turkey yes I I have been to Turkey twice in the
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past twice and both times I had a wonderful trip I had two wonderful
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holidays in Turkey so are you going anywhere this year are you going on
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holiday are you going to take a trip somewhere nice if you are please let me
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know if you are going to travel to a nice place maybe somewhere different
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away from where you live please let me know sadly I will not be taking a
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holiday this year I am very busy here doing my live streams and also teaching
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English to you via YouTube yes don't forget in a few days time in fact on the
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15th of July it will be the first anniversary of my first live stream so
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it's nearly a year since I started doing these live streams and I must say the
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time has gone by so quickly and don't forget I have been here on YouTube
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making my lessons making my videos for over 10 years it's true sadly I can't
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see the live stream because there are lots of interruptions Oh Massimo I'm
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very sorry to hear that but here is some good news because this whole live stream
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will be available later on YouTube so you can watch this again later and of
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course later on there will also be subtitles as well don't forget that
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don't forget if you watch my live stream after it has finished after it has been
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recorded on youtube there will be subtitles
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added later it's true Mika odhh is here hi Mika thanks for joining me today all
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the way from Japan I have worked at night for eight years at that time I
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wasn't healthy indeed now I work at midday and have
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good exercise so I am fine I realize sleep at night is very important for us
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and for our health it is yes most people seem to agree that you should have maybe
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seven or eight hours sleep every night so in one night eight hours sleep but of
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course some people can get by they can survive by having just a little sleep
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every day not me not me I am really feeling blocked up today my
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nose is blocked up because I'm suffering from hay fever I have my seasonal
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allergy not very nice at all does anyone want to do a language exchange session
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oh that's a very good idea strupo Stroup alone is offering to do language
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exchange sessions on skype that's a very good idea well done yes maybe if people
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would like to get in touch with you maybe you could do that mr. Duncan I
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wish I had a garden like yours I live in a small flat as you know Hong Kong is
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famous for its high rent high price of flat yes I think living in Hong Kong
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it's one of the most expensive places to live in in the world I think one of the
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most expensive places is is actually maybe the most expensive place is
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Singapore I've been to Singapore once and everything in Singapore is very
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expensive that's the one thing I noticed everything is very expensive
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the mystery idioms I will reveal the answers to these mystery idioms a little
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bit later on before I finish I will be here for another 20 minutes and then I
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will be gone I hope you have enjoyed today's livestream so there is the first
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mystery idiom and there is the second one so they are today's mystery idioms
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and I must say many people got these right today so well done to everyone
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well done I have been sleeping from 7 to 9 hours
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says Cyril Cyril carton silic Artem Hassan says I I normally sleep between 7
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and 9 hours that's that's ok that's about average I think that's very good
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very healthy I think mr. Duncan I am you suck you
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suck from Japan I'm planning to visit Italy in August and this is the first
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time that I will visit Europe well you suck I hope you have a super time I hope
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you have a great time in Italy one of my friends has just gone to Italy she has
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in fact I think I think she's leaving today
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Jamelia is here I might spend some days at the seaside yes I think being by the
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sea if you stay in a place that's near the sea I think it has the most
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wonderful atmosphere especially at night one of the things I enjoy doing if I go
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to a place that's very near the sea I like to walk around at night and you can
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hear the waves crashing on the beach you can hear that lovely
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the sound of the waves I love the sound of the waves especially at night
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because you can't see the water but you can hear it and it's a very very
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interesting feeling I am going to take my diploma in translation exam on
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January or should I say in January 2018 probably you have already read about it
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I'm not sure of that as the connection has failed yes I saw I saw your message
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earlier thank you very much for that and good look for January 2018 for your
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translation exam I hope it goes well hello mr. Duncan I am from st.
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Petersburg arena is here or Irena I am planning to travel to the UK I will be
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going to Norwich oh yes Norwich is kind of the East the East of
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England roma Roma is here hello Roma don't be shy
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say hello hung din says mr. Duncan I am going to visit you next summer what you
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are coming here too much Wenlock to see me really Wow
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Abdul Abdul or man says hello everybody hello
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Abdullah man thank you for joining me today it is live English for another 20
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minutes around 20 minutes and then I will go because I need to have a lie
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down in a dark room to recover because I'm feeling a little unwell today
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because of my hay fever
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what's the difference between the two terms a drought and famine drought
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normally refers to a shortage of water famine normally refers to a shortage of
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food or of course food and water so drought drought is a shortage of water
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famine is a shortage of food and water so all food hi sir knit me 10 is here
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hello new 10 is it your first time watching me today perhaps Eugene hello
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Eugene mr. Duncan your sadness about going on holiday may make students feel
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uncomfortable it's like you don't go on holiday because of the live streams
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well no it's because I I love doing this of course I will be taking short breaks
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I am planning to have a short break in August because of course next month it's
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my birthday so I am planning at the moment to have a short break hopefully
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during the first week or maybe the second week of August because next month
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it's my birthday in August so no I'm not trying to make you feel guilty what I'm
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trying to do is tell you just how much I love doing this I do I love doing this
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if I could come here everyday and do this it would be great but of course I
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would be too tired hello mr. don't cone I'm saying hi from
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Bogota says David zap zap ATAR I love your name by the way
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David you Gino quit Tana Zapata Wow that's a great name
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I love it roma roma says hello again I'm not shy oh ok welcome back Roma
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I'm glad to hear that you are not shy let's have another ask mr. Duncan this
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is from one of my series of lessons that I did a few years ago called ask mr.
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Duncan and this is ask mr. Duncan number 18 and in this video I will answer lots
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of your questions hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today
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are you okay I hope so are you happy I hope so another week has flown by and
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where do we all find ourselves yes back here once again for another
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sift through your email questions and the comments concerning the English
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language and my work right here on the web so without any more pondering or
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pontification let's have our first question for today are there any
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differences between the words everyone and everybody this question comes from
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armored aide who lives in Egypt in English just like any other language
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certain words can be easily interchanged or replace with or by each other the
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words everyone and every body give a good example of this word Fleck
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ability they are similar in meaning as they both relate to each and every
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person who is here all those who may be watching everybody and everyone each one
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here and every individual included these days it seems that every body is
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becoming the more popular of the two Thank You Ahmed for the question and a
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big hello to you and everybody watching in Egypt a nice email I have received a
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nice email from Dowd yen who comes from Vietnam but now studies in Thailand Dow
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has been following my lessons for a long time and watches them every day using a
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laptop to view them all Dao asks if it is possible for me to make some lessons
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about human emotions and inspirations well some of my early lessons have been
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remade and covers some emotional issues such as being happy and sad good and bad
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and coming soon a lesson all about worry and stress this particular lesson will
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be posted as the new lesson 8 Thank You Dowell for your kind words and enjoy
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your time in Thailand how are your lessons going to help is to speak
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English
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this general question comes from ad Nash's art who lives in Pakistan as I
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have explained before my lessons are designed to give those learning English
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as a second language the chance to both read and hear words as they are spoken
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in a clear and vivid way you will notice that I never use a whiteboard as most of
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the words I use are written somewhere on the screen normally as subtitles or
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large captions my aim is to create a virtual English environment the
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experience of watching my lesson should also give the experience of learning in
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a firm clear and vivid way my lessons are very useful to those who do not
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always have other people to practice English with I use different subjects as
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a base for my lessons as well as discussing certain aspects of English
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such as grammar and pronunciation much of what I do now comes from my own
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experience of teaching English in China fully understanding the difficulties
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faced by those learning English has allowed me to carefully craft each
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lesson in a way which will introduce new words and give examples of expressive
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English another nice email another nice email now this time from Farid a gayev
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who writes all the way from Baku in Azerbaijan apparently my lessons are
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followed there by many people which is always nice to hear I'm happy that you
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decided to write to me and thank you for your suggestion for more grammar lessons
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that is a great idea and of course if you have a grammar question you can
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always send it in to me here and maybe get it answered in a future edition of
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ask mr. Duncan thank you for read and Tatar to you to a body part idiom this
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part of your arm is called the elbow and there is an idiom which relates to this
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joint give someone the elbow give him or her the elbow elbow them it means to
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push someone aside or to throw someone out of
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a group gives someone the elbow you don't want that person near you any
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longer
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yet another nice email another nice email now this one comes from Irina who
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teaches English in Russia Siberia to be more precise thank you for the
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invitation to visit your country I have never been to Russia before but from
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your description it sounds like a beautiful place you live in yes Irina I
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would love to see some photos of your town it's always interesting to see a
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new part of this world of ours don't you think a big hello to you arena and all
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of your students too I'm going to be an English teacher but I feel afraid how
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can I improve my English quickly this question was sent in by a fat me as a
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kiri from Kosovo first of all the rules of learning English are quite similar to
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learning anything you only get out what you put in this is to say that how well
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and how quickly you advance really does depend on you there are no magic ways or
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secret methods to learning English the bottom line is that it is down to you in
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your email you mentioned two years as the time limit two years is a long time
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and I know from my own experience that you can do a lot in that time from your
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email I can clearly tell that your written English is very good and from
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that I feel that mainly confidence is your main problem building your word
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power can be done by reading regularly and speaking English can be improved by
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listening to your own voice using a tape recorder as I always say
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the more you do something the better you become at doing it practice creates
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experience and experience builds confidence I hope you feel more relaxed
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now Fatmir and good luck time to say hello to
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you in you and you mr. Duncan on the radio in 1995 before I zoom off and
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become a dot I would like to say a big special hello to Kevin Laue in Hong Kong
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who asks if there are any good online English speech radio stations I could
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suggest for him well Kevin if you want to listen to speech only then there is
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always the BBC World Service which as I understand is freely available on the
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internet of course there are many podcasts and English teaching forums to
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which offer English lessons although many of these must be paid for there is
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also the free service provided once again by the BBC this is the address got
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it good hello also to Agni who lives on the greek island of rhodes i have never
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been there myself but i have been to another part of greece Corfu twice a
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beautiful place with warm and wonderful people and delicious food - hmm a big
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hello to gerardo flores in colombia who sends me a big thanks for my lessons
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well thank you gerardo for thanking me for teaching you i think finally a big
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hello to muhammad ali in pakistan who has set up his own english training
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center and uses my teaching videos in his classroom hello to muhammad and all
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of your students do do you like a t-shirt it's a gift from mr. steve who
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has just returned from a trip to dubrovnik hello to all my croatian
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viewers that is all from me for this week stay safe and happy until next week
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wherever you are watching in the world this is mr.
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in England saying thank you for asking me and of course to tar for now
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do-do-do-do-do-do-do so there it was one of my ask mr. duncan lessons from 2010
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I'm sure lots of people will be saying you look so different seven years ago
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it's true it's mr. duncan live for just a few more
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minutes and then I am going it's time for me to go nearly not quite I have
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been asked to explain what this word means the word provoked provoked is to
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do something to get a reaction so if you do something you say something and you
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want a reaction we can say that you provoked someone you have provoked them
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you provoked you do something to get a reaction you do something that will
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cause a reaction to take place you provoke someone you say something or you
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do something that will provoke another person I hope that helps you
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hello son says mr. Duncan Hong Kong's apartments are the second most expensive
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in the world a new flat in Hong Kong that is around about four hundred square
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feet costs 400,000 pounds half a million pounds that is very expensive
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ger har is here watching init in Austria hello to Austria thanks for joining me
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today mr. Duncan it is my first time here
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today says Quinn Quinn ja thank you very much and it's really nice to see you
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here thank you for joining me it was Newton Newton who asked for the
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meaning of provoke so I hope that helps you
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roma Roma is here again I'm very glad to hear that you're not shy hello son can
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we do a language exchange and I think that message is going out too shuts
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shuts key vlad so it looks like there are some messages being exchanged in my
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live chat which is very nice to see i think so mr. duncan how old are you a
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lot of people are very interested in my age i don't know why veena i am slightly
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older than my teeth slightly younger than this t-shirt maybe i will provoke
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mr. duncan to do some more lessons provoked oh I see okay then Zilber 21
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has said that olga mr. duncan thank you despite a severe hay fever you have made
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a lesson Forrest yes I have struggled today I have struggled through my hay
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fever to bring you a live lesson because of course I did promise I did promise to
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do it so as we say in show business the show must go on it must go on and that's
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exactly what I've done today colorful world says I don't know if any of yet
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nummies people are watching here yes lots of people are watching at the
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moment in Vietnam it's just that many are very shy I think
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they don't want to say hello but I do know that I have lots of viewers
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watching in Vietnam a big hello to everyone watching
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in Vietnam what do you think about teaching English in Vietnam do you mean
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me personally I don't know it may be in the future but at the moment I am
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working here and I working very hard in England but yes I would love to travel
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to other countries and maybe visit some sub students who who watch me on YouTube
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wouldn't that be lovely wouldn't that be nice bye mr. Duncan oh
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people are going now because they think I am leaving and they are right of
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course because it's just gone four o'clock just before I go I will give you
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the answer to today's mystery idioms here they are so there is the first one
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and there is the second mystery idiom the first one I will give you the answer
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now the first mystery idiom is make a b-line now quite a few people got this
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right well done and congratulations to you make a beeline the meaning is to
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harif towards something so if you hurry towards something it is to make a
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beeline so you rush towards something you go towards something very quickly it
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is make a beeline so I hope that is something you can use maybe to make a
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beeline and the second mystery idiom here it is
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today's second mystery idiom the answer quite a few people got this as well so
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well done the answer is it's on the tip of my tongue if something is on the tip
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of your tongue it means that something almost but not quite
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brought to mind so if something is all most but not quite brought to mind it
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means basically that you can't quite remember it it is in your memory but you
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can't recall it straight away so if something is on the tip of your tongue
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it means it is in your memory but you can't quite bring it to mind you can't
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quite remember it so there they were today's mystery idioms it's on the tip
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of my tongue and make a beeline and that as they say
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is that Roberto Oliveira de Silva says hello it's my first time here where are
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you from mr. Duncan I am now broadcasting to you live from England
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that is where I am right now it is time for me to go so if you have just joined
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me I'm very sorry but don't worry there is some good news because later you can
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watch the whole livestream again yes so if you want to watch all of this again
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you can and hopefully hopefully there will be some subtitles as well bar hard
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has made a comment about my age oh isn't that nice thank you very much for that
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bar HUD says I don't look my age thank you very much that's very kind
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Olga says have a great one mr. Duncan yes I will have a super evening I hope
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you have a great day as well enjoy the rest of your weekend I hope it goes well
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and of course enjoy the week I will be back next Sunday don't forget I am here
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every Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time you can catch me on YouTube every Sunday 2:00
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p.m. UK time with live English that's the reason why I am here
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and of course don't forget you can find all of my lessons under this video
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underneath all of my lessons are right and here on the playlists that is it I'm
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going to have a big sneeze and after that I'm going to prepare some supper
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tonight I'm having salmon again yes it is Sunday and every Sunday I always
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treat myself to a little piece of salmon so I'm going to cook that right now I
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will see you next Sunday this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English
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saying thank you very much for watching me today and I will see you next Sunday
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live from 2 p.m. UK time thanks to you thanks to Thiago levy Julie vu doke what
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Nishant thank you very much for watching me
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Nishant watching in India a goodbye a big goodbye to India a big goodbye to
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everyone watching today thanks for joining me I haven't been well today
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because I'm suffering from hay fever but hopefully next Sunday I will be back
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bright and well hopefully this is mr. Duncan
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saying goodbye to colorful world Lionel Estrada
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Daniela and also Eugene and Ana Francisco and one more let's have one
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more goodbye West Doki West dokie Eve this is mr. Duncan saying catch you
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later have a great day have a super week and
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of course I will see you next Sunday 2 p.m. UK time don't forget be there or be
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somewhere else you know what's coming next...
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ta ta for now. 8-)
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