Learn English Live with Misterduncan - 11th August 2019 - The day before my birthday / Number Idioms

the wind is still blowing as you can see

out of the window right now yes the wind is blowing

there isn't any rain I am slightly disappointed that there is no rain

because I thought it was going to rain today but it isn't raining but still

look at the view look how lovely everything is looking right now here in

England oh isn't it nice hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in

England how are you today are you ok I hope so are you happy well are you happy

it is Sunday it is still the weekend so don't worry

it isn't Monday yet it is still Sunday so you can enjoy the rest of your

weekend and hopefully learn some new English words as well today so hi I hope

you are having a good weekend did you see me yesterday I was on YouTube live

yesterday I am with you every Saturday and Sunday for those who are wondering

there you can see on the screen right now my live streams on Saturday 12:00

midday UK time and on Sunday right now you are watching me so you do know that

I am with you from 2 p.m. UK time on Sunday and there I am now telling you it

live at the time that I said that I'm on so I'm very confused by what I just said

also you can follow me on Facebook as well and email me also if you want to

send an email you can send anything you want

well well almost anything and if you want to make a donation thank you very

much for your donations by the way I've received some lovely donations I will

talk about those in a moment so if you want to get in touch you can and there

are the details don't worry I will show them to you again later

as well here we are then all together today and if you were watching yesterday

you will know that we are approaching that day that dreaded day tomorrow it is

my birthday I won't be here alive because apparently I am being treated to

a day away I'm being taken away somewhere tomorrow I wonder where it

might be what what do you mean the local mental hospital that's not very nice how

dare you so mr. Steve is treating me tomorrow to

something I don't know what it is apparently it's going to be a big

surprise so my birthday tomorrow can I say thank you to those who have already

sent me best wishes and also some donations as well can I say thank you to

Petros sandy Olga and also Zhang Liu you have

all made recent donations on my paypal address so thank you very much for that

and thank you also for your numerous birthday wishes also Julie hello - Julie

thank you also for your lovely happy birthday message with a beautiful

photograph of a very colourful flowery meadow thank you very much for your your

meadow picture isn't that lovely thank you very much for that also Mika thank

you - Mika for your lovely picture that you sent for my birthday

carving happy birthday on to the back of a grapefruit I don't know about you but

I used to eat a lot of grapefruit when I was younger I don't know why but these

days you don't see grapefruit for sale in many places certainly here in the UK

I think grapefruit used to be very popular during the 1970s I might be

completely wrong about that but during the 1970s I do remember

seeing more grapefruit but for some reason nowadays I don't seem to see as

many grapefruit as I used to what a strange thing to say at the start

of your live stream anyway more important things to talk about and that

is you of course you are interested in learning English I think so that's the

reason why you are here or of course you might just be clicking on YouTube

randomly and suddenly you see my strange face on your screen my name is Duncan

and I teach English on YouTube and I've been doing this how long can you guess

how long I've been doing this nearly 13 years I've been here on YouTube some

people say that mr. Duncan is YouTube's best-kept secret I don't know what they

mean by that hello to everyone on the live chat live chat is now up and

running and hello to everyone who is watching right now hi to blue thunder

hello blue thunder nice to see you here guess what you are first on the live

stream with your big hello

congratulations to blue thunder you are first on today's live chat also GU SIA

go SIA your finger was not quite quick enough today but who knows maybe next

week you will have more luck also tongue 3 or Tong Thuy says hello I always have

a feeling that I'm mispronouncing all of the Vietnamese names because the

Vietnamese pronunciation of certain names looks nothing like the way they

are written so I'm sure quite often I am pronouncing Vietnamese names incorrectly

for which I apologize but I do find the Vietnamese alphabet a little confusing

and the way that names are spelled and pronounced so they're there I'm glad

I've cleared the air about that if you clear the air it means you remove the

confusion by talking about a certain subject so you clear the air you were

you let everyone know how you are feeling and also if you have a

disagreement with someone you can talk about your disagreements or your

differences so you clear the air to clear the air means to resolve your

differences or to make something very clear

hello also to marine all marine all sing hello to you where are you watching at

the moment hello also to Chris Morales who says

happy birthday mr. Duncan for tomorrow yes it's my birthday tomorrow I will be

another year older I am trying not to think too much about it now today is

always a sad day for me because I always remember five years ago watching the

news just after midnight just the midnight so my birthday was in its

first few seconds and I was watching the news and there was a news flash there

was breaking news a story coming from the United States and it was a very sad

story that Robin Williams the actor the comedian had sadly died in the first few

moments of my birthday five years ago and I remember seeing that on the

television and it's five years ago since Robin Williams died can you believe it

now first of all the circumstances surrounding his death were very sad but

also I can't believe it's five years ago doesn't time fly

so my birthday is always tinged with a little bit of sadness because I always

remember putting on the TV news I was watching television and it was the first

few seconds of my birthday and that is when they announced the the very sad

death of Robin Williams five years ago I can't believe it I really can't believe

it how time goes by so quickly especially when you're having fun and I

hope you are in a happy mood today we are talking about lots of things

today hello Martha hello to you as well hello Maria happy

Sunday to everybody I hope you are feeling happy now I was going to go

outside today but the weather is very unsettled even though at the moment it's

sunny outside you can see behind me by the way behind me that is not a

recording that is actually a live view of the garden behind me so that is

actually happening happening right now behind me hello also to Irene hello

Irene there is a song called come on Irene

oh no that's Eileen sorry is there a song about Irene I think they should be

I really do Roberto is here

from to Lucia in Mexico we are learning with you thank you so much

Thank You Roberto for saying hello yes I'm reading your live chat messages

right now on my phone so if you want to get in touch you can at 15 minutes past

2:00 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon it is live English with mr. Duncan hello -

Khun on TV hello khun on TV nice to see you here where are you watching

JC Jordy dear mr. Duncan and the king of pure English thank you very much for

that I do like your your lovely messages where you you call me the king of

English oh my goodness thank you very much I am not worthy I am not worthy we

love you quite a lot Thank You JC Jordi I

received a lovely message yesterday from Louis Mendez who watches in France and

Louie mentioned one of my very early lessons lesson six for those who have

seen it it is all about being happy and sad yes of that one and Louis said I

have watched that lesson over a thousand times because it is so deep and

meaningful if you haven't seen my lesson all about being happy and sad it is

lesson number six and I made that lesson many years ago but a lot of people do

say that they enjoy that lesson very much so thank you very much Louis for

your lovely message yesterday hello also to Ana palmyra palmyra by the way is a

lady sometimes I get very confused I am a very easily confused man so palmyra is

definitely a lady I can confirm that right now also Berlin for you hello

Berlin where are you watching I'm always

interested to find out where people are watching on the internet because the

world is a big place there are apparently just over seven billion

people on the planet so I'm always interested to find out where people are

watching it is nice to stay with you for another Sunday livestream thank you Anna

that's very kind of you to say I have some things arranged today we are going

to talk about numbers and the reason is because I will be another year older

tomorrow so today we're going to look at number idioms phrases idioms connected

to numbers anything to do with numbers that coming later on because tomorrow I

will be another year older so the number on my age will increase by one I am

getting another year older oh dear hello kata-kata says how are you I'm

okay not too bad thank you very much I did read something very interesting on

my live chat yesterday there were a couple of messages saying that people

are no longer allowed to sit on the steps in Italy now I was a little

confused by that because I hadn't heard the story but apparently tourists in

Italy are now being forbidden they are being told that they can't sit on some

of the steps some of the ancient steps in Italy now I didn't know that so I did

learn something yesterday from you on the livestream so thank you for telling

me that yesterday hello also - mirela

hello Marella happy birthday for tomorrow thank you very much I have no

idea what mr. Steve has planned for me he's told me I must be outside the house

tomorrow ready early in the morning and he will take me somewhere in the car

I don't know where is taking me so if you never see me again

if you never see me ever again on the internet you will know why it means mr.

Steve has taken me probably somewhere and left me there

hello to Samadhi hello Samadhi thank you also for your

birthday messages I have a feeling that we might have a lot of birthday messages

to get through today I think so City hello city coolie barley that's a

very interesting name City hello mr. Duncan happy birthday to you

and all the best for a long life I hope so

there is one thing that I do enjoy about waking up every morning it's that I get

another chance to do this all over again I get another day of life to enjoy and

it's pretty nice I must be honest hello Anna I'm with you today I wish you a

good birthday and I love you very much thank you Anna

that's very kind of you to say thank you very much a special day for people who

follow the Islamic religion it is I eat today or Eid as some people say so happy

Eid to those celebrating today also Anna Rita says mr. Duncan can you guess what

mr. Steve is going to prepare for tomorrow I have no idea what he's going

to do I don't know sometimes I like surprises but now but now I've got to

the point in my life where I don't like surprises because quite often the

surprises are not good ones by the way getting older is okay it's not the worst

thing in the world but there are two tips that I can offer you now when you

are naked never look down always look straight ahead so when you get over a

certain a when you are naked never look down

always look straight ahead whatever you are doing never look down also never

look in the mirror if it's behind you never look at yourself in the mirror

from behind it's always a bit shocking so they're two tips to keep you happy as

an elderly person like me so never look down and never look at yourself in the

mirror from behind mmm I wish all the best for you tomorrow mr. Duncan b-trees

Thank You Beatrice that's very kind of you to say I will be another year older

they always call August the 12th the glorious twelve because it is the day of

the grouse season so August the 12th is the day when you can start shooting

the grouse it's good news for people who like eating grouse it isn't good news

for the grouse I think so so that's the reason why they always call the 12th of

August the glorious twelfth also this week of course it is the Perseid shower

in the sky the meteor shower is back once more and it always arrives on my

birthday so if you are looking up into the night sky tonight think of me as you

see the little streaks of light going across the sky think of mr. Duncan and

make a wish hanck cry says hello mr. Duncan I love

learning English well I'm pleased to hear that because that is the reason why

we are all here I'm here to help you with your English and you are here

hopefully to enjoy learning English is this alvarez says hi everyone that's

very kind of you to say very kind of you to greet everyone here

oh here's an interesting one hello to satury know who says i like

grape white grapes so we say white grapes because there are white grapes

and also red grapes I like white grapes and sweet grapes red grapes also the

grape is full of antioxidants yes of course you have the grapes which are

very small but the fruit I mentioned earlier is the grapefruit which is large

large and yellow and inside the flesh is is sort of red it's a sort of pinkish

red inside but I don't see many grape fruits anymore what has happened to

grapefruit I never see them anymore for sale I don't know why hello also too

deep in Peter hello deep in Peter happy birthday love you thank you very much

for that I think a lot of people today might be saying hello now please don't

be shy I know I have a lot of people who join me on the livestream but they never

say anything so today is your chance to say something if you always feel shy

when you are on the livestream today is the day to send your first message and

maybe I will give you something special maybe a round of applause or maybe some

lovely fireworks we will see what happens

Mohamed Abraham says hello mr. Duncan my sister kelud is watching you with me

for the first time she is 11 years old so hello to Mohamed Ibrahim and also to

collude who is watching as well a big hello to you and welcome welcome

hello mr. Duncan from long majoun now that is the name I always get wrong

because I don't think you pronounce a juin like that now I read somewhere

that you actually pronounce it win-win so if you can tell me how you actually

pronounce the juin am i pronouncing it right or am I saying it incorrectly as I

mentioned earlier the way certain names in Vietnamese are pronounced is very

different from the way they look when they're written down very different blue

thunder happy birthday to you mr. Duncan happy birthday to you mr. Duncan happy

birthday dear mr. Duncan happy birthday to you I think blue thunder might be

singing to me very nice accent hello mr. Duncan from

Spain with much hut Oh apparently it's very hot at the moment in Spain we need

some fresh weather well the weather here at the moment is very fresh we have lots

of rain last night but at the moment you can see behind me the view behind me

it's actually quite bright at the moment satury no congratulations mr. Duncan you

are so young and you cover up well your age I think what you mean is mr. Duncan

you hide your age very well some people say I'm very childish and immature

but I suppose there is a positive side to that and that's that you appear young

forever isn't it nice so I think sometimes being young is not just about

the way you look but also the way you act so if you have a young character or

a young personality then I think it does make you appear younger and also I think

it's also much more healthy as well you stay healthy in mind and body hello -

let's say hello to Sattar ena again hello satury no oh that's nice sauce

son or sustain Sara says I wish you all the best for your birthday and good

health thank you very much for that a lot of people seem to be wishing me good

health that is one of the things I always wish I wish to stay healthy

forever and ever that would be nice although having said that if you were

watching yesterday I I do like the idea of riding around on one of those

electric scooters I really want to do that so when I'm older I'm going to ride

around the streets on a little electric scooter you often see elderly people

riding those around here in the UK on the pavements and sometimes they go very

fast and you have to dive out the way Louis says Robin Williams I loved him

very much I loved his movies I don't know the

title in English but the title in French is the circle of the disappeared

poets yes I think you mean the Dead Poets Society the Dead Poets Society is

a very famous movie of Robin Williams yes you are right a very good movie as

well with a lot of deep meaning Caesar happy birthday from Mexico thank you

very much I know where mr. Steve will take you tomorrow maybe a local place I

don't know I have no idea all I know is that Steve has told me to be by the car

tomorrow morning 8 o'clock tomorrow morning I must be standing by the car

and he's going to take me somewhere I

don't know where I have no idea it's quite exciting really

congratulations on your birthday for tomorrow thank you very much yes I will

be another year older hello mr. Duncan greetings from Bolivia

happy birthday for tomorrow and I hope you have a great day Thank

You Franco e glory or claw thank you very much

Rosa says good day mr. Duncan good day to you as well and everyone on the

livestream today is Father's Day oh okay then

so Father's Day in Brazil so can I say Happy Father's Day to all those watching

in Brazil say how big hello to your dad from me

hello mr. Duncan I wish you all the best I hope you have an amazing day you're

amazing and the best man who teaches me English says he back he bear some and

hello Heba and thank you very much by the way if it is your first time here

talking to me on the live chat please tell me happy birthday for tomorrow

Thank You Rosa yes it's Father's Day today so a lot of things taking place

around the world today it's Father's Day it is Father's Day yes in Brazil and

also it is Eid for those who are Muslims blue thunder my girlfriend

Oh blue thunder is telling us something very personal blue thunder says my

girlfriend gave me a bracelet yesterday I am so happy well there you go it's

very interesting that Thank You blue thunder for sharing that information

with us he bet how are you mr. Duncan I'm okay I'm not too bad not bad for a

person who is about to celebrate their birthday tomorrow

not today happy birthday you are still young from Colombia in South America

thanks a lot for that it is strange sometimes I don't feel my age sometimes

I feel as if I haven't aged at all since my 24th birthday and

another thing to mention tomorrow it is 30 years since I met mr. Steve

so I actually met mr. Steve on my birthday thirty years ago tomorrow xxx

can't believe it time goes by very quickly apparently in

Japan grapefruit is very popular in Japan you can get it anytime in a

supermarket but I don't think grapefruit is very popular anymore you never see

grapefruit being served in restaurants maybe I'm wrong maybe I'm wrong but

perhaps in Japan is still very popular hello it is my first time to watch you I

can't read Arabic unfortunately so if you could type your name on the screen

with some English words so I can see or some words that I can actually read but

I can't read Arabic I'm sorry about that if anyone can read Arabic please tell me

what your name is Hobart my birthday is today as well

really is it your birthday today so your birthday is the day before my birthday

Wow incredible I suppose I should say happy birthday to you

so congratulations Christine and many happy returns that's what we say so when

we wish someone happy birthday we can also say many happy returns I think it

means please don't die hello mr. Duncan I love your videos I always become

rejuvenated after watching your video lessons Thank You Sode Sode gaffar you

are welcome mr. Duncan is forever young Thank You Christine

mr. Bruno I won't congratulate mr. Duncan on his

birthday because in Switzerland and that means you will have bad luck so

if you wish someone happy birthday too early before their birthday arrives

apparently it's bad luck Agnieszka Agnieszka says hello from Wales you are

not very far away from me in fact if I look at my studio window I can see you

probably I will wave to you later from my window so thank you very much to

Agnieszka who is watching in Wales and yes I hope I have a nice day tomorrow

happy birthday mr. Duncan from Mexico Viva mr. Duncan thank you

a brill it's very kind of you and also thanks once again for your lovely

donations that I received over the past couple of days I will mention them again

Petrus also Sandi Olga and Jang Lou thank you very much for your lovely

messages there is something else I forgot to mention as well if you press

this on your keyboard you can actually have live subtitles live captions on the

live stream so as you watch live you can actually see what I'm saying if you

press this button on your computer I thought I should mention that I think

it's very useful between you and me you are aging quite gracefully oh thank you

very much so if a person ages gracefully it means they still have a certain charm

or a certain look that suits them so yes if you grow old gracefully

it means you grow old with dignity thank you very much for that Thank You Tomic

ah my head is starting to swell with all of these lovely compliments thank you I

remember many years ago I used to always a special message on my youtube channel

I would always publish a special message to say hello to everyone on my birthday

but I haven't done that for a long time since I started doing the live streams

you were always young and the best teacher in the world Thank You Christine

Wow I I must say I am enjoying all his

compliments I could get used to this I really could Sergio

Thank You Sergio Sergio is putting me in my place he is putting me right in my

place what ridiculous narcissism I don't think I'm narcissistic trust me I'm not

narcissistic I might be the least narcissistic person ever because I don't

like looking at myself in the mirror I was always very self-conscious as a

child I hated seeing photographs of myself when I was a child because I was

so thin and I didn't think I was good-looking

even now I don't think I'm good-looking so please don't call me a narcissist I

am the very opposite of that I can't begin to tell you how much courage and

how much strength I have to give myself to come on here and talk to you so I am

NOT a narcissist trust me definitely not Hiba what gift do you

wish for tomorrow ah ah that's very interesting I don't know to be honest

with you I don't really want anything there is nothing I need although there

is something I do need can I just show you something I need wait there I need

some more of these can you see can you see this this is a very useful thing and

I use these in my studio all the time and I used them for for holding things

in place so this is a clip we call it clip so this is a little clip

or some people call it a clamp so it is a type of clamp and if you go to a

studio you will always see lots of these because they are very useful they are

very useful for holding things in place for example you might want to hold a

piece of paper in front of you or maybe you want to hold something in place so

if you want to position something and keep it secure you can use one of these

so I always need more of these that's all I need in this life so if anyone

wants to send me some more of these that's what I want for my birthday

some more little mini clamps because they are very useful in a studio

environment they are very useful indeed so that's what I want for my birthday

I am very easily pleased it's quite funny with the subtitles because they

are they are a few words behind yes well we can't have subtitles that are instant

because the captions don't know what I'm going to say so I will say something and

then the captions underneath will follow a few seconds later so I will say it and

then it will appear there I will say it and then it will appear there so there

is a slight delay between me speaking and the captions coming on the screen so

that's the reason why there is a slight delay but I think it's a great idea so

it means that you can see what I'm saying so I think it's a great thing

Satur Eno says your positive character is your youth thank you very much for

that I have to be careful what I'm saying now but because I will be accused

of being a narcissist it's a great word that

a person who is a narcissist is a person who is in love with themselves so they

love themselves they almost want to have a relationship with themselves they they

always talk about themselves they are obsessed with themselves they are

self-obsessed a narcissist so narcissism is the action

of being obsessed with yourself but as I said just now I am NOT obsessed with

myself sometimes I hate I really do hate seeing myself on camera especially if I

don't look very good so yes it took me many years to become confident enough to

appear on camera trust me your positive character is amazing thank you once

again Victor hello victor my uncle was called Victor I actually had an uncle

Victor hello victor happy birthday mr. Duncan thanks for spending time teaching

us English in a wonderful way you are welcome no problem today we are

talking about number idioms idioms connected with numbers or maybe

expressions that are connected with or two numbers they are connected so I

thought we would we would start with one right now shall we have one right now

okay then here is our first number expression to be at sixes and sevens so

there you can see sixes and sevens sixes and sevens what does this expression

mean if you are at sixes and sevens it means to be in a state of confusion or a

state of disarray or in a muddle so to be in a confused state of disarray or in

a muddle means to be at sixes and sevens you are in

a confused state you are all at sixes and sevens you are at sixes and sevens

it is a very interesting phrase but we do use this when we want to express

confusion if we are in a confused state or if things around us are chaotic

and we have difficulty dealing with it we can say that we are at sixes and

sevens so there it is today's first number

idiom I hope that is helpful if you want to get in touch on the live chat you are

more than welcome to Mika says if you were in China sorry if you were in Japan

you can get that clip as much as you want for 100 you yen in a shop well I

want lots of these these are very useful I have small ones can you see the small

ones I also have large ones as well where where am i large clamps I can't

find them now wait there a moment I have some large

clamps as well some big ones there we go you can now see the difference there is

the difference so you can see that I have some large clamps and some small

clamps so these are things that I use all the time in my studio they are so

useful and these I bought these yesterday in town I saw these in town in

one of the local shops in Much Wenlock so I bought some so I have large ones

and small ones but I always want more because these are so useful if you do

photography or video editing or video production if you have a studio you will

know that these are always very useful things so that is the only thing

I want for my birthday to be honest the only thing I need I am easily pleased

really hello Ana I think you are a kind person to share the skills and knowledge

with all of us mr. Duncan Thank You Ana it's very kind of you to say this is

something I started doing in China by the way when I was living in China I was

teaching English as a second language to many people of different ages and then I

started doing it on YouTube 13 years ago and people seem to like it so that's it

I've been here ever since I hate to hunt animals for pleasure says

Louis of course human beings are predators we are we are the top of the

food chain so when we talk about the food chain we talk about the way animals

prey on other animals but of course there are no animals that prey on humans

we are at the top of the food chain so all the other animals are in danger of

being killed by us but there are no animals that we are in danger of being

killed by well I suppose it depends where you are in the world there are

places where you can get killed by an animal maybe a tiger or a lion or an

elephant even insects can kill you if they bite you so yes I suppose we are

kind of at the top of the food chain but I think Louie is writing in response to

mentioning that tomorrow is the start of the grouse shooting season I think so

but I think hunting animals I suppose it depends why you are doing it if you are

hunting an animal for survival then I suppose it can be excused however if you

are hunting and Ana or for fun or pleasure it gives you some

sort of thrill or satisfaction then maybe no Tanya hello Tanya Tanya art

says good evening and happy birthday tomorrow it is my birthday tomorrow not

today I really like you I am from Siberia please come over to me tomorrow

Siberia I've never thought of going to Siberia I've always wanted to experience

a very cold winter so I think Siberia might be a good place to go

Thank You Tanya Tanya art who is watching in Siberia a big hello to you

thank you very much for joining me today on my livestream every Sunday Saturday

and Sunday I'm here and also hopefully this week there will be a new full

English lesson on Wednesday I really hope so

unless of course mr. Steve takes me away somewhere and abandons me in which case

you might never see me ever again thanks also to Vitesse on your birthday friends

will wish you many things but I wish you only two things always and never feel

blue and always be happy when I I always try to be happy whenever I can life

isn't perfect I have bad days you have bad days we all have bad days but the

difference is how you deal with it I suppose I've got to a point in my life

where I don't let people bother me so much maybe in the past I used to let

people get under my skin but nowadays I don't I try to push negative things away

and certainly people who are negative so sometimes you have to push people away

who have a negative effect on your life it's a very hard thing to do

but I do recommend it so sometimes you can get lots of negative influences from

other people and quite often it's very hard to avoid it very hard but you can

do it if you are strong enough but it does take a lot of doing when I first

started making my videos on here on YouTube I used to get a lot of criticism

some people used to be so rude there was one man who used to always leave

horrible comments under my videos and that he wasn't being critical in a

creative way so I don't mind people telling me that I'm doing something

wrong if you don't like what I'm doing you can tell me but he was just being

nasty and which is a different thing altogether so sometimes people can be

very nasty and it's often very difficult to avoid listening to these people but

now I have reached the age where I don't listen to negativity especially

negativity that comes from people who just want to hate so I hope that that's

helpful to someone because it's certainly been helpful to me dealing

with many things only idiots are happy all the time mind you I am the one well

I try to be happy sometimes I don't feel happy but if I look at the world around

me if I listen to the birds singing if I

feel the breeze on my face for some reason I always feel better it always

cheers me up in brief you are resuming your 6th lesson but I would like to have

the music - oh I see Thank You Louis Louie Mendez says I love

your lesson number 6 but I also want the music as well there is a lot of nice

music in lesson 6 I must say let's have a look at another number idiom because

that is one of the things we are doing today it is now 8

minutes away from three o'clock already today's live stream is going very

quickly here is another one another interesting number expression

this one one over the eight what does it mean if you have one over the eight what

does it mean what does the expression mean one over the eight I will tell you

what it means because it's here right now in my hand if you have one over the

eight it means to have had one too many drinks so you have had too much alcohol

maybe you've had seven drinks but unfortunately the eighth one was too

much for you and so you go too far you have one over the eight in fact you

might say if you have nine or ten we can say that you've gone over the eighth so

there it is to have had one too many drinks you have had more beer than you

can handle or take you have had too much to drink

so quite often we will say oh I went out last night to the pub with my friends

and I'll be honest with you I had one over the eighth one over the eighth

which means you had too much to drink you had too much alcohol one over the

eight some more number idioms coming a little bit later on

oh hello there hello - Joe say hello Joe say thank you for your advice

well I'm not sure if my advice is useful to everyone but it certainly worked for

me sometimes in life people come along and they want to destroy your plans for

the future they want to try and make things bad for you sometimes they do it

because they are not very nice people sometimes they like to see other people

fail so I have tried to remove all of that from my life but it's not easy it's

not easy hello also to saseru s-- which countries have you visited in the past

mr. Duncan I have been to many many countries around the world I have been

to Malaysia so I've been to Malaysia many times in the past during the 1990s

I used to spend a lot of time in Malaysia a lovely country friendly

people and beautiful food can I just say if you ever go to Malaysia you must go

to a place called Penang they have some of the most amazing food maybe some of

the best food in the world that's all I'm saying

so I've also been to China I used to live in China for many years teaching

English as a second language as ma says Happy Birthday I am in Morocco and my

city is Casablanca there was a film called Casablanca starring Humphrey

Bogart hmm hello from Laius or Laos I never know how to pronounce that is it

lay us or Laos hello to pass on nice to see you here so yes I've also been to

Turkey so Turkey is another country that I visited twice I've been there both

times I had a lovely time a beautiful time in

Turkey I even made a lesson in Turkey there is a lesson on my youtube channel

that I'd made in Turkey Sergio says I have definitely had one over the ate

already because I'm so talk that is strange because some people when

they drink alcohol they they talk a lot some people become less inhibited so

when we say a person is inhibited or they have inhibitions it means they can

be very shy or maybe they don't like to talk too much but when a person has

alcohol quite often they will become very talkative they will lose their

inhibitions hmm that's all I'm saying a lot of people who have got into a lot

of trouble in the past by drinking too much alcohol for various reasons yes as

I always say enjoy but always enjoy in moderation

a little bit not too much now in the game pal Mara says what about mr. vodka

where is mr. vodka I think that expression 1 over the 8th is very

suitable for mr. vodka Beatrice says mr. Duncan I have sent you three emails

today with photos of the Fox in my garden all of them wish you happy

birthday can I just say something I absolutely adore foxes

I think foxes are the most amazing creatures they are so beautiful they are

so delicate there is something very captivating about seeing a fox

especially for real and of course I live in the countryside here so quite often

at night you will see foxes around the area in which I live one night I got up

very late or should I say very early in the morning and I actually saw a fox in

the garden wandering around looking for something to eat so yes I do like foxes

very much I am a fan of the Fox hello mr. Duncan

from Brazil Paulette hello Paulette is your first time here

if it is your first time please let me know because I will be very interested

to find out if it is your first time it's just approaching three o'clock I

will be going soon hello from Lima in Peru I do have some students watching me

in Peru not many but I do have some hello happy birthday from Francisco

Munoz who says happy birthday mr. Duncan for tomorrow tomorrow is my birthday it

is I will be another number older yes an extra number will be added to my age it

will go from three to four talking of numbers here is another number idiom an

expression we can use this two plus two equals five we might say that someone

adds two plus two and they come up with five why well the reason is that they

come to the wrong conclusion someone comes to the wrong conclusion about

something or they misjudge a situation so we might say that a person who comes

to the wrong conclusion about something maybe they misunderstand what is

happening in front of them they take two plus two and they make five they come to

the wrong conclusion so this is something that we will say to a person

who gets the wrong idea about a situation or maybe they come to the

wrong conclusion we can say that the person has added two plus two and

they've equaled five not four they have come to the wrong conclusion

it's just after three o'clock I hope you are having a good Sunday my Sunday is

not too bad even though tomorrow it's my birthday

should I be happy about that should I be happy about having another year added to

my age I don't know mr. prince hello mr. prince this was incredibly

informative you think outside the box well then and you give me a lot of

motivation I think mr. Prince might be celebrating Eid today so happy Eid to

you if you are following the the Muslim faith if you follow Islam happy e to you

great it's nice to see so many people celebrating today around the world also

it's Father's Day in Brazil hello also to Emanuel hello Emmanuel

watching in Mexico thank you for joining me

shish shish couture shoe riska did I pronounce your name right shirisha

shirisha k says hi mr. Duncan I like your English speaking style it is unlike

other native speakers your English is easy to understand as you speak a little

slower than native speakers I am from India and advanced HB I'm not sure what

that means but I hope you are happy watching me today from India I know I

have a lot of viewers watching in India and a big hello to you I hope it's not

so hot there in India because the weather has been very extreme hello to

Palmyra again last summer I visited the Sahara and the

natives the natives the natives catch very small oh I see they used to catch

foxes so I went last year to the Sahara and the natives catch very small foxes

and they are invited to take pictures in my opinion it is terrible sometimes this

happens especially in areas where they have tourism sometimes animals can be

mistreated here in the UK can I just tell you something that's happening here

in the UK at the moment we are in the process of of banning circuses that have

live animals so if animals are performing for an audience here in the

UK we are we are about to ban circus animals performing so that is something

that is going to happen here in the UK I think over the years people have become

more sensitive to how animals are treated I think that would be fair to

say would you say that's fair I think so so yes in certain places there used to

be another thing called was it bear dancing where where a bear would be

chained and then it would perform for local people that that's another one

that I've heard of as well so I'm not sure if that still happens anywhere in

the world but yes there were there were bears performing in the streets it used

to happen a lot in China as well I did see it

some times I saw animals performing in the street hello from Russia hello Anna

I am Anna and you were born on the 12th of August that means that you are a

person of number three by numerology I don't really understand numerology is it

very similar to astrology is it similar to that the same number with me which

means that we are very compatible thank you Anna

so if I were to meet you are you saying that we would get along very well we

would be very compatible Tania says to we have 29 degrees Celsius it's not that

hot here having said that it's very humid at the moment here in the UK over

the past few weeks we have had a very strange summer very strange very wet

very humid very tropical

hello also - now sometimes I've noticed on the chat

sometimes the chat goes back to the beginning I don't know why please stop

doing that live chat mr. Duncan as you are a

British teacher I really need your help some things very urgently Thank You mr.

Prince well you are in the right place this is the right place to come if you

want to listen to English mr. Duncan there is a song called don't cry for me

Argentina the expression to be dressed up at nines or dressed to the nines if

you are dressed to the nines it means you are overdressed you are wearing very

flamboyant clothing or maybe you are maybe trying too hard to look attractive

so a person who is dressed to the nines they might be wearing very expensive

clothes very expensive jewelry they look very extravagant very bright very dare I

say wealthy so maybe a person who wants to appear wealthy they are dressed to

the nines it's a very interesting expression however it is a very good

expression that uses numbers so thank you once again also a very nice song

don't cry for me Argentina the truth is I never left you all through my wild

days I will mad existence I kept my promise

don't keep your distance sorry about that I'm very excited today because

tomorrow is my birthday and mr. Steve is taking me somewhere and I have no idea

where it is very strange apparently Miriam Miriam Ritter says it

is my first time here on the live chat well

Thank You Miriam and welcome

I've noticed today I haven't give given many applause I think that might be the

first applause that I given for a new viewer so also can I say thank you and

shall we have some fireworks yes kaboom kaboom because we have some

new viewers and also tomorrow is my birthday so I think it's a good idea to

have some fireworks that was a big one did you see that

firework it was huge that was a very big one thank you also to TS thank you also

to beat trees oh thank you for mentioning the name Argentina you are

welcome I do have a lot of viewers in Argentina

you have a good voice and a nice song I'm not sure about that I used to sing

in the choir when I was at school when my voice was very high before I hit

puberty my voice used to be angelic and hi mr. Duncan how do you keep yourself

so happy Thank You Abdel there are two things I do every day when I wake up in

the morning and I'm not joking this is true this is what I do every morning I

open my eyes and I always have a little smile because I know that I get to do

this all over again I get to have another day of life it's incredible so I

always feel happy and excited and then of course I can open my curtains and

look outside I can I can open the windows and I can

hear the birds singing so that's the reason why I can stay happy is because

there are lots of reasons to be happy sometimes life is difficult sometimes

it's not easy sometimes things don't go the way I plan but as I always say that

is life that's the way it goes shall we have a look out

because at the moment outside it's looking very strange outside the window

at the moment very cloudy so even though I just mentioned that I like to look out

the window the view today is a little dull

some people might describe this as dull or maybe dismal so yes the view outside

today is not great it's not the best view outside the window today but it's

alright at least it's not raining at least we're not having any rain Vitas

says wishing you the abundance of fun and glory happy birthday may the day be

so happy that the smile will never fade away from your face well I always try to

keep happy as I've mentioned today and I think I will have a happy day tomorrow

because I will be spending it with mr. Steve I don't know where he's taking me

that's the only thing I'm not too sure about I don't know where Steve is taking

me tomorrow shall we have another number expression he was another one I think

this is a good one by the way I like this expression the expression is safety

in numbers you have safety in numbers what does it

mean so this is a good expression and the expression means or it expresses the

idea that a large group is safer to be with and is less likely to be attacked

or harmed so we often say safety in numbers

safety in numbers this means that if you stay with a large group of people then

you will probably be safer so we often say that there is safety in numbers if

you have a large group together maybe walking around the city at night

you are probably safer we say that there is safety in numbers the idea or the

thought that a large group is safer to be with and is less likely to be

attacked so I hope that one is useful we often say there is safety in numbers

even in the wild sometimes if you are watching a documentary you might see

some animals and they always stay together in a large group and the reason

is because quite often even in nature there is safety in numbers

the larger the group the safer you will be it is so hot here in Italy I believe

it is I think Europe at the moment southern Europe is having a bit of a

heatwave again not here it's not really hot here but it is very humid it feels

tropical at the moment here in England Aurora ruber says I have watched your

live streams for a long time but I never had any fireworks are you asking for

some fireworks right now ok Aurora just for you here are some fireworks just for

Aurora kaboom boom are you enjoying it how do you feel now I hope you feel

better that was a big one so there for Aurora I don't know where you're

watching please let me know some lovely fireworks for you as well tomorrow will

be a special day and I will be thinking of you Thank You Irene that's very kind

of you how lovely of you to say so ts hi pal Mira Indonesia is the most

populist or populated country it is the most

populated country Oh apparently it is number four it is the fourth most

populated country in the world but less dense so the country is smaller but it

has a very large population I think that's what you mean thank you also to

Aurora once again for saying thank you for the fireworks you are more than

welcome no problem here comes a very strange number idiom oh dear

can I just warn you that the next number idiom is not very pleasant

it is a little negative are you ready B your number is up your number is up

what does that mean it doesn't sound very positive does it and that's because

it isn't if your number is up it means you are approaching the end of your life

you are approaching death your number is up soon you will leave this mortal coil

all to be at the moment of being captured so just before you are captured

or caught maybe you are trying to run away from the police or evade capture if

they find you we can say that your number is up your number is up you are

coming to the end of your life or maybe you are about to be captured your

freedom is about to end your number is up I told you it was bleak I did say

so yes if your number is up it means you are about to die you are approaching the

end of your life your number is up numbers can also be lucky

some people have lucky numbers do you have a lucky number is there a number

that you feel brings you look because some people have this feeling they feel

that certain numbers are luckier than other numbers in China they always avoid

number four do you know why because in Chinese four sounds like death so people

always avoid using number four even in many buildings so when they build large

apartment blocks they will avoid the fourth floor or sometimes people will

avoid moving in to the fourth floor because they are very superstitious so

for in Chinese sounds like death so people believe that the number four

is actually unlucky 13 is also unlucky for some people they believe that it is

an unlucky number triskaidekaphobia triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the

number 13 number 7 apparently a lot of people

believe that 7 is a lucky number I used to believe that 4 was my lucky number

I don't know why but I always used to feel attracted to number 4 why I don't

know I have no idea Mika says my lucky number is 1818 I wish I was 18 again so

yes for me number 18 means that I would be young

and a teenager again how nice so yes quite often we see number 13 as being

unlucky triskaidekaphobia is the fear of number 13 I want to see

what that looks like on the subtitles just guy dick a phobia is it appearing

on the subtitles I really want to see what it looks like

no is it coming up come on I want to see what it looks like on the subtitles oh

yes there it is oh it comes up Wow that's nice so yes just guide like a

phobia is the fear of the number 13 Wow great talking of numbers I am with you

for about another 7 minutes and then I'm going I'm going away to celebrate my

birthday

look out for number one here we go another expression connected

to numbers if you look out for number one what does it mean you are always

looking out for number one if you look out for number one it means you put your

own well-being above all others you see your own pleasure your own happiness

your own safety as being more important than other people so if you look after

number one it means you put your own well-being above all others to put your

own happiness first you always look out for number one number one of course

being yourself quite a few expressions connected to numbers I can't believe how

many there are

Meeker says there isn't room number four in a hotel in Japan because of the image

of death so maybe very similar to to that in China so in China people will

often avoid using number four which is strange because when I lived in China I

live on the 4th floor but also the house I

lived at was number 44 so my house was all fours which is probably why it was

empty probably why no one was living there for a long time I think maybe

people were avoiding it because apparently when I moved into the house

the people who were renting the house to me said that that people had no one had

lived there for a long time and I think that might be the reason why because it

was on the fourth floor and it was also number 44

so lots and lots of fours looking out for number one

it means you you take care of yourself above other people your own concerns are

more important than other people you always look out for number one

Mazz Khan asks why don't you answer my question

oh I see I I don't know I haven't seen your question mask our hellos mask on

what is your question oh hello Jeff Jeff is here as well

watching in the United States I have just stopped by to say happy birthday

but I am still refusing to watch you because you sacked mr. Steve I really

wish I could tell you why mr. Steve isn't on here but he's doing other

things so I haven't really sacked mr. Steve that was a joke I hope people

realize that I was joking but at the moment over the past few weeks mr. Steve

has been doing something else something concerning his own life so that's what

mr. Steve is up to and that is the reason why he's not here on the live

stream do you have any favorite sport mr. Duncan I don't I don't really follow

sport to be honest I know a lot of people are crazy about football but I

don't really follow sport very much I think Sergio is being sarcastic

because sometimes Sergio complains when I talk about China

I don't always talk about China I do mention it sometimes because it's

interesting it's a very different culture

please mr. Duncan what does small talk mean when we say small talk we mean easy

conversation things that we use every day to start a conversation or to start

a discussion so maybe if you meet someone in the street you might talk

about something very simple to start the conversation how is the weather where

where you live oh the weather is okay how are your family my family are all

right thank you very much I hear that you're getting married next

week yes I am I hope you will be happy small talk so when we say small talk we

mean general conversation so quite often here in England we will start a

conversation by talking about the weather

isn't it a lovely day today isn't the weather terrible so small talk that's

what it is I am running out of time

here is another number idiom an expression number crunching number

crunching what does it mean if you are number crunching it means the action of

working out a difficult mathematical equation it is the the actual action of

doing that if you are trying to work out a difficult mathematical equation we can

say that you are number crunching you are trying to work out some figures

maybe you have a lot of figures or a lot of numbers that you have to add up or

maybe you have to work something out by using numbers we can say that you are

number crunching number crunching that is it in the Ukraine oh thank you

Xena Xena V Xena V says from the Ukraine we send you great congratulations

let your number let your number never be up

I hope my number will never be up I hope I will always have a number even if the

number is very large thank you very much for that row sir thank you very much for

your lovely messages thank you very much for your kind words

Vicky says when I want to buy four apples my mum always forces me to buy

five ah because maybe your mother believes that four is unlucky so if you

have four of something maybe the belief is that it is unlucky and lucky I think

so can you use chopsticks mr. Duncan yes I can I can use chopsticks in Chinese we

call them quoits quites so chopsticks are called kites in Chinese and yes I

can use them mr. Duncan you wouldn't be happy if we only had Big Talk I think so

I think general conversation when people talk to each other every day I think

quite often people will use small talk it is a very useful way of starting a

conversation so yes I think it's very useful me care is going to bed and guess

what I am also going to leave you right now it is time to go so I hope you've

enjoyed today's livestream we have been talking about numbers expressions and

idioms let's have one one more before we go here is the last number idiom and

then I will have to say goodbye a cushy number a cushy number this expression

what does it mean a cushy number is an easy job or a position where there is no

hardship or difficulty the word cushy means easy so you have a cushy job or

maybe your life is cushy we can say that you have a cushy number his job is so

easy he really does have a cushy number because it's very comfortable and easy

so something that is very cushy an easy job or a position where there is no

hardship or difficulty and the word cushy means easy I think I think the

word cushy actually comes from Oh do I think it actually comes from I do

language which means easy or comfortable that is time that is all the time I have

thank you very much to Ana thank you also to Ts wishing you a wonderful day

with your family and a happy life I hope my life will be happy I always

try my best to be happy and remember being happy is not illegal it is not

against the law so enjoy your life while you have it

bye everyone bye also to Susanne wearer cotto thank you also to Louis very very

very lovely messages from all of you today I love you all don't forget that I

will be back next Saturday from midday I will give you the live times before I

disappear Saturday 12 o'clock midday UK time Sunday 2:00 p.m. and hopefully I

really hope there will be alive sorry a full English lesson on Wednesday as well

I'm getting very excited because my birthday

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soon I will be another year older

ta ta for now 8-)