Are You Like MARMITE? - You either love it or hate it - Learn English phrases with Mr Duncan

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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It's not easy to become liked
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it's quite hard to be wanted
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the thought of people hating you
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is not want to be confronted
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you try to charm the crowd
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you put on a really good show
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but when the people look at you
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they give a resounding no
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you can't please all the audience
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this much is very true
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but there is nothing more disparaging
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than when the crowd starts to hiss and boo
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some of us have charm and wit
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and always do things right
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While others put off or divide the crowd
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and are referred to as marmite
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there is a very interesting expression
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that is often used in British English
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it is used to describe something
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that is loved and hated in equal amounts
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a thing that divides the audience
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or Society might be described
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as being Marmite
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this particular product is a thing
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that can be bought in the supermarket
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some people love it whilst others hate it
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some people enjoy the taste of it
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whilst others find it disgusting
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something that is described as being like Marmite
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is a thing that is liked by some people
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and disliked by as many people
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it divides the audience
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it is something that you  either enjoy straight away
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or you hate
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it is like Marmite
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one of the things I've learned doing this
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over the many many years
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that I've been here on YouTube
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is that I am a little bit like Marmite
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some people hate me
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and some people enjoy what I do in equal amounts
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it is just like Marmite
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you either love it or hate it
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so in British English when there is something
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that divides opinion
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or maybe something that is
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liked and disliked in equal amounts
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we describe it as being
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just like Marmite
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you either love it or hate it.
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