SIZE words / English Addict 42 / Repeat & Beat those Learning Fears / Mr Duncan - 21st Feb 2020

what no way are you kidding? really?

am I really on time today? I can't believe it I'm not late

hi everybody welcome here we go again it is English addict live from the

birthplace of the English language that is of course England

I did something different today I decided to get up one hour earlier than

normal so I gave myself an extra hour to prepare my lesson and can I just say

here is a great idea if you always find yourself rushing around in the morning

get out of bed one hour earlier than you normally do and I tell you your day goes

much better so I was determined today I was so determined to actually be here on

time because during the past few livestreams I have been a little bit

late I have been slightly tardy oh I like that word tardy if you are tardy it

means you are late you didn't arrive when you should have you were tardy so

today I was determined so determined to be here on time I actually got out of

bed one hour earlier than I normally do so since 7:30 this morning

I've been busy preparing today's live stream so I really hope you enjoy it

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

I hope so are you happy are you happy I really hope you are happy today because

well a couple of things actually one the weather isn't too bad at least today

here in the UK it isn't raining however it is quite windy we we've had a lot of

wind and apparently certain parts of the UK are going to get snow today sadly

there there will be no snow here on fortunately so I'm sorry about that

there won't be any snow here there is however lots of wind no rain at the

moment so I'm very pleased to see that there is no no rain for a change

isn't that nice you can see the the flowers on the trees are now starting to

come out isn't that great I have to be honest with you I feel very happy to see

the color of spring and in my garden at the moment there are some daffodils

slowly coming into bloom I kid you not there are actually daffodils starting to

open already and we are still in February so spring is just around the

corner I must be honest I am feeling very

excited very I oh I'm anticipating the arrival of spring I like that word

anticipate if you anticipate it means you are ready you are prepared

maybe you can't wait for that thing to arrive so I am anticipating the arrival

of spring I really can't wait so the weekend is just around the corner I hope

you have had a good week because today it's Friday

come on mr. Duncan get on with it I get a lot of people complaining they say

come on mr. Duncan get on with it get a move on hurry up say something

teach some English for goodness sake for those who are wondering yes my name is

mr. Duncan and I teach English right here on YouTube and I've been doing that

for a very long time in fact this is my 14th year on YouTube teaching English

and don't forget you can catch me every Sunday Wednesday and Friday 2:00 p.m. UK

time check the time difference where you are so you will never miss another one

of my live streams for those who are wondering about the captions did you

know that you can actually have live captions on my live stream so if you are

watching now live you can actually get live captions all you have to do is

press that button C on your keyboard there it is the letter C on your

keyboard and then as if by magic you will get the live captions also later on

after my lesson has been recorded on YouTube there will be captions or

subtitles on there as well so if you are if you are missing the captions all you

have to do is press C on your keyboard so now I hope you will be able to join

in and chat live and follow the live stream as well as I speak to you hello

to the live chat oh it's so nice to see the live chat I am quite relieved to say

the least because I don't know if you've heard but

there is something whirring through space have you heard about it have you

heard about the big asteroid well have you heard about it it's been all over

the news we will talk about that in a few moments time however more important

things yes we have the live chat hello to the live chat nice to see you here as

well hello to mog mog guess what mog mog you are first on today's live

chats

Wheldon mog mog you are first on today's live chat also hello to a missed

hello amath also cecilia my roots also we have Eric hello Eric nice to see you

here today also Sally Maria Maria I'm saying hello

to Maria hello also to swear ly Swahili hello to

you do you know the Swahili language I've heard of it

however unfortunately I don't speak it hello also to AB AB Delgada

hello to you as well nice to see you here as well today if it is your first

time don't forget to tell me say mr. Duncan it's my first time here hello

Rosa Anna tzatziki Heba also Pedro Pedro Belmont is here today but I have a

strange feeling he is not going to stay hello also to Marina cero which hero

Jean hello Jean bear nice to see you here as well so many people already on

the live chat it is Friday the weekend is coming do you have something exciting

planned for this weekend we are talking about a lot of things today so many

things to get through on today's live chat and also the live stream as well

for example we're will we will be talking about repeating things now when

you learn something quite often you will have to do the same thing again and

again and again sometimes you will have to repeat the same thing

many times and the same is true if you are learning English

so if you want to improve your spoken English if you want to get those words

to stay in your brain then I would say that repeating things is a very useful

exercise a lot of people don't like doing it a lot of people complain they

say mr. Duncan we don't like repeating things we don't want to keep saying the

same words again and again and again but you don't have to worry about it can I

just say in your daily life when you wake up in the morning every

day you pretty much do the same thing you repeat the same actions every day

yet you never complain you ladies watching out there in the morning you

you make your face look beautiful you go to the mirror you put your lipstick on

you put your Rouge and your foundation on your face maybe some men do the same

thing who knows it is 20/20 after all and you spend a lot of time making

yourself look beautiful every day well that is a repeated action you are doing

that every day so it is something that you always do or something you repeat so

learning needn't be a problem don't worry about repeating things if you are

learning a second language repetition or repeating things is a great way to learn

a new language trust me so for example maybe you are

learning to drive a car well you don't jump in the car just before your test

without having any practice so if you are driving a car if you want to drive a

car if you want to take your lesson or test you have to

Pete the same things again and again and again so is it useful to repeat things

whilst learning English well is it what do you think do you think repeating

things is useful for learning English that is one of the questions also today

we're going to look at big and small words and phrases so words that can be

used to describe big things and small things there are many words and I have a

feeling that some of the words that I will use today you've never heard of

before I think so so stick around for that as I mentioned a few moments ago

there is or there was a giant asteroid flying around the earth did you see it

in fact I think it's coming back

did you see that I think the asteroid is still flying around to be honest in my

studio somewhere so this particular asteroid is called Apophis Apophis

apparently Apophis was the god of chaos so we are going back a long time to the

early days of religion when there were many many gods for all sorts of things

so Apophis was actually the god of chaos and that is the name of the giant

asteroid that is flying around at the moment

near planet Earth that's where we live I don't like the sound of that to be

honest fortunately it has passed by however after careful examination on the

internet today I noticed that there was a new story all about asteroid Apophis

apparently asteroid Apophis is heading right for Earth now it has just passed

by Earth however it will come back once again on Friday the 13th of April 2029

so 9 years from now apparently the asteroid that is just past the earth

will hit the earth that's what some people think anyway according to a

Christian preacher who has shockingly predicted the end of the world on Friday

the 13th of April 2029 so from that it would appear we only have 9 more years

oh dear and you thought brexit was bad

that's nothing compared to a large piece of rock hitting the earth I don't

believe it to be honest how many times how many times have we been told in the

past that the earth is coming to the end of its life how many times asteroids

Judgment Day invasions by little green men and yet still we are here we are

still here so what do you think do you believe in these days of Apocalypse oh

like that word apocalypse ooh apocalypse if there is an apocalypse it

means it is the end of the planet or end of time when there is mass destruction

or maybe something is destroyed the apocalypse so something else to think

about today how do you tell someone to be quiet maybe you are sitting in a room

and you want a bit of peace and quiet however the person next to you keeps

talking they won't shut up how many ways are there to say be quiet

well I'm going to show you right now how many ways there are because there are

many here's an interesting way of telling someone to be quiet you can say

shush I will do it again shush shush you can say shush to someone and that is a

direct blunt way of telling someone to be quiet you might find it a little rude

you might find it a little offensive however it is a very good way of getting

someone to be quiet you say Shh shush another way well of course you

can simply say be quiet be quiet stop talking stop making a noise you are too

noisy stop chatting about nothing please be quiet you can also say shut up shut

up I know it's a bit rude before anyone complains mr. Duncan if you tell someone

to shut up they might be offended however it is a very good way of telling

someone to be quiet you tell them to shut up oh I like this one this is a

good one put a sock in it put a sock in it please stop talking you are talking

too much for too long for goodness sake please put a sock in it give it a rest

please give it a rest I am so tired of hearing your voice chattering away all

the time please give it a rest just give it a

rest please be quiet here's another one button it button it you might tell a

person to button it it means you want them to stop talking you want them to

stop chattering you tell them to button it maybe they are saying too much maybe

they are about to give a secret away maybe they are spreading some gossip you

might have to tell them to button it button it button your mouth it means to

keep your mouth shut here's another one oh I like this one

shut your face shut your face you might tell someone to shut their face if they

are talking too much maybe you will say mr. Duncan you always

talk you talk too much for too long please mr. Duncan shut your

face shut your face yes it might be little

rude although it is used quite often I'll be honest with you zip it zip zip

it when we want a person to be quiet to stop talking or to be silent you might

tell them to zip it zip it close your mouth stay quiet don't say anything

zip it mr. Duncan for goodness sake can you please zip it okay finally oh I

think this might be one of my favorites if you want to tell someone to be quiet

to stop chattering and talking all the time

you can just tell them to shut their cake hole I like that one

we often use this one in British English by the way so if you want to tell a

British person to be quiet a British person who is talking too much you can

say shut your cakehole for goodness sake mr. Duncan shut your cakehole shut your

cakehole I like that one so there you can see many ways of telling another

person to be quiet we have a little contest today a little game now as you

know over the past few days we've had a lot of bad weather here in the UK and

something in my garden has been destroyed by the wind so I'm going to

show you the thing the has been destroyed but what I want you

to tell me is what was it what was it before the wind came along and destroyed

it so there is a beautiful thing that was in my garden and it was in one piece

but then storm Dennis came along and destroyed it so here is today's little

quiz something to keep your brain guessing and warm what is this object or

should I say what was it there it is what was that what was it does anyone

know what was it so it is something that was in my garden but unfortunately the

recent storm destroyed it the strong winds smashed it to pieces so what was

fact mystery item what did it do in my garden it actually served a very useful

purpose hello once again to the live chat hello sweetness hello to you

sweetness nice to see you here today how are you doing nice to see you here

thank you very much also broken boy is back

hello broken boy I haven't seen you for a while

I don't think you were you were here last week

hello also - a leaf hello a leaf watching in I think a leaf ease in

Pakistan Luis Mendez is here a big SuperDuper bond draw - Luis Mendez as

well general study is here also we have Tuan

hello Truong Nhu in watching in vietnam can I say a big hello to all of my new

subscribers and followers who are watching in Vietnam thank you also too

xD Alex D who is a well known English teacher in Vietnam hello to you as well

quele this is here nice to see you here as well if it is your first time please

let me know please tell me Helena says I appreciate this group and also the

atmosphere - yes it is a little bit like a big classroom so this particular

classroom is not just one room it is actually many rooms many places and many

people all around the world sharing their love of English hello - Noemi

hello Noemi is it the drinking dish no it isn't the mystery object what was it

so it is something that was smashed in my garden last week during the serious

storm and it was it really was broken by the wind that's how strong the wind was

last week it was it was so strong was so strong last week hello also - de la

loire where are you watching I'm always interested to find out where you are

is it the cover for a lamp good guess I like that guess Thank You Maria it is

not a lamp or the cover for a lamp so it isn't a lampshade definitely not it is

not one of those hello also - Alamgir who says it looks like a beehive

interesting yes I like that yes it does look a little bit like a

beehive let's have another look there it is so what was it something

that was in my garden a very useful thing but now unfortunately it is broken

it has been destroyed by the strong wind

hello also shall I say hello - oh hello - Najim

hello Najam thank you very much for joining me today

lots of new people joining I've noticed over the past few days during my live

streams there are a lot of new people watching which is always great to see I

have lots of video lessons on my youtube channel I also now have a website as

well and there it is the website address you can actually go to that website and

find lots of interesting things also you will find all of the playlists as well

so there are lots of menus on my website you can find my lesson playlists there

are hundreds of lessons available on my youtube channel talking of which Oh

talking of which we are now going to take a look at one of my lessons and

this is an excerpt from one of my full English lessons and this was a series of

lessons where I talk about lots of different topics and subjects concerning

the English language and yes I have received quite a few people asking

messages from lots of people asking mr. Duncan will there be some more full

English lessons well my answer to that is as soon as the weather gets better

the answer is yes

I don't know about you but I love hearing gossip too gossip is to talk

freely about another person's life the things you have heard about another

person regardless of whether you know it to be true or not the word gossip can be

used as a noun or a verb a person who gossips is a gossip they like to gossip

about other people the things said are the gossip you can hear gossip from

others gossip can be described as hearsay tittle-tattle rumor scandal you

will often find that very small towns and villages will have local gossip a

person who seems to know all about what is happening in the surrounding area is

the local gossip be careful what you say to her she is the local gossip around

here so gossip can be the person spreading the rumors or the thing that

is being said some people like to read about celebrity gossip on the internet

or in magazines a gossipy person will often be reluctant to tell you where

they got the gossip from if you ask them where they got the information they will

often reply with a little bird told me

it's time now to take a look at another buzzword a buzzword is a word or phrase

that is used during a certain period of time today's buzz word is redact the

word redact means to conceal or hide information which may be unsuitable or

sensitive to conceal parts of printed text that is deemed private or

classified is to redact to edit a report before publication is to redact the

redacted Secret Service report was published yesterday to censor or obscure

something so it cannot be seen is to redact the leaked memo did not reveal

much due to it being heavily redacted the person doing the redacting is the

redactor the 20-page report was redacted to just a few paragraphs to redact is to

edit censor cover expurgate suppress to hide something so it cannot be seen is

to redact have you ever seen a prefix in an English word well in fact there are

lots of them in fact there might be more than you realize there are many

occurrences of prefixes in English words that serve to dramatically change the

meaning of the original word for example the prefix sudo before a word denotes

something as fake or artificial for example

pseudoscience refers to a practice of science that has not been accredited or

qualified it is seen as untrue and meritless another good example is the

prefix quasi which defines something that appears real but is in fact the

opposite for example quasi political an action appears to be stating an opinion

but in fact is doing the opposite you might say that these two examples have

similar meanings another example of a prefix is retro this particular prefix

means to go backwards or regress for example retro migration which means

return to your place of origin migration back to a place of origin the prefix urn

before a word denotes an opposite meaning such as unapologetic there are

many prefixes in the English language some of which take the form of combining

words such as ante Auto and omni how many prefix words do you know

and we are back I hope you enjoyed that an excerpt for of my many English

lessons which are available on my youtube channel and also my new website

as well

it's a Friday I hope I really hope you've had a good week I really hope so

so did you see the giant asteroid that went past the earth apparently it's

going to come back in 2029 and it's going to squashes all like ants

apparently personally I don't believe it to be honest with you so what about you

when you are learning when you are learning something intensely do you

repeat things is it useful to repeat things whilst learning English what do

you think now I from my own opinion I think

learning anything requires repetition whatever it is whether whether you are

learning to drive a car or ride a bike or maybe a certain skill maybe you are

going to be a bricklayer you have to learn how to do it

you have to do things many many times before you get it right and the same is

true with English so you will find that if you are learning English repeating

things is part of doing it in fact I would strongly advise anyone to do it

even though sometimes it feels a little boring but repeating things is a great

way to get those words and also the grammar into your brain just like

learning to drive a car so as you do it you are remembering the things you are

doing and the same thing applies to English if you are learning English then

you repeat the words again and again and as you do it you will find that the

words and the rules start to stick in your brain it's incredible but that's

why the brain is such an amazing thing because

it is possible to grow your brain physically by learning new things and

repeating things is a good way of getting those brain cells to generate

inside your head so it's true I'm not joking there if you

are learning English or anything repeating the same things again and

again might seem boring it might not be interesting however it is very effective

never underestimate the power of repeating things trust me

hello to Alamgir hello also to Anna it seems that many

prefixes come from Latin or old Greek many English words come from ancient

Greek or Latin Germanic also Italian French so you will find that the English

language over the past thousand years has been influenced in many many ways

not just from one place but many things many things indeed have all influenced

the English language and also how we use it in Greece we say that repeating is

the mother of all knowledge yes I think so

Thank You Theo I remember when I was teaching in China quite often I would

get some of my students to repeat certain sentences or to read things out

another good thing that you can do to help words and phrases stick in your

brain is to write so when you write something now you are using your brain

in a very particular way a very special way

in fact so when you write something down maybe you have a book in front of you

and you copy some of the sentences or some of the words that are written in

the book can I just say that is a great way of learning new word

and a good way of getting those words to stay in your head so yes these things do

work however sometimes it can seem a little tedious a little boring perhaps

but it is a very valuable part of learning the English language and well

anything to be honest anything at all

hello 2t Trinh watching in vietnam I know I have a lot of people watching in

Vietnam many new vietnamese students have joined me over the past few days so

a big hello to vietnam and also a big hello to alex d as well

I wonder if Alex D is ever going to say hello to me I wonder hello also to Sally

apparently it is still afternoon in Sally's location here it is coming up

too it is now 17 maybe 18 minutes away from 3 o'clock in the afternoon it's a

lovely day here not too bad I can't complain about the weather there is the

view from my studio window you can see there is a magpie can you see the magpie

sitting in the tree I must be honest with you I find Magpies can be very

annoying Birds they often raid the the nests of other birds they eat the chicks

and also the eggs so I find Magpies can be quite annoying sometimes so there is

the view my garden at the moment a little bit of spring color is also

beginning to appear finally I can't begin to tell you how

glad I am to see spring is on the way I can't wait hello Carles good morning mr.

Duncan such a pleasure to talk with you again hello Carlos where are you

watching at the moment a Manuelo is here as well yes if you are learning

new words if you are trying to remember new words and phrases repeating things

is a great way to learn those things so yes I think so I think there is a lot of

use when it comes to repeating things words phrases maybe things that you have

have heard somewhere else perhaps you can listen to me and repeat what I say

as well so you met perhaps you are listening to

my voice and reading the captions and perhaps you are repeating what I say as

I speak to you right now you never know hello also to George

hello George nice to see you here today also we have t Trin hello t Trin I

believe you are also watching in Vietnam lots of people here today we are talking

about quite a few things today we are going to have a look at words and

phrases used to describe things that are big and small there are more words than

you realize you might not actually realize that there are so many words

around that can be used to describe big and small more then you realize hello to

the live chat again I'm not going to forget you

don't worry Kim Dogen says I am trying to learn

etymology so the origins of words where words come from where English words came

from and how they originated did you know that there are many words in

English that have no origin they magically appeared over time so there

are many words in English that have no origin we actually don't know how where

the words came from Oh Belarusian I was wondering where you were I need some

advice Belarusian because I know that part of

your work involves looking after people's teeth

I've got toothache in my back tooth for the past 2 or 3 days I don't know why

but it suddenly happened it suddenly started hurting at the back of my mouth

and I don't want to go to the dentist because I'm scared because my dentist

that the dentist that I normally see has left and it really has upset me I can't

begin to tell you how upset I feel by my dentist leaving so there is a new

dentist now in much Wenlock but i don't want to go to him because he's different

he's not the same one I want Jonathan Jonathan was a great dentist he who used

to talk to me and make me feel relaxed but now there is a new dentist and I'm

really scared that he will hurt me when he starts poking around in my mouth so

yes I do feel a little upset that I can't go to see my usual dentist because

he's gone now he's gone somewhere else so there is a different dentist and to

be honest with you it has put me off going there because I you get used to

the same person don't you and if the person is nice and makes you feel

relaxed then you want to go back again and again you don't mind it however now

I have toothache one of my back teeth is aching I don't know why I

why it's just started to happen over the past two or three days very strange a

lot of people saying mr. Duncan perhaps you have a wisdom tooth coming through

yes as you get older you can have teeth that come through much later in life I

don't think it is a wisdom tooth I don't think so I it's one of my back teeth but

I think perhaps there is there is a little bit of decay or maybe something

along the gum line so where your gums meet the teeth I think maybe there is a

little bit of sensitivity something is getting in there and catching the nerve

but it's pretty painful it's not hurting at the moment but it always hurts when I

drink something hot or cold so for example if I have this water if I drink

some of this water then my tooth will start aching so I don't know why but the

last two or three days it suddenly started aching and it's it's it's right

at the back of my mouth and it's very very annoying not to mention painful but

I don't really want to go to the dentist because now there is a new dentist and

he is unknown to me I don't know who he is I got so used to having same dentist

I don't know why it's affected me so much but now I feel very nervous about

going back to the dentist hello Helen oh you can fly across to

Belarusian she will help I wish I wish I could do that I'm not joking

that's how serious I'm taking all of this I'm taking this very seriously to

be honest because my tooth is eart hurting it's painful and I don't like

pain to be honest Belarusian says my advice is that you

should go to the new dentist but he might hurt me

he might be very rough he might stick all of the needles and the sharp things

in the drill into my gums and hurt me so I don't know why I don't know what's

happening here maybe it's something going on in my brain I don't know maybe

it isn't toothache perhaps it's brain ache maybe Rolfie is

there a phobia related to not wanting to go to the dentist I suppose there is I

suppose I'm sure Belarusian knows is there a fear of going to the dentist I

want to say dental phobia Oh author author daunt author Don - phobia

author dent author dental phobia something like that maybe yes so what do

we call the fear of dentists I'm sure someone out there in YouTube land will

let me know I'm intrigued to know mr. Duncan you should wash your mouth out

with sea salt it will help yes I've tried using lots of things to rinse my

mouth and of course I clean my teeth all the time so I clean my teeth every day

three times after I've eaten so I don't know what's happened I think maybe maybe

something has gone into the gum and it's made it very sensitive so I don't know

but I don't want to go to the dentist I don't please don't make me go to the

dentist

mog mog says is there a dentist here yes belarusian Belarusian is a dentist

mm-hmm that is why she is saying that I should go to the dentist even though I

don't really want to I don't want to why is my tooth hurting if you don't go to

your dentist then you oh if you don't want to lose your teeth or tooth then

you should go to see your dentist thank you once again Belarusian yes but I

don't like I don't like going to the dentist for the past six years I've been

going to the dentist here in Much Wenlock and there's a nice guy there

called Jonathan and in he's really really Pleasant and friendly and he

makes me feel relaxed but he's gone and how it's someone else so that's what's

happening in my life I bet you're really interested to know that talking of my

life in my garden something has broken here it is here is the thing that was

broken last week by the ferocious storms we've had some terrible storms over the

past few days here in the UK so what was this what was it what was it used for

I've had quite a few answers it is not a lampshade it is not a drinking bowl it

has a very special use in my garden but what is the use what was it

I will give you the answer later on don't forget I am back with you on

Sunday from 2:00 p.m. mr. Steve will not be here in fact he's been away all week

he's dashing around at the moment doing all sorts of things

Steve so there will be no mr. Steve on Sunday but please join me because there

will be lots of other things taking place I might even show some video clips

of mr. Steve being very silly so please join me on Sunday I hope meanwhile we

are talking about quite a few things we are talking about the uses of big and

small so words and phrases connected to big and small so first of all I am going

to show you some words connected to big and there are many there are many ways

of describing something that is big for example well first of all we have the

most obvious one the most obvious one is big so something that is big also we can

use the word big to mean important as well so big doesn't just mean something

that is large sized it also means something that is important maybe you

have a big meeting next week so when we say big there might be many people there

but also it means that the thing in question is very important maybe you

have a big speech to give at the conference so the big speech means that

you are doing it in front of lots of people and there will be a lot of

pressure on you and also you will have to do it professionally as well you

can't make any mistakes so we can use the word big to mean large something

that has a lot of mass but also something that is very important you

have a big dinner date this weekend ah maybe you are going on a big date you

are meeting someone special for dinner mm-hmm large yes we can say large to

mean something that is oversized something large something oversized

a large meal you might eat a lot of food you might notice when you go to a fast

food restaurant such as McDonald's or KFC or Burger King or if you're in China

macand lie which is fake McDonald's not really I'm joking

so they will often ask if you want to go large with your meal which means do you

want a large portion so they will give you more

food and of course you will pay a little extra as well so do you want to go large

do you want to have a large portion to be honest with you I always get confused

when I go into a fast-food restaurant because I always think that medium is

small and then large is medium because they often say regular donae they don't

say small they say regular would you like a regular happy meal or would you

like to go large regular so I suppose when they say regular they actually

means small that's what I think anyway something is really big you are

describing something dramatically you are saying I saw a dog the other day

walking across the field behind my house it was really big it was really big so

you are emphasizing the fact that the dog is very large huge I like this one

if something is huge it means it is large it is oversized it is something

that is very big huge maybe you are organizing a big dinner party for lots

of friends maybe there is a special birthday party that you are arranging

you might describe it as a huge party we are going to hold a huge party next

weekend for all of my friends so something that is huge is large

something that is big something that is large and maybe something that has a lot

of mass such as I don't know for example maybe an asteroid

like that one for example thank you very much for your

messages today by the way a lot of people giving me advice about my teeth

thank you very much for that here we go something that is big can be

described as massive massive something that is big maybe there is a fashion or

a trend maybe there is a certain style of music that is very popular we can say

that particular thing is massive it is massive it is very popular it is very

trendy something that a lot of people are doing something that a lot of people

are listening to its massive that song has been a massive hit in many countries

massive big popular here's another one Oh gigantic something that is gigantic

maybe in your garden there is a plant that is growing and for the past few

years it has been getting larger and larger and now it is gigantic there is

actually a tree in my garden that's we planted in 2014 and now it is gigantic

it is really big so something that is gigantic it is large a gigantic tree

something that is big in size colossal oh I like this one again something that

has a lot of mass it is big it is large it is colossal so for example once again

you might describe that big asteroid that came past the earth a few hours ago

you might say that that is colossal big perhaps you are running a business

and maybe you lose a lot of money we might say that you have colossal loss

you have huge loss because you've lost a lot of money your business has been

losing money colossal Pedro is going

see you later Pedro Pedro has something to do immense is another word that we

can use something that is immense maybe something large or maybe something

that is important maybe something that is causing you a

lot of heartache or pressure it is creating immense stress large a large

amount of something so maybe you say oh I had a terrible day at work today

my boss is putting me under immense pressure immense lots of pressure now

this I'm sure some people will recognize this word it is a large animal that no

longer exists called a mammoth it looks a little bit like an elephant instead it

has lots of fur mammoths it's a huge or it was a huge animal so if something is

mammoth it means it is big large great mammoth maybe you have to do something

for your boss and maybe it's something that is very complex and it will take

you many days to do you can say that it is a mammoth task

my boss has given me a mammoth task to carry out mammoth something that's huge

large overwhelming mammoth here's another one oh this is a

good one I like this one when we talk about maybe a large area or a large

space maybe you are standing in a big field you might say that the area around

you is vast vast a large amount of something vast perhaps you have won the

lottery maybe you've won some money on the

lottery we can say that you have won a vast amount of money vast large a huge

amount if you look up into the sky at night you will realize that the universe

is vast the universe goes on forever and ever and ever and ever

it's vast so we talk about space being vest and almost endless almost endless

hello - Emmanuelle again hello Emmanuelle nice to see you here here's a

good one we were talking about things going on

forever when we are talking about the size well here's a good one infinite

infinite means something that is never-ending it goes on forever and ever

so when we say that something is infinite it means it is so large it is

so big that it goes on forever and ever and ever

some people might say that space the universe is infinite maybe it just

carries on forever and ever so if you were lucky enough to go into space maybe

with some futuristic space engineering that we can they can take you

these are millions of miles you might discover that the universe is infinite

it goes on forever and ever and ever hello boola hello bula nice to see you

here today welcome to my lovely live stream right

here on YouTube nice to see you here today thank you

very much for joining me something that is infinite goes on forever something

that cannot be measured can be described as immeasurable something that is

immeasurable is something that cannot be measured so maybe there is a distance

maybe length or height may be something that is so hard to measure because it's

so big huge massive it is immeasurable I suppose you might describe the planet

that we're standing on now so the amount of time that is passed

I suppose can be described as immeasurable we can guess we can use

science to work out roughly how old the earth is but some people might say that

the the age of the earth is immeasurable

very interesting words here are some fun words now to mean big I like this one

whopper whopper maybe something is so big you describe it as a whopper

something big perhaps you go to a certain burger shop fast-food hmm maybe

you have a large beef burger so you don't have a small beef burger you have

a large beef burger and they might call that beef burger

a whopper because it's big so the word whopper can mean something large

something big something that is oversized it is much larger than it

normally is something is a whopper we can also use this word to describe

something that is untrue so you might describe a lie or something that has

been said dishonestly as a whopper maybe your friend told you a lie you might

describe it as a whopper he told me a huge whopper it was a whopper a massive

lie so there are many ways of using that particular word here's another one oh I

like this one biggie a biggie if something is

described as a biggie it means it's big it's large it is a fun

way of saying big so maybe maybe a friend asks you to do a favor for them

could you do me a favor I'm sorry it is a biggie a biggie something large

something that it's oversized can be described as a biggie something that is

big and finally for the large words we have humongous oh I like this word so

maybe you are describing something that is really big so large it can't be

measured something big maybe your friend has just bought a new house and it's

really big you might describe it as having humongous space or humongous

rooms they are so large so large very big

thank you very much for appreciating those words that's very kind of you to

say so it's not lovely thank you very much

hello also to Emanuel who says endless yes I suppose so we could use the word

endless to describe something that goes on forever and ever so if we talk about

endless it means well maybe the experience or the sensation of something

going on for a very long time perhaps you've been listening to my voice today

perhaps you think that my talking is endless mr. Duncan you talk for such a

long time your your lesson feels endless it feels as if it's going on forever

maybe maybe not cecilia has described me as a biggie mr.

Duncan you are a biggie when it comes to teaching English Thank You Cecilia

that's very kind of you hi Lee Kwang says giant yes a big thing

can be described as giant maybe your local shop is having a sale they are

selling lots of items at a very good price they might describe their sale as

giant we are having a giant sale this weekend come along to our giant sale

this weekend you could also describe a very tall person as a giant although

sometimes they might be offended by that but a person who is very tall very maybe

slim and tall can be described as a giant a giant or maybe a person who has

done something very impressive over the years you might say that a particular

actor or actress is a giant of the film industry they are

big they are a big personality they are very well known yes you can also use oh

there's a good word extensive yes extensive something that can be larger

or longer time the shape or size of something extensive thank you very much

Rashid rush Rishabha thank you very much rishabh sati for your suggestion thank

you very much so we've had big and now let's have a look at small shall we

there are quite a few words to describe small well the most obvious is small

something that is not large something that is not too big maybe you have a dog

and maybe your dog is not a big dog you might describe your dog as a small dog

perhaps you have a chihuahua or I don't know a little poodle and the poodle

isn't very big it is a small dog it is not big so yes we can use small to mean

the size of something also maybe something that is not important or

insignificant so maybe something that is not important something that is not

serious a small thing a small event a small injury so maybe you injure

yourself maybe you cut your hand or your finger

but it isn't very serious it isn't serious you don't have to go to the

hospital it is just a small cut it is not serious something that is not

serious if we want to emphasize the size of

something especially if it is small we can say that it is very small very small

I know what you're thinking I I know exactly what you're thinking at the

moment mr. Duncan can you please give us a sentence using very small think of

your own I'm sure you can do that think of your own here's another one little

something that is little little

something that is not large something that may be smaller than it usually is

so something that is normally large but this particular thing is little you can

describe time so a brief moment of time can be described as little can I can I

have a word with you well I only have a little time so I only have a little time

to spare so that means I only have a short period of time to spare I can't

talk with you for very long I only have a little time so a short period of time

or maybe something that is not very long or very large can be described as little

some people say that I have a little nose my nose is little hello - hi Lee

Kwang who knows exactly what I mean by small sized very small another word tiny

something is tiny maybe you see an insect on your window but it isn't a big

insect like a moth or a worm it is something

very small a tiny insect maybe an ant so you might describe an ant as tiny

something very small something that is almost invisible something that is

almost invisible to the eye is tiny tiny not big very small tiny another one

diminutive something that is diminutive is something that is not very big so

when we say diminutive it means it is smaller than it normally is

or maybe the height is not as much as it normally is so you might describe a

person who is very short as diminutive something that is small something that

is not very tall diminutive it's not an easy one to say that so I will say it

again diminutive diminutive

here's another one now I know that this word looks like minute but in fact it is

minut something that is very small something that is very tiny can be

described as minut minut maybe a person is explaining something

to you and they are going into every detail all of the small details you can

say that they are giving you all of the minut details so the very tiny things

they're very small things you might even say that something that is minut cannot

be seen because it's so small so a very small thing can be described as minut

Thank You sweetness says diminutive yes a diminutive thing is something that is

very small whoa now this is an interesting word for two

reasons one many people spell this word incorrectly so there you can see the

word miniature miniature something that is a small version of something else

which is large so something that is miniature is something that is small or

a small version of something else that is large so maybe you have a miniature

house maybe a model of a house or maybe a model of a steam train we can say that

the steam train is miniature miniature that means it is a small version of

something else that is very large miniature so you might have a miniature

railway track so I used to have one of those it's true I used to have a

miniature railway track I used to play with a little steam train and it would

go around and around on the tracks a miniature steam train a miniature model

something that is a small version of something else that is normally large oh

he's another one has anyone seen Austin Powers Austin Powers $1,000,000,000 mini

the word mini means small so maybe something that is

smaller than it normally is maybe a small version of something once again

very similar to miniature in fact Minnie is the short version of miniature

so when we say Minnie we are actually saying miniature miniature something

that is a small version of something else

during the 1960's women would wear miniskirts so they were skirts that were

much smaller or shorter than the normal skirt you could see a lot of their legs

so the mini skirt in the 1960s was very popular lots of ladies wore miniskirts

they were very short and they were quite appreciated by the men let's just say I

don't understand miniature says Abdul if something is

miniature it means it is smaller than a large item so maybe you can have a

miniature car maybe a model of a car or a toy car so a car that looks like a

full-size car but it's a small version of it it is mini tiny small it is a

small version of something Erik says there is a car called the mini yes a

British car I'm not sure if it's made by Britain anymore

I think it's owned by another company but yes the mini is a type of car it is

a very small convenient car hello Noemi hello Noemi nice to see you here

my son has a miniature collection of cars yes pretty good I like it I like it

a lot thanks a lot for your company today I have some more words to show you

in a moment some more words coming your way however if you want to get

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hmm I'm just having a drink of water but the problem is I have to be careful I

have to be very careful because if I drink the water too quickly then my my

tooth will hurt I've got toothache today my tooth is

hurting and I don't know why we are looking at words connected to big and

small there are many ways of describing big things and small things here is

another one something that is very small can be

described as minuscule minuscule I like that word so something that is very

small very tiny can be described as minuscule a very small thing it is so

small you can't see it with your eyes so something that is miniscule something

that is very very small minuscule I like that word I remember many years ago my

parents bought a wonderful gift for me something that it was very useful they

bought me a microscope and the microscope is a very important thing a

very useful thing if you want to look at very small objects maybe want to look at

some bacteria or maybe you want to have a close look at one of your hairs you

want to see the root of your hair perhaps you can use a microscope and the

things that you look at under a microscope can be described as

microscopic so something that is so small so tiny it can't be seen unless

you use a microscope so Micro means small scope or scopic means view or see

so a small view small thing is being looked at so

something that is very tiny very small and it can't be seen with the naked eye

when we say the naked eye it means without any assistance so something that

is microscopic is very very small tiny it can't be seen with the naked eye

here's another word that we often use as a prefix when we are talking about small

things or something that is smaller than it normally is Micro so you might put

this before another word microcomputer so a very small computer can be

described as a micro computer I remember growing up in the late 1970s and

everyone was talking about micro computers it was when computers were

starting to appear all over the place and they were slowly getting smaller and

smaller and smaller and back then they were described as micro computers that's

what we called them a microscopic germ or maybe a micro organism so a very

small form of life that can't be seen unless you use a microscope can be

described as a micro organism perhaps a virus you can only see the virus if you

use a microscope a very powerful microscope so a micro organism a micro

computer a micro SD card that you put in your camera or in your mp3 player or

maybe in your smartphone so yes so the word micro often comes before another

word it is used as a prefix before another word micro computer

a microcosm which is a small expense in space

so micro means something that is small or something that is not easily seen

talking of small things talking of tiny things things that are so small they

can't be seen unless you look very closely something

that is atomic or maybe something that is described as an atom so when we talk

about atoms they are the various small things in fact they are the smallest

things that exists besides the nucleus which is inside an

atom so something that is atomic is very small a very small particle can be

described as atomic something very small it was also a song by blondie in the

late 1970s it was oh here are some fun words that we can use to describe small

things a small thing can be described as teeny-weeny something that is

teeny-weeny a teeny-weeny dress a teeny-weeny dog maybe the dog is very

small and very cute and you want to describe it in a firm and happy way you

might describe it as teeny-weeny you might also describe a child as a

teeny-weeny so something that is small something that is not very large we can

describe as teeny-weeny I like that one this next word is especially for all

those watching in Scotland if you are north of the English border this is just

for you something that is we we it is used

in Scottish to describe small so maybe a wee child or a wee Ben Ben is Scottish

for child so a Scottish person might describe a small child as a we ban so

something teeny-weeny something that is we very small very tiny and this

particular word is often used in Scotland to describe something that is

small oh I like this one Diddy something that is Diddy is very tiny something

small something that is hard to say or maybe something that is small and cute

can be described as Diddy dee dee there is a rapper called P Diddy have

you heard of him Puff Daddy but now he is called P Diddy I don't know why so

please don't ask me oh I like this one this is my this is my last word the last

word for small that I'm going to give you today you see we see something that

is very small something that is very tiny something that is cute and once

again you want to describe it in a fun and happy way something is teensy-weensy

you have at incy wincy knows you have tinsy winsy curls in your hair

teensy-weensy I have a feeling that many of you may not have heard of that one

before something that is teensy-weensy we could

also say itsy-bitsy as well something that is itsy-bitsy is small tiny

yes something that is Diddy can be described as small tiny or under sized

something that is not very big thank you very much for your company lots of

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watching in Spain before I go I will give you the answer to today's little

quiz I asked you to tell me what this was so here is something that it was in

my garden it was in my garden for quite a while but unfortunately last week we

had a big storm and the wind destroyed this item however the question is what

was it does anyone know what this was before it was smashed to pieces before

it was broken before the wind came along to destroy it what was it I will give

you the answer in a couple of moments the answer is coming

Cecelia thank you very much for your lovely messages yes I will be going I

will be with you for a few more minutes so don't worry don't go away

what was it I had quite a few answers someone said is it your garden lamp no

is it a water bowl for the birds no however it is connected to the birds

it is connected to the birds in my garden okay I will now put you out of

your misery I will now take away the mystery of this strange-looking item the

answer is coming right now it is or it was a squirrel defender a squirrel

defender so this particular item is very useful in the garden if you have a bird

feeder so if you put food out for the birds this particular thing is used to

deter squirrels and prevent them from raiding the bird feeders so this

particular thing is very useful in your garden however unfortunately mine was

destroyed by the wind last weekend unfortunately so there it is the answer

to today's mystery object the thing that got destroyed last week in my garden by

the wind was a squirrel defender and this particular thing is used to deter

squirrels the word deter very interesting word by the way if you deter

someone it means discourage you discourage someone from doing something

by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences

so if you deter you discourage it can also mean prevent so if you want to

prevent something from happening you can say deter

whoa I just had I just had some water so to deter someone is to discourage

someone from doing something the other word that I mentioned there prevent

prevent means to keep something from happening so very similar to the word

deter they are both used as verbs so to keep something from happening or to stop

someone from doing something you prevent the squirrels from eating all the seeds

you deter the squirrels from raiding your bird feeder so you can see those

two words have very similar meanings but they can be used in different ways they

can be used very differently that's almost it for today I hope you enjoyed

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You Helena some some of you I've noticed are having difficulty leaving messages

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isn't raining today however it is very windy we haven't had any snow even

though the weather forecast said there might be some snow but no there is no

snow today no snow whatsoever

Thank You Maria mr. Duncan could you check why Palmyra can't send messages in

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oh wait there I've just seen something I think that asteroid is coming back that

was close did you see the asteroid that went past the earth a couple of days ago

very close to the earth three thousand miles an hour it was moving at did you

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