English Proverbs - Sentence Game / English Addict - 92 / Friday 3rd July 2020 / LIVE from England

yes we are all here together again welcome everybody it's time for another

live English addict coming to you now right now from the birthplace of the

English language which just happens to be England

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

hope so are you happy I really hope you are

feeling happy today because I'm happy I'm not too bad I can't complain despite

the fact that this morning I was sneezing I have hay fever again the wind

is blowing outside let's have a look outside shall we so there is the view at

the moment looking into the distance and you can see it is a little bit breezy

today windy the wind is blowing very strongly outside and that is one of the

reasons why I am actually in the studio today I'm not outside however did you

see me yesterday I did not one but two live streams are of course during July

I'm doing some special live streams because it is my fourth year this month

doing live streams so I thought hmm what a good idea maybe I should do some

extra live streams during July as a way of celebrating it so that's exactly what

I'm doing that is what I'm doing and that is the reason why you saw me twice

yesterday I did a live stream yesterday at 2 o'clock and also I came back on

later in the evening as the Sun was setting and I did another live stream as

well so that's what happened hello to everyone we have made it once

again to the end of the week thank goodness it's Friday

it is definitely Friday the end of the week for those wondering because I'm

sure many people will ask tomorrow I am taking a rest so there won't be a live

stream tomorrow however of course I am back with you on Sunday that is when you

can catch me Sunday Wednesday and Friday 2 p.m. UK time however as I just

mentioned I am doing some extra live streams as well during July I will be

popping up from time to time with some spontaneous live streams look out for

those during July I hope you're well today I hope you are happy I did not

have any nightmares last night I've received a lot of messages saying mr.

Duncan we hope you don't have any nightmares tonight well last night I

slept soundly oh I like that word you sleep soundly

if you sleep soundly it means you sleep completely you sleep through the whole

night without being disturbed or waking up so that is what I did last night I

had a lovely sleep even though this morning when I woke up I still felt

tired it happens sometimes sometimes even if you do have a good

sleep you wake up the next day and you still feel tired is that's the range

hello to the live chat nice to see you here as well

hello - lolli lolli lolli lolli a big Bonjour to you guess what you are first

on today's live stream

congratulations to lolli lolli you are first today

on the live chat hello also Mouzone Beatriz I am rich also Luis Mendez Luis

Mendez hello to you hello Florence also con all this here as well hi Connell

nice to see you here as well can I say hello to Constantine thank you very much

for your lovely email that I received this morning and some nice photographs

as well I have been told that I can't show them but thank you very much for

your lovely photographs it is sometimes interesting to find out

a little bit more about you after all you know a lot about me so if you want

to share something if you want to say hello mr. Duncan this is me you are more

than welcome to do so all you have to do is send your picture or some details

anything really if you want to write to me you are more than welcome to do so

so now you know if you want to get in touch you are more than welcome to do so

no problem it is not a problem if you want to say hello mr. Duncan hi maybe

you can send a picture of yourself you don't have to you don't have to or maybe

where you live the area in which you live may be a beautiful view from your

window in the evening as the Sun is setting it's up to you really

I don't mind at all hello wall so Donna hello

ABC Tran hello ABC Tran nice to see you as well where are you watching I have a

feeling you might be in Vietnam I think so meek ode is watching in Japan also we

have how new in I believe you are also in Vietnam as well you may have noticed

I have viewers all a Ragland the world wherever you are whatever you are doing

at the moment you are more than welcome to join in we are all English addicts

and we are live right now on YouTube if you want to follow the captions you can

you can press this see can you see it you can press the letter C on your

keyboard and you can have live captions as well incredible because we are here

in the studio today we can have live captions amazing Belarusian nice to see

you here as well Belarusian and also Luis Mendez they are two of the

moderators here hello also the lego boy hello Lego boy I

haven't seen you for a long time I recognize your name no I think you

used to watch my live streams a while ago I don't know why your name sounds

familiar and the fact that you are in Australia

also mmm yes I think maybe you've been here before

hello Mohsen again angel girl angel girl and he's watching Turkey can I say and I

did I said hello we also have Barack hello Barack nice to see you here as

well envy tests is here what has happened V

tests you are normally first with your first finger on the live chat I am at

home today home sweet home you know what they say they always say

that home is where the heart is we all love being at home there is something

really satisfying about coming back home however I suppose many people are pretty

sick and tired of being at home because many people have had to stay at home

they've had no choice about the situation but you are right sometimes

being at home is so nice it is the most amazing feeling sitting at home I think

so Beatrice says yes everything is ok also

man ass is here as well mr. Duncan please can you stop saying hello to

everyone please teach us some English I will all right just a moment

now many people give up their spare time their valuable time to watch me so I

always like to say hello to those watching on the live chat

hello also to Mon Nav hello from Russia to all of the English addicts and the

great teacher mr. Duncan thank you very much that's very kind of you

bye wrong also Paulo Paulo olive oliveria I hope I pronounced your name

right and Rev hello and Rev nice to see you as well wow so many people already

joining today don't forget during July I am actually

going to be here more than normal more than usual with some different live

streams maybe I will be in the garden maybe I will be here perhaps I will be

on the roof I might even be in the town center of

much Wenlock who knows Christina says I am sorry about your hay fever it's all

right it is something that affects me every year

we call it seasonal so a seasonal thing is something that always returns every

year so every year I have seasonal allergies which many people call hay

fever so that's what I get unfortunately hello Palmyra as well oh so many people

are here Sondra hello Sondra Gonzales nice to see you here thank you for your

smiley faces and the pretty flowers as well today is the anniversary of the

liberation of Belarusian isn't that strange isn't it interesting because we

have Belarusian ear but also we have the independence of Belarusian so today is

the anniversary of that event taking place tomorrow mr. Duncan did you wake

up with your cockerel yes I did as usual the cockerel woke me up come on

show your face I was woken up by my my neighbor's cockerel yes I might jump

over the fence one day and maybe I will so

tape its beak so it can't cockadoodledoo and wake me up

hello Tamas hi mr. Duncan how are you doing I'm not too bad

can't complain at least I'm still alive every morning when I wake up in my bed I

opened my eyes I smile and I think to myself oh good

I get to do this all over again I get another day of life to enjoy isn't that

nice I think so anyway hello also REME REME 8 I hope I

pronounced your name right Parvathy Parvathy or Parvati

hello mr. Duncan hello to UTS is here hello TS Wow I haven't seen you for a

while it seems ages I don't know why it seems a long time since I said hello to

you I don't know why is that true have you been busy how are things in

Indonesia at the moment hello also money

Rosamond hello to you as well how can I be an English addict well it's a good

question I like that question it is a good question very good question amazing

question fantastic question it is an incredible question

indeed all you have to do is tune in you can watch all of my live streams when

they are broadcast you can also I suppose you can also like and subscribe

as well you can like my videos and you can also subscribe as well so that is

how you become a full member of the English addict Club you can like and

subscribe as well so you are more than welcome to do both of those things tune

in and learn English one word at a time something like that hello Shady

hello mr. Duncan how are you how is the matter in your country now when you say

the matter do you mean the situation with yes I think so mm-hmm

things are slowly getting better shops bars restaurants even cinemas apparently

are going to start opening their doors from tomorrow and of course tomorrow is

also July the fourth it is the Independence Day in the United States a

lot of people will be celebrating perhaps on a very small scale but many

Americans will be celebrating their Independence Day tomorrow the

anniversary of when they told the British to get out go on get out we

don't like you anymore you British people go back to where you came from

yes we want our United States of America hello to Malaya mr. Duncan yesterday I

saw your livestream oh the livestream that I did on my birthday it was amazing

thank you very much yes I think I think I have celebrated my

birthday during the livestream at least twice and

guess what this year my birthday will be on Wednesday so on

Wednesday the 12th of August it will be my birthday and also we will be live

with the live stream so even this year I will be celebrating my birthday on the

live chat on the 12th of August next month hello if Mohammed also we have

Andy Starr thank you very much Andy says today is the anniversary of the

liberation of Minsk from those fascists and their occupation

ok then I'm saying nothing I am staying neutral I am being Switzerland in this

situation hello hello Christina it will be my pleasure to send a mounting

picture when I'm on holiday I look forward to that I must be honest with

you there is one thing I am missing at the moment and I have been thinking

about it quite a lot besides my mother who I miss very very much there is never

a day that goes by where I don't think about my mother I also miss having a

lovely holiday as well going away somewhere we can't even do that here in

the UK because all of the hotels are closed they are shut unfortunately Pedro

Pedro Belmont has beautiful long

thank you very much Pedro for your photographs I have seen them now I have

them here in my computer do you give me permission to show your photographs I

have them here they're right in front of me right now all I have to do is press

the button I have my special Pedro button that's all I have to do so if you

give me permission to show the photographs of Pedro with his new long

hair you are more than welcome to do so so please tell me Pedro if it's ok if

you say yes I will put them on the screen if you say no I won't it's as

simple as that mr. steve is only here on sunday yes because mr. steve is such a

busy person during the week he can't join us during the week because he has

to work on sunday he has lots of free time so we guess we normally see mr.

Steve on Sunday

Sayid Fikri says mr. Duncan I am wearing some nice perfume before I take part in

your live chat can you smell my perfume I can smell something it might be my

perfume because I always put a little bit of aftershave on my face after I've

shaved so I can smell something but it might be my aftershave do you know what

I put on my face you won't believe it people always laugh when I tell people

what I put on my face after I shave they always laugh I don't know why do you

know can you remember I have told you this before what is the

meaning of live-streaming well if you live stream it means you are

doing something is ongoing it is something that is

playing it is something that is transferring from one place to another

it is constantly moving so maybe you will stream a video that means the video

is being sent from one place to another you are receiving something through the

internet it is being streamed so the word stream normally refers to anything

that is flowing so you might think that the video you are watching now is

flowing through the internet it is being streamed so that's why we use it in that

particular way this is a live stream it is something that is happening right now

and it is being broadcast through the internet it is being streamed that's why

we say live stream Oh lolly lolly lolly

lolly lolly says I love men with long hair there is no answer to that mmm 12th

of August get ready I don't want to think about it to be honest I don't want

to think about my birthday not too much anyway

can we see Pedro's photograph oh dear so come on Pedro is it okay can I show

the photograph I haven't seen Pedro say yes so Pedro can you say yes you may

show the photograph of me with my lovely long flowing hair Valentin yes I had a

very little holiday

hello mr. Duncan did you ever consider growing a beard yes I did once do you

remember last year I was going to grow a beard and then I realized that I didn't

want to because unfortunately I realized that having a beard you have to take

care of it all the time it's a little bit like having a pet so two things I I

don't want to have in my life a dog and a beard because that you have to take

care of both of them every day I think so so would you like to see Pedro

Belmont Oh

Belarusian says I love men without hair okay you have to opposites there they

are very different interests some people like men with long hair some

people like men with no hair interesting hello to shine shine mr.

Duncan I really adore your teaching style thank you shine I like to think of

myself as the best kept secret on YouTube the YouTube algorithms have

completely locked me away I am now in my own little cell alone with my hands on

the bars of the window looking out hoping that someone will discover me

here on YouTube how to improve my English so I can speak fluently Yadav

there are two rules to learning English you must do it every day and you must

learn something new every day you must treat English as if it is a part of your

body so you must use English you must learn something new

every day practice English every day you don't have to do it for many hours you

can just do it maybe for one hour every day you can practice you can read you

can listen maybe you can learn some new words but the most important thing of

all is you must do it every day and you must learn something new every day as

well

ari says hi mr. Duncan and your learner's I had my birthday on the 1st

of July oh did we miss your birthday I'm sorry about that

so can I say happy belated birthday belated so if something is belated it

means it comes late so you are doing it but unfortunately you are doing it later

than you should have so can I say belated happy birthday to

you and I hope you had a super-duper birthday thank you arrey arrey Hassan I

hope you had a good birthday I love men with a good sense of humor

says Corrie it is very interesting where this conversation is taking this it

started out with as discussing Pedro's long hair and now all of the ladies are

saying what type of man are they like and fancy and desire

hello MD so so held hello sir I am Sohail from Bangladesh you are very

smart talking how many times do you need to to a man he will be speaking English

oh how long does it take you your question is how long does it take for a

man or a person to learn English well as I said a few moments ago it depends on

how much you do it how often you do it my advice is learn new

words learn something new every day practice English every day it isn't

complicated and now I know there are many people on YouTube who make these

very long videos where they talk about all of the things you need to know to

learn English well well can I just say there are only two things you need it's

a very short video you need to do it every day and you need to learn new

things every day so you slowly build up your English skills every day whatever

it is if it is you're listening you're reading you're speaking your

understanding of English you must do it every day two secrets that's it you

don't need to watch a very long video with someone giving you all of this

advice for 20 minutes a whole list of things that you need to know to do it

you only need two things do it every day I learn something new every day keep

doing it keep doing it don't give up I know you can do it I really do hello

Rita hello also to Manas hello - nice to see

you here as well Beatrice likes romantic men how there's still any romantic men

in the world I'm not sure Pedro come on Pedro can I show the photograph all of

the women and maybe some of the men are very interested to see what you like you

look like with your long flowing hair do you look like Rapunzel maybe with

your long flowing hair so can we show the picture I have to make sure you see

before I publish this picture I have to make sure that Pedro says yes come on

Pedro can I show the picture the ladies are waiting don't keep them waiting

hello Sarah Sarah pack hello Sarah Mar wish pack nice to see you as well also

thank you very much for your lovely messages on my YouTube videos mr. Duncan

we can be friends in your live chat room if you don't mind and also we can marry

and we can marry with the opposite gender well of course you can you can do

whatever you want if you want to marry your your next-door neighbor's tree in

the garden maybe there is a tree next door and you love it every morning you

look at the tree and you think oh I would love to go over to that tree and

give it a big hug and show it how much I care so yes hello Nabi Elle hello mr.

Duncan how to improve my speaking although I have a lot of words I cannot

use them it's certain times again this is something you learn over time

speaking can be the hardest part so even though you know the words you have to

learn how to use them and form sentences maybe with your writing so I always say

that writing things writing things down is a good way of improving your

understanding of English we often say that speaking comes last

so you listen to English you learn English you write English you become

familiar with English and then eventually you will start speaking

English and that is the thing that you have to build up because it takes not

only time but also confidence as well you

see speaking is like performing I think so I always think of speaking very

similar to performing on a stage I think so

you make me in a good mood to listen to English videos thanks a lot mr. Duncan

my teacher thank you shine shine you are welcome

okay we have the official the official

permission from Pedro Belmont to show the photographs mr. Duncan go ahead I

give my permission okay we will have a look at Pedro's photographs in a few

moments all by the way we are also playing the sentence game today I almost

forgot I got so carried away I got so excited by Pedro's new hairstyle I

forgot all about the sentence game we have that coming today as well also we

will be looking at some strange words that exist in English because it is

after all Friday yes it is Friday here we go then here is Pedro Belmont his new

look now I wish I had a photograph nearby of Pedro before he grew his hair

long but I don't so here is Pedro showing his lovely wonderful long hair

so he was the first photograph I I think it looks good actually I think it does

suit you I'm going to be honest with you I think it does suit you here is Pedro

Belmont now Pedro Belmont he has

how long does it take you to wash that I think it must take you a long time do

you use a hairdryer to dry your hair I can see you now drying your hair I think

so so there is Pedro with his new hairstyle and here's another photograph

I think this is the one that is on his icon on his chat icon there it is Pedro

Belmont has very long hair when you walk along the road and the wind is blowing -

sure hair fly in the breeze is it so there it is Pedro's new hairstyle I

think it looked great to be honest yes you go for it if it makes you happy if

you like it if you enjoy it what I say is do it why not I might grow my hair

long maybe not a good idea come to think of it he looks nice he looks like a rock

star says Ari I think so yes you look like you should be the leader or the

singer in a rock band I think so yes maybe you should shake your head when

you are singing oh dear well I went all weird then when I did that all of the

blood was splish Splash inge around in my skull

hello also to Susy care is here wow Pedro I didn't expect you to look like

this or like that I think so yes it's amazing

during lockdown many people many people have actually grown their hair long

because they haven't been able to go to the hair salon so many women many men

their hair has become very uncontrollable and long so I'm just

wondering if Pedro has has done that because of lockdown or maybe

because you wanted to have a change of style sometimes a change is a good thing

to have I think so lolly lolly lolly lolly says Oh Pedro

very handsome Syed says this live chat is almost like a wedding office I think

so I should start my own English dating site maybe if there is anyone out there

looking for mr. right or mrs. right who knows strange things happen after all

this is the internet you know what the Internet is like some strange things

happen on the internet sometimes I think so

so thank you prayer oh that's very kind of you I do like it when people share

things with me sometimes photographs sometimes memories sometimes something

that is maybe a special moment of time something lovely why not

de Gotha dig fr says he looks good I think so I think it suits you you look

like a member of maybe a rock band

femoris hello to Palmyra I read a story about Metallica the leader of the group

Metallica when he cut his hair short the sales of his music fell well some people

they have a certain thing that people recognise so maybe if if a man has long

hair and he sings in a rock group maybe that image is something that lots of

people recognize but of course when you cut your hair and all of that long hair

goes then people might not be so into in your music it can happen yes you are

right Emilio says Pedro Pedro shows a picture

of your cute sister what is going on here today

I think everyone has been in their houses for too long you've all been shut

away in your houses for too long you have to go outside please open your door

and shout out the shout out the window hello everyone hello the world please I

think you are too tired of receiving my videos mr. Duncan I don't know I don't

think so I'm never tired of anything or anyone don't worry about it Belarusian

you are still more than welcome to send anything you want anyone can send

something if you want me to show it on the livestream just let me know just say

mr. Duncan I have something here for you it's very interesting would you like to

show it and yes I will no problem Cristina says long hair needs a lot of

care I think so yes I think if you are going to grow your hair long you need to

take a lot of care obvious now I remember when I was a teenager please

don't laugh but I used to have wonderful thick hair my hair was amazing he used

to take me a very long time to watch my hair and then dry it because he was it

was thick and quite long as well at the sides so I sew during the 1980s I let my

hair grow long and I had a lot of it you might not believe me but I did I had a

lot of hair we're going to take a break let's take a look at one of my full

English lessons this is a break coming up now you can all have a cup of tea or

maybe you can watch an excerpt from one of my full English lesson

and then after this we are going to have a look at some strange words and then

after that we are going to play the sentence game all of that coming up

today on this edition of English addict

hi everybody and welcome to mr. Duncan's full English number five I thought I

would start off today's edition with a selfie just in case you're watching this

in 2050 and you don't know what to sell for years I'm not going to tell you and

you won't be able to ask me in person because I'm dead oh there you are

hi everybody this is mr. Duncan's full English

number five my name is mr. Duncan and I'm ever so pleased to meet you we are

all here again to take a peek into that wonderful world of English so let us all

join hands and say the magic words for goodness sake mr. Duncan we haven't got

all day get on with it

can you see what sort of weather we're having here today well there is poor

visibility for a start it isn't a clear day by any means it is a foggy day here

in England we can use foggy as an idiom to describe the inability to remember

something we can say I haven't the foggiest idea which means you do not

remember or you cannot recall a certain event or a piece of information

today's fog has been caused by warm and cold air colliding with each other

this fog is made up of tiny particles of moisture you often see fog forming in

the early morning or evening or as the temperature changes the subject of

weather is a fascinating one and for the typical English person such as myself it

is a subject that is often discussed in general day-to-day conversation the two

words shown here may look similar but they are in fact very different the

words perspective and prospective are often confused that is to say one is

used instead of the other first of all the word perspective defines the way in

which things are seen how an object appears depending on its size shape and

relative distance from other things around it in drawing and painting

perspective is used to give the illusion of depth and distance we can also use

this were to express a person's view of the

world as their point of view a person's perspective of the world the views and

opinions held by us all come from our own perspective then there is the word

prospective which means something that is expected or is expecting to be done

in the future something that is likely to happen at a later date is prospective

I have a prospective client coming to my office tomorrow so now there is no need

to get these words confused ever again I have given you a clearer perspective of

what the differences are I have done this for you now and for all the

prospective online students who will join me in the future can you see what I

have here this is a saucepan full of boiling water the hot water is producing

steam steam is produced when water vaporizes normally water vapor cannot be

seen but it is possible to show it when extreme temperatures are used for

example when hot vapor meets cool air this is one of the ways in which clouds

are formed the process is called evaporation the word steam can be used

in other ways for example a person can let off steam this expression means that

a person will release their tension and pent-up energy by doing something the

action is normally a physical one such as

going for a run having a dance or in extreme cases screaming out loud it

would be fair to say that we all need to let off steam at some point it's time to

take a look at another part of English grammar continuing the theme of

punctuation that we started in the last fall English today we will take a look

at the dreaded apostrophe this particular punctuation mark is a

controversial one as its use has been widely disputed over the years even now

there seems to be some confusion over how it should be used in general English

the apostrophe serves two purposes to show the possessive quality of something

and to show that a word has been shortened or a sentence has been made

shorter in the possessive sense the apostrophe shows that one thing belongs

to another for example Duncan's pen jill's

pencil st. Paul's Cathedral the apostrophe can come at the end of the

possessive word for example the teacher's college is over there a

commonly confused use of the apostrophe comes with the word

it's the apostrophe here shows the contraction of it is it's my birthday

today when the apostrophe is not used then the

possessive tense is being expressed a mouse has no fur on its tail another

common mistake made with the apostrophe is to use it to show the plural of

ordinary words this is incorrect once again the apostrophe is only used

when you wish to show a possessive clause or the contraction

of a word or sentence hope you enjoyed that an excerpt from one of my full

English lessons and yes all of my lessons are available right here on my

youtube channel they are honestly

here we are we are all here together reggae it is English addict live episode

92 I can't believe it have I really done 91 and a half of these I can't believe

it it seems incredible hello to everyone I hope you are alright today earlier we

were showing a picture of Pedro Belmont with his new hair I have found some

photographs of me as a teenager and you can see on the photos my rather long

hair probably not as long as Pedro's so my hair was long but not quite as long

as Pedro's hair to be honest so here's one of them this is me I was only young

when this picture was taken so please be gentle with me I was only a young lad so

there I am many years ago I was how old was I then I was about 18 I would have

been around around 18 years old when that was taken so there I am you can see

my hair is going everywhere I had a lot of hair on my head and it used to take

me a long time to wash it in fact in the 1980s a lot of men would have their hair

long it wasn't unusual for men to have long hair sometimes they would color

their hair they would actually put hair dye in their hair in fact I did it a

couple of times I did it a couple of times I did dye my hair once

here's another photograph you can't really see my long hair but you can see

I did have a lot of hair when I was younger so there is another one that was

also in a round I think that was around 1983

maybe 84 and yes once again I would have been

around 19:00 at the time so there I was nineteen years old trying to grow a

mustache I always remember being so proud of my

mustache I was very thin when I was young here's another photograph oh dear

I've just realized what I'm about to show here's another photograph of me

it's not a big photo but it will appear just over there so here is my hair short

but also styled as well Oh mr. Duncan is that really you yes that is what I look

like many years ago now here I was around how old was I here I think I was

around 20 25 26 I was around 25 when this was taken

oh dear look at my hair and look at my tie can you see on that photograph I'm

wearing a white shirt and a very colorful tie so that is actually a very

long time ago that was taken in around I think 1991 around 1991 that was taken

can you believe it and Here I am now I haven't changed a bit

oh dear okay let's get that off the screen shall we I'm starting to feel

very self-conscious bye bye young Duncan would you like oh here's

another one would you like to see a photograph of me with my mummy and this

once again was taken in the early 1980s so this particular picture was taken in

1983 and there is my mum and me you can see how tall I was even then so that is

me you can see also my hair is very long it is going down the back of my of my

neck and resting on my shoulders and next to me is my lovely mother

my lovely mum as well taken way back in 1983 and if you look closely behind us

you can actually see there is a large painting on the wall by John Constable

called the hay Wain a very famous picture a

famous painting not the original unfortunately so there they are mr.

Duncan and his mummy way back in the 1980s isn't that lovely

I hope you enjoyed that it is live English with English addict on a Friday

Oh you look different thank you Tim mr.

Duncan you look like a new-age teenager from the punk era maybe maybe in the

1980s it was it was not unusual for young men to experiment with their

appearance some men would wear very colorful clothing some men would wear

makeup on their faces some men would grow their hair long and maybe it would

change colour they would dye their hair so yes it would happen quite a lot where

is your earring now I don't have an earring anymore you see can you see no

earring in my ear not anymore Christina says you look very similar to

your young photograph thank you very much Mary oh my goodness mary says my

birth year is 1991 dear hi Lee Kwang says you look quite old than your date I

don't know what that means I don't know what that means maybe you think I look

older than my age I don't know it's lovely to see you with your mother Thank

You Beatrice my mother for those who know the story my mother at the moment

is in care she's been taken care of sadly she's not very well and due to the

lockdown I haven't been able to see her either so

it's been very difficult during this period because I haven't been able to

actually go and see my mother at all so she she is not well but I'm hoping over

the next couple of weeks we will be able to actually visit in person I hope so

hello Alessandra how is your mum as I just explained not great she is still

having extra care she is now being looked after in a care home and for

those who know the story I will not go too deeply into it because

I do find it a little difficult to talk about to be honest hello to your dear

mum thank you thank you that's very kind of you let's play something fun shall we

shall we have the sentence game or shall we have some unusual English words I

know what let's look at some very strange English words first of all

here's one coming on your screen right now oh it's down there now I had some

complaints last week saying mr. Duncan when you put your words on the screen

when we have the subtitles we can't see the word mmm that's interesting maybe I

could move it shall I move the word so you can see it I will try I'm not sure

if it will work but I will try my best there we go it's in a different place

now is that better can you see it now or maybe I could put

it up there oh that's a good idea mr. Duncan why didn't you do that before

sortie a sortie what is a sortie mr. Duncan it is an attack if you invade

somewhere if you have a military maneuver where you invade somewhere you

move in on to some some place we call it a sortie sortie

it is a military invasion or attack it is the actual action of moving in

maybe you attack the enemy when they are not ready for you or maybe you attack a

place where there are bad people hiding out you move towards it it is a military

maneuver here's another one frog March oh now this is an interesting word where

we say frog March it is an action and it is something that you might hear people

say when they are talking about being taken into custody or taken away maybe

by the police and I can show you actually a good example of this word and

there it is frog March can you see this man he is

being frog marched by two police officers he's being forced to walk in a

certain direction normally by having your hands or your

arms held behind your back so you are forced to move in a certain direction

quite often whilst having your arms held behind your back we call that frog March

you Frog March someone out of the building maybe someone is being arrested

by the police you will hold their arms behind their back and you will Frog

March them out of the building I think the word comes from the fact that when

you hold your arms behind your back you look a little bit like a frog I'm sure

someone will tell me the real meaning of that here's another one gulp now this

word sounds like the action if you gulp something or if you make the sound

mmm gulp ooh ooh maybe if you drink some water you might drink it very fast you

gulp the water down you gulp something you drink something quickly and also

noisily so gulp is actually the sound that is made in your throat when you

swallow or when you drink something you

that's it the word is gulp gulp here's another one

strange English words gander gander I like this word gander now for those who

know about animals you will know that a gander is a male goose Canada but you

can also use this word in other ways as well

gander if you take a gander it's something it means you look you look at

something you take a gander at something you look at something you have a look

you have a gander Kenda look so it is a slang term quite often used in British

English to mean look at something you look at something you have a look at it

you have a gander interesting I hope you are enjoying these words today here's

another one fluctuate oh I like this word for look chill wait you have to be

careful how you say that fluctuate to fluctuate is to change fluctuate so

maybe something goes up and then goes down or maybe something occurs regularly

or maybe sometimes it occurs irregularly it fluctuates something changes it goes

up down changes something will fluctuate fluctuate fluctuate and like that word

mic fern says when people say gulp it is so unpleasant maybe the sound yes some

people don't like human sounds there are many sounds that can come from the human

body some of them are not very pleasant sounds ooh gulp so maybe when a person

is drinking something very quickly you might hear the sound of them gulping so

we can use that word in a very similar way a very similar way John

Fred a says a gander is similar to have a glance yes if you look at something I

will have a gander yes look go on have a gander have a gander have a look oh very

nice fluctuate like the tide you are right yes so the tide will fluctuate it

comes in and it goes out it is always changing altering never constant

something constant doesn't fluctuate something that is not constant does

fluctuate you might say that the stock market fluctuates every day sometimes it

goes up sometimes it comes down sometimes it moves quite a lot during

the day it fluctuates I like that one lolly lolly says I don't like people who

chew their food and make a noise whilst doing

it yes I think you're right people who eat very noisily it's

horrible I don't like that people who chomp and slurp especially if they are

eating soup someone who is eating soup

they might slurp their soup I think so I think you're right here's

another one would you like another word

jittery jittery I will move the word so you can see it better because that's the

kind of guy I am jittery a person who is jittery is

nervous maybe they feel a little anxious about something their body is moving

they feel jittery don't don't get jittery stay calm stay calm I mustn't

get jittery nervous anxious worried upset jittery no well what's going to

happen oh I don't know I don't know what's going to happen oh I'm getting so

jittery oh I'm having second thoughts about this I don't think it's a good

idea I'm getting jittery jittery mm-hmm jittery another word they're describing

a person who is getting a little nervous worried maybe they are having second

thoughts about something maybe you're you are changing your mind maybe you

have lost your courage or your nerve mm-hmm it is very unpleasant to eat in

such a way I think you're right yes here's another one I like this one I

like this word I will move it so you can see it clearly

solace solace

we all need comfort we all need to feel comfortable we all need to have

something that makes us feel good comfortable maybe warm a nice

comfortable place we search for solace solace conflict a place where you can go

to and find comfort solace solace I like that one solace a lovely word

it describes a comfortable place comfort somewhere you feel safe maybe a person

can give you comfort maybe a person can put their arm around you and comfort you

they will give you solace very nice I like that I like that word English is a

big part of French well there are many French words or many words that have

derived from French in the English language as I often say English is a

constructed language that often borrows from other languages

quite often lali lali says I need some solace I need solace every day I know

what you mean I know what you mean here's another one here's a British word

this is one we use often in British English to mean something that is useful

something that is convenient something that is easy to use or useful you can

describe it as being nifty nifty so quite often we will use this word in

British English it means something that is useful nifty yes I have this device

on my phone and it is very nifty it's nifty very useful I like to use it it's

very easy to use and very useful it is something that is nifty very nice we

will have I think one more and then we we are going to play the sentence game

here's another one here's another one I will once more put it on the screen

for you to see and I will move it to the top there it is brute brute now

something interesting about this word is this is also a brand of aftershave that

you can put on your face now earlier I mentioned the the aftershave that I use

but I don't use Brut I use Old Spice and a lot of people make fun of me they say

mr. Duncan why do you wear Old Spice that is for dads only dad's an old men

wear Old Spice but I love the smell of Old Spice on my face so whenever I have

a shave I always splash some Old Spice to soothe

my face so brute brute a brute is often described as a bully

a person who is strong but maybe also aggressive as well brute so we often use

this word to mean strong manly maybe aggressive maybe a person who is

possibly violent brute they use their aggressive nature they use their brute

force so there is a way of describing this word or using this word you

use brute force maybe you are trying to break into a house that is on fire you

try to break the door down you are using brute force brute force

brute force you are using your strength to do something you are forcing

something you are using brute force you can say brutal as well so something that

is brutal is something that is done in a violent way or hostile something that is

being done with force can be brutal which is related to that word brute you

might describe a violent man or an aggressive man as a brute you are such a

big brute so there are some unusual words for today I hope you've enjoyed

them I hope you've enjoyed those words we will be moving on in a moment but I

don't want to forget the live chat don't worry I'm not going to forget you it's

all right I am glad to see that I'm not the only one that has never heard of the

word nifty nifty yes we use it here in British English quite a lot something

that is nifty useful handy something that can help you something that is

convenient to have nearby and nifty it's nifty pretty nifty I like this this is a

very nifty device nifty very nice root no I think you're thinking of Blut Bluto

Bluto wasn't he the enemy of Popeye okkkk

wasn't he the enemy I think he was Popeyes nemesis or enemy Bluto not brute

but Bluto I think that's what his name was Bluto

he was always he was always trying to take olive oil away from Popeye save me

now carrying out if kkkkk that sort of thing sorry mr. Duncan but I have to go

now I'm going to the doctor I hope everything is all right Kristina see you

later you can watch this again and of course I am back on Sunday see you later

take care Kristina and have a good rest of the day yes I suppose you could say

that nifty is like smart something useful something that can give you

useful assistance nifty that's very nifty it's very useful smart you might

describe your mobile phone as a nifty device very useful Brutus helped to

murder Caesar oh my gosh you are going back a very long way yes I remember that

it was a very bad day I was deceived by Brutus

hello Mohsen papa is part of my childhood I never really liked Popeye I

don't know why there are some cartoon characters that I love but there are

some that I've never really liked and I think Popeye was one of those that I

never really connected with isn't that strange I never really liked Popeye I

never liked the cartoons I always found them a bit aggressive maybe too

aggressive however I do like Tom and Jerry so I

used to love watching Tom and Jerry and they were very aggressive they spent

most of their time trying to try to kill each other isn't it strange sometimes

the things we watch as children I think so

here we go then would you like to play the sentence game I think we should play

the sentence game let's play the sentence

game is that a good idea do you think we should play the sentence game okay

today this particular sentence game is all about proverbs and well-known

phrases here we go then we are back once again with the sentence game are you

feeling excited are you are you feeling excited I hope you are feeling excited

I'm feeling quite excited in fact we have the sentence game today we are

going to be looking at words phrases connected with proverbs and well-known

sayings so they are all proverbs and phrases the sentence game is here right

now all you have to do is tell me what the missing words are in the sentences

so many of these sentences will be well known proverbs or phrases so this will

give you a chance to think of the words and also if you don't know what they are

you can learn what the words actually are in the phrases so this actually has

more than one use it is not just about words it is also about remembering words

maybe recalling words and also learning words so it has a lot of everything here

we go then here is the first sentence game are you ready these are all

well-known proverbs and phrases that we might use in day-to-day English Oh

interesting interesting so here is the first sentence something heals

all something and to give you a clue four and six letters the first word has

four words or should I say four letters and the

second has six letters something heals all something but what what am I talking

about what am I talking about Huck Lao says I really suck at playing

the sentence game don't worry it's fine it doesn't matter

we're not here to test you it's not an exam it is just a little bit of fun a

little bit of fun something heals all something four letters six letters but

what are they Diana says I like that idea so we can learn proverbs

easily yes we often use proverbs in English it might seem that we don't but

in fact we do use proverbs quite often in English they are often a way of

conveying a certain message the answers are coming through thick and first thank

you very much it's great the sentence game we are

playing right now they are all connected with proverbs and phrases from the

English language and here is the first one something heals all something but

what is it what is the well-known phrase

thanks for your answers we have oh we have a few correct answers also some

very interesting answers as well some different answers another five seconds

mr. Cockrell hello to you please don't wake me up tomorrow morning please don't

wake me up tomorrow we have quite a few answers thank you to Mary Michael Mika

also Lois lolli lolli I like your answer thank you very much English with Akshar

yes good a lot of people have got this right this is a well-known phrase and

something many people believe is true some people believe that time heals all

wounds there are people who believe that time heals all wounds I'm not sure how

true it is because I'm sure there are things that might happen in your life

that might not be easy to heal or forget however there is a general opinion that

time heals all wounds when something bad happens it seems like the end of the

world however it doesn't have to be over time you might feel better about the

situation we always say that time heals all wounds so there is today's first

sentence game the first proverb time heals all wounds we like to think that

if if something bad has happened in your life we like to think that time does

heal all wounds I'm not sure if that's true completely but many people believe

it it is somehow true yes I think so well I suppose when you think of

all of the bad things that have happened in the past in the world you think of

all of the terrible wars and disagreements that have taken place many

of those differences many of those wars have long since ended so you might say

that time does heal all wounds here's another one okay then so this is another

phrase you might hear someone say this might be used as advice this is

something I talked about a couple of weeks ago as well so you might say that

this is a little bit of revision I'm revising with this one something it for

something day what could that be Luis Mendez is going now see you later Luis I

didn't know you were leaving see you later Luis oh I think it's

actually Belarusian is going it's time for me to leave says Belarus ear not

Lois but Belarus ear is going see you later Luke Belarusian see you on

Sunday I hope to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket that is a clue

by the way that's a clue catcher fundings what do you do next there are

four and five words Bert four and five letters but there is no particular

letter of the alphabet so this is not the alphabet game so the sentence game

today is looking at every word all word they don't have to start with a certain

letter the sentence game is proverbs and phrases something it for something day

aru ware says call it call it for a day now I know what you are trying to say

there sometimes in English you might say let's call it a day which means let's

bring this to an end

thank you very much to Connell huh that's interesting

black day Palmero says we save it for a black day interesting so maybe that is

the type of sentence or phrase that you use there that's great that's great it

has the similar meaning you are saving something for a bad time

so maybe money we often put money away what's the answer then the answer is

coming at right now cockadoodledoo hello to you save it for what well if you have

something you want to keep it until a moment when it will become useful we can

say that you save it for a rainy day you save something for when you need it

you save something for a rainy day maybe money quite often money you will

save until the moment when you really need it if you have an emergency hmm

lucky day save it for a lucky day I like that one yes but quite often we we say

save it for a rainy day because we are saying that you have to save something

for when you really need it quite often it refers to money here's another one

okay then is this easy or is it hard I'm not sure maybe some of you will know

what this sentence is maybe some will not we are looking at Proverbs and

phrases this is a phrase that we often use in English if we decide that we want

to do something or complete something or follow something through right to the

end maybe you have a plan to do something and then you decide that you

want to see the whole thing through to the end

you say that you will do something completely you won't you won't hold back

you won't become lazy you will see it through to the end mmm interesting from

my own opinion mr. Duncan you are going a little too fast I'm sorry

I will go slower I'm very sorry about that arts B I will slow down in for

something in for something five letters five letters five letters hmm Marietta

thank you very much for your guess Thank You Lally save the umbrella for a rainy

day I like that that one that one for the

previous sentence game save your umbrella for a rainy day yes I like that

one I think that's pretty good

Lewis says okay a lot of answers coming through now I'm not going to rush you I

will take my time I will not rush you I will not make you think too fast do

Valentina I can't guess a single one don't worry because even if you don't

know the answer you will still learn something new you are still learning

what the expression is Mary thank you very much come on come on stop being so

lazy there's nothing worse than a lazy cockerel the answer is in for a penny in

for a pound we often use this in British English if you are planning to do

something all the way so for example maybe in the morning you wake up and you

decide that you want to clean your house you start downstairs and then you think

oh maybe maybe this is just too much work maybe this is going to take too

long but then you decide no I'm going to do all of the house I'm going to clean

all of the house I'm going to do all of it I won't stop I'm not going to be lazy

in for a penny in for a pound I'm going to do the whole thing I will complete

the task I will see that thing all the way through in for a penny in for a

pound it is an expression we often news in English in for a penny in for a

pound I might as well do it and if I'm going to do it I will do it all the way

through we are looking at the sentence game today proverbs and phrases in for a

penny in for a pound Palmyra says if you are penniless it

means you have no money yes you are right a penniless person a person who is

penniless has no money

yes don't start something you can't finish I think that's that's a good bit

of advice there thank you Stanislav for that never start something that you

can't finish I think this sentence means something

about consistency or being constant when you are doing something yes yes it does

in for a penny in for a pound I plan to do this completely I will start and I

will finish I will do the whole thing in for a penny in for a pound some

expressions make English very difficult yes I think they can especially things

like idioms a lot of people complain about idioms they say learning idioms

can be very difficult because the words are not used in the way that they should

be and you are right here's another one I hope you get this one a watched

something never something a watched something never something we are looking

for three and five letters a watched something never

something but what are the missing words it is a well-known expression especially

when people are impatient maybe you can't wait for something maybe you are

waiting for a letter to arrive and you are waiting for the postman to come to

your house so you stand by the the window waiting for the postman to appear

and he doesn't so you steal you keep standing there waiting for the postman

to arrive and someone might say a watched something never something but

what what is it hello Francesca hi guys hi Francisco

nice to see you here as well this is a good proverb I like this one I like this

one especially nowadays because I think

people are very impatient people can't wait anymore for anything we are we are

all quite impatient people nowadays we want everything to be instant we don't

want to wait I don't want to wait I want it now give it to me now Conal oh I like

that a watched dog never sleeps interesting

yes maybe that is very similar to the one that I'm thinking of I think so good

the answer to this I hope I'm not going too fast I will give you another five

seconds Oh a lot of people are getting this right good well done

a person who is impatient a person who can't wait for something to happen they

are waiting and they are so impatient

cockadoodledoo to you

the answer is pot and Boyle's pot and boils a watched pot never boils so if

you stand watching the putt it seems as if it takes forever to start boiling a

watched pot never boils it means sometimes you have to be

patient you have to forget about that thing if you are waiting for something

to happen sometimes you have to wait you have to be patient so this is telling

you to be patient to wait to have some patience sometimes you have to wait for

something to arrive or something to happen a watched pot never boils

I like that expression it's a good one there it's a good expression I will be

going soon by the way but don't worry I will be back on Friday back on Friday oh

yes to an you win this proverb reminds me of mr. Lomax from your full English

22 yes well done mr. Lomax actually gave me that proverb in full English 22 he

was talking about waiting for the putt to start boiling you're waiting for the

water to start boiling and mr. Lomax told me that sometimes a watched pot

never boils if you stand looking at it sometimes you

have to be patient you are right yes I like that one here's another one

well remembered by the way very good memory I'm impressed

mmm so this is a phrase we are looking at a phrase here is it hard is it

difficult maybe maybe not so perhaps for some people this might be

easy for some it might be difficult you

something just in the something of something so in fact we have three

missing words seven letters four letters and also four letters seven four four we

are on Friday mr. Duncan yes it is Friday what did I say but I will be back

with you on Sunday I think that's what I said I'm back on Sunday but yes it's

Friday at the moment what did I say did I say something else you something just

in the something of something but what what is it yes I will see you on Sunday

not tomorrow I'm not going to be with you on Saturday I'm not here on Saturday

definitely not will mr. Lomax ever come back I wonder maybe one day who knows

various mr. Lomax he's out there somewhere but what is he doing where is

he

thank you to us thank you also to

Colonel says flies never sit on a boiling pot I like that one flies never

sit on a boiling pot that sounds more like for your safety

I don't think flies would ever want to sit on a boiling pot here is Vitesse yes

thank you for your guests thank you very much Sayid thank you Mary

very good some good answers here very nice are you ready for the answer

mr. Cockrell do your work Thank You mr. Cockrell the answer is I can't do my

high voice today because of my hay fever I want to go very high but I can't

because like that it's very difficult you arrived just in the nick of time you

arrived just in the nick of time if you do

something in the nick of time it you mean that you are doing something just

before the time runs out or maybe just before something bad occurred the nick

of time you arrived at exactly the right moment because something bad

was about to happen but now you have arrived you have come here to save me

you arrived just in the nick of time I like that one to arrive just before

something happens normally something bad you arrived just in the nick of time mr.

Duncan today I arrived a little bit late says Marcia but don't worry I'm still

here I will be going soon but you arrived just in the nick of time

you see I used I used the expression that I just explained English proverbs

are too difficult they are quite difficult I agree with you there

definitely I definitely agree with you here's another one I think we're going

to have maybe one more and then I'm going to go I'm going to have a drink of

water and I'm also going to open the window in the studio because it's baking

hot in here it's about 85 degrees in here at the moment

here's another oh oh I see

mmm-hmm this is a long one so we have three missing words the something is

always something on the something side

I'm going to open the window in the studio just a moment

I'm opening the window in the studio because it's so hot in here oh that's

better

lovely lovely cool refreshing air coming into the studio now oh it's so hot in

here I can't begin to tell you how hot it is I've been here for nearly two

hours it is coming up to ten minutes away from four o'clock on a Friday I

hope you have a good weekend what are you doing this weekend

something nice the something is always something on the something side I wonder

what it could be I'm just thinking what could it be for something is always

something on the something side we have five letters seven letters and five

letters at the end five seven five four something is always something on the

other something I think I just gave you one of the words there I think I'm

getting heatstroke in the studio thanks for your answers all quite a few coming

through now quite a few answers coming through yes Oh

many people are getting it right so add so our teacher says mr. Duncan I am

proud of you you are a great teacher thank you very much

it's very kind of you I will be back on Sunday 2:00 p.m. UK time on Sunday not

tomorrow I'm not here tomorrow he's the answer come on mr. Cockrell there's one

thing I've noticed about my cockerel he never gets tired never the answer

is o grass greener other the grass is always greener on the other side the

grass is always greener on the other side or you might say the grass appears

to be greener on the other side a lot of people feel that something that is far

away from them or something that someone else has is better than the thing that

they have so you are looking over the fence and your neighbour's grass seems

greener than yours it is the appearance of something being better than the thing

that you have the grass is always greener on the other side or sometimes

we say on the other side of the fence the other side of the fence however this

is not always true sometimes the grass is not greener on the other side it just

appears to be better mmm so I like this one I do like this Sergio

says is it similar to the sandwich is always falling on the wrong side well I

suppose that's the opposite isn't it I suppose that could be the opposite so

this means that things always look better

when it's somewhere else with another person maybe your car is a nice car but

you think your neighbour's car is much better the grass always seems greener on

the other side isn't it strange I think this might be human nature I think it's

the way sometimes human beings behave I think so I think we've got time for one

more we have one more and then I am going but don't worry I will be back on

Sunday I think this one's easy I think this one is a little bit easy I think

this is easy Connell says the neighbour's wife is always prettier than your wife

the grass always seems much greener on the other side I like that one that's a

very good one I like that the grass will always be greener in Steve's garden

because he takes so much care you are right

I think so I think so we have seven five and four letters in the missing words

something something gathers know something so I think this is an easy one

I'm sure a lot of people will get this I'm sure many of you will get this I

hope so

Marietta hello Marietta Luis Mendez has made a guess at one of the words English

with akshar I think you are now giving me the answer to the to the previous one

we we have moved on Palmyra the food always looks tastier on

the other table that is true have you ever done that have you ever been in a

restaurant and you've ordered some food but then you see the person at the next

table has ordered something else and it looks absolutely delicious

in fact it looks better than the food that you ordered unfortunately

do-do-do-do-do - here comes the answer I don't want to rush you but we might have

we might have time to have another one you see I want to try and squeeze

another one in perhaps we will see

Valentin a drunk farmer gathers no crop Thank You Valentin that's a good one

I've never I've never heard of that but I think it's pretty good a drunk farmer

gathers no crop or maybe a lazy farmer no that's good it's not what I'm looking

for but I do like that that is interesting

time's up thank you mister cockerel how many more times do we have to hear him

cockadoodle doing Thank You curry Thank You Luis

here comes the answer Bing bong Rolling Stone moss The Rolling Stones

a rolling stone gathers no moss this is a great proverb it means if you keep

doing things with your life if you keep moving if you keep trying to improve

yourself learning new things you will always stay fresh and alert there are

always new things to learn in this world a rolling stone gathers no moss in life

you have to keep moving you have to keep learning you have to keep improving or

else if you stay in one place and do nothing you will gather moss a rolling

stone gathers no moss keep moving keep learning keep challenging yourself they

like that one hmm by wrong says mr. Duncan is that satisfaction

you're right a rolling stone gathers no moss oh my

goodness it's four o'clock I can't believe it we have no more time time has

beaten us today we have been beaten by the clock unfortunately it is almost

time to go we have two more minutes and then I am out of here

but don't worry I will be back with you on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. UK time don't

forget during July I'm also doing some extra live streams as well I hope you

enjoyed today's English addict live stream from the birthplace of English

which is England of course thanks for your company it is time to go parting is

such sweet sorrow I will say good afternoon until it be Sunday morrow what

an interesting world we are living in at the moment do you ever look out the

window and think isn't it interesting isn't the world interesting there are so

many things to look at so many things to wonder about so many things to learn and

I hope on Sunday we can all join together again and learn something else

hello - oh I see I can see what Sergey is doing moving things gathers no

experience oh I see yes maybe the opposite way around I can see what

you've said there oh yes I understand yes but movement moving around you see

it stops you from becoming lazy

thank you very much Cory Thank You lolly Thank You Alessandra I'm going now this

is mr. Duncan saying thanks for watching see you later

take care have a good weekend and of course until the next time we

meet here you know what's coming next yes you do...

ta ta for now 8-)