Real English: Talking about men you like

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Hello. My name is Emma, and in this video, I am going to teach you some key words, words
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you can use to describe the boy you like. So imagine: You're in class, and a hot boy
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walks in -- a hot man. Not a boy -- man. He comes in, and you think, "Wow. That's the
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guy I love. That's the one I want." So you want to tell your friends about him. What
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do you say? How do you describe him? Well, I have a bunch of expressions to help you
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describe the man of your dreams or your boyfriend -- someone you're dating. How do you describe
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the boy you like to your friends? Let's look.
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So first of all, I have a bunch of ways to describe how men look. And these are mainly
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positive. So if you like a guy, your friend will say, "Tell me. What is he like? Tell
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me. What is he like?" Okay? And so you might say, "Well, he's manly", meaning -- see keyword
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"man", yeah? So he's "manly", meaning he likes to do manly things. He likes driving cars
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fast and watching football, and he's a strong man. He drinks beer. He's "manly". Okay? You
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might describe a guy like that. You might say, "He's muscular", right? He has big muscles.
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"He's muscular." Okay? Maybe you could say, "He's handsome." He's a "handsome" man, meaning
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he looks good. His looks -- yes, he's good-looking. "He's handsome." "He's cute. There's a cute
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boy in my class. I really like him. There's a cute man in my class. I like him." We say,
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"He's cute." "He's hot. He's hot." When you see him, you feel your cheeks get red? That's
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because he's hot. He's a hot man. So "hot", "cute", and "handsome" -- they all mean pretty
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much the same thing. You can also say "sexy". At the bottom. "He's sexy." "He's a very handsome
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man. He's sexy."
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Okay. "Hairy." You might wonder, "'Hairy.' What does that mean"? "Well, if a man is "hairy",
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he has a lot of hair -- maybe a lot of hair on his face, maybe his chest, hairy chest.
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So for me, personally, hairy men, you know -- maybe you would find a hairy man very hot.
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I put this on the list because you might say a hairy guy walked into the class and think,
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"Wow. He's hot. He's a little hairy." But if he's hairy, he's probably manly.
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Another expression, "lanky". "Oh, he's tall and lanky." "Lanky" is not muscular. It's
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where the guy is sort of skinny. But he's still very handsome. "He's lanky." He's a
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little skinny. But usually we say, "He's tall and lanky." So it's similar to "skinny".
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Okay. What about personality? How would you describe his personality to your friends?
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Well, you might say, "He's suave. He's suave." If a guy is "suave", it means when you go
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to the restaurant, he will hold the door open for you. He will pay for the meal. "He's suave."
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It means he's very good with women. He knows what women want. "He's suave." Similarly,
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a "smooth talker". If a man is a "smooth talker", it means he's very good with what he says.
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He knows how to wine and dine you. He knows how to make you fall in love with him. A smooth
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taker is a guy who is very good at talking and he can get you to like him.
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"Charming." Okay? In fairy tales, Disney movies -- if you've ever seen a Disney movie, the
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men are always very charming. When they talk, it means you start to really like them. When
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someone is charming you like them very quickly. "He's romantic." Okay? On your birthday, he
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gives you flowers. He gives you chocolate. He says very nice things to you about how
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beautiful you are. "He's romantic."
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"He's loaded." "Loaded." What does that mean? It means he's rich. Okay? He has lots of money.
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He's loaded. All right?
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A "good dresser". "He's a good dresser" means his clothes look nice. He's fashionable. Similarly,
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"well-dressed", "He's well-dressed," -- his clothes look good. He knows how to dress well.
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"Thoughtful." "Oh, he's very thoughtful." Okay. What does this mean? It means he knows
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how to do very nice things. If he's thoughtful, it means he thinks about you, and he does
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nice things. So for example, maybe you had a sad day, you had a bad day, and you felt
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very sad. If he's thoughtful, maybe he will give you flowers to make you feel happy and
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to make you feel better. Or maybe, if he's thoughtful, if he will ask you, "What's wrong?
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What happened?" "He's thoughtful."
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Some guys are athletic. "Athletic" means they're good at sports. Okay. They like to play sports,
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and they're good at sports. And usually, if you see someone who's athletic, sometimes
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that means they'll be muscular, sometimes not.
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I love this expression: "a mama's boy". "Mama" is -- it's probably the same in your language.
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In most languages, it's ma" or "mama". And so yeah, you're right; it means your mom.
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A "mama's boy" is a guy who really likes his mom and who does everything his mom says.
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His mother cooks for him. His mother cleans for him. His mother might tell him what to
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wear. His mother controls him. Okay? A "mama's boy", he listens to everything his mother
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says. Some women love mama's boys. Other women don't like mama's boys. But, you know, different
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people like different things. So you could say, "He's a mama's boy. He likes his mom.
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He does everything his mom wants him to."
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You might like a "bad boy". Okay? Many girls like the bad boy. The bad boy is the guy who
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does bad things. For some reasons, sometimes, bad boys drive women crazy. When they see
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a bad boy, they think, "Wow. He's hot. Wow. Did you see how fast he drove that car? He's
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hot. He's a bad boy." Some women don't like bad boys. Some women -- "A bad boy. He's annoying.
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He's not good." But maybe you like a bad boy. Maybe he comes to school, and he looks really
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cool. Maybe the teacher wants him to do his homework, and he says, "No. I'm not doing
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my homework." He's a bad boy.
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You might also like a guy who's a gentleman. A "gentleman" is someone who will hold the
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door open for you. Okay? When you go to a restaurant, they'll pull the chair so you
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sit first. A "gentleman" is someone who is very polite. A very polite person is a gentleman.
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You might also meet something who's a joker. "He's a joker" means he says funny things
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all the time. He makes you laugh. Another expression, "flirt". "A flirt." If the guy
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is a "flirt", it means he knows how to talk to you and make you like him. Like, he will
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-- the way he will act will be very, like, "flirty". So you can also say, "He's flirty."
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Okay? So he makes you feel good. "He's a flirt."
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Okay. Some other ways we might describe a guy we like. We might say, "He makes me laugh.
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He makes me laugh. He makes me smile." We might say, if we're talking about his looks,
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"He has killer abs." "Abs" is the part of your stomach -- you know when guys do, like,
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crunches, they exercise, they get something like this. This is their stomach, and it's
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just very strong, a strong stomach. Those are abs. "He has killer abs." You could also
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say, "He has a killer smile. He has killer eyes. He has -- he's very handsome."
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One other expression. We also call these things, "abs" -- we also call them "a six-pack" because
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it looks like -- a "six-pack" is like cans, cans of beer. "Six-pack", it looks like abs.
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So we say, "He has a six-pack", meaning he has a very good-looking stomach.
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Okay. So I've given you tons of expressions to use when you talk about boys you like.
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I hope you use some of these in your conversation, your day-to-day conversation. I want to invite
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you to visit us at our website, www.engvid.com, where you can, first off, for practice, you
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can leave comments. You can write about the guy you like, to practice. You can say, "In
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my class, there is a real joker. He's a flirt. He's a mama's boy." Okay? So feel free to
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come to our comments and tell us about the guy you like. You can also practice on our
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quiz if you go to www.engvid.com, where you can see and make sure you understand these
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words. Okay? So until next time, I hope you meet the guy of your dreams. And I will be
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seeing you later.
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