Improve Your English Listening Skills in 15 MINUTES!

Welcome back to JForrest English.

I'm Jennifer.

And today you're going to improve your.

Listening Skills of Fast English so  you can understand native English.

Speakers easily and the.

1st time let's.

Get started.

Here are your instructions for the entire lesson.

I am going to say a sentence three times and  

you need to write down exactly  what you hear in the comments.

After, I'll explain what I said  and the pronunciation changes.

That take place in fast English and  I'll explain what the expression means.

Are you ready?

All right, let's go.

So I'll say it three times.

My mom nitpicks like crazy.

My mom nitpicks like crazy.

My mom nitpicks like crazy.

Did you get this one?

I said.

My mom.

Nitpicks like crazy.

The pronunciation is clear, but if you  don't know what the vocabulary means,  

you're not going to understand what that native.

Speaker said here our verb is to.

Nitpick to.

Nitpick.

What does this mean?

This is when you find.

Faults.

Faults are things that you don't like.

Or criticisms when you find faults  in details that are not important,  

I'm sure you know someone  in your life who nitpicks.

Or maybe you nitpick yourself.

Let's say you're with someone and  you go out for dinner and the.

Food is great, the restaurant is beautiful,  the server is very friendly, but your.

Friend finds faults.

In details that are.

Not important your.

Friend nitpicks.

You could say the dinner was amazing,  but of course Lindsay wasn't happy.

About the color of the plates  or the art on the walls.

Lindsay is a nitpicker, so  your friend wasn't happy.

About the color of the plates, that is  such a detail that is not important.

So this is a perfect example of someone who.

Nitpicks, but notice in my example I said.

Lindsay is a nitpicker.

A nitpicker.

This is the noun form and a.

Nitpicker is simply someone.

Who nitpicks the original  example was my mom nitpicks like.

Here, like crazy.

This simply means.

A lot or quickly, but in this context it means.

A lot.

So my mom nitpicks like crazy.

My mom nitpicks.

A lot you could.

Also, say I worked like crazy all weekend.

So you worked a lot all weekend.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

It's OK to be picky sometimes.

It's OK to be picky sometimes.

It's OK to be picky sometimes.

Did you get this one?

I said.

It's OK to be picky sometimes for pronunciation.

Notice I use the contraction.

It's, it's This is the contraction of.

It is.

It's OK.

It's okay to be, but I didn't say it's okay to be.

Picky, I said.

To be to be so an unstressed.

Too, It's okay to be to be to be picky.

It's okay to be picky now.

Don't confuse this expression to be.

Picky with our last expression.

To nitpick.

Yes, they both use the word pick, but  they are totally different expressions.

This expression.

To be picky, this describes someone  who has very strong preferences.

About what they like and  don't like, for example most.

Young kids.

Are picky I.

Don't know about you, but when I was a young.

Five years old, 10 years old.

There were many food items that I did not eat.

My diet was very.

Simple, I had a small number of things.

That I liked to eat, and I had a very  large number of things that I did not.

Like to eat so as a?

Child, I was picky when it  came to food when it came to.

Eating What about you?

Were you a picky eater?

Were you picky about your  food when you were a child?

Or maybe you still are right now some.

Adults are picky as well.

In our original example, I said it's OK.

To be picky sometimes.

It's OK that means.

It is acceptable.

It's acceptable to be picky to  have those strong preferences.

About what you like and don't  like sometimes, for example.

It's OK to be picky when it comes to a job.

Choosing a job.

You should have very strong  preferences about what you want that.

Job to have the qualities of that job,  and that's OK choosing a job, choosing a.

House you should definitely be.

Picky Have very strong preferences and choosing.

A spouse?

That's the ultimate one.

You should be.

Very picky when you choose a spouse  because you're with that person for your.

Entire life.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

I'm beat.

Let's call it a day.

I'm beat.

Let's call it a day.

I'm beat.

Let's call it a day.

Did you get this one?

I said.

I'm beat.

Let's call it a day.

Let's talk about the contraction at the beginning.

I'm.

Of course this is I am I'm.

I'm B I'm B I'm B.

Let's call it.

But with linking, we're going to  combine those sounds, so it sounds like.

Call it.

Call it.

So call lit, but then we  have to say it as one word.

Call it, call it.

Call it a day, call it a.

Day call.

It a.

Day I'm beat.

Let's call it a day.

To be beat.

I'm beat.

This means to be.

Very tired to be exhausted.

So instead of saying I'm very tired, you can say.

I'm beat, I'm beat where beat the verb to be.

Now let's talk about the expression.

Let's call it a day to call.

It a day.

This is an expression used to say  that you're going to stop working.

For the day and you stop working for the.

Day because you've.

Completed enough?

You've done what you've needed to do or.

Simply because everyone is exhausted, everyone  is beat and it isn't productive anymore to.

Keep working.

So maybe.

It's 3:00 and technically the day  ends at 5:00, but everyone is.

So tired everyone.

Is beat that they're just not thinking  clearly anymore, so you might say.

Let's call it a day.

Let's just stop working.

For today and we'll get a good night's sleep.

We'll come back tomorrow and begin again.

You could combine this with our expression like.

Crazy, Which means?

A lot.

And you could say we've been  working like crazy all week.

Let's call it a day.

So again, maybe it's Friday at  2:00 and technically you're.

Supposed to work until 5:00, but  because you've been working like crazy.

All week.

Let's just call it a day and stop working now.

Are you ready for another listening exercise?

I'll say it three times.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

Did you get this one?

I said you shouldn't.

Be so nosy here.

Notice I said shouldn't.

Shouldn't you?

Shouldn't be.

This is a contraction of  Should not, Shouldn't you?

Shouldn't be.

You shouldn't be.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

What does this mean to?

Be nosy To be nosy.

This is used to say that you're  interested in what other.

People are doing or saying when you have no.

Right To be interested in that,  you have no right to know what.

Other people are saying or doing  because it doesn't involve you.

A lot of people are nosy when it comes  to their significant others cell phone.

They want to know what their significant other  is looking at online, who they're talking to.

Who they're texting with.

But ultimately, you have  no right to that knowledge.

Because that's your significant others personal.

So if your significant other  leaves their phone and goes  

to the bathroom or goes to another  room and you pick up the phone and.

You try to look at it without them knowing you.

Are being nosy.

And that's when someone can  say you shouldn't be so nosy.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

Being nosy is one of my pet.

Peeves being nosy is one of my pet.

Peeves being nosy is one of my pet.

Peeves, did you get this one?

I said.

Being nosy is one of my.

Pet Peeves.

And now you know what Nosy means.

So I.

Don't have to explain that being nosy.

Notice how this is a jaron statement, a  sentence that starts with a jaron verb, a verb.

In ING being nosy.

Jaron's statements are used  to make general statements,  

so in general being nosy is one of my pet.

Peeves What is a pet?

Peeve.

A pet.

Peeve is something that especially annoys you.

So there are many things that annoy you.

But a pet peeve is when,  whenever that one thing happens.

It really annoys you, so I  googled this and according to.

Google the top.

Three pet peeves.

Things that especially.

Annoy people.

The top.

Three pet peeves are loud chewing so.

If your coworker is or your kids, your  husband or wife, Loud chewing is that one of.

Your pet peeves number.

Two, according to Google.

Is bad manners.

So if you have bad manners,  it means you're not polite.

So if someone holds the door open for  you in North America, it's considered.

Polite to say thank you to that person.

So if.

You hold a door open for  someone and the other person,  

they go right in and they  don't say thank you to you.

That would be an example.

Of bad manners in North  America and the person who.

Held the door open.

Would be annoyed because that's one of.

Their pet peeves and number.

Three, according to Google.

Is clutter.

Clutter describes when a  room is very disorganized or.

So if there were things all over my office,  

papers everywhere, things were not  neat and organized, that would be.

Clutter.

What about you?

What's your pet peeve?

Share your pet peeve in the comments below.

Now let's do an imitation exercise where you're  going to imitate my pronunciation, So you're  

going to listen to me say the sentence, and then  you are going to repeat the sentence out loud.

So say the sentence out loud and  try to match my pronunciation.

And then you'll repeat that  three times for each sentence.

So let's do that right now.

My mom nitpicks like crazy.

My mom nitpicks like.

Crazy, my mom nitpicks like.

It's OK to be picky sometimes.

It's OK to be picky sometimes.

It's OK to be picky sometimes I'm beat.

Let's.

Call it a day, I'm beat.

Let's call it a day.

I'm beat.

Let's.

Call it a day.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

You shouldn't be so nosy.

Being nosy is one of my pet peeves.

Being nosy is one of my pet peeves.

Being nosy is one of my pet peeves did.

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Your pet peeve in the comments.

I'm really excited to know.

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