LEARN THIS COOL ENGLISH PHRASE (PRACTICE AT THE END OF THE VIDEO) | WITH SUBTITLES

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The other day, I shared a picture on Instagram that got quite a lot of
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comments - I also shared this on Facebook and on VK as well.
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And the picture is me taking a picture of myself
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with my new camera and this was taken back in 2008 and to give you some
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context, I had just got back from traveling.
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So, in 2007, I went traveling and I just got back from traveling and I
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was visiting my then girlfriend - my now wife - Kate who you will know from
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the podcast and I just wanted to take up this new hobby because while I was
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traveling ,I started to get into photography.
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I really enjoyed taking pictures and I had one of those small
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point and shoot cameras.
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I think it was a Lumix camera that i bought near Time's
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Square in New York.
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And it was a fantastic camera for what I wanted back
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then.
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It just fit into my pocket and I could take it everywhere with me.
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I also met a couple of travelers who had one of
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those big DSLR cameras and they were showing me the kind of pictures that
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they could take and I was blown away by the quality of the image that these big
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cameras could produce, so I started to think about getting one of these cameras
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for myself and in 2008, I decided to get one.
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I think it was about two hundred dollars at the time - it was one of the
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entry-level cameras and i didn't want to spend too much money on it but i wanted
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to be able to get something that would take really good pitches.
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And let's just take a look at that photo again: I go in
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to say: I had just got back from traveling and threw myself into
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photography.
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Now, to throw yourself into something means to do something actively
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and with enthusiasm.
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When I got my camera, I spent so much time taking photos and I
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really wanted to dedicate myself to this new hobby, so I got some books on
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photography and watched videos on YouTube and I just loved this new hobby - I spent
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so much time doing it - that's why I said I threw myself into photography.
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Here are some more examples of this expression: I
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need to throw myself into a new hobby to get over this breakup.
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I need to throw myself into a new hobby to get over this
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breakup.
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She's really thrown herself into her studies at the moment.
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She threw herself into the role of being a new mum.
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She threw herself into the role of being a
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new mom.
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And here's another example that is true in my life: when I start
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something new, I throw myself into it - and that's why I want to ask you: if you
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start a new hobby or if you start learning something new, do you throw
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yourself into it?
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Let me know in the comments section below - and be sure to
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check out the description to learn some other phrases that I used in this video.
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So, thank you for watching - if you're new here subscribe.
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And I'll see you in the next lesson.
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Bye for now!
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