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A lily pad?
Una foglia di ninfea?
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Oh, thank you, thank you, Mom!
Oh, grazie, grazie, mamma!
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Thank you, Dad!
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Well, now that you're eight, we thought you were ready.
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Hi there, I'm lily pad.
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Welcome to the pond.
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You can take today to figure out how to use it, but then tomorrow we'll start...
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Uh -oh.
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Try again.
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Keep hopping.
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Try again.
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Oh yeah, hello global citizens, I'm Xenia, your real -life English literacy coach, and today we're learning English with Toy Story 5.
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So we just heard Bonnie's mom use a super common phrasal verb.
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Hi there, I'm Lilypad, welcome to the pond!
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You can take today to figure out how to use it.
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If you figure something out, you discover how it works or you find a solution.
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When you get a new gadget like Bonnie's tablet, you take some time to play with it and understand how it works.
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And then during one of the games Bonnie plays, we hear A hop is a small jump.
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Think of how frogs and rabbits move.
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We also use it for a quick movement like hopping on the bus when you're running late.
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During today's lesson we'll be learning at least 19 more advanced English expressions To make sure you actually remember these
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Now let's watch our next scene.
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Huh?
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Why they're.. they're both just sitting there doing nothing.
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They ain't playing with toys at all.
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What?
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You didn't hear?
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Uh, no, I didn't hear.
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What didn't I hear?
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The age of toys is over, lass.
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What do you mean over?
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Are you guys okay?
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What happened to you?
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TAP!
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Devices!
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Everywhere!
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The screens just took over!
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All the tapping!
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The tapping!
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Tap!
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Tap!
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Tap!
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Oh well, it's probably just a fad.
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Like, you know, record players or hula hoops.
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Don't believe us?
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Come see for yourself!
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Look at them all.
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All on devices.
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Except for Bonnie.
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No wonder she can't make a friend, Bullseye.
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She's the only one out there still playing with toys.
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So it seems like toys are facing a big problem.
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Let's learn all of the advanced expressions we heard in this clip, practice pronunciation and even some grammar.
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Here, a why isn't asking a question, it's actually being used as an exclamation, kind of like well or oh.
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Native speakers use it to show surprise, like they just noticed something, like in these examples.
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Won't you take me with you?
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Why, of course I will.
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Next, let's check out some informal native grammar.
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They ain't playing with toys at all.
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What?
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Ain't is an informal way of saying isn't, aren't, am not, or even haven't and hasn't, depending on the sentence.
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So, they ain't playing simply means they aren't playing.
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Check out these examples.
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Hey, Woody, where'd you go?
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He's lying.
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Bus ain't there.
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I swear she ain't using real words.
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But the purring?
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What are you talking about?
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I ain't purring.
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Oh, sure.
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You'll hear rain a lot in casual speech, songs and movies, but it's not considered proper grammar.
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So save it for informal conversations with friends, not your next job interview.
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Now, I bet you get frustrated when natives speak fast, and you can't understand them.
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And usually this ain't actually about speed, but because of something we call connected speech.
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That's how natives cut your G's and link the words together in fluent speech.
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Listen to this question again.
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You didn't hear?
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In the word didn't, we drop the second D to make the word flow smoother.
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It doesn't disappear altogether, like it doesn't become didn't, but you stop the air at the D sound and it goes through your nose together with the N sound.
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didn't didn't what happens next is we also drop the T
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at the end you didn't hear your speaking will only improve with lots of practice
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so listen to that again and repeat you didn't hear you didn't hear
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moving on this toy used a few advanced expressions in one
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short phrase what didn't i hear the age of toys is
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over last the age of something refers to a period of time
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when that thing is important or popular think of it like the age of dinosaurs
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or the digital age so the age of toys means the era
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when toys were the main thing kids played with and
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when we say that era
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or age of something is over we mean it has ended
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it's finished done no more check out this example The age of parents is over.
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Also, did you catch that this toy calls Jesse Lass?
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That's an old -fashioned informal word for a young woman or girl, mostly used in Scotland and Ireland, where this toy is probably from.
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And you can hear Merida's father, King Fergus, call his daughter Lass in the movie Brave, which is set in the Scottish Highlands.
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What are you doing, Lass?
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It's all right, Dad.
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Are you guys okay?
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What happened to you?
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Devices!
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Devices is just a general word for electronic gadgets like phones, tablets or game consoles.
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The screens just took over!
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All the tapping, the tapping!
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When something has taken over, what happened?
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Take a guess.
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It's been destroyed completely, it's been forgotten about, or it's become the dominant thing.
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Right, to take over means to gain control of something, often replacing whatever was there before.
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Think about how streaming took over the way we watch TV.
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Here's another example.
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And to tap means to touch something quickly and lightly, and it's exactly the word we use for touching a screen so
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when your friend can't put their phone down you could say
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they're always tapping away jesse imagines this change is not
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so important she says oh well it's probably just a fad like you know record players
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or hula hoops a fad is something
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that becomes really popular for a short period of time
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and then quickly disappears record players
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and hula hoops are actually two classic examples of american fans
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record players were the big way to listen to music before cds
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and then streaming took over this is a hula hoop every kid had one in the 1950s
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but nowadays they are super rare
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and you have probably seen a lot of apps nowadays
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that let you speak english with ai this seems to be the latest fad in learning english it's something
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that will never disappear is speaking english with real people having english conversations
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and making friends in other countries made all the difference in
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my own english learning journey i was motivated to improve my skills
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so i could communicate better with my friends
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and become more confident in my ability to use the language
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in my opinion using it to prepare for conversations with real people and And membership to the club is free,
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Don't believe us?
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Come see for yourself!
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When you do something for yourself, it means you personally experience or check it, rather than just trusting what someone else told you.
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Like, if someone doesn't believe that a new Italian restaurant down the street is amazing, you might say, just go try it for yourself.
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Here's another example.
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And here we have another great example of connected speech to learn with.
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Look at em all!
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Wow, that was super fast!
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So, with pronouns like him, her and them we often drop the first syllable.
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At him becomes at him, at her becomes at her, at them becomes at em.
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By the way, the T in at sounds like a soft d sound because it's between two vowel sounds.
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And then all four words link together look at them all
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becomes look at them all look at them all listen to Jesse again and repeat look at them all
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so finally Jesse understands why Bonnie's having trouble fitting in
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or being accepted by other kids no wonder she can't make
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a friend bullseye she's the only one out there still playing with toys.
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No wonder is a phrase we use when something makes total sense once you know the reason.
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It's like saying, that explains it, or that's not surprising at all.
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Here are a couple of examples.
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Look, look!
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There it is!
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That car is gorgeous!
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No wonder it's worth so much!
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My bad.
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Hey, where you going? Do it!
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This is how you resolve conflict?
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No wonder you're single!
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Alright, like we saw at the very start, Bonnie finally gets her very own device and Jessie is scared
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that it will get in the way of her and the other Toys' mission to help Bonnie make friends.
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Let's see what happens when Jessie confronts the new device, Lilypad.
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Now, I'm gonna have some words with this lily pad and let her know how things are run around here.
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Try to stay calm, Jessie.
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Buzz, you know me.
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I'm the definition of calm.
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That's not gonna work.
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Hi!
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What the?
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Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
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Sleep mode, you know?
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No?
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Eh, forget it.
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I want to talk to you, device.
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Please, call me Lily.
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Now look here.
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Me and the toys have been working all summer to try
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and get Bonnie to make friends with the Jordan twins across the street.
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Our kid needs to learn how to make friends, and your screen ain't helping.
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Look, if it's friends Bonnie needs, consider it done.
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There.
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What?
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What happened?
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Oh, it was easy.
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I just sent a friend request to all the girls in Bonnie's dance class.
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But that's.. they're not here.
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Oh, yes they are.
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It's silly.
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Chelsea, Kara, and even Heidi, they're all here.
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The parents created a group chat on the pond.
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You see, on the pond, while Bonnie's playing my fun learning games, she can also socialize with other kids.
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That's why mom and dad bought me to make connections.
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Voila, friend made.
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Now, I'm going to have some words with this lily pad and let her know how things are run around here.
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First off, to have a word with someone or to have some words means to have a serious conversation with them,
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usually because you're upset about something they did.
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Think of a manager saying, I need to have some words with the new employee, when they made a big mistake at work.
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Then let her know how things are run around here.
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To run something means to lead or manage it.
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For example, my neighbor runs the local coffee shop.
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So, how things are run around here refers to the usual rules or way of doing things in a certain place.
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Basically, Jessie wants to remind Lillipad who's in charge.
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And before we move on, let's look at another connected speech example.
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Now, I'm gonna have some words with this Lillipad and let her know how things are run around here.
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So, like we saw earlier, with them becoming um, her here becomes er.
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The T in let becomes that soft D sound, so it's not a let her, but let her.
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Let her know.
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Listen to Jessie again and repeat.
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And let her know how things are run around here.
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And let her know how things are run around here.
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Now, Buzz is worried that Jessie may just make the situation worse.
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Try to stay calm, Jessie.
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To stay calm means to keep your emotions under control instead of overreacting in a dangerous situation or when you are angry.
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Check out this example.
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When someone is the definition of something, you mean they represent that quality perfectly.
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Of course, this is also a joke because Jesse is clearly not calm at all.
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But listen to this example.
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me and the toys have been working all summer to try
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and get bonnie to make friends with the jordan twins across
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the street now look here is an expression used to grab someone's attention especially
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when you're about to say something a little confrontational it's like saying listen up
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or pay attention check out this other example now look here
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now look here moving on lily pad seems to think she knows a better strategy to help Bonnie make friends.
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Our kid needs to learn how to make friends and your screen ain't helping.
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Look, if it's friends Bonnie needs, consider it done.
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If your friend says, consider it done, after you ask for a favor, what do you think they are telling you?
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They'll think about it and get back to you?
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They will definitely do it.
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Or they can't help you right now.
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Great!
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When you say consider it done, you're telling someone not to worry about a task because you'll definitely take care of it.
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It's a confident way of saying, I've got this handled.
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This is a great one for work.
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If your coworker asks to send an important email, you could reply, consider it done, to reassure them it'll get taken care of.
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I just sent a friend request to all the girls in Bonnie's dance class.
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But that's.. they're not here.
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Oh, yes they are.
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It's silly.
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Silly here is a light, playful way of calling someone a bit foolish or mistaken.
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It's usually not a cruel word to use between friends or with a kid when they make a mistake.
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Like, if your friend forgot they already told you a story, you might laugh and say, you already told me that, you silly.
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Voila, friend made.
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And finally, Voila! comes from French, but it's fully adapted into English now.
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We use it to announce that something has been done or revealed, usually with a little excitement, like in this example.
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Oh yeah, you've done great today, but we're not done yet.
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And now comes the most important part of the lesson.
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You will test everything you learned by watching all the scenes again, this time without subtitles, and answer some quiz questions.
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Stay calm and try your best!
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What does it mean to figure something out?
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To draw a picture of it?
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To understand how it works? or to forget about it completely.
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But then tomorrow we'll start having a...
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Uh -oh, try again.
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Try again.
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Why they're both just sitting there doing nothing.
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They ain't playing with toys at all.
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In casual speech, Aint can replace all of these except, isn't, haven't, shouldn't.
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What?
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You didn't hear?
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Uh, no, I didn't hear.
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What didn't I hear?
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The age of toys is over, lass.
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What do you mean over?
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Are you guys okay?
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What happened to you?
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TAP!
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Devices!
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Everywhere!
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The screens just took over!
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All the tapping!
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The tapping!
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Tap!
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Tap!
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Tap!
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Tap!
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Oh well, it's probably just a fad.
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Look at these images and select which one was not a classic fad.
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Like, you know, record players or hula hoops.
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Don't believe us?
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Come see for yourself.
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Look at them all.
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All on devices.
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Except for Bonnie.
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No wonder she can't make a friend, Bullseye.
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If someone says no wonder after hearing an explanation, they mean they still don't understand.
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It makes total sense now.
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Or they think the explanation is wrong.
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She's the only one out there still playing with toys.
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Now, I'm gonna have some words with this Lilypad and let her know how things are run around here.
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Try to stay calm, Jessie.
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Buzz, you know me.
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I'm the definition of calm.
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That's not gonna work.
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Hi!
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What the?
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Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
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Sleep mode, you know?
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No?
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Eh, forget it.
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I want to talk to you, device.
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Please, call me Lily.
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Now look here, me and the toys have been working all summer to try
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and get Bonnie to make friends with the Jordan twins across the street.
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Our kid needs to learn how to make friends and your screen ain't helping.
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If you want to give someone confidence that you will do something, you'd say, consider it done, figure it out.
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Or, I'm the definition of it.
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Look, if it's friends Bonnie needs, consider it done.
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There.
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What?
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What happened?
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Oh, it was easy.
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I just sent a friend request to all the girls in Bonnie's dance class. But that's...
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They're not here.
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Oh, yes they are.
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Silly.
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Chelsea, Kara, and even Heidi, they're all here.
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The parents created a group chat on the pond.
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You see on the pond while Bonnie's playing my fun learning games.
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She can also socialize with other kids That's why mom and dad bought me to make connections Voila friend made Great job.
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I absolutely love watching the new toy story movie with my daughter It's
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so relevant as more and more children are becoming addicted to their screens
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