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The End Delay.
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For something to happen at a later time than expected or intended.
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For example, the wedding was delayed for financial reasons.
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How long have you been waiting?
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How long have you been waiting?
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How long have you been waiting?
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I just got here, which means I arrived only a few minutes ago.
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Example, we have to go.
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Todd's wife just got here.
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Breakdown, for a car or vehicle to stop working because of engine problems.
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Example, my car broke down on my way to work.
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To get rid of something is to dispose of something or throw it in the trash or discard something.
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The example is I'm trying to get rid of my old sofa do you want it
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Jerry says George's car is a piece of junk
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this is an expression referring to his car being rubbish
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it's trash it doesn't work very well it's a piece of junk the exit it's the exit from the highway
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or the motorway that road the road taken to leave shaking is to be moving and vibrating very quickly.
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The example is, I was so scared my hand was shaking.
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Violently shaking, in this case is an adverb, so we're using violently to explain the action of shaking.
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So in this case, it's performed the action in a violent way.
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A nervous breakdown, So this is not the same as George's car breaking down.
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So nervous breakdown, a very stressful situation when a person temporarily can't function properly.
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It's an emotional thing.
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So he had a nervous breakdown after losing his job.
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Stopped dead.
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Expression used to say that something stopped very suddenly.
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You have no car.
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So it's an informal but still correct way to question somebody.
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It's strange because the normal ways we would construct a phrase like this for a question would be, don't you have a car?
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Or haven't you got a car?
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But you're going to hear people say, so you have no car?
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So you have no time?
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And what good are you?
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What good are you?
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Is how Jerry pronounces it.
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What good are you?
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It's a rhetorical question, suggesting that George is just wasting Jerry's time.
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He has no purpose.
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He has no reason.
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An example is, what good is that guy if he can't even boil an egg?
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So if he can't boil an egg, it means he can't really cook anything.
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He's no good.
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Back to the scene.
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I'll tell you one thing, this chauffeur's going to be waiting a while.
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O 'Brien's not showing up.
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How do you know?
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He was in Chicago.
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The flight was overbooked.
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They wouldn't let him on the plane.
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He kept screaming how he had to get to Madison Square Garden.
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He should take his limo.
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Yeah, right.
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Wait a second.
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Think about it.
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He's not showing up.
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Where do you see the line for Kansas?
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It's like 45 minutes long.
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You said he's in Chicago.
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He's definitely in Chicago.
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Well, the guy's just standing there.
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How would we do it?
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We just go up to him.
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We say, we're O 'Brien.
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Maybe he knows O 'Brien.
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No, he doesn't know O 'Brien.
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If he knew O 'Brien, he wouldn't have a sign.
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Let's just do it.
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What if we get caught?
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What's going to happen?
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They can't kill us.
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A chauffeur.
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A chauffeur is a personal driver, generally, of an expensive, fancy car like a limousine.
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This is a word derived from French.
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To show up is a phrasal verb means to appear, arrive at a destination or event.
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The example, he said he would come but he never showed up.
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He never came, never arrived.
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He didn't appear.
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To overbook is when a restaurant or plane has accepted more people than it can hold.
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The restaurant is overbooked so we can't get a table.
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Wouldn't let him, pronunciation, wouldn't let him on.
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Wouldn't let him on.
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Wouldn't let him on.
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They wouldn't let him on the plane.
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Screaming is to speak very loudly to show that you're angry or to show that you're really scared.
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It can be used in both situations.
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He's always screaming at his kids.
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So possibly a dad who is quite an angry dad and he's speaking really loudly to yell, to scream.
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Madison Square Garden is a famous entertainment center in New York.
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They generally have basketball games or big shows and concerts there.
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Limo is the abbreviation for a limousine, which is the long, expensive car used by rich people and celebrities.
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And to go up to him, to go up to someone, is to approach someone.
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She went up to the shop assistant to complain.
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So now let's watch the last part of the scene.
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Well, I like Dylan.
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You could be Colin.
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Colin O 'Brien.
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I'm Dylan Murphy.
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I'm Colin O 'Brien.
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Are we really doing this?
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Come on.
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Hey, do you have the time?
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Clock over there.
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Hey, Brian?
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Yes, sir.
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Sorry we're late.
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Here, let me take that for you.
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Oh, thank you.
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I'll get the car and I'll bring it around front.
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Thank you very much.
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Dylan?
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Go.
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Who's going to be the guy? be who's gonna be who's
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gonna be O 'Brien who's gonna be O 'Brien just me just me as you see we don't
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we don't pronounce the T at the end of just
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doesn't have that plosion just me not just me just me just me you don't want to be you.
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You don't want to be you.
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You don't want to be you.
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Let me take that for you.
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Let me take that for you.
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Let me take that for you.
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Alright, so now that you know all of those little pieces of vocabulary and pronunciation, let's watch the scene one more time
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and you guys are going to be seriously surprised about how much more you understand and enjoy that scene.
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Sorry, the flight was delayed.
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How long have you been waiting?
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I just got here.
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My car broke down on the belt plug.
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Oh, I can't believe it.
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Why did you get rid of that piece of junk?
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One mile from the exit, it starts shaking, really violently shaking, like it's having a nervous breakdown.
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Then it completely stopped there.
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So you have no car?
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No. So what good are you?
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I'll tell you one thing.
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This chauffeur's going to be waiting a while.
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O 'Brien's not showing up.
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How do you know?
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He was in Chicago.
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The flight was overbooked.
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They wouldn't let him on the plane.
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He kept screaming how he had to get to Madison Square Garden. Should take his limo.
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Yeah, right.
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Wait a second.
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Think about it.
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He's not showing up.
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Where do you see the line for Kev's?
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It's like 45 minutes long.
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You said he's in Chicago.
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He's definitely in Chicago.
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Well, the guy's just standing there.
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How would we do it?
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We just go up to him.
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We say, we're O 'Brien.
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Maybe he knows O 'Brien.
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No, he doesn't know O 'Brien.
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If he knew O 'Brien, he wouldn't have a sign.
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Let's just do it.
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What if we get caught?
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What's gonna happen?
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They can't kill us.
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Who's gonna be O 'Brien?
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I'll be O 'Brien. Who am I?
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You.
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Just me?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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You don't want to be you?
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Well, if you're gonna be O 'Brien, why can't I be somebody?
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Like who?
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Dylan Murphy.
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Okay.
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What, now you want to be Dylan Murphy?
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Well, I like Dylan.
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You could be Colin.
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Colin O 'Brien.
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I'm Dylan Murphy.
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I'm Colin O 'Brien.
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Are we really doing this?
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Come on.
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Hey, do you have the time?
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Clock over there.
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Hi, Brian.
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Yes, sir.
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Sorry we're late.
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Here, let me take that for you.
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Oh, thank you.
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I'll get the car and I'll bring it around front.
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Thank you very much.
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Dylan?
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Go.
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I'm sorry.

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Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/scuotere, agitare
scream verbo/skɹiːm/gridare, sbraitare
breakdown sostantivo/ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/avaria, collasso
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/arrivare, giungere
exit sostantivo/ˈɛɡzət/uscita
junk sostantivo/d͡ʒʌŋk/paccottaglia, ciarpame
violently avverbio/ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/violentamente
clock sostantivo/klɑk/contachilometri, tachimetro
trash sostantivo/tɹæʃ/spazzatura, immondizia
delay sostantivo/dɪˈleɪ̯/ritardo
scare verbo/skɛɚ/spaventare, impaurire
boil verbo/bɔɪ(ə)l/far bollire
loudly avverbio/ˈlaʊdli/a voce alta, forte
pronounce verbo/pɹəˈnaʊns/dichiarare
pronunciation sostantivo/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/pronuncia, pronunzia

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • How long have you been waiting?
  • How would we do it?
  • What if we get caught?
  • Are we really doing this?
  • You don't want to be you?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsohave you been waiting
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas delayed · was overbooked · is overbooked
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosahere, which means · limousine, which is
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingstop working · kept screaming · starts shaking

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 59 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, wouldn't, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, trash /tɹæʃ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, temporarily /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, exit /ˈɛɡzət/, junk /d͡ʒʌŋk/, clock /klɑk/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: trash /tɹæʃ/, fancy /ˈfæn.si/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come shake, scream, breakdown.

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