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Words we use, we say every day.
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Learn a phrase and use it your way.
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Call it a day.
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Call it a day.
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Have you heard this phrase before?
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When we say call it a day, we mean to stop working on something, usually because you're tired.
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Call it a day comes from an older phrase.
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Call it half a day.
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That was used in the 1830s when workers left before the day was over.
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By 1919, the shorter version, call it a day, became common with the meaning to stop work and not to return for the rest of the day.
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Over time, it became a common way to simply say, let's finish now.
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You can hear it everywhere.
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When you stop work after a long day.
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We've had a lot of meetings.
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Let's call it a day.
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When you finish a project or activity I've been gardening all morning.
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I'm ready to call it a day.
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In casual situations, when you want to stop whatever it is that you're doing Have you played enough basketball?
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OK, let's call it a day then.
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When you're tired I've been cleaning the house all morning.
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Time to call it a day.
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And here's when some learners like to call it a day.
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I recently did some fencing and was completely tired and just said, you know what, let's just call it a day.
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I call it a day when I start feeling too tired to focus.
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Sometimes I tend to call it a day and just before five o'clock, like 4.30 if I'm lucky, or sometimes even 6, 6.30.
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Oh God, you're asking way too many questions.
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Let's just call it a day.
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When is it a good time for you to call it a day?
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When you're tired?
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After working in the garden?
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When your project is finished?
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Okay, now we've learnt something new.
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Shall we call it a day and end this lesson?
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Let's say it out loud together.
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Let's call it a day.
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Ready?
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Say it out loud.
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I'm Shannon, and I'd like to respectfully acknowledge the Cameragal people of the Eora Nation, whose land this podcast was recorded on.
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This is the SBS Learn English Podcast.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “MiniPod: Call it a day”. Questo video contiene 39 frasi e 365 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:36. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 141 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 8 delle sue 39 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
12 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| phrase sostantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | espressione, polirematica |
| podcast sostantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, audioprogramma |
| lesson sostantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lezione |
| worker sostantivo | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | lavoratore, operaio |
| casual aggettivo | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | occasionale |
| fence sostantivo | /fɛns/ | recinto, steccato |
| acknowledge verbo | /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/ | riconoscere, ammettere |
| respectfully avverbio | /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fə.li/ | rispettosamente |
| loud aggettivo | /ˈlaʊ̯d/ | rumoroso |
| everywhere avverbio | /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ | ovunque, dappertutto |
| tend verbo | /ˈtɛnd/ | avere cura di, accudire |
| basketball sostantivo | /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ | pallacanestro, pallacesto |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Have you heard this phrase before?
- We've had a lot of meetings.
- Let's call it a day.
- I'm ready to call it a day.
- When your project is finished?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso | I've been gardening · I've been cleaning |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | Have you heard · We've had · we've learnt |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | you're doing · you're asking |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, I'm, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, fence /fɛns/, acknowledge /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/, loud /ˈlaʊ̯d/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, basketball /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come phrase, podcast, lesson.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.