Shadowing Practice: B2 English Listening Practice - Idioms in English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everybody, welcome to this B2 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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You ready?
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So today I'm going to talk about a few common idioms that we use in English.
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Idiomatic expressions play such an important role in any language, and so it's good to always be learning new ones.
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So without further ado, let's look at our first one.
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Once in a blue moon.
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I'm sure some of you have come across this expression at some point in your life, but But maybe you didn't quite understand it when it was said.
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If we say that something happens once in a blue moon, it means that this thing very rarely happens.
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So, for example, I could say, this type of event only takes place once in a blue moon.
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That just means that this type of event almost never happens.
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Alright, here's another idiom.
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To feel under the weather.
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This is an essential one that you should definitely learn.
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It simply means that you're feeling a little sick.
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You wouldn't use this expression if you were really sick or you had some really serious medical condition or something, but you can use it if you have a cold or something like that.
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So I might say, I'm going to have to skip tonight's party because I'm feeling a little under the weather.
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In fact, I'm actually feeling a little under the weather right now, because I've been having some issues with my throat and sinuses.
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Okay, the third idiom that we're going to look at is this one, stab someone in the back.
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This is another expression that you'll want to get down.
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It's universal, and I'm sure the expression is pretty similar in other languages, but it might be worded a little differently.
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So when you stab someone in the back, you betray them, more often than not in a pretty dramatic or brutal way.
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So for example, let's say I tell a really embarrassing personal secret to my good friend
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and then my good friend goes and tells a bunch of other people my secret.
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This would be considered him stabbing me in the back.
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Pretty straightforward, right?
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Alright, the next idiom is cold turkey.
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This is one of my personal favorites.
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The phrase cold turkey is used to show
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that someone quits a harmful habit immediately without any program or weaning off process to help.
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So if a man's been smoking a pack of cigarettes every day for the last 30 years and then just stops immediately, he quit cold turkey.
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Or if a drug addict suddenly throws away all his drugs and quits completely, he quit cold turkey.
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Don't ask me where this expression came from though.
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Alright, one more idiom.
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Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Of course you can substitute his with any other possessive pronoun here.
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This idiom is often used to negatively describe someone who was born into a wealthy family.
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You wouldn't want to say this to somebody's face though.
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People usually say this when they're making disparaging remarks about somebody else.
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So you might hear someone say something like this.
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He doesn't even know what work is.
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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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So hopefully some of these idioms were new for you, so now you've got a few more native phrases in your arsenal.
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Okay, that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and try to use one of these idioms in your own sentence.
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I'll see you next time.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “B2 English Listening Practice - Idioms in English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: idiom, expression, cold, quit, turkey. Deze video bevat 46 zinnen en 598 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:51. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 210 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| idiom zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪdiəm/ | idioom, taaleigen |
| spoon zelfstandig naamwoord | /spuːn/ | lepel |
| betray werkwoord | /bɪˈtɹeɪ/ | verraden |
| disparage werkwoord | /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/ | onteren |
| embarrass werkwoord | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | verlegen maken, in verlegenheid brengen |
| idiomatic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɪd.iː.əˈmat.ɪk/ | idiomatisch |
| possessive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /pəˈzɛs.ɪv/ | bezittelijk |
| pronoun zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ | voornaamwoord, pronomen |
| comprehension zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | begrip, verstandigheid |
| addict zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæd.ɪkt/ | verslaafde |
| stab werkwoord | /stæb/ | steken |
| straightforward bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/ | makkelijk, eenvoudig |
| harmful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/ | schadelijk |
| cigarette zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ | sigaret |
| brutal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈbɹuːtəl/ | bruut |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come across werkwoord | overkomen |
| throw away werkwoord | weggooien |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- It simply means that you're feeling a little sick.
- Don't ask me where this expression came from though.
- I'll see you next time.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
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| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | I've been having · man's been smoking |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was said · might be worded · would be considered |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 18 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, wouldn't, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: disparage /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, possessive /pəˈzɛs.ɪv/, stab /stæb/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: disparage /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, addict /ˈæd.ɪkt/, stab /stæb/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als idiom, spoon, betray.
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