American Idioms- “Going out on a Date” – Level 3

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hey it’s Eli
I’m back
and today we’re look at a brand new episode
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of a brand new series
it’s called friends
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it’s funny
it’s good
and it’s gonna help you learn English
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alright
so today we’re gonna look at two new vocabulary words
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one of them is what it means “to date”
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okay
to date another person
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and the other is what it means “to go out with someone”
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all right
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plus we have one more revolution English tip of the day for you
all right
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it’s something you can do every day
right here on these videos to learn english more quickly
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alright
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and here we go let’s get warmed up with your clip
ready?
let’s do this
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there’s nothing to tell
just some guy I work with
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come on
you are going out with a guy?
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there’s got to be something wrong with him
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so does he have a hump and a hairpiece?
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wait
does he eat chalk?
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this is not even a date
it’s just two people going out to dinner and not having sex
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sounds like a date to me!
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hold on a second
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there’s a couple of key vocabulary words in there that I want to go back and look at
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so we can fully appreciate that scene together
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so first let’s go back and listen to how he talked about
going out with someone
all right?
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because it was funny
let’s watch that scene
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and then we’ll be right back to talk about
what it means
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you’re going out with a guy
there’s got to be something wrong with him
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did you catch that he said?
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“if you’re going out with a guy”
that means if you and that guy are boyfriend and girlfriend
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there must be something wrong with him
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which is funny I guess
but anyway
to go out with someone means to be romantically involved with someone
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all right
okay
so the second part is a date
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okay– what does it mean to go out on a date with someone?
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well a date is a particular day and time
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okay?
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so to have a date with someone
technically means that you have a time and place to meet with someone
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however, in this context
a date means two people
meeting at a certain place at a certain time
because they have romantic interest in one another
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so that’s what it means
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to go out on a date
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so now that you know what it means to go out with someone
and now that you know what it means to go out on a date
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let’s watch that whole scene again
so that you can appreciate it
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and then we’ll be right back with your revolution English tip of the day
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all right
let’s do this
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there’s nothing to tell it’s just some guy I work with
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come on
you’re going out with a guy, there’s got to be something wrong with him
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so does he have a hump and a hairpiece?
wait
does he eat chalk?
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[Music]
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this is not even a date
it’s just two people going out to dinner and not having sex
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sounds like a date to me
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are you ready for your revolution English tip of the day?
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I hope so because I’m gonna give it to you now whether you’re
ready or not 🙂
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all right this is it
it’s so simple:
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when you’re watching a video
any video
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pause it and repeat what was just said
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okay do you know how to pause the video?
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I’m sure you do if you’re a YouTube watcher
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but just in case you don’t,
look for these two little
bars that look like this
click on them
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that’ll pause the video
then you want to repeat whatever you’ve just heard on the video
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whether it’s my voice
or whether it’s part of the show that you’re watching
okay?
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because the more you repeat the way native speakers are speaking English
the more you’ll sound like them
so if you want to work on your accent
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if you want to sound more like an American
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repeat what I say
or repeat what’s being said on a show like friends
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okay?
because those are mostly American actors
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and they’re speaking in an American accent
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so pause your television
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pause your video and repeat what you hear out loud every day
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okay?
all right.
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Eli checking out
we’ll see you soon