you know they say better late than never
here we are then all together again oh
yes look and as you can see we are
having a very nice day here in England
welcome here we go again it's another
English addict live stream from the
birthplace of the English language which
just happens to be oh England
yes I know I know what you are going to
say mr. Duncan you are late why are you
so late well as usual all of my plans
they they go well for a certain amount
of time and then suddenly they all go
badly so I'm sure this happens in your
life is well things happen in a certain
way quite often things will go your way
which means things are going fine
suddenly you realise that there are some
things that you haven't done or maybe
something you haven't remembered and
that's what happens every time so
whenever I come on here if I'm ever late
I can guarantee that I forgotten
something or maybe a piece of technology
is not working properly or perhaps I'm
just maybe having a sleep in the corner
of the room anyway hi everybody this is
mr. Duncan in England how are you today
are you okay I hope so are you happy
well are you happy I really hope you are
feeling very happy today because we are
all here together again on the
live stream for those who are wondering
who are you who is this strange man in
his multicolored t-shirt who is he well
my name is mr. Duncan I live in England
I've been teaching English on YouTube
forever such a long time and these days
I present live streams that is what I am
doing right now
so I'm here with you live and yes I am
with you live every Sunday Wednesday and
Friday you can catch me live on YouTube
I am outside in the sunshine
unfortunately the Sun is already
starting to shine on my body I can feel
that one of my arms is already starting
to burn in the Sun yes we are having the
most to May
thing weather I can't believe how good
the weather is here at the moment we are
having a very good day here in England I
hope where you are the weather is nice
as well it would appear that we are
going to have some very good weather
over the next few days here in the UK a
lot of sunshine a lot of nice warm
weather well I suppose it is summer
after all and of course June is just
around the corner we say goodbye to May
this weekend is it my imagination or as
this month has this month gone quickly I
have a strange feeling I really do feel
as if this month has gone by very quite
quickly very fast or quest if you want
to combine quickly and fast together I
suppose you can say it is gone quest
that is a new word that I've just
invented nice to see so many people
already here on the live chat yes we are
all together again once more we have
made it to the middle of the week yes
it's Wednesday
oh dear the Sun the Sun is really
beating down on me right now and and I'm
starting to feel hot already I've only
been on for about five minutes and
already I am feeling as if I'm about to
burst into flames because of the Sun I
have a very useful piece of equipment
just behind me which is supposed to
protect me from the Sun unfortunately it
is too far away and now the sun is
shining on my my left arm
unfortunately anyway does it matter does
it matter to you maybe not here we are
again nice to see the live chat is also
very busy today V tests guess what Vitas
you are first on today's live chat I
think you must have a very fast finger
indeed congratulations to you where's my
where's my lovely clap it's not working
my clip where is it I'm going to find
this this happened before didn't it for
some reason I don't know why my my my
clap stopped working and I don't know
why I'm going to find out why excuse me
a moment
I why has my applause disappeared come
on
where is it has anyone seen my applause
I'm going to get this working if it
kills me and it might actually to be
honest with you it might come on what's
going on with my applause I've got to
give Vitas his applause but I don't know
why it isn't working very annoying so
shall we just pretend that there are
applause and then I will try to find my
applause and I will give it to you later
that's a good start isn't it this was
working earlier I tested this and it
worked and now it isn't working and I
don't know why
I think maybe some of the birds are
flying down and they are sabotaging my
equipment I think that's what's
happening anyway congratulations Vitesse
array sorry about that I will try to
find my applause later
also we have a czar on here as well
hello's Aram also Mohsen Richard also
b-trees franceska nishta mustafa Luis
Mendez is here today I am in the garden
and I'm already starting to burn under
the Sun because it's really hot here
today I can't begin to tell you how hot
it is here in the UK right now I can't
believe it it's a bit of a shock to be
honest hello Irene also hola hello hola
it sounds a little bit like hola hello
grace hello Vitesse again also Lille
everyone is here so many people joining
me already thank you very much I've had
a couple of messages concerning my live
streams or more should I should I say
more to the point the length of the live
streams some people saying mr. Duncan
your live streams are too long
you should only make them for a few
minutes well that's good I suppose but
the problem is if I come on live for
just a few minutes many many many many
people will miss the live stream so the
reason why I do my live stream for
normally around 2 hours is so everyone
has a chance to join in that is the
reason why and of course during my live
stream I like to talk about lots of
different subjects as well so there is a
lot going on it might not seem like it
and some people say 2 hours is a long
time well you don't have to watch
all of the replay so if you want to
watch this again you don't have to watch
it for the whole two hours you can have
little breaks maybe you can just watch a
little part of my live stream so I am
the only person who is actually doing
regular live streams and I am the only
person who is actually staying on for an
extended period of time because I want
you to have a chance to join in with the
live stream so I hope that answers your
questions for those who are concerned
about how long by live streams last 2
hours mr. Duncan it's too long well you
don't have to watch all of it if you
can't watch all of the live stream you
can join in and then maybe do something
else and then maybe later on you can
recatch you can catch up with the live
stream when it is recorded hello also -
hello Ana Rita nice to see you here
welcome back once again I'm really going
to have to do something about the
sunshine because the Sun is now shining
on my arm
and if I stay here for two hours I think
this arm will start to burn I think so
hello also mica mica ODE is here as well
I'm feeling a little bit disappointed
today I have a I have a slightly
disappointing thing to to show you I
know I know we days we like to stay
happy and cheerful but I want to show
you something and this is something that
has disappointed me have you ever bought
something have you ever bought an item
and then after using it for a certain
period of time suddenly it stops working
or maybe it starts to fall apart
perhaps the quality is not very good
well that is what has happened to my
socks but do you want to see my socks
these are the sock
that I'm wearing right now as I stand
here talking to you these are the socks
that I'm wearing look if those aren't
they terrible they are very poor quality
they are poor quality they have not been
made very well maybe the material that
they've used is not very good quality so
I would say that these socks are not
good and the reason why I have come to
that conclusion is because I bought
these socks well actually can I let you
in on a secret I don't want to seem
ungrateful but mr. Steve bought these
socks he bought them for Christmas so
these are actually a Christmas present
that Steve bought but unfortunately as
you can see already there are holes and
before anyone says mr. Duncan it's your
fault because you don't cut your
toenails can I just say no I always cut
my toenails and I've had many many many
pairs of socks that have lasted for
years and years but these I've only worn
these a couple of times and as you can
see they are already full of holes so
what's the deal what's the deal what's
going on why am i socks such poor
quality so has this ever happened to you
have you ever bought anything that is of
poor quality something that you bought
maybe you paid a lot of money for it
sometimes people buy things that are
expensive just because something is
expensive doesn't mean that it will be
good quality you see so a lot of people
are fooled sometimes into buying things
that are expensive because they believe
they are good quality however that is
not always the case it is not always
true so sometimes you can pay a little
money for something something that's
very cheap and maybe it lasts for years
and years and years and then you can pay
a lot of money for something and it
falls to pieces or it breaks or it stops
working so I'm very disappointed very
disappointed with my with my socks
because they are not very good quality
however please don't tell mr. Steve that
I'm criticizing his Christmas present
because he will sulk he will he will go
upstairs he will fold his arms and he
will sit in his office with a big
pouting lip just me talking of mr. Steve
Steve has been very busy for the past
two days we are doing something in the
garden we are doing a little bit of
renovation in the garden when I say we I
mean mr. Steve would you like to see
Steve in the garden here he is here is
mr. Steve and here he is about one hour
ago
and he's in the garden and you can see
he is doing something that is not easy
to do it is also a lot of hard work
however mr. Steve has decided to spend a
couple of days doing some renovation
work in this garden
now he is so that is Steve actually that
was about an hour ago and as you can see
mr. Steve is trying to level all of the
patio in the garden and the other thing
we have removed the roses from the
garden so we are going to remove the
roses in fact the roses have alread
already gone and then we are going to
replace the concrete where the roses
used to be so that is what Steve is
doing at the moment he is putting some
concrete slabs in place and also we are
going to cover the area where the roses
used to be so mr. Steve is doing a
little bit of renovation work we are
making some alterations the word
alteration means change you are changing
the appearance of something you are
making alterations and that is Steve in
the garden making some alterations we
are making this area complete and there
you can see the Rose bed or one of them
has already gone and that is what's
going to happen to all of the Rose beds
so those areas where you can see dirt
they will all be covered with concrete
and then we will have a lovely big area
to play around in so that's what Steve
has been doing this morning
I know a lot of people ask me where is
mr. Steve well now you know he's been
very busy all morning he's now having a
rest
so I can do my livestream without any
disturbances in fact I don't know if
you've noticed but it's very quiet today
it is very quiet is that a good thing or
a bad thing I'm not sure but I'm
slightly disturbed by the fact that no
one is making any noise we will see what
happens during today's livestream hello
- Oh Helena hello Helena
sometimes I repair the socks that my
husband has I'm from the old generation
I can't throw things away very easily
well I suppose I'm a little bit like
that I don't like wasting things however
if you buy something new you expect it
to last for maybe a couple of years but
I've only worn these socks twice so I've
worn these socks and I will show you
them again I've only worn these a couple
of times and already they have big holes
in the toes you can see the area where
that where my toes are now sticking out
of the holes and no it has nothing to do
with my toenails before anyone starts
saying yeah mr. Duncan mr. Duncan I
think you should cut your toenails a
little bit more often that's what I
think anyway it's nothing to do with
that nothing to do with my toenails it
is all about the poor quality of the
socks Belarus is why did you move the
roses well we have moved some of them
into the front garden one of the reasons
why we have decided to move
first of all they look very untidy at
the back of the house and also the other
problem is quite often we injure
ourselves we will cut ourselves on the
thorns so the thorns are very sharp
they are sharp things that grow on the
rows and sometimes you can walk by and
you can scratch yourself will even rip
your clothing so you can actually damage
your clothes if you walk too near a
rosebush so that's why we've done it so
that whole area will be lovely and open
there will be no rose bushes for me to
fall over and for those who are worried
about the birds yes the bird feeder is
going to stay in the back garden however
I will be making some changes to that as
well so a few changes coming in the
garden mr. Steve has been so happy if
there's one thing Steve loves doing its
hanging around the garden doing work so
Steve is feeling quite happy today hello
to Marina marina also says I can't throw
things away I suppose from my point of
view I am NOT talking about wasting
things or throw throwing things away but
these things are new they shouldn't fall
apart after just a couple of wears so
you should be able to wear them all the
time I think so flyaway says mr. Steve
can do everything well almost everything
let's not give Steve too much credit
let's not praise mr. Steve too much
because it might go to his head you see
I think so
Mustafa says yes there are big holes in
the toe on your socks there is and I
can't believe it because I've only put
those
box on twice and already there are holes
in the socks how is that possible the
only thing I can think is that the socks
are not good quality and yes it was mr.
Steve's Christmas present one of the
presents that Steve brought for me
franceska says you should buy socks made
of cotton and they should have elastic
in them
well these socks are supposed to be
cotton they are it says cotton on the
box so they are supposed to be good
quality all I can say is I hope mr.
Steve did not spend too much money on
those socks
I really do I hope that cap Devi says Mr
Duncan do your roses smell do they have
an aroma they do but I often find roses
don't have a very strong scent so I've
always noticed because many years ago my
father used to grow roses in the front
garden of our house and I've always
noticed that they never had really much
of a scent so I don't think roses have a
very strong scent to be honest or was it
just me I don't know franceska once mr.
Steve to repair the socks I think that's
a good idea mr. Steve can do anything I
wonder how good he is at repairing socks
maybe I can ask him later on hello to
Noemi so have you ever bought anything
have you ever gone to the shops or have
you ever ordered anything online and
after buying it and using it it suddenly
breaks
it's happened to me many times I have
received things that I've bought online
that don't work from the very beginning
from the very start they don't work at
all because they are just very poor
quality
the thing that I've bought is not good
quality so it does happen quite often do
you have red roses some of the roses in
the garden are red but don't worry mr.
Steve hasn't destroyed them well not all
of them some of them some of them we
have destroyed because they were dying
unfortunately but the strong ones the
ones that look as if they still have
lots of life in them Steve has decided
to plant them in the front garden so we
haven't destroyed all of the roses some
of them we won't be replanting we are
throwing them away however the good ones
the nice ones the colorful ones we have
decided to keep flyaway said may maybe
you can recycle your socks you can turn
them into something else what though I
wonder what you could do maybe a draft
excluder for the window maybe you could
put it in a gap or a space to stop the
air or the draught from coming in yes I
think that's quite a good idea yes okay
I think so hello - Oh Robin hello Robin
in Germany can I say hello to you and
thank you once again for your lovely
messages on my youtube channel
very kind of you so lovely sentiments
some lovely thoughts from you thanks a
lot
do you want to see something that looks
a little bit sad a little bit for lawn
something that looks a little down would
you like to see it here it is
oh dear what has happened to my space
hopper my lovely space hopper what has
happened what has happened to you we
don't look very well you look a little
deflated today we are going to look at
words and phrases connected with deflate
and inflate so we will be looking at
these words and as a way of
demonstrating it I also have my space
hopper that strangely looks like a part
of the male body does anyone know what
this actually looks like this looks like
something else
I showed this to Steve yesterday and he
said that this looks like something else
a part of the male body I don't know
what you mean Steve I think your
imagination is running away with you so
this is my poor little space hopper but
unfortunately it is a little bit
deflated and we will be looking at words
connected with inflate and deflate as
well hello kept Evie oh thank you very
much for your donation you can buy some
new socks mr. Duncan
oh that's very kind of you well I won't
use it for socks I will use it for
making my live streams and making my
English lessons I could always walk
around in my bare feet so maybe during
the summer months I can walk around the
garden in my bare feet so I won't wear
any shoes and I won't wear any socks I
will just keep my feet exposed to the
air very nice
hello - Ricardo speaking about roses
normally the more smell the less sight
it is like your feet I don't know what
you mean by that what are you saying oh
I see I think that might be a compliment
so you are saying because my feet are
very big they don't smell very much
that's nice
just like a rose yes there are certain
types of rose that have a very strong
scent however I've never really been
near any roses that have a very strong
smell or scent so no I haven't we are
going to look at words connected with
inflate and deflate a little bit later
on we are we also have a full English
lesson to look at as well anything else
that I can mention at the moment well I
suppose we can look at some words
connected with metal that's another
thing we're doing today I didn't mention
that you may have noticed on the
thumbnail that we are also going to have
a look at words connected with metal
idioms phrases connected with that
particular word Andy has noticed that
the grass behind me is looking very
green yes can you see that is mr.
Steve's grass so at the top that is all
mr. Steve's new grass and yes it is
looking rather nice at the moment
everything is looking lovely and green
let's have a look at some words then
shall we let's get on with it shall we
some idioms and expressions are coming
up right now connected with metal when
we talk about metal we are talking about
elements things that exist such as gold
silver maybe tin perhaps copper or maybe
brass
so there are many different types of
metal did you know you can use many of
those words in expressions you can
actually use them in expressions and we
are going to look at that right now
would you like to have a look at some
idioms relating to metal you would oh
thank goodness for that I was about to
get very worried then because I thought
you were going to say no mr. Duncan we
don't we don't want to see that we want
to see mr. Steve putting down his
concrete maybe later maybe later
who knows here we go then here is a
phrase that you can use to describe a
person who is kind generous they are
very sincere a person who is always
willing to give their time or help other
people you might describe this person as
having a heart of gold if you have a
heart of gold if you have a heart of
gold it means you are generous it means
a person who is often kind they will be
generous they will show generosity they
will be a person who is always willing
to help someone who is in need they have
a heart of gold isn't that lovely so we
are talking about metal idioms so these
are certain types of metal that can be
used as idioms and there we have heart
of gold which means a generous person
here's another one oh this is
interesting
golden child where we talk about a
person who is the golden child maybe
they are the person who is given all of
the favor or all of the attention maybe
the child and of course it can be a son
or daughter they are seen as the best of
all of the
children they are the golden child that
is the child who gets all of the
attention all of the love they are the
golden child we can also use it to
describe a person who is outstanding in
a certain way they are good at something
they might become well-known for doing
something in a certain way they have
become the golden child I like that one
that's interesting I don't think anyone
has ever said that I am the golden child
or the golden anything come to think of
it hmm here's another one gold standard
when we talk about the gold standard we
are talking about something that is of
high quality so you are using that to
describe something that is of good
quality it is gold standard we are
saying that it is very high quality it
is good quality it has a lot of quality
it has been well made unlike my socks so
I think it would be fair to say that my
socks are not gold standard I think so
Merliah mr. Duncan do you have any
vegetables in your garden no I don't we
don't grow vegetables here we do not
hello also too franceska
hello Robin oh you have a heart of gold
mr. Duncan thank you very much
I'm not looking for compliments it might
look as if I am but I'm not looking for
compliments so don't worry you don't
have to say nice things about me
hello also two flower Espoir oh nice to
see you back it feels like a long time
since I saw you here last time here we
have an expression that you might hear
people say all that glimmers is not gold
we can also say glitter so all that
glitters is not gold
all that glimmers or sparkles is not
gold so you are saying that something
that appears to be good is actually not
very good
or maybe something appears to be very
good quality like my socks however
unfortunately my socks are not very well
made so do not be fooled by the
appearance of something the appearance
of something might mislead you so just
because something is shiny just because
something glitters or shimmers it
doesn't mean that it's valuable it might
be useless
all that glimmers is not gold so just
because something is shining does it
mean that it is a valuable thing we are
talking about metal idioms idioms that
you can use that use the names of metal
here's another one to be Steely Oh
steely so a steely person a person who
has a steely character a person who is
very determined they are determined to
do something with their lives they have
a very strong eagerness they are very
eager very determined to do something
you have a very steely character his
approach to his work is very steely he
has a steely approach to his work it
means you are very determined you are
sure you are going to do it nothing will
stop me I have a steely resolute I have
a steely character nothing is going to
stop me
definitely not shall we have another one
words connected with metal to be born
with a silver spoon in your mouth to be
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
this is an expression that means a child
or a person has been born into a
privileged family a family who has lots
of money a family who is wealthy a
family that has lots of money and of
course if you are born into a family
that is wealthy quite often your life
will be good you will have an easy
childhood so you might say that a child
is born with a silver spoon in their
mouth it means they have been born into
a wealthy family a family that has lots
of money Mika is here again
hello also to flower again oh I see
apparently flower Espoir has been busy I
would always watch your live streams
later so I didn't miss
any of them however I think you've been
very busy recently that's alright I know
that you have busy lives and I know we
are living in very strange times right
now to be born with a silver spoon in
your mouth
to be born into a wealthy family a
family that has lots of money maybe your
life will be very privileged here's
another one oh I like this one too to
feel breast off breast off to feel
breast off about something if a person
feels breast off it means they feel
upset or annoyed or irritated maybe
something that has happened maybe
something that a person has said or done
maybe your circumstances have changed
maybe another person has done something
to upset you you might feel a little
little breast off a little annoyed upset
you feel breast off these are all
phrases using types of metal and yes
this is English addict on a Wednesday it
is Wednesday afternoon it is 5 to 3 here
in England I don't know what time it is
where you are because I'm not there
here is another idiom using a certain
type of metal brass once again brass to
have a brass neck you have a brass neck
so this is an expression it is
describing a certain type of behavior if
you are a person who is arrogant rude or
maybe you are a person who says things
or does things to upset other people you
don't care
if you offend anyone you are rude maybe
you are a person who says something
about another person maybe you do
something very daring that other people
object to so other people don't like
what you are doing however you still do
it you have a brass neck you are a
person who will put themselves forward
and you don't care who you upset you
don't care who you offend who you upset
because you have a brass neck I love
that expression I think that's that's a
good expression but you all know someone
who has a brass neck they say anything
they do anything they don't care if they
offend anyone to be cheeky to be
insolent
you don't give a damn here's another one
we are talking about idioms connected to
certain types of metal this one a person
has a tin ear if you have a tin here tin
ear it means you have no sense of tunes
you cannot produce a tune you can't
really hear the sounds of music so maybe
you hear them but you can't reproduce
them yourself we often say that a person
is tone-deaf so it doesn't mean that
they are actually deaf it doesn't mean
they have no hearing it just means they
are not very good at recognizing or
maybe they are not very good at singing
so a person who can't sing very well
some people say that I have a tin ear I
don't know what you mean I think I have
a lovely voice like an angel so a person
who has a tin ear is a person who does
not have a very good sense of music or
too
they are not very good at repeating the
sound of a song or maybe the notes of a
piece of music they are not very good at
it a person who has a tin ear not
everyone is good at singing some people
just can't reproduce the song in their
head they are tone-deaf that's what we
say here's another one oh I think this
is definitely for mr. Steve I think this
one definitely refers to Steve
definitely to have a lead foot if you
have a lead foot mr. Steve sometimes has
a lead foot lead is a type of metal it
is heavy it can be manipulated in many
ways quite often if you have windows in
your house sometimes you might have lead
around the sides to hold the glassing so
quite often lead is used in many
different ways because it is a very
pliable it is a type of metal that you
can use in many ways it is quite
flexible well there to have a lead foot
means you drive too fast it's true so
you might describe a person as having a
lead foot because they drive too quickly
their foot is always pressing down on
the accelerator of the car they are
always driving too quickly sometimes I
say to mr. Steve mr. Steve you have a
lead foot it's almost as if your foot is
so heavy on the accelerator of the car
you are going too fast you are going too
fast in your car slow down slow down
you don't have to have such a lead foot
please take your foot off the
accelerator slow down take it easy some
people like to drive fast in their car
we can say that they have a lead foot
shall we have another one okay we will
have three more and then we are going
take a break we are going to have a
little break in a few moments here's
another one connected to the same metal
we talked about just lead or let
something that is made of lead quite
often is very heavy lead is a very heavy
material however it can also be very
flexible
lead is a very unusual type of material
lead balloon if something is described
as a lead balloon it means something
that people did not find funny
maybe you tell a joke to a group of
people and no one laughs at your joke
you think it's really funny but everyone
else thinks it's not funny that joke is
not funny it went down like a lead
balloon so if something does not impress
a group of people if a group of people
are not impressed or maybe they don't
laugh at your joke you can say that it
went down like a lead balloon no one
enjoyed it no one fought my joke was
funny
no one hello - Ana Rita mr. Duncan you
are a good singer I'm not sure about
that I think Steve is a much better
singer than me I I don't think I'm a
good singer
I wouldn't say that I can hold a tune
but I wouldn't say that I am a good
singer
apparently a person who can sing well in
Italy is called a bell to sing by the
way quite often a singer especially
opera singers opera singers have very
strong upper bodies because they have to
project a lot of air from their lungs so
yes when you see people like oh
Pavarotti of course he was a large
gentleman and he had the most amazing
voice we will have a look at one more no
two more here's another one
Oh once again using the word head we
seem to have a lot of phrases that use
the word lead here's another one to have
lead in your pencil oh now this this is
a little bit naughty to be honest with
you this is a little naughty
it is a naughty expression naughty
naughty
to have lead in your pencil means you
have a lot of vigour a lot of energy
especially relating to a certain action
so if a man says he has lots of lead in
his pencil it means he is very excited
he is very virile that's all I'm saying
I'm saying nothing else I'm not saying
anything else a man who is very vigorous
in his love life he has led in his
pencil it's a very strange one that I
know here's the last one this is not
referring to metal even though the word
looks as if it is but it isn't copper
copper so copper once again is a type of
metal it can be very soft copper
can be very soft it is used quite often
in I think it's used a lot in electrical
cables copper but we are not using metal
in this particular word this particular
word copper means policeman a policeman
so this is actually a slang term for a
policeman or policewoman police officer
so this is slang quite often used in
British English copper there's a copper
around the corner if you don't stop
doing that I'm going to phone the
coppers the coppers will be after you if
you don't stop doing what you're doing I
will phone the cops or the coppers so
that's it for now we have had a few
words devoted to words connected with
metal we're going to have a break now
would you like to have a little break I
I know I would I'm going to try and
protect my arm because my arm is now
baking in the sunlight so we are going
to take a look at one of my full English
lessons oh this is one of my recent full
English lessons and this is an excerpt
from full English number 34 and then we
will be back once more as live as live
can be
oh look at me
I'm really going up in the world today
I'm climbing the ladder of success I'm
heading to the top you might describe me
as a social climber
let's just hope I don't slide back down
to the bottom again
or even worse fall headfirst hi
everybody and welcome to another full
English lesson I'm really enjoying the
view from up here can you see me waving
to you I hope so
Here I am once more talking to you from
the birthplace of the English language
which is of course England so without
any more dawdling or dilly dallying
let's get over today's full english
lesson which will start around about now
if there's one thing I've learned about
English
it's that quite often the simplest words
have the most meanings for example you
have the words hot and cold in its most
common sense the word hot describes
something that is of high temperature it
is holding a high degree of heat it
might be dangerous to touch or drink
don't go near the stove it's hot can you
open a window it's hot in here the word
heart can be used in other ways to
something that is popular or fashionable
can be described as hot something that
is in high demand might be described as
the hottest thing around cycling has
become the latest hot health routine
this toy is going to be the hottest item
in the shops this Christmas something
that might generate a lot of interest
can be described as hot we have some new
hot properties to show you as an idiom
something might be too hot to handle
this means that the thing in question
should be avoided or at least handled
with care we can't discuss that topic
here it's too hot to handle for us in a
stressful situation where you are under
a lot of pressure we might say that the
heat is on the heat is on for the sales
force to reach their targets you can
feel the heat which means to be involved
in a risky or high-stakes situation an
attractive person might be hot there
were some hot models at this year's
Fashion Show heat can be used as a verb
to describe the action of introducing
heat to something you must heat the soup
before serving it as a slang word the
word heat can mean the police as part of
a phrase we can use heat to do something
in the heat of the moment means to act
in a spontaneous or unprepared way
normally in reaction
to something you do something in the
heat of the moment a stolen item that is
being pressed around can be described as
hot I wouldn't buy any jewelry from him
it's all hot a person who often loses
their temper can be described as a
hothead the word cold can also be used
in many ways
an unwelcoming response might be
described as cold to be underwhelmed by
something can often create a cold
response his performance was greeted
with cold silence the feeling of being
repulsed or offended by something can be
described as cold you feel upset and put
off by what you saw or heard his humor
throughout the evening left me feeling
cold you can give someone a cold stare
you look at them with disapproval and
disdain as an expression you might give
someone the cold shoulder - shun someone
or to choose to ignore a person directly
is to give the cold shoulder he tried to
approach me after dinner but I gave in
the cold shoulder to make something cold
you need to cool it the word cool can be
used to describe a period in which you
can change your mind about something a
cooling-off period is often allowed so
as to give time for a person to consider
what they have done the holiday booking
allows you a cooling-off period of 14
days this means that you have two weeks
in which to change your mind
you might go off the idea you cool off
the word cool can be used to describe
something that creates excitement or is
seen as impressive something is cool
that's a cool bike you've got there for
younger people this particular
expression might appear old-fashioned
and not cool
during a criminal investigation an
inquiry that has no new leads might be
described as having gone cold an
unsolved crime that occurred many years
ago can be described as a cold case a
cold thing could also be described as
chilled as an idiom you can chill out or
just chill to relax and unwind is to
chill I think I'll just stay in tonight
and chill in front of the television
general negativity from a person can be
described as chilly my new ideas for the
next meeting were met with a chilly
response the phrase come in from the
cold means to return to a place or group
that had previously rejected you you are
welcome back and forgiving you have come
in from the cold
can you see what I'm doing here I'm
trying to find something to watch on
television sometimes it is hard to find
something good to watch I often spend
many hours trying to find a decent show
to watch I often flick through the
channels in the desperate attempt to
find something that catches my eye you
flick through the channels you flip
through the channels you scan up and
down the channels many years ago we used
to have to get up and go over to the TV
to change the channel these days we can
use the remote control this item can
cause a lot of annoyance and frustration
as it often gets mislaid has anyone seen
the TV remote it was here on the sofa
earlier but now it's gone the TV remote
is used to control all the functions of
the television set including the sound
level and picture controls the sound
level is called the volume you can turn
up the volume to increase the sound
level and turn down the volume if the
sound level is too high or too loud in
this case the word volume simply means
amount or quantity the level is the
volume which controls the amount of
sound coming from the TV a person who
likes flicking through the TV channels
can be described as a channel hopper if
a person watches TV all the time that we
might describe them as a telly addict
telly is another word for a television
set a television can also be called the
goggle box the word goggle refers to a
person's eyes staring at the flickering
picture and box refers to the shape of
the TV although these days many TV sets
are actually flat and take up very
little space television sets come in
many different screen sizes from just a
few inches to fit on a small desk
right up to the ones that resemble
something you might find in a cinema
do you do I hope you enjoyed that yes an
excerpt from one of my full English
lessons and you can find many of those
lessons on my youtube channel they are
available for free
can you see the cow there is the cow
coming by hello hello mrs. cow hello
the cows have come to say hello there
they are there is there is
erm intrude there is Florrie
and there is Daisy the cow the cows have
decided to come and say hello to you on
the live chat isn't that lovely mr. cow
what am I talking about that's miss cow
to you so the cows are coming by I think
this might be the first time ever that
the cows have gum come by during my live
stream so there they are say hello to
the cows nice to see you you know I
might go across and say hello I'm going
to say hello to the cows I hope you
don't mind
the whole world is watching
they are all cowls and they seem very
intrigued they seem very intrigued by
what is going on lovely cows saying
hello well that was something quite
expected or unexpected on my part they
normally come around in the evening so
normally you get the cows coming in the
evening they will often gather at the
back of the house and then they will
stand there watching I don't know what
they are waiting for I'm sorry I don't
have any food for you unfortunately
lovely a lovely spontaneous moment of
time there by the way the noise the
sound that you heard earlier was
actually me it wasn't the cow it was me
so the cow wasn't making that sound I
was you are having a very nice day
aren't you I think you are yes they seem
very excited I think maybe they know
they are on YouTube at the moment isn't
it amazing
I think one of the cows has an itchy
nose maybe maybe the Flies are going up
their nose is not very nice
Palmeiro says how will we know when we
have returned to the normal situation in
the world that is a great question I
have no idea I don't think anyone knows
to be honest some people seem to think
it will all go back to normal soon
however there are other people experts
experts who say that this might continue
for quite a long time
mrs. Moo Moo that's who that is that is
mrs. Moo Moo coming by the cows are your
new viewers thank you ts you are right
they are actually not very old there are
actually very young cows so they are
quite timid and that's the reason why I
always feel quite glad when they come
over to say hello because they are
actually very young
can you see one of them is licking the
other one sometimes they like to lick
each other they lick each other's bodies
because they have a lot of salt coming
out in their sweat do you mind not
damaging my fence thank you I have a
feeling they are about to go are you
going well that was unexpected I wasn't
expecting that to happen to be honest so
I hope you didn't mind that they're
coming back they don't want to stay away
isn't that weird the cows want to join
your live chat I think so yes it would
appear so
unfortunately I can't always guarantee
that the cows will actually come and for
mr. Steve has been very busy this
morning he's been working very hard
working hard in the garden doing lots of
things we are doing a little bit of
renovating in the garden right now and
Steve has been leveling some of the
concrete and we are now filling all of
the rose beds so where the rose is
normally grow we are actually filling
those in we are removing them we are
covering them up and as you can see that
is what Steve is doing at the moment
he's been very busy all morning doing
that I'm very distracted by the cows
they are having a lovely time behind me
are you having a good time over there
are you enjoying yourself
it looks as if they're having a
wonderful time
hello Kuiper Kuiper hello to you it's
been a long time since I've seen you on
the live chat I think so do you buy the
natural milk from the local farmer you
might not believe this but there is very
little dairy farming in this area many
years ago there used to be a lot of
dairy farms in this area but now many of
them have gone so because they have now
started growing rapeseed oil so crops
certain types of crop have now become
more favourable and more profitable
instead of rearing dairy cows so yes
there are very few dairy farms in this
area now unfortunately I'm sorry about
that I didn't want to break that news to
you but there aren't many dairy farms
anymore so I don't know what's going to
happen to you I hope you don't end up in
someone's meal
hello also - oh hello Noemi nice to see
you here as well Belarus er is here hi
Belarusian nice to see you back as you
can see the cows have decided to come
and say hello as well yes you have I
wonder how many live streams are
happening today where there are live
cows I think that one is it he's got an
itch on his face or her face
there's nothing worse than having an
itch on your face I am quite enamored by
those I'll be honest with you I think
the cows are very curious yes they seem
to be very curious where is the farmer
who will look after the cows well the
farmer isn't here so this land actually
belongs to someone else and the farmer
will put his cattle in the field and
then he will pay the land own the
landowner to actually look after his
cows
if you is your house part of a farm no
no that it isn't it is not unfortunately
however there are some farms nearby very
close to where I live there are some
farms many years many years ago they
used to actually be dairy farms but not
anymore
very unusual would you like to have a
look at some more words yes there are
some more words we've just about half an
hour left before I go oh yes I've got an
idea let's have a look at some words
connected with
inflate and deflate would you like to do
that so these are words connected with
inflate and deflate well when we say
inflate what are we actually saying what
do we mean inflate if you inflate it
means you add air to something normally
to expand the thing that you are putting
the air into so inflate inflate you are
putting air into something to make it
larger or to change the shape inflate
inflate you add air to expand something
a good example I suppose is my space
hopper can you see my space hopper sadly
at the moment my space hopper looks like
it looks like a part of the male anatomy
that's what Steve said not me I think
sometimes mr. Steve has a very dirty
mind so here is my poor space hopper but
as you can see it is not looking very
happy because it needs to have some air
put into it so what I have to do I have
to take this out of the back and then I
can connect something to it and I can
put air into this space hopper that
means that I am going to inflate this
space hopper I am going to put air into
it
inflate a great word
so I will use this I can use this you
see to put the air into the space hopper
I wonder if I can do it I wonder if I
can do it live maybe maybe not let's
have a go I will go over here and we
will see if I can inflate this space
hopper
inflate
inflate I think you get the idea
so I'm putting air into the space hopper
inflate it is used as a verb to show
that you're putting air in to something
in flight to make something expand by
introducing air or putting air inside
something that was interesting so we can
say that you fill something with air
fill with air you inflate something
inflate you put air into something and
then it will inflate another way we can
use it you can put up something or
increase something quite often we will
talk about the price of things that you
buy in the shops maybe the price will go
up we talk about inflation inflation
things will become more expensive
so if the price of your bread or your
food that you buy from the supermarket
increases we will often talk about
inflation things that are creating a
situation where prices begin to go up I
remember during the 1970s inflation was
a very big problem a very big problem
many things were really expensive in the
1970s due to the price of everyday
things becoming very expensive inflation
inflation drive up so again if you are
driving something up you are forcing it
to increase you are driving up the price
of something maybe if you live in an
area where many people want to live you
might find that the house prices so the
value of the houses will start to
increase
they will inflate the prices will
inflate because many people want to live
in that area another word we can use is
escalate as well something will inflate
it will get larger it will escalate
escalate blow up well as you can see
next to me I have this little device and
this allows me to blow up my space
hopper so my space hopper will inflate
using this because I am blowing up
blowing up my space hopper
I don't know what that was it wasn't me
honestly blow up of course the word blow
up or the phrase blow up can also mean
to make something explode as well but in
this case we are expanding something we
are pushing air into something you pump
air into an object to inflate that thing
you blow it up blow up let's now look at
the opposite let's look at the opposite
word which is deflate so if something
deflates it means the air escapes
deflate so think of these two words as
opposites inflate deflate inflate
deflate you might talk about inflation
and deflation when we are talking about
money as well or the price of goods if
you let down something so you you let
the air out of something you deflate
that thing deflate for example my space
hopper so to be honest with you I'm a
little bit bored with my space hopper I
don't want to play with it anymore so
I'm going to let it down I'm going to
deflate the space hopper I'm going to
let the air escape
very interesting sound
so now I am letting down my space hopper
I am allowing the air to escape and now
you can see the space hopper is starting
to deflate the air has escaped and so
now you can see it is starting to lose
its shape because the air is escaping
from it deflate you let down something
you could also say release the air you
are releasing the air from inside you
are releasing the air from inside
tamarah says the prices are inflating
during isolation well that is one of the
things that people have been talking
about when we are when when we've been
talking about the situation at the
moment that is going on all around the
world some countries the economy is
suffering to the point where things are
becoming very expensive that is
inflation so when you deflate so there
is the word there deflate deflate
inflate means add deflate means take
away or reduce another one oh yes let's
have another one oh I like this one
collapse something so you collapse an
object when the air comes out the object
will collapse
you can deflate a ball or maybe you can
deflate a tire or maybe you can deflate
a balloon or perhaps you can deflate a
space hopper like I was doing a few
moments ago inflate is not increase
okay if you say so maybe I should just
go away and maybe maybe you can teach
instead inflates does mean increase or
expand something is getting higher or
larger trust me please someone
Alessandra I live in Toronto is that
Toronto or Toronto
so is it Toronto and if it is where is
Toronto or maybe it is Toronto in Canada
I wonder I wonder collapse you make
something collapse you release the air
it deflates deflates oh here's an
interesting word now this also means
deflate however it is a very different
type of word if we are talking about the
way it is used the word is puncture
puncture I love that word it's not an
easy word to say by the way puncher
puncture means to deflate or damage
something by letting the air out so
maybe you puncher your neighbor's tires
on their car because they are being very
annoying you might go out at night and
puncture their tires to deflate or
damage puncture you
picture something maybe you use a sharp
knife or maybe you use something very
sharp and you puncture you make a hole
in something and then the air begins to
escape it does you might deflate
someone's tires
you might puncture their tires perhaps
you can accidentally puncture your tires
perhaps you are driving along the road
one day and maybe you are going along
the road driving your car and then
suddenly one of your tires bursts it's
suddenly punctures like that puncture to
damage something suddenly by letting the
air out of something puncture I love
that word if isn't very easy to say some
people might actually find that a little
difficult to say here's another one
another use of deflate if you deflate
you might disappoint someone to
disappoint a person as my has my
computer spelt disappoint wrong I think
so
hello also - Oh Alessandra is here I saw
your name earlier and I didn't say hello
I'm sorry about that
hello Alessandra nice to see you here
and there we have oh yes you might
deflate a person would you like to see
this word deflate you might deflate a
person's ego maybe you say something
that makes a person feel deflated
maybe you say I hope you don't mind me
saying but but your clothing it's not
very nice your clothing it's a little
bit old-fashioned and then you might
feel a little bit deflated because a
person has said something that has upset
you
it has made you feel a little bit down
you feel deflated by what they've said
you feel slightly deflated why did you
say that why did you have to say that
about my clothes what a horrible thing
to say
you have really deflated my ego you have
deflated my sales self-image you've made
me feel very bad about myself
you've deflated me so you can also
deflate a person as well to be deflated
deflated let down disappointed as well
hello Diana Diana Romano mr. Duncan my
English is getting better thanks to you
he speaks real English oh I see thank
you very much that's very kind of you to
say a lot of people do say mr. Duncan we
like your English because it's easy to
understand you can have subtitles or
captions however some people prefer to
watch my lessons without captions
because it allows them to improve their
listening I think you are right yes it
is a very good way of improving your
listening skills we have all we have one
more just one more to lower the value of
something so as the value or as the
expense of something becomes less unless
you can have deflation so inflation is
things going up
deflation is things going down maybe the
stock market maybe the value of certain
metals so you have deflation you have
things dropping getting smaller so as an
economy makes money it will expand it
will inflate and then as it gets worse
or bad it will deflate deflate hello to
GA true wham hello to you watching in I
think maybe you are in India are you in
India is that where you are at the
moment if you are could you please tell
me on the live chat because I'm not sure
actually are you in India Jay please
tell me where are you please please tell
me on the live chat now where we're at
where you are
yes I know you are in India I can see it
I can see it
sometimes if people buy too much it can
create problems in the economy sometimes
if people buy too little it can have a
bad effect as well this is what many
economies are facing at the moment due
to you see so that's what's happening at
the moment hello to diovan watching in
vietnam nice to see you here as well I
will be going in a few moments for two
reasons one I have finished my lesson
and two I am so hot it is so hot out
here today I can't tell you how hot it
is would you like to see the view in
front of me here is the view that is
right in front of me right now
incredible I can't believe how it looks
at the moment outside
I really can't the Sun is out the birds
are singing the sky is blue everything
is so nice hello to Somaliland have you
heard of it I have I've had quite a few
viewers from Somaliland in fact Maria
asks mr. Duncan may I ask if you speak
slower than your uu you usually do or is
this your normal pace I don't speak
quickly because if I speak too quickly
people won't understand what I'm saying
but I speak clearly I speak clearly to
you I speak clearly to my friends I
speak clearly to everyone
so yes I speak clearly to everyone if
you don't speak clearly then people
can't understand what you're saying if
you speak too fast sometimes people
think it's cool or fashionable to speak
really quickly however if you do you
might confuse the person who is
listening to you they might not be able
to understand what you're saying I've
never been to India says Andy me neither
I've never been to India either thank
you for your company today a lot of
people were here thank you very much
thank you for your company today a lot
of people on the live chat
valo
asks mr. Duncan why are you only
teaching basic English I can't win can I
I really can't win sometimes I'm
teaching complicated English and it's
too difficult and sometimes I'm teaching
English that's too easy however I always
say that there is something for everyone
here you can watch this and you can
learn something maybe sometimes I will
talk about things that you already
understand but I will also talk about
things that maybe you don't understand
as well so this particular type of
lesson is for everyone
I never exclude anyone from my lessons
hello to Kimo hello Kimo really thanks
for what you're doing and what you did
and what you've done for us Thank You
Kimo that's that's very nice of you to
say how nice fly away says dominate is
not deflate no it isn't dominate means
to take all of the space or maybe if you
are overpowering other people so your
character might be louder or may be more
aggressive
you are being dominant dominant so no it
doesn't mean that it does not mean that
you are right mr. Duncan you are
speaking very clearly and I am
understanding Thank You stanislav for
that very nice
thanks mr. duncan for this interesting
livestream have a good afternoon
Thank You Beatrice I am going in a
moment thank you also to Lewis thank you
also to know where me as well nice to
see so many people here today i doo doo
doo doo doo de doo doo I was going to
have a dance today but to be honest with
you I'm so hot I'm hot
because it's hot here in England
apparently it's going to be really hot
for the rest of the week I can't believe
it
it's going to be so hot for the rest of
the week I love your live streams mr.
Duncan Thank You Christine I've had many
messages asking if I can do my live
streams every day unfortunately due to
certain situations I can't do it every
day however I might maybe in the future
maybe next month maybe the month after
maybe during August perhaps I might do
every day we will have to wait and see
we will see what happens next because
you may have noticed we are living
through very strange times right now
Thank You Maria
thank you Richard I hope you have
enjoyed today's lesson I hope also you
will join me again on Friday by the way
we are back once again and guess what
it's going to be another hot day on
Friday so I will once more be in the
garden with you live on Friday don't
forget you can catch me
on Friday 2 p.m. UK time Sunday
Wednesday and Friday is when I do my
live streams for those who are wondering
thanks for watching I hope you've
enjoyed today's livestream Thank You
Mika thank you also to saw thank you to
Sergio
nice to see you later I hope I will see
you and then I will feel very happy
indeed Thank You Sandra
Thank You mr. Duncan for doing this
every day for so many years yes people
don't believe me when I tell them I've
been doing this for nearly 14 years can
you believe that
I can't believe it and I'm doing it to
be honest you are the youtuber that I
like the most
Thank You Dai Bao that's very kind of
you in October it will be the 14th
anniversary of your channel yes October
the 31st this year will be the 14th
anniversary of my YouTube channel
I can't believe it I really can't see
aegyo says hello mr. Duncan I love your
English lessons because I can hear you
it is very good for improving my
listening it is really good thank you
thank you very much and can you say
hello to Brazil hello Brazil nice to see
you here today and everyone wherever you
happen to be in the world thanks for
joining me today I really do appreciate
your company Thank You Noemi thanks also
to MOU CERN thank you Zor thanks a lot
for your company today I will see you on
Friday I'm going now I'm going to have a
cup of tea and then mr. Steve is going
to come back into the garden and he's
going to continue doing his work if you
saw earlier Steve is very busy in the
garden right now doing lots of things
lots of renovation lots of difficult
hard work Steve is doing right now
people are coming people are coming up
behind me interesting I think they're
watching me
I do get lots of tourists coming you see
lots of tourists they come and they
stand at the top of the hill and they
try to see me quite often they will be
there with their binoculars looking into
my bathroom I don't know why I really
don't know why catch you on Friday Thank
You Mika thank you Richard Thank You
Louis see you again I hope you've
enjoyed today's live stream my legs are
now burning burning in the hot sunshine
so I'm going back in see you on Friday
everyone this is mr. Duncan in the
birthplace of English saying thanks for
watching I hope you've enjoyed
everything today we've talked about many
subjects many things many parts of the
English language and of course until the
next time we meet here on YouTube live
once more you know what's coming next
yes you do
ta ta for now 8-)