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happy new year

this is oliver teacher and i'll be

teaching you four

english expressions are you ready to get

started

okay let's go first

you'll live when someone says

you'll live it means that you aren't

going to die

it's a fun expression to use when

someone complains about a problem

that isn't very serious for example

if i fail my math test you can say

you'll live i might be upset about it

for a day or two

but i'll be okay i'll live

examples are you going to be okay

i'll live i cut my pinky

ouch you'll live

he's really upset because he failed his

math test

he'll live second

i'll take you under my wing when someone

says

i'll take you under my wing it means

that they want to help you

it's common to hear this phrase being

used by someone

that wants to help a beginner that

doesn't have much experience in

something like a new job

when i was new to teaching english it

was really difficult

luckily an experienced co-worker took me

under her wing

and helped me a lot

examples the shoemaker took a homeless

orphan

under his wing he looked sad and lonely

so i took him under my wing

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she saw his potential and decided to

take him under her wing

third it was all for nothing

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if you study hard for a test and find

out that the test was cancelled

you might feel like you wasted your time

you studied very hard for no reason

all the time you studied was for nothing

in this case you can say it was

all for nothing i once drove

all the way to the supermarket to buy

some toothpaste

but it was closed already

i drove all the way there for nothing

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examples i drove all the way here for

nothing

all that work was for nothing

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all that studying i did was for nothing

fourth i owe you one

when someone is very nice to you and

does you a big favor

you might feel like you need to return

the favor in the future

to express this feeling of debt you can

tell them that you

owe them one which means you owe them a

favor

this one time my car broke down on the

side of the road and a stranger pulled

over to help me

he fixed my car and i was able to drive

home

thanks to him i owe him one

examples thanks man

i owe you one she helped out a lot

i owe her one i did a lot for you today

you owe me one

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the hardest part of reaching a new goal

is getting started

that's why they say that getting started

is half the battle

i'd like to help you get started and

help keep you motivated too

meet me in the cake app every day so we

can make 2021

a year full of accomplishments see you

in february with more

english expressions bye

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ready /ˈred.i/ B1	adjective - willing and prepared
started /ˈstɑːtɪd/ A2	verb - begin to do something
live /lɪv/ A2	verb - to continue to exist; to survive
serious /ˈsɪər.i.əs/ B1	adjective - demanding or causing anxiety
upset /ʌpˈset/ A2	adjective - sad and worried
experience /ɪkˈspɪər.i.əns/ B1	noun - knowledge or skill gained from doing, seeing, or feeling things
difficult /ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəlt/ B1	adjective - needing much effort or skill to accomplish
potential /pəˈten.ʃəl/ B2	noun - having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future
nothing /ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/ A1	pronoun - not anything
reason /ˈriː.zən/ B1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification for something
favor /ˈfeɪ.vər/ B1	noun - an act of kindness done without expecting anything in return
stranger /ˈstreɪndʒ.ər/ A2	noun - a person whom one does not know
motivated /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪ.tɪd/ B2	adjective - having a reason to do something
accomplishments /əˈkɑːm.plɪʃ.mənts/ B2	noun - something that has been achieved successfully
download /ˈdaʊn.loʊd/ B1	verb - to copy data from one computer to another