🎓 5 Useful English Phrases for Today 🎓

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[00:00:03]Okay, ladies.

[00:00:05]Thanks so much for your help.

[00:00:06]>> Oh, you're very welcome. Thank you both for being so patient.

[00:00:08]>> And Mrs. Ahearn, if you or Margaret ever need anything from me, anything at all, you can call me day or night. This is Mrs. Shmasko and her daughter Jen.

[00:00:16]Oh, sorry. I've got my wires crossed a little. Bye. Bye. Drive safe.

[00:00:22]Hey. Hi, Ava.

[00:00:25]I was just wondering if the girls were done with the movie yet. What movie?

[00:00:28]Breakfast Club. Oh, they were in the here. They didn't? No. Do you want to speak to Riley?

[00:00:34]I I don't know. I must have got my wires crossed. Okay. Thanks.

[00:00:39]You've answered my call in not a moment too soon. Uh it No, I think we've got our wires crossed somehow cuz I'm just looking to save a husband.

[00:00:48]>> And now you're here to help save us all.

[00:00:51]Get someone's wires crossed.

[00:00:54]To get confused, mixed up, or make a mistake.

[00:00:58]To have a different understanding of the same situation.

[00:01:06]I mean, this is 9 months' work here, minimum.

[00:01:10]7 million? That could take years. So, set some aside, save it for a rainy day.

[00:01:16]The lesson here is that when a little extra money comes our way, we do the smart thing. We put in the bank, where it makes reasonable interest at minimal risk. Then we have it for a rainy day.

[00:01:27]Sometimes, it's the little things that make us feel secure, like an old friend at bedtime.

[00:01:37]Money saved for a rainy day.

[00:01:41]For a rainy day.

[00:01:43]Used in reference to a possible time in the future when money will be needed.

[00:01:52]Is life so busy you can't take 20 minutes to get out the straight edge and wrap a gift anymore?

[00:01:56]>> I'm a little anxious about my gift for her. It would make me feel a lot better if I knew she phoned this one in. Sorry, Jay. Only time will tell. I don't want to play a game, Sheldon.

[00:02:06]Wow.

[00:02:07]And I remember when you loved playing games with me.

[00:02:10]Maybe Penny isn't the only relationship you're phoning in.

[00:02:14]30, 40, 50.

[00:02:18]>> [laughter] >> Curse is lifted.

[00:02:21]Oh, I don't think you got me. What about my curse?

[00:02:25]>> [laughter] >> Talk about phoning it in. Couldn't you wave a feather or spin your head or throw up or something?

[00:02:32]To phone something in.

[00:02:34]To do something without any effort. To do something with low enthusiasm.

[00:02:44]Cam, I want you to know I don't take this for granted.

[00:02:48]It means a lot.

[00:02:51]Stewart, perhaps we do take you for granted, and that is not acceptable. Please know that you truly are a valuable member of our social group.

[00:03:01]Thank you.

[00:03:02]The old you hasn't gone anywhere. I I I see it in the way you're raising Manny and Joe, the way you care for Jay.

[00:03:08]You never take anyone or anything for granted.

[00:03:12]You worked hard for years without knowing that things were going to get better.

[00:03:16]Take for granted. To expect that someone or something will always be there when you need them and never think how important or useful they are.

[00:03:29]>> [music] >> You're the vice president of >> No, no, no, no. Do you know what I do every day?

[00:03:34]Day in and day out, what the actual physical machinations of my job are?

[00:03:38]Neither do I. I take meetings. I make phone calls.

[00:03:43]You graduated top of your class.

[00:03:45]You seem to have your pick of employment, including right here.

[00:03:48]Instead, you went to Omaha to fire people for a living?

[00:03:54]It's challenging work. I'll say.

[00:03:57]I can't imagine doing that day in day out.

[00:04:00]Every prison in the world is airtight.

[00:04:02]Each one has a key. You just have to find it. How do you do that?

[00:04:07]A lot of looking.

[00:04:09]Especially at things that break up the daily routine.

[00:04:12]Guards get comfortable doing the same thing day in day out. Something happens, that's when they make mistakes.

[00:04:19]Day in and day out.

[00:04:21]It means that something happens regularly over a long period of time, especially about something boring or not very pleasant.

[00:04:31]A quick quiz with phrases from the [music] previous video.

[00:04:35]What does the phrase give it a whirl mean?

[00:04:44]And the correct answer is >> [music] >> to attempt to do something.

[00:04:48]What does the phrase knock it off mean?

[00:04:52]>> [music] >> And the correct answer is used to tell someone to stop doing something.

[00:05:02]What does the phrasal verb to settle for mean?

[00:05:12]And the correct answer is to accept [music] or agree to something.

[00:05:18]What does the phrase speak of the devil mean?

[00:05:27]And the correct answer is >> [music] >> said when a person appears just after being mentioned.

[00:05:33]What does the phrase cool your jets mean? [music] And the correct answer is to become calm and not so excited or worried.

[00:05:48]>> [music] >> How many correct answers do you have?

[00:05:52]Let us know in the comments.

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