English Conversation (video teaching): 07/13/17

What to say when you make a mistake!

source: Learn English with Ronnie! 2017年6月7日
Did you make a mistake again? What did you say? In today's lesson I'm going to teach you about the many expressions you can use when you make mistakes! I'll teach you modern, old-fashioned, formal, and slang expressions. These are great everyday expressions that you can start using in conversations right away. So watch this lesson and do the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/what-to-say-wh... , but be careful not to f@*k it up!

07 differences between 'Major & Minor'

source: Learn English with Let's Talk 　 2017年6月11日
http://www.learnex.in/major-vs-minor-...

Major could have 3 different primary meanings as mentioned below.
• Large – My friend heads a major company.
• Important – My father is going through a major surgery.
• Serious - I have a major problem to deal with.

On the other hand Minor also has 3 different meanings primarily.
• Small- Today, I face a minor issue at work.
• Not so important - My friend tripped off the wet road and had minor bruises.
• No to serious - I am going through a minor dental surgery.

Major also talk about age
• My kids are turning major and would have the voting rights soon.
• Most countries issue a driving license once you are a major.

Minor talks about someone who is not an adult by law.
• You are still a minor to watch adult movies.
• These days a lot of minors are getting into drug abuse and that’s a serious concern.

About college education:
Major in studies talks about the specialization on a particular subject.
• John is a major in social studies.
• I am confused what should I major in, everyone is majoring in finance.
Minor in college studies indicates the subjects that you don’t specialize in.
• I have dance and history as my minor subjects at college.

Major & Minor are also used in Music.
Major indicates a major chord and vice versa. Chords are musical notes played together.

4 ways to use the word 'round' – Pygmalion part 1

source: BBC Learning English 2016年8月18日
The English word ‘round’ has many meanings and uses. In this video, we bring you BBC Learning English's own version of the classic story Pygmalion - and we've found many different ways to use the word' round' in it.
You’ll find exercises on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/...
And here is part 2, with 4 more expressions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/...

Transcript:
Lizzie
Hello, I'm Lizzie. Today I've got a story that dates back thousands of years. It involves a man who's a sculptor and who, through his skilful work, hopes to find the perfect woman. This man is called Pygmalion. A group of prostitutes are in the street, not behaving very well. These women have been punished by the goddess Aphrodite, for not believing in her, by removing their inhibitions – and their wild behaviour is driving him around the bend.

Pygmalion is not impressed. He hasn't met many women but soon he comes round to the idea that this is how all women behave and decides that he's going to ignore all women from now on.

Instead of talking to and meeting women, he decides to 'make' his ideal woman by carefully and delicately sculpturing an ivory statue. He works his way round and round the block, chiselling and carving away at pieces.

He works round the clock until eventually he creates a beautiful sculpture. In fact it is so lifelike that Pygmalion actually falls in love with the statue, almost believing it is human. He kisses it all over – yuk! But, sadly, the statue will never love him back.

Prepositions and Money Vocabulary!

source: Learn English with Papa Teach Me 　2017年6月26日
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'Sugarcoat (Something)'

source: Maple Leaf ESL 2016年8月23日
In this lesson, we look at how to use the expression, to 'sugarcoat something' as in the sentence, 'politicians often sugarcoat the truth'.
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