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So, E, I'm going to read this passage to you and...

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"I'm all ears"?

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Hi. James from engVid.

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Today I'm going to use "all" in phrases and
idioms, and teach you how you can use them

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in common speech.

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And I'm going to try and put them into sections
that you will find most useful to help you

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remember.

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E writes...

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Is saying right now: "He's all ears", and
I bet you want to know what that means.

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I'll explain that to you, and I have another
seven other idioms.

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Let's go to the board.

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So, E's all ears.

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Before we even start, let's talk about: What is "all"?

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What does it mean?

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Well, generally, it means as much as possible,
or it can mean complete or whole.

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The whole thing; all thing; complete.

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Excuse me.

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Or the parts of it.

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Now, we understand that, what does an "idiom" mean?

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An "idiom" is basically...

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It could be a phrase or a clause, but it's
a bunch of words that are together that when

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you hear them, they don't actually make sense
by themselves; but if you have the history

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behind it, you get it.

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One of my favourite ones to tell people is:
"It's raining cats and dogs."

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Clearly, dogs and cats don't fall from the
sky, so you have to say: "What does that mean?"

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Well, it means it's a lot of rain.

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Okay?

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So, there's a lot of rain coming down.

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Now, it has an ancient...

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Not ancient roots.

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From, like 1600/1700s that there would be
so much water coming down that dogs and cats

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might, like, float away or, you know, be swimming
down the streets, so that's: "It's raining

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cats and dogs."

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What does that have to do with what we're
doing now?

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Well, today, we want to look at "all" and
how "all" can be used in different idioms

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to have different meanings.

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You probably won't know what they mean right
away; but by the time I'm done, it shouldn't

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be a problem.

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So, let's look at the number one, the first
one: I want to talk about emotional states.

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So, it's a mental state or an emotional state;
how you think or feel.

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So, number one is: "It's all in your head."

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That means imaginary; it's not real.

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If something's all in your head, you go: "Oh,
I think I have, like", I don't know.

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I...

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I don't want to say it because I don't want
to give myself a disease.

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People might say: "Oh, I think I'm growing
four heads."

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It's like: "It's all in your head.

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It's your imagination.

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It's not real.

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It's not happening.

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It's not going to happen."

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Okay?

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Or: "I think...

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Oh, I think Beyoncé is going to leave her
husband and meet me, because she was on a

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TV program and she winked twice.

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That was her code that she wants me."

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It's in my head; it's not going to happen.

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Okay?

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Your friends will say: "You're crazy.

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It's not happening."

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What's another one?

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We'll go down to number two.

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Oh, sorry.

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Before we go here, we'll go here: "All shook up".

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Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm all shook up.

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Those of you who like Elvis, that's an Elvis
song: "All Shook Up".

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What does "all shook up" mean?

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Well, it's to shake...

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"Shake" means to...

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To disturb something.

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In this case, to make it extremely excited.

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You could be extremely excited if you win
the lottery.

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If I won 20 million dollars, I'd be all shook
up, I'd be like: "What am I going to do?

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I...

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I...

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I...

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How...?

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How do I get...?"

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I'm excited.

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I can also be very worried or disturbed when
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If you get very bad news...

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My baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, they
lost again - I'm all shook up; I'm emotionally

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disturbed.

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Okay?

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And you can be worried as well.

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So that's emotional state with "all".

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"All in your head".

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Remember we said completely?

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It's completely in your head.

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"You're all shook up", it means as much as
possible you've been disturbed.

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Let's look to the other ones.

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So, we talked about mental state, your emotional
state; let's look at knowledge - how much

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you can know.

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All right?

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So, if "somebody's not all there", you're
not all there, it means it's not working properly.

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Imagine if you had a car with four wheels,
but only three tires.

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They're not all there; something's missing.

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You need one more tire to make four tires,
four wheels.

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Makes sense.

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When somebody's not all there, something's
wrong in the cabeza.

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In the head, there's something missing.

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Maybe half a brain.

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You know?

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You got to be careful.

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If somebody goes: "Hey, watch out for E. He's
not all there", it means he could be crazy.

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Okay?

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He could be not focused on the work.

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And the other one, sometimes people say it,
like: "That guy's not all there."

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You stupid, you's very stupid.

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Okay?

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Because you only have half a brain so you
can't think like other people.

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Sorry, that just seems mean, but in case people
say it, that's what they mean.

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Now, the next thing about knowledge we're
going to talk about is this one.

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Okay?

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If somebody says: "For all I know", it means:
"For the knowledge that I have currently,

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right now at this moment, all the information
I have, this is what I believe will happen."

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So I'm talking about knowledge, and it's like...

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It's, like, my opinion on something that might
happen.

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So: "For all I know, that girl's going to
get married to somebody else because she left me."

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What do I know?

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She left me, so then I'm guessing: "For all
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me, she might get married."

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Doesn't mean it's true; it's kind of my opinion
based on what I know now.

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"For all I know, this might be a great opportunity."

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It means: All the information I have says
it, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

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Usually when people say: "For all I know",
it's used in a negative sense.

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People don't go: "For all I know I could be rich."

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Not usually.

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It's usually negative.

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"For all I know, that guy should be killed."

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Okay?

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Or will be killed.

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"Know-it-all".

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Hmm, that seems pretty good, right?

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You're a know-it-all.

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Actually, no.

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A "know-it-all", and I did the short version,
but I'll give you the long version to know

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what a know-it-all is.

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A "know-it-all" is someone who seems to have
a lot of knowledge, tells everybody that they

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have all the knowledge, and it irritates everybody
that they have so much knowledge because not

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everybody thinks they have all the knowledge
that they have.

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Do you want me to repeat that?

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I'm not going to because I don't know how
to say all of that again.

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That is what a know-it-all is.

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It's somebody who thinks they know all the
answers, and they make sure they let everybody

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else know this, but not everybody agrees.

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So, if someone calls you a "know-it-all",
it's not a compliment.

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So, if you're like...

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I go: "Hey, you're a know-it-all", you go:
"Yes, it's true; I know everything.

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That's what all the people say to me, I'm
a know-it-all because I know all" - they're

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insulting you.

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It's something we don't like.

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Okay?

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So, we've gone from mental state, emotionally,
imagining things, and being, you know, excited

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or worried about something, to amount of knowledge
you have.

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And let's see how this would play into work
as we shift over her, and we talk about work

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and "all".

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Okay?

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Now, when "somebody pulls an all-nighter",
it means to go from the evening, say about

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5 o'clock, all the way through the night to
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It means to continually work through the night;
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Usually you do this in high-...

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Not high school.

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Yeah, high school and university.

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You've got an essay to do, it's due the next
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this done.

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I've got to pull an all-nighter."

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That's when you get a Red Bull or a coffee,
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next day.

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Cool?

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Now, if something was an "all-nighter", it
means it took all night.

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So if you went to a party that was an all-nighter,
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it went from 5, 6, 7, it went on into the
next day into the morning; it was an all-nighter.

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Okay?

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So, it's all night.

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So, we've got "night".

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Let's go to the opposite of "night", which
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Okay?

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"It's all in a day's work".

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What does it mean: "It's all in a day's work"?

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I heard one person say: "'All in a day's work'
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That's not quite correct.

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So, if you ever see that person, you should
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It means that there's a job that's a usual
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or unpleasant.

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I don't...

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You know, so anybody else would go: "Ugh".

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So, when you're a garbageman, okay?

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You pick up garbage - sometimes it has dirty
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It means little babies have went poo-poo and
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and throw it in the truck.

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And I go: "Oh, geez, oh, god, man.

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Oh!

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I'd kill myself if I had to do that."

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You go: "Hey, dude.

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It's all in a day's work.

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It's just what I do."

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It doesn't mean it's easy; it means it's a
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every day.

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It's just in my day.

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Okay?

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Sometimes you have a stupid boss.

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Yeah, you got a stupid boss and you got to
look at the boss every day, and you go: "[Laughs]

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It's all in a day's work.

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It's all in a day's work."

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It's an unpleasant task or an unpleasant thing to do.

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By the way, the word "task" means job.

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It means something that you have to do.

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Okay?

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It's not: "I have a task" meaning I'm working
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"I have a task", it means I have some work
that I must do.

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Like, cleaning your dishes is a task.

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Right?

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It's not a job; it's a task.

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You don't get paid to do it.

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All right?

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Cleaning your toilet is a task you have to
do.

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Well, we've got that out of the way.

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I have one over here.

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I couldn't fit it in-sorry-but it's up here:
"Pull out all the stops".

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Notice with an "all-nighter" we had to stay
up all night to do the work.

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"All in a day's work", it means: "Hey, this
may not be a good thing or it may be difficult,

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but it's part of the job; you just got to
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All right?

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All is done in the day.

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When "you pull out all the stops", this means
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into something - everything.

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You want to put everything in there to get
a result.

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Okay?

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So: "I want to meet a pretty girl."

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You know, she's like walking down the street,
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and I go: "Pull out all the stops, man.

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I'm going to get my car clean.

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My car.

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Get my hair cut.

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Get some new shoes.

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Get some pants, got a shirt.

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I'm going to pull out all the stops.

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Got the tie on.

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Okay, I'm ready.

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I'm pulling out all the stops.

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She's getting the good stuff.

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I even got the suspenders.

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Look, got suspenders.

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Yeah.

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Pulling all the stops out."

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You're like: "Whoa."

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I'd be like: "I have to do everything."

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You will do everything you can to get this
person.

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Okay?

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So, you pull out all the stops.

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At a job interview, you're like: "I went to
the best schools.

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I know the best people.

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I know the best people.

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I know the most terrific people."

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Okay?

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Pulling out all the stops at all times.

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You shouldn't do it all time.

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If it's once in a while, it's okay; but otherwise,
it's hard to, you know, take and understand

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Donald.

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Next, the last one.

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Now we've done mental state-dah-dah-dah-I
want to work out to chaos; when things go

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crazy.

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Remember when it says: "complete" or "whole"?

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That means the whole thing; all of it.

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Okay?

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A "free-for-all".

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Some of you right now are going: "Free, like
the lesson you're teaching."

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I go: Yes, this lesson is free for all, but
this is not "free-for-all".

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A "free-for-all" is, like, a fight.

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It means there is no rules; it just goes crazy.

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Okay?

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In Canada we have...

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What's it called again?

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It's Boxing Day sales.

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Oh, no, no, no.

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Let's talk about America - they have Black
Friday sales.

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Once you're done this video, go watch Black
Friday sales in America; happens in November.

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Then what I want you to do is come back, and
I want you to watch our video or my video

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here, and when you watch it, I want you to
look at what a free-for-all looks like.

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You'll see people grabbing, hitting each other
- all to buy a pair of shoes.

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It's a free-for-all.

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There are no rules; it's crazy.

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Okay?

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So, it may be free for all, but it's not a
free-for-all, here.

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There are rules, and there are hyphens, so
I'm going to put them in there.

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Okay?

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So, when it's...

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When there's crazy and it's just madness,
you go: "It's a free-for-all in here."

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No rules.

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Now, the next one is: "all hell broke loose".

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And you might go: "Well, aren't they the same?"

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Because it says: "suddenly".

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But when all hell broke loose...

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A "free-for-all" means, like, you could probably
see this happening.

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When "all hell breaks loose", it's sudden;
it just: "Boom!" from nowhere.

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And, you know, and people are talking and
everything is going on, and then the bomb

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went off, and all hell broke loose.

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It was sudden change of craziness or madness.

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So, they're similar but not exactly the same.

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When you say: "all hell broke loose", completely
everything changed but it happened in an instant;

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when it was a "free-for-all", maybe there
was a slow fight, like one person punched

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another one.

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Because usually, honestly, we use "free-for-all"
for fighting, but if there was a "free-for-all"

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in the bar, the drinks were not free for everybody.

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All of a sudden people in the bar started
fighting; one person hit one person, that

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person got hit, and went: "What?"

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Hit that person, and then all of a sudden
the whole bar is fighting and kicking.

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It was a free-for-all.

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So, you might say: "All hell broke loose,
and there was a free-for-all."

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What?

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You can put them together: Suddenly it went
crazy and there were no rules; people were

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fighting.

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Cool.

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See?

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That's what you get when you learn English
properly; it's what natives would say.

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So, we've taken the idea of as much as possible,
or complete or whole, and I've shown you how

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in each case this is true.

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Complete, like an "all-nighter"; it took the
whole night, the complete night.

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Right?

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"All in a day's work", when you take the whole
day, that's what has to be done in the day.

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Okay?

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"Pull out all the stops" - as much as possible,
you do everything you can.

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"All hell broke loose", right?

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Complete chaos or madness.

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And a "free-for-all", the same thing.

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So we notice how "all" and its meaning can
be used in these idioms, and it changes the...

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The...

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The structure so that you can get a fuller
meaning.

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Right?

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You like that?

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I do, too.

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But, of course, you know what we have to do,
right?

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I have to test to make sure you really got
it, so we'll do our test.

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I'll give you a bonus and some homework.

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And yeah, we'll do it right now.

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Are you ready?

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[Snaps] Okay.

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So, once again, it is our time to do our little
test to make sure you understand all that

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I have taught you.

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See?

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I used "all".

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Okay, so let's go to the board and look.

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"Chan was very worried and disturbed when
he woke up.

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He believed there had been a big earthquake
in China where his best friend Mr. E was staying.

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Chan thought: 'Based on what I know, Mr. E
could be seriously hurt.'

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He knew that there would be a sudden...

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There would be sudden chaos if the earthquake
were bad enough.

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He did everything possible to contact Mr.
E. Then he suddenly woke up and realized it

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was only his imagination."

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It's not a bad story, but we can do better.

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And the first thing we can do to do better
is to underline or outline what needs to be

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changed, and what idioms... "all" idioms or
idioms with "all" we can use to change it.

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So, what I want you to do is...

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I'm going to wait a second.

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Those of you guys who, you know, you think
you pretty well got it, I want you to underline

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quickly the points that you think should be
changed.

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And by the time I'm done speaking, you should
be able...

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You'll be done, and then we can check to see
how well you did it.

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Okay?

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Give you a second or two.

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Now, you can always fast-forward this video
to the next part if you've already done this,

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because I'm about to start now.

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Okay, good.

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So: "Chan was very worried and disturbed"-I'm
going to say right here we learned an "all"

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idiom for that one-"when he woke up.

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He believed there had been a big earthquake
in China".

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That's okay. "...where his best friend Mr
E. was staying.

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Chan thought: 'Based on what I know'", okay,
there.

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"Mr. E could be seriously hurt.

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He knew there would be sudden chaos if the
earthquake were bad enough.

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He did everything possible to contact Mr.
E." Okay.

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"And then he suddenly woke up and realized
it was just his imagination."

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Okay.

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So, we've got one, two, three, four, and five
things to look at.

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Okay?

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Now, "worried and disturbed", we...

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We have an idiom for that.

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We have one for: "based on what I know", "sudden
chaos", "did everything possible to contact

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Mr. E", and "his imagination".

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I'm going to give you a couple of seconds
to figure out or think.

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Go over your list.

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You can rewind the video right now, go back
to the first screen and you'll see all the

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ones I point out or indicated which would
be appropriate substitutions for what's on

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the board.

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Now, there might be a word "chaos" - if you
don't know what "chaos" means, it means when

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things are not organized; it's just crazy.

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It could be madness.

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Okay?

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All right.

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Good job.

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So, let's take a look at the board and see
what we're going to do here.

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Let's do the first one: "He was very worried
and disturbed".

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I'm going to erase that because we don't need
this at all.

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And you might remember something.

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I did an Elvis impersonation, if you know
what Elvis is - a singer from America.

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"Oh, thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Elvis.

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I'm Elvis.

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I'm all shook up.

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Yeah, baby.

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I'm all shook up."

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It goes...

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You're going to go on YouTube and go: "Elvis
Presley.

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He doesn't look anything like James."

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He doesn't, okay?

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So: "...was all shook up".

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"Chan was all shook up when he woke up."

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Remember?

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He was disturbed.

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He was like: "Ah!"

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It was like he had a nightmare.

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"He believed there had been a big earthquake
in China"-Chan's from China-"where his best

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friend Mr. E was staying.

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Chan thought: 'Based on what I know...'"

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What's another word...?

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Way of saying: "Based on what I know"?

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"For all I know".

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Remember?

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"For all I know", and that means based on
the information I have, I think this might

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be...

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This could be true.

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Right?

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"For all I know this could be true", so we've
got that one.

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Next one: "For all I know Mr. E could be seriously
hurt."

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Okay.

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"He knew there would be sudden chaos".

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"Sudden chaos", what's another way of saying
there?

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"He knew that", look at all these words we
have to get rid of.

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Whoosh.

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So many go.

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"...that all hell would break loose".

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"He knew that all hell would break loose if
the earthquake were bad enough."

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Do you remember what we talked about "all
hell breaking loose"?

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It's sudden, and there's craziness; no organization,
no rules.

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Just: Boom - madness.

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So, then he thought that would happen if it
was bad enough.

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Now, what's the next one we have?

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"He did everything possible to contact Mr.
E." Well, we're going to look at that one.

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Okay?

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So we're going to put something back there.

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"But he"...

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"Stop".

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I put "spot", and I meant "stop".

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I didn't need to put this part out; I'll put
the "contact".

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So: "He pulled out all the stops to contact
Mr. E." Remember when you pulled out all the

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spots?

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It means to do as much as you possibly can.

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Everything you can do to do something.

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Right?

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Put all your energy, your mind, and your heart,
and your soul into something.

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And the last one.

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Another way for saying: "his imagination"
is...

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Sorry.

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Now, sometimes people say "mind".

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I put: "...all in his head".

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I'm going to put "mind" there, because sometimes
people say "mind".

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It's all in your mind; it's all in your head.

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So: "...it was all in his head".

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So, now we read the story here and it changes
to: "Chan was all shook up when he woke up.

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He believed that there had been a big earthquake
in China where his best friend Mr. E was staying.

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Chan thought: 'For all I know Mr. E could
be seriously hurt.'

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He knew that all hell would break loose if
the earthquake were bad enough.

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He pulled out all the stops to contact Mr.
E. Then he suddenly woke up and realized that

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it was all in his head."

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So, basically, he was in a dream, having a
dream.

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A lucid dream.

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[Laughs] A lucid dream - that's another tale
for another language lesson.

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Maybe we could do one on dreaming and the
states of dreaming.

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You might like that.

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Yes, you would.

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Anyway, before I go, I have to do the bonus
as per usual and then I want to give you your

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homework.

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Don't you feel like you're in school?

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And then you're probably going: "Yeah, because
I hate you just like I hate my real teacher."

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[Laughs] Anyway.

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Okay.

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So: "to give your all" is similar to "pull
out all the stops".

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It means to...

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To do your best.

482
00:21:41.350 --> 00:21:44.059
When you give your all, you give everything
you have; you do your best.

483
00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:48.320
And you remember the diagram of complete and
whole, and as much as possible - that's where

484
00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:49.459
that comes in.

485
00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:52.638
Do you remember Mr. E said he was "all ears",
and I had that thing...?

486
00:21:52.638 --> 00:21:53.638
Funny thing?

487
00:21:53.638 --> 00:21:54.638
Well, those are his ears.

488
00:21:54.638 --> 00:21:56.158
It means: "I'm completely listening".

489
00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:57.679
So, once again, completely.

490
00:21:57.679 --> 00:21:58.679
"I'm all ears.

491
00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.679
I'm focused.

492
00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:01.388
I'm completely focused on you.

493
00:22:01.388 --> 00:22:02.768
I'm listening."

494
00:22:02.769 --> 00:22:03.769
Okay?

495
00:22:03.769 --> 00:22:06.169
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket".

496
00:22:06.169 --> 00:22:11.230
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket" means
if you put everything you have in one area,

497
00:22:11.230 --> 00:22:15.440
it could be lost or destroyed, or you risk
losing everything.

498
00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.500
Now, you can imagine having a...

499
00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:23.980
Say, a big glass bowl on the edge of the table-okay?-and
you put all your eggs in it, and then somebody

500
00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.980
bumps by.

501
00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:28.460
Well, all those eggs are going to go on the
floor, or crack and be gone forever, so it

502
00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:33.450
might be better to put some eggs in one glass
over here and over here, so if one gets destroyed

503
00:22:33.450 --> 00:22:35.549
you still have something left.

504
00:22:35.549 --> 00:22:37.049
We usually talk about this when...

505
00:22:37.049 --> 00:22:41.000
In business, when businesspeople say: "Don't
put all your money in one place.

506
00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.518
You could lose all of the money."

507
00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:45.859
It's better to spread it out and spread out
the risk.

508
00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:47.918
That's what this means: Spread out the risk.

509
00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:53.540
And "risk" means to put something in a position
that it could be lost and you won't get it

510
00:22:53.540 --> 00:22:54.720
again.

511
00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.720
All right?

512
00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.720
And: "All yours".

513
00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.720
Ah, I like this one.

514
00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.720
L'amour.

515
00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:03.940
When someone says: "I'm all yours", in romantic
senses, it means: "I love you.

516
00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:05.749
Do with me what you will.

517
00:23:05.749 --> 00:23:07.009
I'm all yours.

518
00:23:07.009 --> 00:23:08.279
Completely yours."

519
00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:13.830
Or in a more friendship thing, if someone
says they're busy working and they get up

520
00:23:13.830 --> 00:23:15.442
from the table, and go: "Okay, I'm done.

521
00:23:15.442 --> 00:23:16.442
I'm all yours."

522
00:23:16.442 --> 00:23:18.679
It means: Now, whatever you need, I'm here
to help you with.

523
00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:19.679
All right?

524
00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:21.179
So, you could say: "All yours".

525
00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:22.808
Or you can offer...

526
00:23:22.809 --> 00:23:24.350
Imagine...

527
00:23:24.350 --> 00:23:26.669
I did imagine this.

528
00:23:26.669 --> 00:23:33.270
Somebody gets keys to a brand new Porsche,
2018, and goes: "Hey, this baby is all yours."

529
00:23:33.270 --> 00:23:36.609
Throws you the keys, it belongs to you completely.

530
00:23:36.609 --> 00:23:42.719
Yeah, just like I do and so does engVid - it's
yours; we're here because you're here.

531
00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:47.179
Anyway, before I wrap up with this, I just
want to say your homework is: Write a story-this

532
00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:50.039
is cool-about a big exam that you have to
take at school.

533
00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.039
Okay?

534
00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:54.440
I want you to include a party, I want you
to include a fight, and I want you to include

535
00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.440
working all night.

536
00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.609
I said: "fight" and "night" because they rhymed.

537
00:23:57.609 --> 00:23:59.729
Yeah, okay, it's kind hokey.

538
00:23:59.730 --> 00:24:01.000
Kind of bad.

539
00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.280
Kind of bad.

540
00:24:02.280 --> 00:24:05.520
But yeah, try to do that, like: "There was
a free-for-all going on, and then we had to

541
00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:06.659
pull an all-nighter".

542
00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.090
You know, all of that.

543
00:24:08.090 --> 00:24:09.539
So you can just play with the language.

544
00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:13.509
The beauty of language is you can play with
it and make it all yours.

545
00:24:13.509 --> 00:24:14.509
Right?

546
00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:15.509
Cool.

547
00:24:15.509 --> 00:24:22.398
Anyway, so I'm going to let you go, but before
I do what I want you to do is go to engVid,

548
00:24:22.398 --> 00:24:23.398
do your test.

549
00:24:23.398 --> 00:24:24.398
Okay?

550
00:24:24.398 --> 00:24:27.439
There's always a quiz there at www.engvid.com.

551
00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.549
And don't forget to subscribe.

552
00:24:28.549 --> 00:24:30.770
There's a little bell, ring my bell.

553
00:24:30.770 --> 00:24:34.840
Ring it, and then any video I get comes straight
to you.

554
00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.840
Okay?

555
00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.760
And as always, thank you very much.

556
00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:39.039
Your...

557
00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:44.779
Your participation in this little experiment
is always appreciated and valued.

558
00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:49.009
You have a great night, or a great day, or
a great afternoon - wherever you are, whenever

559
00:24:49.009 --> 00:24:50.009
may.

560
00:24:50.009 --> 00:24:50.320
See you soon.