Hi and welcome back to Love English what a week it has been. So much has
happened in the news in the last week we started off with this...
we're not going to give a list we have ended this segment we're going to move on...
and we've ended with this... Donald Trump has said he and his wife melania have coronavirus and
have begun a period of quarantine.... yes nothing seems impossible these days when it comes to the
news and of course when it comes to the american election the world's media is really watching
and it has been interesting to say the least now in today's lesson i'm going to be focusing
on a specific language point one that apparently american potential and current presidents are not
able to navigate particularly well both joe biden and donald trump have been heavily criticized
for how they handled themselves during the debate and in particular how joe biden really lost it
with trump the radical left would you listen who is on your list joe now i don't know about
your language but in english to say shut up to somebody is rude it is considered really really
rude and particularly when you're in a formal setting so today what i want to help you do
is find more articulate creative ways of telling someone to be quiet to shut up and you don't have
to be rude i'm going to start with some more formal polite expressions and just for fun i'm
going to throw in a few slang informal expressions some are particularly rude so be very careful
how where and when you use them now before we get started if you are interested in perfecting the
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formal to rather informal and a little bit rude ways to say shut up now remember there
are two different reasons that you're going to ask somebody to shut up it might be because you
want to be able to speak and they're not allowing you because they're speaking all the time as with
our friends president trump and joe biden or it might just be that someone is making a lot of
noise that could be with music or simply talking or speaking very loudly in a group of people
so whether you want someone to stop talking to allow you to talk or whether you'd like somebody
to keep the noise down these expressions are going to help you do this in a more polite way and then
let's just use some slang now remember to make any of these expressions a little more polite you
can use please at the beginning or at the end of the sentence i'll throw in a few examples just to
make sure that you're clear right number one could you keep it down could you keep it down could you
keep it down please please could you keep it down keeping it down is a lovely phrasal verb and it's
referring to asking someone to keep the volume down whether that's because they're talking loudly
playing loud music they have the television on loud any reason that a lot of noise is being made
and it could be because you're doing something it could simply be because you're concentrating or
you're trying to have a conversation with somebody else it's too noisy could you keep it down please
number two another lovely indirect question would you mind keeping it down please would you mind
keeping it down please again would you mind or could you both much more formal and polite because
they are indirect questions they work very well in these kind of situations in a business environment
where you don't want to offend anybody but equally so they're being noisy and you can't handle it
you need quiet you need peace for whether you're working studying talking could you keep it down
please would you mind keeping it down please now number three using could again but specifically
with this phrase could you just let me could you just let me finish could you just let me
answer the question or you could simply have could you just let me finish answering the question
could you just let me finish explaining what i was trying to say so after finish remember
you need a gerund so explaining answering but this works really nicely when somebody
is talking over you they're not giving you the opportunity to speak and this would have been
perfect for joe biden to have used with donald trump although let's be honest i'm not sure how
much donald trump would have really paid attention to anyone telling him to be quiet it certainly
hasn't worked for the last four years it certainly hasn't been possible for the last four years would
you let me finish you can see how good and wood are used interchangeably wood is probably a little
stronger whereas could is referring more to the ability but both work in essentially the same way
would you just let me finish would you just let me finish answering the question explaining what
i was saying so really very simple ways of being polite and telling someone to be quiet without
using those two words shut up it's not necessary see how great those expressions were try them
yourself but remember tone of voice is also very important if i were to say could you just let me
finish then clearly i'm slightly more frustrated and annoyed could you just let me finish
perhaps showing a level of assertiveness but not being too rude now number six is really simple
please be quiet it's that simple please be quiet please be quiet i'm trying to answer the question
please be quiet i'm trying to study whatever it is whatever the reason you can add it on give
an explanation for why you need somebody to be quiet and this is obviously referring to
them speaking or making a lot of noise please be quiet i'm trying to answer the question
number seven you could simply tell them that you are trying to do something excuse me i'm
trying to have a conversation here excuse me i'm trying to explain something here so here you don't
even have to say be quiet could you keep it down you're simply drawing their attention to the fact
that you have not finished that you are in the middle of something and they are interrupting you
by speaking over you or being very noisy excuse me i'm trying to i'm trying to answer their question
i'm trying to explain myself i'm trying to have a conversation here simple but effective and not too
rude but of course if somebody is being noisy interrupting you you have every right to explain
that you started talking first similarly number eight if you would just let me finish what i
was saying if you would just let me answer the question or a little bit more formal
if you would just allow me to answer the question if you would just allow me to explain myself
meaning give me the opportunity to speak without you speaking over me or interrupting me if you
would just let me or allow me to allow me to explain myself answer the question works perfectly
and still very polite but quite firm this would have been a brilliant phrase for them to use in
the presidential debate and why they didn't i don't know the radical left would you sure
listen who is on your list joe right moving on and getting a little bit informal here moving
down to some rather strong phrases when there is too much noise when there is too much going
on i can't hear myself think i can't hear myself think this means that things are so noisy and loud
whether it's talking or just general noise perhaps kids running around and shouting i can't hear
myself think meaning it's so noisy my thoughts are being disrupted let alone being able to speak and
say anything i can't hear myself think meaning be quiet keep it down it is too loud and too
chaotic number 10 i can't get a word in edgeways i can't get a word in edgeways this essentially
is referring to the fact that you're not given any opportunity to speak so you can't even interject
to say something to respond i can't get a word in edgeways so it seemed like donald trump didn't
want joe biden to get a word in edgeways and more or less he succeeded number 11 pipe down pipe down
essentially be quiet shut up but using an idiomatic expression and that means it is slightly
less offensive than shut up would you pipe down please meaning would you please be quiet
often used with children when people are being particularly noisy number 12 can you guess it
what's this it's a sock yes and where did i put it on my mouth
yes if you tell someone to put a sock in it in your mouth basically but you say in
it usually when we're talking to children when someone won't shut up when they won't be quiet
and you want them to you can say very informally very much slang put a sock in it it's a great
idiomatic expression to use but again be very careful how you use it because with all slang
it can be quite rude if you're talking informally with friends oh come on put a sock in it
meaning come on be quiet in this way it's probably not quite so rude but if you set it to your boss
you might not have a job left later number 13 if someone is going on and on they keep talking
whether that's complaining whether that's talking about something that's rather boring
would you give it a rest come on give it a rest meaning you've talked enough you've said enough
we've heard it a million times stop please give it a rest meaning have a break shut up
number 14 classic not particularly sophisticated but of course it will work
definitely rude definitely not to be used at work or in formal situations um yeah
maybe only with your kids and even then that's pretty rude and you wouldn't want them to do it
to you so i don't recommend using sh because so annoying if anyone did it to me i'd probably want
to punch them or literally put a sock in their mouth so shh here's an alternative not really a
phrase not really about english the international way of telling somebody to shut up okay 15 and 16.
in fact there's quite a few here number 15 very very rude shut your face shut your face much
ruder than shut up shut your face be quiet shut up completely it's really rude it would be said if
you really want to start an argument with someone to be honest so avoid it but you might hear it and
you can probably guess what it means within the context but if someone tells you to shut your face
they are being extremely rude and telling you to shut up now how many slang words can you think of
for mouth well there's quite a few and in number 16 our final expression that's very very informal
very much i would say rude yes definitely rude much ruder than to say shut up slang for mouth
could be trap gob or creatively pie hole pie hole yes even if you don't eat pies it doesn't matter
your pie hole is referring to your mouth so your three options here are shut your trap
shut your bob shut your pie hole so those three very rude very creative a little bit expressive
don't use them unless you really want to get into a fight or an argument with somebody
but if you do hear them then you understand why shut your trap shut your gob shut your pie hole
but let's rise above all of these rather informal rude expressions and stick with
a few from the beginning after all if you're ever in a presidential debate you
don't want to look like complete idiots like they did but why didn't you do it
so thank you so much for watching if you think i have missed any expressions
whether formal or informal then do comment below and let me know
also i'm not really one for getting involved in politics on youtube but i'd love to hear
what you thought of joe biden telling trump to shut up did you think it was rude or rather
necessary in this case comment below and let me know and don't forget click the link in the
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teacher and learn lots more expressions like these thank you for watching bye