Do you remember the movie die hard 3?
These German terrorists are trying to
rob a bank and then a cop comes into the bank almost ruining everything
so the German terrorists
they have to convince the American cop that they are actually Americans
but then one of the terrorists says this
and he ruined it
"Raining dogs and cats" No!
1: it's "Raining cats and dogs"
2: No one says :it's raining cats and dogs" anymore
if your teacher is telling you to say "raining cats and dogs"
please tell them to stop
How can I say "rain a lot"?
we use this structure
"it's something it down" for example:
Pouring! "It's pouring it down outside" So rainy!
"chucking it down"
Chuck means to throw very hard
If don't like swearing, don't watch the next five seconds
my favourite one: "it's pissing it down outside!"
This does not happen very often in England
So as soon as the Sun comes out what do English people do?
The clothes disappear and we do this
Not sunbath
I often hear "sunbath" not that
say it with me sunbathe
an example sentence you might hear in London is
"Plus 10 degrees? I'm going sunbathing"
when you sunbathe, one of two things will happen
maybe you have a nice glow to your skin maybe your skin's a bit darker and a bit sexier
in this case you have a tan
that's the noun
you can use this as a verb for example
Today I'm going to take advantage of the sun and I'm going to tan
also as an adjective
to be tanned
"Look at me! I'm tanned and sexy!"
so you can use it as a noun verb or an adjective
this guy however, not so lucky
if your skin is red after the sun
and it's "ow!" it's painful to touch
you are burned the adjective "burned"
also as a verb
this is how we would say it commonly I got burned
maybe you have seen this word with a T
that's fine too
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let's talk about the heat
when it's so hot and this happens to you you are
"Sweating". Pronunciation!
I often hear "Sweet", "Sweeting" no!
"Sweating"
The verb "sweat"
and how can he talk about the heat?
yes I can say "It's hot"
but more than hot
"It's baking", "It's sweltering"
Say it with me, pronunciation! "Baking"
that's a difficult one "sweltering"
this is not as common as this, but it's fun to say
and of course we like to be creative
so we could say "it's hot as hell" for example
or replace that word for any swear word
all the bad words which are nouns
Replace that with those, and you're good
those words
of course I know some of you don't like swearing that's fine
however I really really enjoy it
and this is English this is what we naturally say
okay but how about some expressions?
that's what you came for, let's do that
let's imagine that you have a friend
I'm sure you have a friend
when times are good when everything is great no problems no nothing
they are your best friend
but maybe one day you have a problem you have some trouble
you really need your friend to help you
"Please help me, I need you! I have a problem!"
"Meh! No!"
this type of friend
In good times, your best friend
In bad times, they disappear
this is what we call
A fair-weather friend
of course it's not a good thing
they are only your friend during the good times
the bad times, bye-bye friend
if you have a story about your Fair-weather friend, write it in the comments
sometimes the weather in London is a little bit crazy
and we get storms
we have an expression with storms
Let's imagine that something great happens to you
You got a great job, everyone is super happy for you, this is your moment!
But then!
But then your friend is like "hey! everyone pay attention to me!"
"Something amazing happened to ME!
baby in there!"
this person is taking the attention away from the other person
in that case, they...
steal your thunder
or steal his thunder, steal her thunder
basically to take the attention away from something else
and put it on themselves
Has anyone ever stolen your thunder?
Tell me in the comments
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