hello everyone
my name is Anna English and this is
English like a native in today's lesson
we are learning phrases that use the
word black why because tomorrow is Black
Friday what what but what is Black
Friday well Black Friday is the
unofficial name for the Friday following
Thanksgiving and basically it's when all
the shops start their seasonal sales so
the big Christmas sale season begins on
Black Friday so expect priced carts and
bargains and shoppers fighting over toys
and computers it's crazy just stay at
home
our next phrase is one you might be
familiar with and it is to be the black
sheep of the family if you are the black
sheep it means that you don't really fit
in with the rest of the family next
black and white if something is black
and white and we're not talking
literally about colors here because a
black and white film is obviously a film
that has no color and is seen in black
and white but if you refer to a
situation as being black and white then
what we mean is it is clear it is
obvious and clear and easy to understand
it's black and white a black eye is
basically when you get hit in the eye
and your eye bruises up you then have a
black eye usually your eye is actually
purple and blue and all sorts of shades
in between but we call it a black eye
hey do you have a black eye what
happened next up we have black out now
black out can be used in a couple of
different situations black out can be
when there is a power cut and all the
lights go out there's a blackout I can't
see I'm scared or a blackout can be
experienced by a person if they lose
consciousness so if you lose
consciousness
everything goes black you black out so
you could say I don't know what happened
I just blacked out and I just a blackout
now the black market the black market is
where you buy things that are illegal to
sell or that haven't come through the
proper channels you buy it on the black
market it's naughty don't do that
you want to avoid being on someone's
blacklist a black list is basically a
list of people or things that are
untrustworthy they are to be avoided so
try not to get blacklisted
now blackmail is considered a criminal
offense it's basically when someone
demands money or something of value from
you in return for not revealing
sensitive information which you wouldn't
want anyone else to know for example if
I see you eating my friends cookies from
the cookie jar and you say to me
please don't tell her I ate her cookies
then I could blackmail you by saying if
you give me five pounds I won't tell
anyone that you ate a cookie from the
cookie jar
a little black book is basically a list
of names of people that you would
consider to be potential dates so people
that you had a connection with and there
was a bit of flirtation and you think I
could take you on a date sometime let me
take your name and number and you write
it down and then you meet somebody else
and go hey there's a connection we could
go on a date sometime let me take your
name and number and before you know it
you have ten names and numbers and you
just choose who you want to date and
when you want to date them do you have a
little black book pitchblack is absolute
darkness so if something is pitch-black
then we're referring to it being very
very dark like nighttime if you're in
the countryside and there's no light
anywhere you would say oh it's
pitch-black
and we're going to finish off with an
idiom which is the pot calling the
kettle black the pot calling the kettle
black means when you criticize someone
for having a fault or a flaw which you
also possess so I could say to you do
you think it's appropriate to wear a red
lipstick I don't but I'm wearing red
lipstick so you could say hey that's the
pot calling the kettle black and I would
know what you mean
well I hope you enjoyed exploring the
world of black phrases I do hope that
you have fun tomorrow in all those crazy
shopping environments
stay safe don't go crazy don't spend
your whole Christmas budget in one go
and make sure you get some good deals
until next time guys take care and
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