hello Aubry how are you I'm great Jessica how was your surgery it was intense you guys I had knee
surgery last week and it was a four hour surgery so it was like super intense um but I'm doing
great I'm healing super fast um I'm just like zooming around on my crutches all over the place
um just crutching around like a like a star for exercise um I go into the courtyard of my condo
complex and I do laps on my crutches I like need to do something I need to get outside I
need to move around this is my option this is my only option that's what I got um so guys from uh
my personal experience we thought of a great uh episode for you today prepositions are so hard
it doesn't matter what language you're studying I remember studying Spanish like I I hated the
prepositions yes prepositions can really throw you off I this is one of the most common mistakes I
hear second language Learners make is just choose the wrong preposition yeah and yeah it's so tough
there's so many of them and it's not always that obvious which one should be used yes I know
um so guys I as I've been discussing my ordeal my health ordeal I was like wow I'm using a lot
of prepositions right now I thought you know what I old students could have to tell a story about
this on the test maybe if you've had a surgery or you're talking about health care in your Society
you're describing a friend or a person you know that had a health problem these phrases could
come up a lot and I and health of course is a major IELTS Topic in speaking and writing yes you
have very good odds of being asked something about health either on speaking or writing you have got
to have high level specific vocabulary for that so today we have some great phrases for you guys
um before we get to those phrases I want to remind you that you can also learn prepositions
vocabulary grammar and American culture on Aubry where can they go yes the all ears English podcast
recently we shared an episode where they were giving great vocabulary for injuries and yes
yeah with health vocab idioms and also cultural aspects about this so definitely follow the
aliers English podcast if you're not already for four new episodes every week yep awesome
so wherever you guys are listening to us or if you're watching on YouTube open your podcast
app and just search all ears English and look for the yellow it's hard to miss um all right so the
first phrase with a preposition today is to be on crutches so as I was saying this this morning
I realized like this is this is not an obvious thing unless students learn this very specific
phrase they will have no idea how to describe the situation of using crutches because I think
people might make a mistake and just guess and be like oh yes I am using crutches right now or
I had I had crutches last week or like and none of those are right you have to say I was on crutches
exactly right the preposition does really matter we're going to share another one that I was
thinking about this the expression going under the knife it would be this is a great phrase yes right
a great idiom so high level but if you say going on the knife or at the knife or above the knife
who knows what you could say because under the knife that doesn't really make sense it doesn't
really explain what's happening literally so it would be hard to remember the right preposition
and it does matter you have to say under the knife yes so going under the knife just means you're
having surgery so any type of surgery guys any time where your body is opened in any way you are
going under the knife um it is an idiom like Aubry said I would say it's too informal for writing but
great for speaking now if we shorten that and just say going under this is a whole different
meaning right what is going under mean yeah this means you're given an anesthesia so you're going
to be out you're not going to be aware of the procedure the only time I've ever been put under
the only time I've ever gone under is for my wisdom teeth to be removed oh look under with
general anesthesia and then suddenly I woke up and it's like I couldn't believe it had happened
because you lose that time oh it's so weird it's so weird here's a great slangy phrase instead you
can say knocked out I was knocked out um so they mean the same thing right uh just to be completely
unaware because of anesthesia or the medicine they give you to knock you out and it is it's
a it's a scary vulnerable feeling knowing that that's gonna happen it's kind of scary because
it's like I will have no conscious awareness of anything that's happening to me and like it's
it's kind of scary as my surgery lasted so long they had to give me more anesthesia and I was
knocked out I was under for at least five hours because like they had to put me in the recovery
room for like an hour and a half because they had to knock me out so hard oh my gosh that's
so crazy when I so I had C-sections with two of my pregnancies and I had to have um us like a spinal
block which was super scary but at least I was still conscious to be actually put under is so
much scarier yeah yeah it is but uh it's fine guys you can do it if you have to do it you can do it
um here's the next phrase guys to come out of it now this is the phrase to follow the last phrase
right so first you go under right you are aware of nothing and then as that medicine starts to
leave your body starts to wear off that process of waking up is coming out of it um coming out of it
takes a while you guys uh and it may seem like you have come out of it but but you're probably
not out of it yet here's an example my uh my mom said I had a entire conversation with the nurse
and the surgeon after I had apparently come out of it and I was asking really like coherent questions
I remember nothing I remember nothing from this conversation these are always the best videos like
right after someone another wisdom teeth removed and they're saying the craziest things in their
heads like lolling because they're coming out of it but they're not totally out of the effects yet
exactly exactly um so remember guys today's vocab is super useful for describing serious injuries
serious health problems and IELTS speaking especially and some of these we've noted which
ones are not appropriate for writing but I would say most of these are great for writing as well
um so before we get to the last one just in case you don't know what crutches are I'm going to show
you on the YouTube video here here are my crutches in case you're not sure what we're referring to
remember guys that Aubry and I put every single one of these podcasts in video form on our YouTube
channel so go to ieltsenergy TV for that I think today is an important video to watch because we're
really doing a lot of like acting out these phrases like to be under to come out of it so
definitely check out IELTS energy TV on YouTube all right Aubry what's the last phrase today
yes though just to be on crutches or the slang crutching around like you said meaning you're just
getting around hobbling around on your crutches I can't even imagine are you going up and down
stairs on crutches that is not easy to do no dude I'm not tackling the stairs on my crutches I scoot
I scoot up and down stairs on my bum and I'm getting a good arm workout you know lifting myself
again guys I am acting this out on YouTube I am lifting myself up and down the stairs uh my arms
are gonna look incredible next week so but yeah I say this a lot when I'm talking to friends you
know like oh I'm just just crutching around the courtyard right now or crutching around my house
um as I'm crutching around the courtyard I uh get to see a lot of my neighbors and stuff and
talk to them so it's like a it's like a social opportunity for me to crutch around where I live
um so guys definitely remember that today's vocab is fantastic not just for IELTS but for life I
mean this is most of what I'm talking about right now with people is my experience and what I'm
going through uh with surgery and crutches and all that so you guys I hope you don't need this
vocab someday but you can still use it on IELTS to describe other people's situations to describe the
Health Care system in your country doctors and nurses it's so applicable to this very common
topic of Health um but guys all of this is super useful as well as everything you learn on all ears
English so double down on your English learning through podcasts guys aubry's on there all the
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I've gotten finally to where I don't feel like an interloper like I'm sneaking in through the back
door I'm like all right I belong here totally Own It Own It Aubry you are a fantastic podcast host
I see so many comments on our social media and YouTube and everything Aubrey people love you they
love the voice they you are a great teacher they love the way that you speak and communicate uh
so definitely check out more of Aubry on Ollie's English it's Jessica oh you just made my day and
thank you guys for all those comments because I see those two and they really do sometimes
I show my kids appreciate me there are people out there who appreciate me and like my voice
oh I too yeah I do the same thing all right awesome well guys thanks
for tuning in today and uh we'll see you next week bye-bye bye