oh hi everybody this is mr duncan in england
welcome to another full english lesson
right here in the birthplace of the english language
which just happens to be england
it is so nice to see you here once more
before i get underway with today's lesson
i would like to set a brain teaser for you
so as to give those cogs and gears in the old noggin a chance to oil themselves
by the way the word noggin is a slang term for head
the question is what word can be used alongside the following five words
the words are... spray do net loss peace
i will give you the answer at the end of today's video lesson so get your thinking caps on
can you see what i'm holding in my hand
this is a flower pot it can also be called a pot
it is something that is used for growing plants in
sometimes it is used for growing a plant from seed
you might have a house plant in a pot
a pot will help the plant to stay fed and nurtured
the word pot can be used in other ways too
a cooking pot is a container for heating or boiling food in
as a verb you can put something in a pot
you might pot a plant
you are putting a plant in a pot
if you are doing this to many plants then we can say that you are potting
i spent the whole morning in the shed potting busy lizzies for next spring
there are other uses of the word pot as well
the phrase potluck can be used to show that
a bet or gamble is being made or done with the hope of it winning
you must gamble on what is available and assume it will win
you take potluck there is not much choice so you must take pot luck
to win a large sum of money or the highest available prize in a competition
is the jackpot
you might win the jackpot in a lottery
you win the highest amount
then there is the phrase go to pot which means to fall into rack and ruin
something good becomes terrible
the attractiveness of something fades away
it goes to pot it has gone to pot
the local high street has gone to part since the big department store closed
things have really gone to part since this new manager arrived
then there is pot shot to take random aim at something in the hope of getting it is a pot shot
you take a pot shot at something
you try to get or do something using non-precise skill
a hunter might take a pot shot at an animal
the hunter is not aiming precisely
they are taking a pot shot
a random insult or criticism directed towards someone
might be described as taking a pot shot
he stood there mercilessly taking pot shots at my career and my personality
then there is the slang term for a certain type of illegal drug
the word pot can be the street name for cannabis
so whether you are growing a plant
or trying to catch your dinner in the wild
the word pot can be used in many ways.
it's time to take a look at another buzzword
a buzzword is a word or phrase that is popular during a certain period
or is generally popular in everyday use
today's buzzword is
gaslight
the word gaslight is a verb that names the action of using psychological manipulation
to make a person doubt their own sanity and sense of judgment
that is to say one person overpowers another
by getting them to distrust their own view of the world around them
the thing a person has experienced or seen might be distorted
by instilling self-doubt upon someone
they are being manipulated into doubting their own ability to think
that person is being gaslighted
i know what i saw really happened there is no use trying to gaslight me
gaslighting is seen as a negative action
and might even be described as a form of bullying
a politician might gaslight their constituents
by twisting the truth of a recent event
to persuade a person to change their opinion or doubt their own grasp of reality is gaslighting
synonyms of gaslight include
manipulate control influence twist
to make a person doubt their own sanity by correcting them
so as to force an alternative or false point of view is gaslight
we live in a world where we expect things to work
by things i mean technology
modern devices might seem more reliable
but even now it is possible for things to go wrong
for example your smartphone might develop a glitch
your device is not working as well as it should be
it has developed a fault it has gone wrong
it has become unreliable
the word glitch can mean malfunction or problem
something is not working or going ahead as it should
there is a glitch
computer software might contain bugs or inconsistencies
which will lead to glitches occurring when the program is used
you can have a glitch in a plan
something that is stopping you from proceeding with your idea or plan
might be described as a glitch
the new supermarket development plans have hit a glitch
we might also use the word hitch
there is a hitch in the plan
the plan has hit a hitch
something has happened to hold up and delay the thing in question
back to your devices
if something electronic develops a fault or stops working completely
we can say that it is faulty
the thing no longer works properly
it keeps playing up it no longer functions well
it has developed a glitch
well sadly it's time to say goodbye
yes we have come to the end of yet another full english lesson
can you believe it
they seem to go by so quickly
you know what they say time flies when you're having fun
before i let you go here is the answer to the brain teaser i set for you earlier
i asked you to name the word that can go alongside the following five words
the words were
spray do net loss peace
the answer is
hair
first there is hairspray which is a cosmetic treatment for holding a person's hair in place
so it doesn't blow around and become messy
then there is hairdo which names the styling or rearranging of someone's hair
your hair style is a hairdo
then there is hairnet which is a mesh-like covering for holding a person's hair in place
then there is hair loss which describes the slow thinning of the hair on a person's head
finally there is hairpiece
which is another word for toupee or wig
for example fake hair that covers a bald spot on a man's head can be called a hairpiece
that is it it is time for me to definitely sign off and say goodbye
i hope you've enjoyed today's full english lesson
and i really do hope that you will join me again for another one very soon
this is mr duncan in the birthplace of english saying
thanks for watching see you again soon
take care of yourselves
and of course until the next time we meet here on youtube
you know what's coming next
yes you do
ta ta for now.