here are two words that sound the same but are spelled differently
the words are wreak and reek the first spelling of wreak means to inflict or
cause damage and harm on a large scale or over a large area to cause damage and
commotion is to wreak you wreak havoc you wreak chaos the hurricane is
expected to wreak havoc tomorrow to exact revenge by inflicting injury or
harm is to wreak you wreak your revenge on someone the other spelling of reek
describes a terrible smell something that has a bad odor and smells
unpleasant can be described as reeking the reek is the terrible smell the reek
from inside the fridge made me feel sick we can also use reek to suggest
something unpleasant or undesirable this whole deal reeks, something is not right
it's time to wreak some chaos on the internet now but I promise what you are
about to see will not reek too much because it's Sunday afternoon
it's just after 2 o'clock here in the UK and this is live English
doo-doo-doo-doo it is a hot one today it is so hot here in the UK there it is a
live picture looking out over the landscape and you can see it is a
glorious day today it is absolutely boiling hot needless to say the hay
fever season is well and truly under way as you can see a lot of the grass looks
very dry in fact many of the farmers in this area have been cutting their grass
which has made my hay fever become quite quite unbearable so as you can imagine I
have been sneezing a lot today but hopefully it won't interfere too much
with today's live stream hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are
you today are you ok I hope so are you happy are you are you really
happy I hope so here we go again it's Sunday afternoon
the 24th of June we are just over halfway through the month and also the
year because last week we had the summer solstice did you celebrate it did you go
out and wave your sticks in the air did you put on your robes and dance around
some rock formations well did you would you like to see the
sunset last night just to show how lovely everything is at the moment there
it is the sunset last night looking rather spectacular even though I say so
myself and there it is and we had the summer solstice last week on the 21st of
June every year we commemorate the summer solstice yes it is the longest
day of the year on the 21st of June and you know what that means that means
that from now on the days will once again get shorter that happened pretty
quickly don't you think so it's Sunday and how are you I really hope you're
okay in fact it's so hot today I thought it
would be fun to have a look at some video footage that I filmed way back in
March do you remember the snow that we had in March we had a lot of snow and
just to prove it can you see the snow on the ground and there is a little
squirrel looking for food so that was the scene in my garden way back in March
when all of the animals were trying to find food oh isn't that lovely
a little squirrel digging in the snow all I can say is I wish the weather
today was like that because it is so hot and let's have another look at the
garden and there is a wide view and there you can see the snow was falling
and everything was white that was way back in March but what about today well
this is what everything looks like today very different indeed so there it is
outside at the moment everything is looking very very summery the summer
season has arrived I know that in some countries it isn't summer it is actually
autumn so if you are watching in South America then I think you will find that
the weather will not be that hot because it is autumn a lot of things going on
today by the way in the world of course I suppose we should mention football yes
football is playing today lots of football matches
taking place including a big one England are playing Panama and as far as I know
the score so far and this is good news for all you England supporters at the
moment the score is 1 nil 1 nil and guess who is in the lead yes England at
the moment are in the lead the match between England and Panama so that is
also taking place today lots of things happening around the world also in
Turkey they are having a big election today president Agron is hoping to stay
on in power so that is happening today in Turkey so a big hello to all my
friends watching in Turkey and have you voted yet well have you I'm not sure
because I'm not there let's have a look at the live chat very quickly doo doo
doo doo oh there it is the live chat is now up
and running yes you are more than welcome to get involved let's see how
let's see how many people are on the live chat as we go back to the beginning
of the live chat Wow Blue Thunder hello blue thunder I don't think we have
spoken before where are you watching at the moment
Blue Thunder hello mr. Duncan I'm happy to see you
and have a wonderful afternoon yes I hope you have a wonderful afternoon
where you are as well Blue Thunder but where are you where are you please let
me know Julie ji also Palmira
is here hello to you Francisco also Alex and also flower flower I
don't think I've spoken to you before unless of course you are using a
different name today Connell also PL Alex sue Myra also mika
ode is watching in Japan how is the weather in Japan at the moment I hope
it's nice and warm where you are as well Tran yay mr. Duncan's back yes I am here
and we have lots of things coming your way
sweetness and also yeni and nish aunt is here
hello Nishant thanks for joining me today Alex also Maria and I can hear mr.
Steve moving around I should remind mr. Steve that the microphone is on where
you are so be very careful not to make too much noise I just have to remind mr.
Steve you see because sometimes mr. Steve likes to bang around he does he
likes banging all around the house Olga hello Olga thank you very much for
joining me today from Egypt Mustafa is saying hello also
we have Anna RF also GH Alto hello there nice to see you today Wow many people
are on the life chat at the moment thank you very much yes the World Cup is
taking place and I just had a message saying that England are now in the lead
by five goals Nishant says the score is now five nil
the match between England and Panama so it looks as if England are well in the
lead we will be talking about football today but don't let that put you off
please don't become upset or annoyed because we will be talking about
football but of course it will be something that will be done for fun
because mr. Steve will be here at half past two and this is something I want to
mention very quickly the live streams will be shorter from now on so instead
of two hours the live streams will be for what hour and a half so 90 minutes
will be the length of the live streams on a Sunday from now on so not two hours
just 90 minutes so don't forget to get your messages in get your messages in as
quickly as possible so we're looking at football idioms today football
expressions and words that are used in the game of football and of course we'll
be looking at the words in another way as well the way in which they are used
in other areas of the English language so lots of things going on apparently
better loose barrel lucia says we have subtitles do we do we really have
subtitles I didn't know that oh wow even I didn't realize that
so are there subtitles on today's livestream really thank you Belarusian
for letting me know because I didn't realize so yes the match so far between
England and Panama is 5 nil oh my goodness I can't believe it
wow that's incredible so it looks as if England has or will be on the way to
winning yet another match because they they won their match last week so hmm it
looks like England are on the way at least on the way to the next round
so apparently according to Belarusian we have
titles on the live chat well I can't believe it that's incredible I'm a
little bit shocked to be honest so yes apparently there are subtitles on the
live chat so we are now talking live at just after quarter past two on a Sunday
afternoon and there are live subtitles it's amazing now YouTube has been
promising to include live subtitles for a long time so it looks as if we now
have live subtitles mr. Steve will be here in a few moments some questions to
ask today and also I would like to say a special thank you can I say thank you to
Elizabeth Elizabeth Ramos in the Netherlands who sent this lovely
photograph and can you see Elizabeth is making Jam and also watching me at the
same time so this particular photograph was taken at the beginning of June on
the 3rd of June so yes thank you very much to Elizabeth for your lovely lovely
photograph and if you want to send a photograph to me maybe to show what you
are doing whilst you are watching my live stream feel free to do so
the email address is underneath this video and of course today we have
subtitles oh wow I can't believe it I can't begin to tell you how excited I
feel that we have subtitles today Wow thank you very much thank you YouTube
it's a beautiful day the Sun is out and there is a live view looking out from
the window of the studio and as you can see it is a glorious day sadly we won't
be going outside today because of my hay fever
for those who have been watching over the past few weeks you will know that I
suffer from hay fever I suffer with it during the hay fever
season unfortunately so I won't be going
outside because if I were to do that I would be sneezing my head off
so there it is a live view outside and of course we know the reason why it's
all because of the dreaded pollen the pollen gets everywhere so there it is
the pollen that is the very thing that goes at my nose and makes me sneeze it's
not very nice not very nice at all there are some chores that people like to do
and a little bit later on mr. steve is going to be doing one particular chore
one particular household task but the question is can you guess which
household tasks which chore he will be doing can you guess which one it will be
find out in around about 10 minutes where mr. Steve joins us it's nice to
watch and hear you again Thank You Louie for that mr. Duncan
you have progress the live stream now has subtitles amazing yes Vitesse we now
apparently have subtitles live subtitles on the live stream oh my goodness I'm so
excited I I think I might wee-wee myself from excitement mr. Duncan do you like
rainy days no I don't I hate it when it rains I really don't like the rain I
certainly don't like getting wet on a rainy day I hate it so much a live
update from the match between England and Panama apparently now it's
six nil six nil so England are in the lead and it looks as if unless Panama
make a very dramatic comeback it looks as if the match between England and
Panama is of course a win for England how is your hay fever asks Anna my hay
fever is not too bad because I have stayed in the house today I haven't been
outside so that's the reason why my hay fever is okay but the problem is and
this is a big problem oh sorry now it's seven nil goodness me
this might be the highest-scoring football match in the history of the
World Cup actually that's an interesting question I wonder what the highest score
ever was in the World Cup does anyone know maybe you can find out for me and
let me know on the live chat I think mr. Steve is doing the dusting
hmm Thank You sweetness for your your guests there yes mr. Steve is going to
be doing something for us live on camera and also he will be talking about
expressions to do with football as well so all of that coming up later on some
new words were added last week to the Oxford English Dictionary and I thought
it would be interesting to have a look at some of the words that have been
added and here is one of them here is an interesting word can you see it and this
is one of the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary impostor
syndrome can you see the word on the screen
impostor syndrome the meaning of this is the persistent
inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately
achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills so this actually comes
from the earlier word imposter phenomenon so if you have success and if
you have maybe success in business or excess in your job or success in your
life perhaps you feel as if you don't deserve
it so we call that impostor syndrome it is called impostor syndrome so if you
don't accept that your success is deserved or has been legitimately
achieved we can say that you are suffering from impostor syndrome very
interesting phrase that and that has just been added to the Oxford English
Dictionary here's another one now this is a this is a very long word look at
that look at that that might be one of the longest words I've ever featured on
my live stream so there it is can you see it micro aggression what a great
word micro aggression and the meaning of micro aggression a statement action or
incident regarded as an instance of indirect subtle or an intentional
discrimination or prejudice against members of a marginalized group such as
a racial minority also as a mass Niall one we can also use it as a mass noun so
this behavior is generally frowned upon so this behavior can be generally
frowned porns and it is micro aggression some
people say that people have become very sensitive nowadays it would appear that
people are so sensitive it's almost as if you can't say anything nowadays
without someone getting really really upset he's another one oh I like this
one this is one that I'm sure many of you are familiar with spoiler alert
I'm sure if you are a fan of movies or TV shows you might find that this
particular word is one you might use if someone is going to tell you what
happens in the movie or the TV show so here it is spoiler alert
so maybe referring to a recent review or an online discussion of a film or
television series and intervention used to warn readers or viewers that an
important detail of the story is about to be divulged or alluded to or given
away a full warning of a plot spoiler frequently used in a humorous or ironic
way especially in wider use so if I were to talk about the next episode of Game
of Thrones I might say I'm going to warn you that there are some spoilers this is
a spoiler alert spoiler alert so if you are about to give the plot or the story
of something that is about to be shown on television or maybe a movie that
people are going to see you can say spoiler alert look out I'm going to give
away some of the detail I'm going to tell you what happens in
the TV program or in the movie so this is a spoiler alert so I hope you enjoyed
that so some new words added to the oxford english dictionary talking of
words we have a lot of words on the live chat oh I see
Huang no juin I get the feeling that you are a fan of football I think so mr.
Duncan how do you speak so clear I don't know I think it's just because that's
the way I speak English Thank You Praveen for that Matt Boone is here mr.
Duncan do you mind making funny sounds I would like to see how the livestream
subtitles deal with that perhaps I could I could sing a song
dooby dooby dooby dooby doo doo doo doo bee doo bee doo doo doo doo there you go
that was just for Matt I hope you enjoyed that Oh Ahmed says I hope you
are well yes I'm okay not too bad thank you apparently the subtitles only work
on Android devices and HTML 4 so if you are watching on your PC or on an Android
device the subtitles will work but if you are watching on an Apple phone or an
Apple computer then the subtitles will not work apparently that's what someone
at YouTube told me last week hello from Russia mr. Duncan I am enjoying watching
your lesson thank you very much alex says belonging or oh I see yes I
see what you've done there the absence of teeth a debt a dent a
tattoo 'this identity toothless i can't wait to see what that looks like
on the subtitles sohe wang says yes lots of footballs
there so is that the number of goals that have been scored
I wonder hello Lena says Belarusian and hello to Belarus here as well mr. Steve
will be here in a moment are you excited I I hope so because mr. Steve is going
to be doing something very very exciting I can hardly wait if you want to improve
your speaking you have to concentrate on it maybe you can listen to your own
voice so if you want to improve your English maybe you can listen to your own
voice perhaps you can listen to the way you sound perhaps you can record your
voice on your mobile phone and then listen to it and if you don't like the
sound of your own voice you can try and change it but of course
if you want to change the way you speak you have to do it over time you can't
rush it okay so don't try to do it too quickly or else you might have problems
hello mr. Duncan I am listening to you whilst I'm feeding the dogs can I say a
big bow-wow to you thank you very much
we have someone watching in Venezuela hello from the USA I am a Venezuelan guy
learning this fantastic language thank you very much honk fan says I love you
thank you very much for that blue thunder says please read my comment mr.
Duncan I will read your comment and in fact I just have I've just read
your comment I hope you feel better because of that satury no is mr. Steve
watching the football no he isn't he isn't because he doesn't follow football
just like me mr. Duncan what is the strange sound is there a strange sound
is that I'm not sure is there a strange sound on my livestream
maybe there's a strange sound at your end hello sir how is your day going my
day is going ok but I'm having to stay in the house because of my terrible
terrible hay fever for those who've just joined me you can now watch the
livestream with subtitles yes there are live
subtitles on this live stream if you are watching live at the moment and if you
are watching on an Android device or on a PC you can have live subtitles it's
incredible isn't that lovely oh I see mr. steve is making a strange sound yes
he is I think mr. steve is doing some singing
upstairs I think maybe that's what you can hear I think it's mr. Steve I hope
he realizes that he should be on now one of the problems with mr. Steve is he
doesn't have a watch he doesn't he never wears a watch and because of that he
always loses track of time so mr. Steve often loses track of time
because he doesn't wear a watch what about you do you wear a watch do you
have a watch on your wrist mr. Steve will be here in a moment doing something
very interesting Bert first of all we're going to have a look at one of my full
English lessons one of my full English lessons this is an excerpt
from one of my full English lessons where I talk all about household chores
then after that we are going to join mr. Steve who will have something very
special to show us
you
can you see what I'm doing here I'm hanging out some washing this is one
of my weekly chores that I have to do it must be done regularly to be honest I do
not enjoy doing chores they are such a chore we often use the word chore to
describe an unpleasant or laborious task something we despise or dislike doing
can be described as a chore there are many different types of chore that must
be done washing the dishes I hate having to wash the dishes mowing the lawn I
hate having to mow the lawn putting out the rubbish I hate having to put out the
rubbish
vacuuming the carpet I hate having to vacuum the carpet but for me the worst
chore of all has to be ironing my clothes I cannot begin to tell you just
how much I despise ironing especially when there are so many clothes that need
ironing yes I'm pretty sure that my least favorite chore has got to be doing
the ironing do you enjoy doing chores which chores do you hate doing the most
so there it is a little teaser because mr. Steve is now on his way
doo-doo-doo apparently we have live subtitles now so if you want to click on
the subtitle button there are live subtitles who remembers last Wednesday
do you remember a conversation that we had last Wednesday mr. Steve and myself
just my standard white shirts for work you know where were the tie I never
ironed them because I bind non iron shirts and they're very good as long as
you take them straight out of the washing machine don't spin them too much
and put them on a hanger put them on a clothes hanger hang them up all the
creases will be gone and I mean they don't look at quite as good as a fully
ironed shirt but they're good enough for work as you know I hate ironing you've
never owned anything well that yeah yes I've dwell as I just explained
I hate ironing that's why I don't there's a subject to talk about on
Sunday what do you I am what do people I am oh wow I'm sure people will be
queuing I hope YouTube has enough bandwidth okay and I just can I just
warned the internet they think that the wires the cables on the internet might
melt on Sunday because of all the people trying to watch let's talk about what do
you normally I in thank you iron shirts to iron underwear not iron jeans so
there it was last Wednesday and now here he is live doing the thing that he
promised to talk about and actually give us a demonstration of its mr. Steve
doing the ironing live hello mr. Steve oh hello thing mr. Duncan
oh you interrupted me I'm extremely busy today
you know I can't afford to spend too much time live with you today on air
because I've got so many chores to do inside and also outside I've got all the
gardening to do so if you don't mind then I can do the live lesson with you
today but I'm just gonna have to carry on doing my jobs particularly the
ironing so is that all right mr. Duncan you don't mind do you
I don't mind because last week you mentioned this didn't you you said
wouldn't it be a good idea to talk about ironing we can ask people if they iron
their clothes and I was a little bit sarcastic about it but mr. Steve
insisted he said look I want to do it I want to do the ironing live on YouTube I
think this is the way forward for YouTube it's more about the fact that I
just haven't got time to appear today so I'm just really doing this at the same
time so we're gonna be teaching English and at the same time I'm going to be
doing some ironing so I've got all my words prepared here that the phrase is
the idioms so we can still do those but I'll just have to carry on if you don't
mind and I hope everybody at home doesn't mind either
so what what are you ironing at the moment that's what I'm buying at Mike
one of my tops from Pedram last week who was mentioning my tops my polo shirts so
I've got one on and that one is now ready I can wear that one so that's done
you got very excited last week because Pedro was saying xed Pedro was saying
some very nice things about your clothes he was I don't have Pedro's on today but
I don't normally do socks by the way it's a bit of a waste of time doing
socks I think Pedro's watching the football he
probably is but to anybody else who is interested in ironing so this obviously
this is an esteem honor so I can give a little squirt of steam
because the designing process go extremely well that is a steam iron it's
a steam iron yes mr. Duncan so what do you mean talking about today I'd have to
shout let's know you to shout Steve what have you been talking about
today there mr. Duncan today we've been talking about the weather because it's a
beautiful hot day it certainly is not a day for being inside the house because
it's so hot it's beautiful let's have a little look outside because there you
can see a live view outside at the moment it's a absolute beautiful day now
that is a live view you can see that the Sun is out and everything is very very
hot and I think Steve wishes that he was outside at the moment in the garden
don't you oh yes but the problem mr. Duncan is that if we go outside you will
suffer from your hay fever this is true of course we can't have that so that's
why we're staying indoors and it gives me this opportunity to get all my
ironing done at the same time which is great I've got all these phrases here do
you know what I'm gonna talk about today mr. Duncan well we've been talking about
football ah and I think we might be talking about
football today because England are playing and guess what the the match has
been very exciting especially if you are an England fan because today England are
playing Panama and the last time I checked the score it was seven nil what
do you mean England I've got seven goals seven goals past Panama Oh fantastic I
suppose we are expected to win that particular match I don't know how good
panamera are but they're probably no match for the England team I think we
were we were the favorite to win what do you think that looks amazing as are
those your jeans of course I'm not doing your iving with the Duncan Duncan
between you and me mr. Duncan does no ironing whatsoever yes as you just saw
as you just saw in the clip that we played I I hate doing the ironing I
can't stand it I wonder where that other sock had gone to are you really ironing
your socks yes I don't normally I there is he after -
quick go over nothing special now these are what
I earn a lot these are my sort of casual shirts
that's very nice you can see that's very very creased because it's comes straight
out of the washing machine yes it's very creased and crumpled it's
very creased and crumpled so that needs a night I can't go you would go outside
into the public wearing a shirt like that that hasn't been ironed if you
notice mr. Duncan when he goes out his collars are all flat because he doesn't
iron anything so it makes it look as though he's sort of a tramp for a bit of
a tramp so I always tend to start with the collars that's what my mother taught
me start with the colours I don't know why but that's what she said and of
course you know you tend to remember what your mother told you and so that's
what I start with that the collars so there we go I've done the inside and
then I'll quickly go over like that just to flatten it down what about that
perfect I will say one thing it's getting a lot of attention on the live
chat would you like would you like to see the live chat steam oh yes I would
what's it I don't see any steam there is steam how can I get it to steam I don't
know it's a very it's a very subtle steam but there is definitely steam
steam there my goodness there's a lot of Mika says she's got the same iron as me
no it's a Philips comfort to15 okay if anyone wants to know what the model is
just in case you want to go out and buy the same steam iron as mr. Steve and
Meeker what is it again amico what the model name yes it's a Philips comfort
to15 a Philips comfort to15 so you can order that and you will have the same
steam iron the same steam iron as mr. Steve and Meeker is not alive Steve
dense steam demonstration yes show us the steam go on then put me back on put
me back on your suit you're so bossy mr. Steve he's
here we go you see this it only steams when you tip it up like that so there we
go can you see the steam coming out now no yeah no we can't you must be able to
see that it's steaming away oh yes I can see it if you put it in front of your
your shirt that you're wearing ah bit of contrast yes we need some contrast oh
that's it keep keep the iron still and then let it out I'll tell you it's like
a sauna in here yes are you getting you all steamy getting the wrinkles out
won't it mister that's one thing about doing the ironing it's very good for for
getting the wrinkles out of your skin because of all of that all of the steam
yes of course I don't normally a few people I don't normally do socks and I
don't do underwear but I'm only doing them today because because we're live
and I want people to think that I you know I look after my clothes properly
and I'm I'm orderly and presentable from the outside all the way to the end you
know what my mother was used to say yeah you need to you need to have clean
underwear and ironed underwear because if you're ever in an accident then when
you go to the hospital and they have to cut your clothes off at least you've got
clean tidy underwear I don't like the sound of that that's what she used to
say so yes I'm afraid it's household chores today while we're teaching
English and I just hope that people don't mind really I don't want to upset
anyone yes but do you want me to go over a few phrases or do you want me to carry
on well this might be a new trend you see on the internet I'm hoping that we
are starting something new on the Internet where people will will show on
their live streams them doing their their household chores so you never know
it might be smite be a new trend I hate ironing this shirt it's very it's
got like a cheesecloth sort of feel to it and it's very difficult to iron I
particularly hate ironing this shirt you see very good at it
oh I've been practicing for years mr. Dongo see you could get good at it as
well if you could be bothered to try no I'm dead like marks out of 10 I'm quite
happy too if anyone wants to send me there I mean by the way I'm quite happy
to do it for them obviously for a cost I don't do anything for free so you're
hoping to set up a business yes why not a steam iron business maybe I should get
one of those presses you know that come down mm-hmm like that somebody just
talked about one of those the other day of course what I've got to be careful
about is when I'm talking to you I mustn't leave the iron on too long cuz
I'll I'll burn the clothes you might burn a hole in your shirt
wouldn't be very good would it it would not you want to see me folding a shirt
up because I'm quite good at folding shirts up you know my goodness so so not
only can you iron you can also fold yes let me just finish up here
I shall quickly go over the rest of this and then I can because you're always
been very impressed with the way that I can fold shirts impressed you've always
said to me mr. Steve oh I thought you'd probably don't say mr. Steve you
probably say Steve when we're off not on air among other words and and you always
are impressed by the way that I fold my clothes so I won't give a live
demonstration of that I'm quite happy to do so like maybe I can teach somebody
something about that you know and then we will look at some words some football
words that are also used in general English words yes what words words
associated with ball games because as I discovered there aren't many idioms or
phrases connected directly to football so they're more sort of Universal
concerned with ball games quite a few of them I was quite surprised you came up
with a few didn't you before I went on hmm and then I research done bit of
research and come up with a few more so hopefully that'll be interesting right
we've nearly finished this shirt so that I can fold it up for
you can give you a little demo there we go that'll do because the thing is it no
point in ironing it too much but as soon you've worn it and then you get in the
car it gets creased straight away that's right that's why you know that's the
reason why I always think that doing the ironing is such a waste of time because
the moment you put the clothes on that they become creased anyway that so all
of that lovely ironing is just a waste of time
absolutely mr. Duncan so here we go I've done up a few buttons and I'm now going
to turn it upside down like that I'm going to fold the arms oh no I need a
flat surface really no do it on the there we go that'll do I need a flat
table really go on Steve but if I fold that in like that yeah that's one and
then I fold that side in and then fold that in and then put that it like that
and then that up like that Wow you know what that looks like that looks like the
way in which they fold clothing in the shops what do you think not bad eh
pretty good that's if I was putting it in a suitcase of course which I'm not so
I'm going to hang it up because I don't normally keep shirts folded like that so
what I'm going to do instead is put it on a hanger just like that
you see so that's on the hanger but I'll tell you something I always do it the
top button hmm because that keeps the the collar looking neat if you hang them
up with the collars if you hang them up in your wardrobe with the collars like
that they get pressed against other clothes and the collars going flat
that's you know keep the top button done that's it Steve because that's the bit
that I hate that is the part of clothing that I really hate it's actually that
the collared area that I hate because they always Bend upwards so that's why I
never wear t-shirts with with the collars because
the colours always stick up and I don't like it I find them very awkward to use
I'm gonna hang this on your microphone because I've got nowhere else to hang it
there we go what a handy hanger I see so Steve's Steve's actually using my
equipment to hang the washing on now this is a new shirt do you want me to go
through any words yet let's have a look at a couple of words to do with football
but of course and of course ball games but not all of these are just football
words they can also be used in other ways as well so show us the first one
Steve the first one how about this one get the ball rolling uh-huh right so
there can you see what I've done there mister don't gasp get the ball rolling
yes catch the ball get the ball rolling what does it mean that's an idiom from
really any ball game well some ball games apparently you have to start them
off by rolling a ball on or something I don't know exactly why but it means to
get something going so start an endeavor to start a task going the effort needed
to start something going for example if you were decorating if you wanted to do
some decorating for example and you know what it's like if you want to do some
decorating it's quite an effort isn't it there's a lot to do you've got to get
the paint you've got a clear everything away you've got to prepare the rules so
what you could say is that let's move all the furniture out of the room and
just get the ball rolling hmm so you do something in order to get that task
moving you want to decorate so you just lets move the furniture out let's get
the ball rolling let's start something moving or you might have a meeting at
work for example and you want to do something at work and somebody says any
ideas how we can do this who's going to get the ball rolling yes so you're
inviting somebody to make a suggestion who's going to get the ball
and they've got to come up with some suggestion about how to get this project
going so in general terms if you get the ball
rolling it means you start things off you get them underway
exactly that's it let's get the ball rolling so I've got the ball rolling on
the use of idioms by using the phrase let's get the ball rolling
you know what Musti that's very clever oh I'm not just a pretty face mr. Duncan
you certainly aren't let's have a quick look at the live chat before the next
word because a lot of people want to say hello let's just see what's going on
here yes there is there is an election taking
place in Turkey that is underway at the moment so it will be very interesting to
see what the outcome of that is apparently it's it's only six goals the
England of score and apparently the Panama have scored one so the final
score apparently is England six and Panama one so England are the winners of
that particular match that's excellent yes through to the next round are we it
looks like it it looks like I don't know who were playing next it doesn't appear
that we're against any big teams so what I'm looking forward to seeing is
something like England against Germany or maybe England against Russia it's a
mess his birthday today oh is it really according to Palmyra oh I see birthday
too messy
so how lovely we've got somebody there who said Alessandro Alex I said that
he's been a student for us for a lot for a long time and so thanks very much for
that indeed I'm not very happy I've had a few offers to do ironing for people
quite willing to do that as long as you pay me
quite happy to do your ironing but I won't do it for free
maybe you could make a donation to mr. Duncan's channel and then I'll do it for
free yes there you go oh look at that yes Katherine says she's happy for Saudi
women because I believe that was on the news yesterday that they sounded women
are going to be able to drive cars that is true and I think is that that we're
talking about they've been talking about that for some time but I presume it's
just come in has it well it was announced a while ago but I think today
the law actually comes into effect so women will be allowed to drive cars in
Saudi Arabia help progress around the world
when I say England and Panama of course I'm talking about the team
so the team consists of more than one person so yes so you might so they they
is the England team so it's a group of people yes when when the cotton is
cotton it means that it's curly please don't iron it oh I see so Sergio
is giving you some advice there Steve do you mean that certain style of clothing
that it doesn't need to be ironed oh I see yes I think that was my complaint
because I often complain about the way that things become very curly were
especially collars on shirts and things like that yes they can be a real pain
apparently Jobin says you have repeated apparently multiple times which is not
how you should speak Thank You Jobin for your expert advice there did I say
should I say professor Jobin who apparently is the professor of English
yes professor Jobin Thank You professor Joby I don't do very well on the program
just a minute no apparently which is a radio
Oh people have to speak for a minute on a particular subject that they're given
by their by the host and that there's a panel of four or five people and if they
if they repeat a word or hesitate somebody presses a button and then if
it's a correct challenge yeah they then get to speak on that subject it's been
running for about 50 years it's a very interesting program it's called just a
minute just a minute is a radio show it is and I say the same person has been
hosting the show for 51 years and apparently it's the longest-running
radio show with the same host for 51 years can you believe it and the person
who presents it is 94 years old 94 Nicholas Parsons Nicholas Parsons is
his name yes you can't be out of water so I'm gonna use that I'm gonna use this
to put a bit more water in the in the steam there we go
Steve needs to put some more water fine water
Steve's putting some more water in another one but it's a bit creepy so I'm
gonna give it a bit of an iron for this okay please don't start a fire the next
one is keep the ball rolling uh-huh keep the ball rolling so I've
started telling you about idioms related to sort of ball games mm-hmm so now I'm
going to carry on the conversation this task without letting it flag without
letting it lose any vigor or energy I'm going to keep the ball rolling so at a
party for example you could say to somebody you're oh you go in and talk to
the people in there keep the ball rolling until I've got the food ready
yes so to keep things going to keep things going keep the energy going the
momentum going in something you could be at work and you're doing a project that
needs a lot of time and effort to do it and you might so your boss might say to
you you've done very well with this project so far but it's not finished yet
you need to keep the ball rolling and till it's finished keep the ball rolling
keep the energy going until it's done there's another one that's a good one it
is I thought that was a good one mr. doing Steve do you want to see something
funny well I can see you from here so is that what you mean this is something
else no come on the other night we were
watching our favorite TV channel we were watching our favorite TV channel ideal
world is a shopping channel and they were selling watches they were selling
watches now what you have to do is you have to present the watch in the best
possible way and that means you have to make it look as if it's good quality and
also very reliable so what is the first thing the most important thing that you
should never do when you are trying to sell a watch well take a look at this a
lot of big companies have developed this for this this 2018 our favorite center
of magnificent just so there it is so that's what you don't do everything
again mr. Duncan you know you never shake the watch show it again and try
not to talk over at this time Steve a lot of big companies have developed this
for this this 2018 this she was caught trying to get the watch to work that is
so funny absolutely brilliant so yes she was
selling this watch very expensive watch it was a very expensive watch and and of
course it wasn't working properly so she started to shake the watch and lighter
on we noticed that that particular watch was withdrawn from the sale and I think
it was because the the the audience had caught her shaking the watch let's have
another look at that because it happened so quickly but it's brilliant so let's
have one little look a lot of big companies have developed this for this
this 2018 this is magnificent yes you can see half the watch is working and
half of the other half of it isn't can you see me very well I seem a bit dark
no we can see your perfect Steam's good we can see you so well okay fine well
anyway I've got to carry on ironing mr. Duncan otherwise I might be accused of
dropping the ball horses look at that drop the ball drop the ball that comes
from sort of rugby or American football or even cricket it means to drop the
ball means to make an error or to miss an opportunity and for example if you're
at work and you were doing a project I don't know why I keep talking about
projects at work but I don't you might say I don't want to drop the ball on
this project it's very important I could get a promotion out of this or you might
say your boss might see it say to you don't drop the ball on that one it's a
very important project so it might also mean to lose momentum or to even make a
mistake to make a mistake to make an error yes so you've been given a project
or a task or something to do and it could be a long project and then you
sort of lose interest in it but it's been very important to get it done and
you drop the ball you make an error it's just like if you were in a game say
cricket or not football because this is in games where you are allowed to touch
the ball like rugby and the ball is in the air and you've got to catch the ball
if you catch the ball the opponent's called out well if you miss that catch
you've dropped the ball and so you've made an error so you can use that phrase
in life when you make mistakes about things mmm you drop the ball so there
you go and well anyway all this talk is is is is really distracting detracting
away from me during this important task of hiding but of course if I'm not doing
that I'm not keeping my eye on the ball oh oh oh we could see what you were
doing coming thick and fast now is the day your being can I just say you are
being very clever today unintentionally unintentionally so keeping your eye on
the ball is a similar to not don't drop the ball
really it's a similar expression it just remained it means to remain alert and
focused on a task there we go keep your eye on the ball keep a focused on the
task in hand it's equivalent really to you know don't drop the ball in a way so
if an example of that could be you did a great job you were really on the ball
with that project so it just means or you could say for example oh I'm not on
the ball today I had a very bad night's sleep but I thought well I think I think
keep one's eye on the ball means to concentrate on what you're doing yes to
remain alert to remain focused that's it so so if someone tells you to keep your
eye on the ball it means you must pay attention it means you must not lose
concentration exactly yes keep your eye on the ball so I've got to keep my eye
on the ball when it comes to the ironing otherwise I won't get the task completed
by the end of this livestream so that's what we're doing we're talking about
words to do with the word ball all general words to do with football but
balls balls in general apparently on the live chat we have a few people
commenting we have Mohammed meadow who says I can't understand everything well
there are if you look underneath the video there are actually some live
subtitles so if you are watching on an Android device or on a PC not Apple
because it doesn't work on there for the time being
but you can get live subtitles so if you want to follow this live and you want to
read what is said underneath live thank you YouTube it's very kind of you to
give me live subtitles thank you very much
indeed very they've let more people see you dancing extreme that would be even
better that's the only slight problem Steve is not many people are able to see
me because youtube doesn't tell my subscribers really yeah they don't
really advertise you out there and and tell people that you're out there which
is a shame but hopefully we will overcome that with our scintillating and
fascinating lessons for example with me doing the ironing I'm sure this will
break all records on YouTube viewing figures don't you mister doing I think
so as I said the other day I hope that YouTube can can handle all of the
viewers watching mr. Steve do the ironing Tran asks can mr. Steve iron
some more paper I said can I tell you what would be funny Steve if you if you
were to iron one of the spiders from last week there we go so there's one
I've just used keeping a ball rolling so I'll crinkle it all up there we go it's
all crinkled up and now let's see how effective this iron really is as I said
before this is the Philips comfort to15 model and we need lots of steam so there
we go that's a bit what do you think better that's much better
I haven't got all the creases out let's give it another go that's a bit better
please know the spiders anyway mr. Duncan have you moved there life I've
let them all go in how Arden that was that's hot I've I've let the
spiders go in the garden they were all running around free what neighbors
complaining that we've got tropical poisonous spiders wandering around
a lot poisonous well they might think they are yes that's their problem not
mine Joelle or Joelle says oh hello to mr.
Duncan and mr. Steve thank you very much hello Joelle hello I read says today I'm
making black currant jam would you like some black currant jam mr. Duncan and
mr. Steve thank oh that current jammer now I'd love to as you might well know I
like to make jam and but I've never made black currant jam now that's delicious
really tart that's got a delicious flavour and it must be very good for you
look if any of any any of these fruits that have got the dark skins are very
good for you which is why I like to make blueberry jam and damson Jam because
it's very good for you if I do all those sleeves I can't remember now yes that
one's done all right let's put it on a Haggar this is a very expensive shirt by
the way mr. Duncan it looks it it is I got it in a sale because I always get
all my clothes in sales because they don't like to pay full price for them as
you said last week that one is ready for a work do and I shall hang it on your
your microphone stand again let's hope it doesn't upset the balance yes it
should be okay if it falls over it's your fault
there we go time to another word another word right carry the ball Oh carry the
ball okay this is an idiom oh yeah I can tell by your the inflection in your
voice that you've never heard of this law mr. Duncan I I must admit this
doesn't seem to be one that I've heard used before carry the ball it comes from
a sort of American football or rugby and it means to take charge to assume
responsibility to take charge of something so your boss in a meeting
might say right I need someone to sort out the fire
Department who's going to carry the ball on this one
so in other words who is going to put their hand up and say I'll do it I'll
take charge of that you know what I think that's similar to Steve I'll show
you what I think it's similar to let me just show you this now on the screen
it's very similar to that do you think carry the can carry carry the can is a
bit different because I think doesn't carry the can mean that you are going to
take the fall you are going to be the one that takes the blame for something
that's gone wrong yes Otto ought to take responsibility for something yes but
that's usually for something that's gone wrong isn't it hmm whereas whereas this
one carry the ball means that is you are going to take charge of something so
there is a difference between these two expressions there is definitely a
difference I would say mr. tone can carry the can usually means I think I'm
right in saying that if you were to carry the can on something it means
something's gone wrong someone has to be blamed and and you're
the one that's going to take the blame for it even though it might not be your
fault that's it so you have to carry the can you have really taken that work made
a big mistake yes and he caused you in and says look I can't be seen to be the
one who's who's done the wrong thing here you've got to carry the can for me
yes whereas carry the ball mean to take charge I must I must say I've I've never
heard that expression so maybe it's used more in American English he's gonna
carry the ball on this one I don't know why I said that did a semi
American accent it was very good thank you very much
well it's nice to see that you agreed Lou today mr. Duncan yeah it's nice to
see that we're working as a team and you're playing ball you play ball play
ball that's a from baseball ready it means to cooperate huh with or act fair
with to play by the rules to play ball
here's an example if we manage to persuade John to come and work for us do
you think he would play ball hmm in other words do you think he'll play by
our rules he's working for somebody else at the
moment but if he comes to work for us there are certain rules and ways of
working he's got to a deer too so let's ask John to come and work for us but do
you think he'd play ball yes do you think he'd work to our rules and
regulations so that's an interesting expression so to play along or to go
along with another person's rules or regulations or the things they require
if you join in if you agree to go along with what they say you will play ball
play ball and just the opposite of that would be if you don't play ball and
quite often the expression is used in that negative way hmm so for example you
might be and I know examples of this I've work in sales and we've got a team
of eight people in our particular sales team but some people do things their own
way they don't do things according to what become how the company wants them
to achieve their successes they might do slightly risky things they don't play
ball so you might say for example she's supposed to be part of our team she but
she does things her own way she doesn't play ball so that's how you could use
that exact expression so it means really sticking to the rules of a game hmm in
whatever environment or endeavor you're in there so that's that right what I got
left wine how about some underwear here we go I'm showing my under mate
I'm live across the world I don't normally iron underwear yeah I can
actually I can actually stop you thirsty because I dad you're not on the screen
at the moment oh right okay thanks for that let's have a quick look at the live
chat so the live chat is very busy we mustn't forget
about the live chat yes Tran says I've got to iron the iron
really I need another iron for that if you let
the spiders out you are not making a big favour for them because some of the
spiders they are not conditioned for the outside so it's the same action if you
beat them yes don't worry I haven't really let them out they don't actually
belong to us the spiders they don't belong to us so yes and that's what you
should do if you don't want to iron things put them on a hanger and then let
them dry and you don't have to wind them but yes I don't normally iron
as much as I've ironed today I'm only doing it because I wanted to do well I
was on my work bike my sort of dressy shoes
I was ironed those Montenegro satisfied with 6:1 England Panama we certainly are
not not like we really follow football from windy Montenegro bye bye well as
Marella it was lovely to have you here and of course don't forget we are back
on Wednesday we will be going in around about 10 maybe 12 minutes we'll be going
so the live stream will be shorter and they will be short from now on so only
90 minutes Sergio has come up with a use of the word an idiom that I hadn't
thought of today okay have a ball oh yes if all to have a
great time well done Sergio to have a wonderful time you have a great time at
a party or maybe you have a great time in your life you are having a ball well
done that's fantastic so I'm glad to hear that Sergio is having a ball with
our live chat you are having a great time we were all having a ball with the
live chat so let's have a look at your indepence there we go so I'm going to
iron my cow inclined underwear I don't normally do
it of course but it's I know it's going to feel more comfortable if I do so
let's do that
all right that'll do I'm sure people want to see your underpants we have oh
my my tissues have gone a bit I've gone a bit there we go
I think they need a bit of an iron so it's just Oh pure luxury so Steve is
high-end tissue in his pocket there's no stopping you
we've we've had a complaint by the way complaint a complaint from posh tarna
posh tarna says I hate you Thanks thanks a lot everybody say that
before what I hate you because you don't read my comment well I have read that
one and also posh Tana is saying bye forever oh well the problem is we can't
read all of the comments because there are so many and it's moving up the of
the screen and we can't always read them all so bye-bye then
pashtun are very sorry to see you go yes I'm very sorry to see you go McLean too
upset we've just read your message we just read it now so you can stay yes
then there's another message and we'll read it something you know maybe a bit
nicer that's actually it's up to you really
oh right okay so well I attended look here I'm gonna I'm gonna move out of
order here because pasture a pashtun are there threw me a curveball oh okay
look at that oh I'm on the ball today mr. Duncan that is an event or an action
that is unexpected hmm so what Pashtun has said there was
unexpected because we don't normally get people making comments like that so an
event or an action that is unexpected or difficult to deal with even for example
Bob just told me he's quitting and going to work for our rival company
what a curveball so that's in baseball the the ball can be it can skin come but
as funny angle or in any ball game the ball can come in at an unexpected angle
well what they normally do when they throw the ball they put what they call
spin on the ball so they throw the ball and the ball curves as it goes towards
sometimes you can't predict it so it's an event of so we out of the context of
sport if something unexpected happens you can describe that as a curve ball so
we just had one there live somebody if we weren't expecting somebody to be
nasty to us and maybe it's our own fault but at the same time we weren't
expecting it so that's an example of a curve ball I've got news for you Steve I
I get a lot of people saying they hate me they knew you like like what I do
dear me so another seven minutes and then we are
going so I think we've got time for a couple of more but first of all I want
to show you something very interesting because this is something interesting
that I want to talk about and maybe we can talk about this on Wednesday we
return on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. UK time we do why what is the strangest
thing you've ever found now I'm going to show you something that I found a couple
of weeks ago in fact we found it together whilst walking and here's
here's a very strange thing that we found the other week something that was
abandoned and we were quite surprised to find it so there it is we found this
just sitting alone looking very lost this particular item is a guitar very a
very strange thing to find abandoned
we're going on our regular walk on a Saturday and there it was basically on
the edge of a field yes no sort of object you normally find
I want to know how can you lose a guitar I know we haven't said we saw it again
but then we haven't seen it we didn't see it this week did we mr. Duncan now I
think it's gonna make maybe the person who it belonged to has actually come
along and reclaimed it I think so but of course I couldn't resist playing a tune
on the guitar there I am look playing I think it's rock around the clock I'm
singing there or maybe not unfortunately I wasn't playing it really because I
can't play the guitar so though it is something we found abandoned but maybe
on Wednesday we can talk about this as well we can extend this particular bit
and ask what is the strangest thing that you've ever found abandoned have you
ever found anything unusual another thing of course we could ask have you
ever found any money now I seem to have an ability I don't know why I seem to
have a very strange ability to find money in my life when I'm walking around
or sitting down or doing something I often find money just on the ground it's
a very strange thing so that may be something we can do for next Wednesday
when we return at 10 p.m. UK time you find lots of money mr. Duncan that is
very correct how much money I wonder give me a ballpark figure ah there we go
I slipped another word in there can I just say you were on fire today
literally it's so hot with this iron going in the steam so a ballpark or a
ballpark figure is an approximate number yes or maybe a rough guess a rough guess
very good that's exactly it mr. Duncan apparently it originated from a
commentator watching a game of football many years ago and he was asked to just
crime how many people were watching in the stadium or the ballpark as they
called it sometimes in America so he gave a ballpark figure an approximate
number of people who were watching but you can use this of course it's an idiom
so you can use it outside the world of football or ball games for example you
might say I know you can't tell me exactly how much it will cost to repair
the roof just give me a ballpark figure an approximate cost there and your boss
might say oh you might be doing a project and you might you can't get it
going until you can give some estimate of the cost so you might say I need a
ballpark figure in order for this project to go ahead often we get that
don't be for example if we're doing big projects the government are doing big
projects they might make a rough estimate of how much it will cost and
you call it a ballpark figure just something roughly approximate to what
you think it might be that's it your best guess your best guess if you can't
give an exact number or an exact figure for something give a ballpark figure
which is your best guess exactly mr. Duncan another look at the live chat
just very quickly because we have some comments about the abandoned guitar Oh
maybe someone was feeling despair because they weren't kissed in the
kissing gate and then they abandoned their guitar good what a good suggestion
Katherine I like that Katherine that's pretty good
only three strings Judy says yes how could you spot their only three strings
on that guitar that's my super high definition quality Wow there were only
three strings on it maybe that's why they abandon it because one of the one
of the strings was missing yes - Donna said she really loves this oh that's
nice thank you thank you very much thank you pass Donna for saying you lovers
isn't that lovely how much money did you find mr. Duncan well sometimes it's a
very small amount and sometimes a very large amount I've actually found lots
and lots of money in one place just left abandoned quite amazing we don't like to
abandon anyone on the live chat but we do apologize if sometimes we're not
deliberately missing people out it's just that sometimes there's so many
comments we can't read them all yes that's it so we are going in a
moment I think we have just enough time for maybe one more or can I do two more
mr. Duncan if I do them quickly do you want to do two more
okay mr. slate you see I've made a big effort to do them so two more I just
ironed them first make them more presentable good this is a directly
related to football move the goalposts uh-huh that means to change the rules to
make it difficult for others to achieve something you move the goalposts so
saying you were trying to score a goal in football and somebody move literally
moved the goalposts and you missed it's you know it's really sort of analogous
to that really so usually it's done by somebody in authority they move the
goalposts so for example if you were doing very well at work and achieving
all your targets whatever they were that your boss had set you but you've got
them done a bit early you know early then maybe everybody expected then your
boss gives you extra things to do before you pay your bonus so then you would say
he's moved the goalposts you'd be quite angry
another thing you can say Steve is they changed the parameters
yes changed the parameters yes they change the goalposts
they changed the conditions they altered what was expected they moved the goal
posts as a great day move the goalposts that's quite a nice vision in your mind
as to exactly what that expression means yeah like
that like we've got get that a lot at work when we think we've achieved up
cheesed our sales targets and then your boss says oh I think you can do a bit
better than that I'm gonna I'm gonna put some more on there and you get very
angry because you thought you're gonna be paid your bonus and yet you haven't
right his is the last one then one more one more he or she has scored who so
obviously in in in ball games if you score means you get a point you've got a
you've got the football goes in the back of the net
etc but outside that so that means it's a successful outcome
yeah you've kicked the ball towards the goal it's gone in you've scored but in
in life if you're chatting somebody up maybe a boy is trying to chat up a girl
and in the end he gets a kiss robber then his friends might say oh you've
scored hmm and that's quite commonly used in the pursuit of love or sex so
you you know Johnny's been chatting that girl up all night but I've just seen
them kiss he's scored yes and you've caught you can use it the other way
around a girl can score if she's chatting up a boy of course as well you
might also say if someone went out last night to a nightclub you can ask them
did you score yes in other words did you go back to
someone's house and you know have a kiss and a cuddle have a kiss and a cuddle
let's leave it at that say no more so that's it that that mr.
Steve has done his ironing I've got it all done yes it's all done and we are
now at the end of today's live stream because we have shortened the live
streams they will only be 90 minutes long at the same length as a football
match oh don't go that's very clever of you that was unintentional
so we'll see your Wednesday stir you can have a quick look at the live chat
before we go one last look at the live chat and then we are going
mmm oh yes but I thought by everybody
it's been great we had a nice time today mr. Duncan now everybody's saying
goodbye cousin it we're going see you all on Wednesday thank you very much to
TJ and Belarusian Tran passion hash Tana yes posh Tana was very angry with us but
now I think I think posh Tana is friends forever I think so
Palmyra Tatar and thanks for teaching us you are welcome bye mr. Duncan thank you
very much thank you Shirin Kunal thank you very much and as I just mentioned we
will be back on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. UK time
isn't that right Steve it's seven years but I won't have my iron with me on
Wednesday another tip for a while whilst you are doing the ironing never answer
the phone ah because you leave the iron on top of the clothes yes also you might
pick the iron up and think it's the phone hello anybody there
and then your ear will be burning I can feel the heat I must remember to turn
this off when we finished don't forget so we're going now I hope you've had a
good time Steve I have everybody out there had a good time and forward to
seeing you want to get on Wednesday yes catch you later Steve bye that was mr.
Steve he has gone and I'm about to leave as well I hope you've enjoyed today's
live stream lots of things going on lots of things happening I hope you have
enjoyed it we'll have one last look outside because it's an absolutely
glorious day you can see a little tractor can you see the tractor going by
at the bottom of the screen so you can see the farmer is very busy at the
moment gathering all of the grass and later
later in the year that grass will be used to feed all of the cattle and sheep
during the cold winter months that said it's time to go I hope you've enjoyed it
I'll see you on Wednesday Wednesday night 10:00 p.m. UK time
this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of the English language saying thank you so
much for following me I hope you have enjoyed the live subtitles which have
appeared today I hope they have been helpful don't forget you can catch me on
Wednesday night 10 p.m. UK time and also next Sunday at 2 p.m. UK time of course
next Sunday it will be the 1st of July and of course you know what's coming
next just before I wave to you
you know what's coming next of course...
ta ta for now 8-)
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