what no way
are you kidding? really?
am I really on time today? I can't
believe it I'm not late
hi everybody welcome here we go again it
is English addict live from the
birthplace of the English language
that is of course England
I did something different today I
decided to get up one hour earlier than
normal so I gave myself an extra hour to
prepare my lesson and can I just say
here is a great idea if you always find
yourself rushing around in the morning
get out of bed one hour earlier than you
normally do and I tell you your day goes
much better so I was determined today I
was so determined to actually be here on
time because during the past few
livestreams I have been a little bit
late I have been slightly tardy oh I
like that word tardy if you are tardy it
means you are late you didn't arrive
when you should have you were tardy so
today I was determined so determined to
be here on time I actually got out of
bed one hour earlier than I normally do
so since 7:30 this morning
I've been busy preparing today's
live stream so I really hope you enjoy it
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in
England how are you today are you okay
I hope so are you happy are you happy I
really hope you are happy today because
well a couple of things actually one the
weather isn't too bad at least today
here in the UK it isn't raining however
it is quite windy we we've had a lot of
wind and apparently certain parts of the
UK are going to get snow today sadly
there there will be no snow here on
fortunately so I'm sorry about that
there won't be any snow here there is
however lots of wind no rain at the
moment so I'm very pleased to see that
there is no no rain for a change
isn't that nice you can see the the
flowers on the trees are now starting to
come out isn't that great I have to be
honest with you I feel very happy to see
the color of spring and in my garden at
the moment there are some daffodils
slowly coming into bloom I kid you not
there are actually daffodils starting to
open already and we are still in
February so spring is just around the
corner
I must be honest I am feeling very
excited very I oh I'm anticipating the
arrival of spring I like that word
anticipate if you anticipate it means
you are ready you are prepared
maybe you can't wait for that thing to
arrive so I am anticipating the arrival
of spring I really can't wait so the
weekend is just around the corner I hope
you have had a good week because today
it's Friday
come on mr. Duncan get on with it I get
a lot of people complaining they say
come on mr. Duncan get on with it
get a move on hurry up say something
teach some English for goodness sake for
those who are wondering yes my name is
mr. Duncan and I teach English right
here on YouTube and I've been doing that
for a very long time in fact this is my
14th year on YouTube teaching English
and don't forget you can catch me every
Sunday Wednesday and Friday 2:00 p.m. UK
time check the time difference where you
are so you will never miss another one
of my live streams for those who are
wondering about the captions did you
know that you can actually have live
captions on my live stream so if you are
watching now live you can actually get
live captions all you have to do is
press that button C on your keyboard
there it is the letter C on your
keyboard and then as if by magic you
will get the live captions also later on
after my lesson has been recorded on
YouTube there will be captions or
subtitles on there as well so if you are
if you are missing the captions all you
have to do is press C on your keyboard
so now I hope you will be able to join
in and chat live and follow the live
stream as well as I speak to you hello
to the live chat oh it's so nice to see
the live chat I am quite relieved to say
the least
because I don't know if you've heard but
there is something whirring through
space have you heard about it have you
heard about the big asteroid well have
you heard about it it's been all over
the news we will talk about that in a
few moments time however more important
things yes we have the live chat hello
to the live chat nice to see you here as
well hello to mog mog guess what
mog mog you are first on today's live
chats
Wheldon mog mog you are first on today's
live chat also hello to a missed
hello amath also cecilia my roots also
we have Eric hello Eric nice to see you
here today
also Sally Maria Maria I'm saying hello
to Maria
hello also to swear ly Swahili hello to
you do you know the Swahili language
I've heard of it
however unfortunately I don't speak it
hello also to AB AB Delgada
hello to you as well nice to see you
here as well today if it is your first
time don't forget to tell me say mr.
Duncan it's my first time here hello
Rosa Anna tzatziki Heba also Pedro Pedro
Belmont is here today but I have a
strange feeling he is not going to stay
hello also to Marina cero which hero
Jean hello Jean bear nice to see you
here as well so many people already on
the live chat it is Friday the weekend
is coming do you have something exciting
planned for this weekend we are talking
about a lot of things today so many
things to get through on today's live
chat and also the live stream as well
for example we're will we will be
talking about repeating things now when
you learn something quite often you will
have to do the same thing again and
again and again sometimes you will have
to repeat the same thing
many times and the same is true if you
are learning English
so if you want to improve your spoken
English if you want to get those words
to stay in your brain then I would say
that repeating things is a very useful
exercise a lot of people don't like
doing it a lot of people complain they
say mr. Duncan we don't like repeating
things we don't want to keep saying the
same words again and again and again but
you don't have to worry about it can I
just say in your daily life
when you wake up in the morning every
day you pretty much do the same thing
you repeat the same actions every day
yet you never complain you ladies
watching out there in the morning you
you make your face look beautiful you go
to the mirror you put your lipstick on
you put your Rouge and your foundation
on your face maybe some men do the same
thing who knows it is 20/20 after all
and you spend a lot of time making
yourself look beautiful every day well
that is a repeated action you are doing
that every day so it is something that
you always do or something you repeat so
learning needn't be a problem don't
worry about repeating things if you are
learning a second language repetition or
repeating things is a great way to learn
a new language
trust me so for example maybe you are
learning to drive a car well you don't
jump in the car just before your test
without having any practice so if you
are driving a car if you want to drive a
car if you want to take your lesson or
test you have to
Pete the same things again and again and
again so is it useful to repeat things
whilst learning English well is it what
do you think do you think repeating
things is useful for learning English
that is one of the questions also today
we're going to look at big and small
words and phrases so words that can be
used to describe big things and small
things there are many words and I have a
feeling that some of the words that I
will use today you've never heard of
before I think so so stick around for
that as I mentioned a few moments ago
there is or there was a giant asteroid
flying around the earth did you see it
in fact I think it's coming back
did you see that I think the asteroid is
still flying around to be honest in my
studio somewhere so this particular
asteroid is called Apophis Apophis
apparently Apophis was the god of chaos
so we are going back a long time to the
early days of religion when there were
many many gods for all sorts of things
so Apophis was actually the god of chaos
and that is the name of the giant
asteroid that is flying around at the
moment
near planet Earth that's where we live I
don't like the sound of that to be
honest fortunately it has passed by
however after careful examination on the
internet today I noticed that there was
a new story all about asteroid Apophis
apparently asteroid Apophis is heading
right for Earth now it has just passed
by Earth however it will come back once
again on Friday the 13th of April 2029
so 9 years from now apparently the
asteroid that is just past the earth
will hit the earth that's what some
people think anyway according to a
Christian preacher who has shockingly
predicted the end of the world on Friday
the 13th of April 2029 so from that it
would appear we only have 9 more years
oh dear and you thought brexit was bad
that's nothing compared to a large piece
of rock hitting the earth I don't
believe it to be honest how many times
how many times have we been told in the
past that the earth is coming to the end
of its life how many times asteroids
Judgment Day invasions by little green
men and yet still we are here we are
still here so what do you think do you
believe in these days of Apocalypse oh
like that word apocalypse ooh
apocalypse if there is an apocalypse it
means it is the end of the planet or end
of time when there is mass destruction
or maybe something is destroyed the
apocalypse so something else to think
about today how do you tell someone to
be quiet maybe you are sitting in a room
and you want a bit of peace and quiet
however the person next to you keeps
talking they won't shut up how many ways
are there to say be quiet
well I'm going to show you right now how
many ways there are because there are
many here's an interesting way of
telling someone to be quiet you can say
shush I will do it again shush shush you
can say shush to someone and that is a
direct blunt way of telling someone to
be quiet you might find it a little rude
you might find it a little offensive
however it is a very good way of getting
someone to be quiet you say
Shh shush another way well of course you
can simply say be quiet be quiet stop
talking stop making a noise you are too
noisy stop chatting about nothing please
be quiet you can also say shut up shut
up I know it's a bit rude before anyone
complains mr. Duncan if you tell someone
to shut up they might be offended
however it is a very good way of telling
someone to be quiet you tell them to
shut up oh I like this one this is a
good one put a sock in it put a sock in
it please stop talking you are talking
too much for too long for goodness sake
please put a sock in it give it a rest
please give it a rest I am so tired of
hearing your voice chattering away all
the time
please give it a rest just give it a
rest please be quiet here's another one
button it button it you might tell a
person to button it it means you want
them to stop talking you want them to
stop chattering you tell them to button
it maybe they are saying too much maybe
they are about to give a secret away
maybe they are spreading some gossip you
might have to tell them to button it
button it button your mouth it means to
keep your mouth shut
here's another one oh I like this one
shut your face shut your face you might
tell someone to shut their face if they
are talking too much
maybe you will say mr. Duncan you always
talk you talk too much
for too long please mr. Duncan shut your
face
shut your face yes it might be little
rude although it is used quite often
I'll be honest with you zip it zip zip
it when we want a person to be quiet to
stop talking or to be silent you might
tell them to zip it zip it close your
mouth stay quiet don't say anything
zip it mr. Duncan for goodness sake can
you please zip it okay finally oh I
think this might be one of my favorites
if you want to tell someone to be quiet
to stop chattering and talking all the
time
you can just tell them to shut their
cake hole I like that one
we often use this one in British English
by the way so if you want to tell a
British person to be quiet a British
person who is talking too much you can
say shut your cakehole for goodness sake
mr. Duncan shut your cakehole shut your
cakehole I like that one so there you
can see many ways of telling another
person to be quiet we have a little
contest today a little game now as you
know over the past few days we've had a
lot of bad weather here in the UK and
something in my garden has been
destroyed by the wind so I'm going to
show you the thing the
has been destroyed but what I want you
to tell me is what was it what was it
before the wind came along and destroyed
it so there is a beautiful thing that
was in my garden and it was in one piece
but then storm Dennis came along and
destroyed it so here is today's little
quiz something to keep your brain
guessing and warm what is this object or
should I say what was it there it is
what was that what was it does anyone
know what was it so it is something that
was in my garden but unfortunately the
recent storm destroyed it the strong
winds smashed it to pieces so what was
fact mystery item what did it do in my
garden it actually served a very useful
purpose hello once again to the live
chat hello sweetness hello to you
sweetness nice to see you here today
how are you doing nice to see you here
thank you very much also broken boy is
back
hello broken boy I haven't seen you for
a while
I don't think you were you were here
last week
hello also - a leaf hello a leaf
watching in I think a leaf ease in
Pakistan Luis Mendez is here a big
SuperDuper bond draw - Luis Mendez as
well general study is here also we have
Tuan
hello Truong Nhu in watching in vietnam
can I say a big hello to all of my new
subscribers and followers who are
watching in Vietnam thank you also too
xD Alex D who is a well known English
teacher in Vietnam hello to you as well
quele this is here nice to see you here
as well if it is your first time please
let me know please tell me Helena says I
appreciate this group and also the
atmosphere - yes it is a little bit like
a big classroom so this particular
classroom is not just one room it is
actually many rooms many places and many
people all around the world sharing
their love of English hello - Noemi
hello Noemi is it the drinking dish no
it isn't the mystery object what was it
so it is something that was smashed in
my garden last week during the serious
storm and it was it really was broken by
the wind that's how strong the wind was
last week it was it was so strong was so
strong last week hello also - de la
loire where are you watching I'm always
interested to find out where you are
is it the cover for a lamp good guess
I like that guess Thank You Maria it is
not a lamp or the cover for a lamp so it
isn't a lampshade definitely not it is
not one of those hello also - Alamgir
who says it looks like a beehive
interesting yes I like that
yes it does look a little bit like a
beehive let's have another look
there it is so what was it something
that was in my garden a very useful
thing but now unfortunately it is broken
it has been destroyed by the strong wind
hello also shall I say hello - oh hello
- Najim
hello Najam thank you very much for
joining me today
lots of new people joining I've noticed
over the past few days during my live
streams there are a lot of new people
watching which is always great to see I
have lots of video lessons on my youtube
channel I also now have a website as
well and there it is the website address
you can actually go to that website and
find lots of interesting things also you
will find all of the playlists as well
so there are lots of menus on my website
you can find my lesson playlists there
are hundreds of lessons available on my
youtube channel talking of which Oh
talking of which we are now going to
take a look at one of my lessons and
this is an excerpt from one of my full
English lessons and this was a series of
lessons where I talk about lots of
different topics and subjects concerning
the English language and yes I have
received quite a few people asking
messages from lots of people asking mr.
Duncan will there be some more full
English lessons well my answer to that
is as soon as the weather gets better
the answer is yes
I don't know about you but I love
hearing gossip too gossip is to talk
freely about another person's life the
things you have heard about another
person regardless of whether you know it
to be true or not the word gossip can be
used as a noun or a verb a person who
gossips is a gossip they like to gossip
about other people the things said are
the gossip you can hear gossip from
others gossip can be described as
hearsay tittle-tattle rumor scandal you
will often find that very small towns
and villages will have local gossip a
person who seems to know all about what
is happening in the surrounding area is
the local gossip be careful what you say
to her she is the local gossip around
here so gossip can be the person
spreading the rumors or the thing that
is being said some people like to read
about celebrity gossip on the internet
or in magazines a gossipy person will
often be reluctant to tell you where
they got the gossip from if you ask them
where they got the information they will
often reply with a little bird told me
it's time now to take a look at another
buzzword a buzzword is a word or phrase
that is used during a certain period of
time today's buzz word is redact the
word redact means to conceal or hide
information which may be unsuitable or
sensitive to conceal parts of printed
text that is deemed private or
classified is to redact to edit a report
before publication is to redact the
redacted Secret Service report was
published yesterday to censor or obscure
something so it cannot be seen is to
redact the leaked memo did not reveal
much due to it being heavily redacted
the person doing the redacting is the
redactor the 20-page report was redacted
to just a few paragraphs to redact is to
edit censor cover expurgate suppress to
hide something so it cannot be seen is
to redact have you ever seen a prefix in
an English word well in fact there are
lots of them in fact there might be more
than you realize there are many
occurrences of prefixes in English words
that serve to dramatically change the
meaning of the original word for example
the prefix sudo before a word denotes
something as fake or artificial for
example
pseudoscience refers to a practice of
science that has not been accredited or
qualified it is seen as untrue and
meritless another good example is the
prefix quasi which defines something
that appears real but is in fact the
opposite for example quasi political an
action appears to be stating an opinion
but in fact is doing the opposite you
might say that these two examples have
similar meanings another example of a
prefix is retro this particular prefix
means to go backwards or regress
for example retro migration which means
return to your place of origin migration
back to a place of origin the prefix urn
before a word denotes an opposite
meaning such as unapologetic there are
many prefixes in the English language
some of which take the form of combining
words such as ante Auto and omni how
many prefix words do you know
and we are back I hope you enjoyed that
an excerpt for of my many English
lessons which are available on my
youtube channel and also my new website
as well
it's a Friday I hope I really hope
you've had a good week I really hope so
so did you see the giant asteroid that
went past the earth apparently it's
going to come back in 2029 and it's
going to squashes all like ants
apparently personally I don't believe it
to be honest with you so what about you
when you are learning when you are
learning something intensely do you
repeat things is it useful to repeat
things whilst learning English what do
you think
now I from my own opinion I think
learning anything requires repetition
whatever it is whether whether you are
learning to drive a car or ride a bike
or maybe a certain skill maybe you are
going to be a bricklayer you have to
learn how to do it
you have to do things many many times
before you get it right and the same is
true with English so you will find that
if you are learning English repeating
things is part of doing it in fact I
would strongly advise anyone to do it
even though sometimes it feels a little
boring but repeating things is a great
way to get those words and also the
grammar into your brain just like
learning to drive a car so as you do it
you are remembering the things you are
doing and the same thing applies to
English if you are learning English then
you repeat the words again and again and
as you do it you will find that the
words and the rules start to stick in
your brain it's incredible but that's
why the brain is such an amazing thing
because
it is possible to grow your brain
physically by learning new things and
repeating things is a good way of
getting those brain cells to generate
inside your head
so it's true I'm not joking there if you
are learning English or anything
repeating the same things again and
again might seem boring it might not be
interesting however it is very effective
never underestimate the power of
repeating things trust me
hello to Alamgir
hello also to Anna it seems that many
prefixes come from Latin or old Greek
many English words come from ancient
Greek or Latin Germanic also Italian
French so you will find that the English
language over the past thousand years
has been influenced in many many ways
not just from one place but many things
many things indeed have all influenced
the English language and also how we use
it in Greece we say that repeating is
the mother of all knowledge yes I think
so
Thank You Theo I remember when I was
teaching in China quite often I would
get some of my students to repeat
certain sentences or to read things out
another good thing that you can do to
help words and phrases stick in your
brain is to write so when you write
something now you are using your brain
in a very particular way a very special
way
in fact so when you write something down
maybe you have a book in front of you
and you copy some of the sentences or
some of the words that are written in
the book can I just say that is a great
way of learning new word
and a good way of getting those words to
stay in your head so yes these things do
work however sometimes it can seem a
little tedious a little boring perhaps
but it is a very valuable part of
learning the English language and well
anything to be honest anything at all
hello 2t Trinh watching in vietnam I
know I have a lot of people watching in
Vietnam many new vietnamese students
have joined me over the past few days so
a big hello to vietnam and also a big
hello to alex d as well
I wonder if Alex D is ever going to say
hello to me I wonder hello also to Sally
apparently it is still afternoon in
Sally's location here it is coming up
too it is now 17 maybe 18 minutes away
from 3 o'clock in the afternoon it's a
lovely day here not too bad I can't
complain about the weather there is the
view from my studio window you can see
there is a magpie can you see the magpie
sitting in the tree I must be honest
with you I find Magpies can be very
annoying Birds they often raid the the
nests of other birds they eat the chicks
and also the eggs so I find Magpies can
be quite annoying sometimes so there is
the view my garden at the moment a
little bit of spring color is also
beginning to appear
finally I can't begin to tell you how
glad I am to see spring is on the way I
can't wait hello Carles good morning mr.
Duncan such a pleasure to talk with you
again hello Carlos where are you
watching at the moment a Manuelo
is here as well yes if you are learning
new words if you are trying to remember
new words and phrases repeating things
is a great way to learn those things so
yes I think so I think there is a lot of
use when it comes to repeating things
words phrases maybe things that you have
have heard somewhere else perhaps you
can listen to me and repeat what I say
as well
so you met perhaps you are listening to
my voice and reading the captions and
perhaps you are repeating what I say as
I speak to you right now
you never know hello also to George
hello George nice to see you here today
also we have t Trin hello t Trin I
believe you are also watching in Vietnam
lots of people here today we are talking
about quite a few things today we are
going to have a look at words and
phrases used to describe things that are
big and small there are more words than
you realize you might not actually
realize that there are so many words
around that can be used to describe big
and small more then you realize hello to
the live chat again I'm not going to
forget you
don't worry Kim
Dogen says I am trying to learn
etymology so the origins of words where
words come from where English words came
from and how they originated did you
know that there are many words in
English that have no origin they
magically appeared over time so there
are many words in English that have no
origin we actually don't know how where
the words came from Oh Belarusian I was
wondering where you were I need some
advice
Belarusian because I know that part of
your work involves looking after
people's teeth
I've got toothache in my back tooth for
the past 2 or 3 days I don't know why
but it suddenly happened it suddenly
started hurting at the back of my mouth
and I don't want to go to the dentist
because I'm scared because my dentist
that the dentist that I normally see has
left and it really has upset me I can't
begin to tell you how upset I feel by my
dentist leaving so there is a new
dentist now in much Wenlock but i don't
want to go to him because he's different
he's not the same one I want Jonathan
Jonathan was a great dentist he who used
to talk to me and make me feel relaxed
but now there is a new dentist and I'm
really scared that he will hurt me when
he starts poking around in my mouth so
yes I do feel a little upset that I
can't go to see my usual dentist because
he's gone now he's gone somewhere else
so there is a different dentist and to
be honest with you it has put me off
going there because I you get used to
the same person don't you and if the
person is nice and makes you feel
relaxed then you want to go back again
and again you don't mind it however now
I have toothache one of my back teeth is
aching I don't know why I
why it's just started to happen over the
past two or three days very strange a
lot of people saying mr. Duncan perhaps
you have a wisdom tooth coming through
yes as you get older you can have teeth
that come through much later in life I
don't think it is a wisdom tooth I don't
think so I it's one of my back teeth but
I think perhaps there is there is a
little bit of decay or maybe something
along the gum line so where your gums
meet the teeth I think maybe there is a
little bit of sensitivity something is
getting in there and catching the nerve
but it's pretty painful it's not hurting
at the moment but it always hurts when I
drink something hot or cold so for
example if I have this water if I drink
some of this water then my tooth will
start aching so I don't know why but the
last two or three days it suddenly
started aching and it's it's it's right
at the back of my mouth and it's very
very annoying not to mention painful but
I don't really want to go to the dentist
because now there is a new dentist and
he is unknown to me I don't know who he
is I got so used to having same dentist
I don't know why it's affected me so
much but now I feel very nervous about
going back to the dentist
hello Helen oh you can fly across to
Belarusian she will help I wish I wish I
could do that I'm not joking
that's how serious I'm taking all of
this I'm taking this very seriously to
be honest because my tooth is eart
hurting it's painful and I don't like
pain to be honest
Belarusian says my advice is that you
should go to the new dentist but he
might hurt me
he might be very rough he might stick
all of the needles and the sharp things
in the drill into my gums and hurt me so
I don't know why I don't know what's
happening here maybe it's something
going on in my brain I don't know maybe
it isn't toothache
perhaps it's brain ache maybe Rolfie is
there a phobia related to not wanting to
go to the dentist I suppose there is I
suppose I'm sure Belarusian knows is
there a fear of going to the dentist I
want to say dental phobia Oh
author author daunt author Don - phobia
author dent author dental phobia
something like that maybe yes so what do
we call the fear of dentists I'm sure
someone out there in YouTube land will
let me know I'm intrigued to know mr.
Duncan you should wash your mouth out
with sea salt it will help yes I've
tried using lots of things to rinse my
mouth and of course I clean my teeth all
the time so I clean my teeth every day
three times after I've eaten so I don't
know what's happened I think maybe maybe
something has gone into the gum and it's
made it very sensitive so I don't know
but I don't want to go to the dentist
I don't please don't make me go to the
dentist
mog mog says is there a dentist here yes
belarusian Belarusian is a dentist
mm-hmm that is why she is saying that I
should go to the dentist even though I
don't really want to I don't want to why
is my tooth hurting if you don't go to
your dentist then you oh if you don't
want to lose your teeth or tooth then
you should go to see your dentist thank
you once again Belarusian yes but I
don't like I don't like going to the
dentist for the past six years I've been
going to the dentist here in Much
Wenlock and there's a nice guy there
called Jonathan and in he's really
really Pleasant and friendly and he
makes me feel relaxed but he's gone and
how it's someone else so that's what's
happening in my life I bet you're really
interested to know that talking of my
life in my garden something has broken
here it is here is the thing that was
broken last week by the ferocious storms
we've had some terrible storms over the
past few days here in the UK so what was
this what was it what was it used for
I've had quite a few answers it is not a
lampshade it is not a drinking bowl it
has a very special use in my garden but
what is the use what was it
I will give you the answer later on
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are talking about quite a few things we
are talking about the uses of big and
small so words and phrases connected to
big and small so first of all I am going
to show you some words connected to big
and there are many there are many ways
of describing something that is big for
example well first of all we have the
most obvious one the most obvious one is
big so something that is big also we can
use the word big to mean important as
well so big doesn't just mean something
that is large sized it also means
something that is important maybe you
have a big meeting next week so when we
say big there might be many people there
but also it means that the thing in
question is very important maybe you
have a big speech to give at the
conference so the big speech means that
you are doing it in front of lots of
people and there will be a lot of
pressure on you and also you will have
to do it professionally as well you
can't make any mistakes so we can use
the word big to mean large something
that has a lot of mass but also
something that is very important you
have a big dinner date this weekend ah
maybe you are going on a big date you
are meeting someone special for dinner
mm-hmm large yes we can say large to
mean something that is oversized
something large something oversized
a large meal you might eat a lot of food
you might notice when you go to a fast
food restaurant such as McDonald's or
KFC or Burger King or if you're in China
macand lie which is fake McDonald's not
really I'm joking
so they will often ask if you want to go
large with your meal which means do you
want a large portion so they will give
you more
food and of course you will pay a little
extra as well so do you want to go large
do you want to have a large portion to
be honest with you I always get confused
when I go into a fast-food restaurant
because I always think that medium is
small and then large is medium because
they often say regular donae they don't
say small they say regular would you
like a regular happy meal or would you
like to go large regular so I suppose
when they say regular they actually
means small that's what I think anyway
something is really big you are
describing something dramatically you
are saying I saw a dog the other day
walking across the field behind my house
it was really big it was really big so
you are emphasizing the fact that the
dog is very large huge I like this one
if something is huge it means it is
large it is oversized it is something
that is very big huge maybe you are
organizing a big dinner party for lots
of friends maybe there is a special
birthday party that you are arranging
you might describe it as a huge party we
are going to hold a huge party next
weekend for all of my friends so
something that is huge is large
something that is big something that is
large and maybe something that has a lot
of mass such as I don't know for example
maybe an asteroid
like that one
for example thank you very much for your
messages today by the way a lot of
people giving me advice about my teeth
thank you very much for that
here we go something that is big can be
described as massive massive something
that is big maybe there is a fashion or
a trend maybe there is a certain style
of music that is very popular we can say
that particular thing is massive it is
massive it is very popular it is very
trendy something that a lot of people
are doing something that a lot of people
are listening to its massive that song
has been a massive hit in many countries
massive big popular here's another one
Oh gigantic something that is gigantic
maybe in your garden there is a plant
that is growing and for the past few
years it has been getting larger and
larger and now it is gigantic there is
actually a tree in my garden that's we
planted in 2014 and now it is gigantic
it is really big so something that is
gigantic it is large a gigantic tree
something that is big in size colossal
oh I like this one again something that
has a lot of mass it is big it is large
it is colossal so for example once again
you might describe that big asteroid
that came past the earth a few hours ago
you might say that that is colossal
big perhaps you are running a business
and maybe you lose a lot of money we
might say that you have colossal loss
you have huge loss because you've lost a
lot of money your business has been
losing money
colossal Pedro is going
see you later Pedro Pedro has something
to do immense is another word that we
can use something that is immense
maybe something large or maybe something
that is important
maybe something that is causing you a
lot of heartache or pressure it is
creating immense stress large a large
amount of something so maybe you say oh
I had a terrible day at work today
my boss is putting me under immense
pressure immense lots of pressure now
this I'm sure some people will recognize
this word it is a large animal that no
longer exists called a mammoth it looks
a little bit like an elephant instead it
has lots of fur mammoths it's a huge or
it was a huge animal so if something is
mammoth it means it is big large great
mammoth maybe you have to do something
for your boss and maybe it's something
that is very complex and it will take
you many days to do you can say that it
is a mammoth task
my boss has given me a mammoth task to
carry out mammoth something that's huge
large overwhelming
mammoth here's another one oh this is a
good one I like this one when we talk
about maybe a large area or a large
space maybe you are standing in a big
field you might say that the area around
you is vast vast a large amount of
something vast perhaps you have won the
lottery
maybe you've won some money on the
lottery we can say that you have won a
vast amount of money vast large a huge
amount if you look up into the sky at
night you will realize that the universe
is vast the universe goes on forever and
ever and ever and ever
it's vast so we talk about space being
vest and almost endless almost endless
hello - Emmanuelle again hello
Emmanuelle nice to see you here here's a
good one
we were talking about things going on
forever when we are talking about the
size well here's a good one infinite
infinite means something that is
never-ending it goes on forever and ever
so when we say that something is
infinite it means it is so large it is
so big that it goes on forever and ever
and ever
some people might say that space the
universe is infinite maybe it just
carries on forever and ever so if you
were lucky enough to go into space maybe
with some futuristic space engineering
that we can they can take you
these are millions of miles you might
discover that the universe is infinite
it goes on forever and ever and ever
hello boola hello bula nice to see you
here today
welcome to my lovely live stream right
here on YouTube
nice to see you here today thank you
very much for joining me something that
is infinite goes on forever something
that cannot be measured can be described
as immeasurable something that is
immeasurable is something that cannot be
measured so maybe there is a distance
maybe length or height may be something
that is so hard to measure because it's
so big huge massive it is immeasurable I
suppose you might describe the planet
that we're standing on now so the amount
of time that is passed
I suppose can be described as
immeasurable we can guess we can use
science to work out roughly how old the
earth is but some people might say that
the the age of the earth is immeasurable
very interesting words here are some fun
words now to mean big I like this one
whopper whopper maybe something is so
big you describe it as a whopper
something big perhaps you go to a
certain burger shop fast-food hmm maybe
you have a large beef burger so you
don't have a small beef burger you have
a large beef burger and they might call
that beef burger
a whopper because it's big so the word
whopper can mean something large
something big something that is
oversized it is much larger than it
normally is something is a whopper we
can also use this word to describe
something that is untrue so you might
describe a lie or something that has
been said dishonestly as a whopper maybe
your friend told you a lie you might
describe it as a whopper he told me a
huge whopper it was a whopper a massive
lie so there are many ways of using that
particular word here's another one oh I
like this one
biggie a biggie if something is
described as a biggie
it means it's big it's large it is a fun
way of saying big so maybe maybe a
friend asks you to do a favor for them
could you do me a favor I'm sorry it is
a biggie a biggie something large
something that it's oversized can be
described as a biggie something that is
big and finally for the large words we
have humongous oh I like this word so
maybe you are describing something that
is really big so large it can't be
measured something big maybe your friend
has just bought a new house and it's
really big you might describe it as
having humongous space or humongous
rooms they are so large so large very
big
thank you very much for appreciating
those words that's very kind of you to
say so it's not lovely thank you very
much
hello also to Emanuel who says endless
yes I suppose so we could use the word
endless to describe something that goes
on forever and ever so if we talk about
endless it means well maybe the
experience or the sensation of something
going on for a very long time perhaps
you've been listening to my voice today
perhaps you think that my talking is
endless mr. Duncan you talk for such a
long time your your lesson feels endless
it feels as if it's going on forever
maybe maybe not
cecilia has described me as a biggie mr.
Duncan you are a biggie when it comes to
teaching English Thank You Cecilia
that's very kind of you
hi Lee Kwang says giant yes a big thing
can be described as giant maybe your
local shop is having a sale they are
selling lots of items at a very good
price they might describe their sale as
giant we are having a giant sale this
weekend come along to our giant sale
this weekend you could also describe a
very tall person as a giant although
sometimes they might be offended by that
but a person who is very tall very maybe
slim and tall can be described as a
giant a giant or maybe a person who has
done something very impressive over the
years you might say that a particular
actor or actress is
a giant of the film industry they are
big they are a big personality they are
very well known yes you can also use oh
there's a good word extensive yes
extensive something that can be larger
or longer time the shape or size of
something extensive thank you very much
Rashid rush Rishabha thank you very much
rishabh sati for your suggestion thank
you very much so we've had big and now
let's have a look at small shall we
there are quite a few words to describe
small well the most obvious is small
something that is not large something
that is not too big maybe you have a dog
and maybe your dog is not a big dog you
might describe your dog as a small dog
perhaps you have a chihuahua or I don't
know a little poodle and the poodle
isn't very big it is a small dog it is
not big so yes we can use small to mean
the size of something also maybe
something that is not important or
insignificant so maybe something that is
not important something that is not
serious a small thing a small event a
small injury so maybe you injure
yourself
maybe you cut your hand or your finger
but it isn't very serious it isn't
serious you don't have to go to the
hospital it is just a small cut it is
not serious something that is not
serious
if we want to emphasize the size of
something especially if it is small we
can say that it is very small very small
I know what you're thinking I I know
exactly what you're thinking at the
moment mr. Duncan can you please give us
a sentence using very small think of
your own I'm sure you can do that think
of your own here's another one little
something that is little little
something that is not large something
that may be smaller than it usually is
so something that is normally large but
this particular thing is little you can
describe time so a brief moment of time
can be described as little can I can I
have a word with you well I only have a
little time so I only have a little time
to spare so that means I only have a
short period of time to spare I can't
talk with you for very long I only have
a little time so a short period of time
or maybe something that is not very long
or very large can be described as little
some people say that I have a little
nose my nose is little hello - hi Lee
Kwang who knows exactly what I mean by
small sized very small another word tiny
something is tiny maybe you see an
insect on your window but it isn't a big
insect
like a moth or a worm it is something
very small a tiny insect maybe an ant so
you might describe an ant as tiny
something very small something that is
almost invisible something that is
almost invisible to the eye is tiny tiny
not big very small tiny another one
diminutive something that is diminutive
is something that is not very big so
when we say diminutive it means it is
smaller than it normally is
or maybe the height is not as much as it
normally is so you might describe a
person who is very short as diminutive
something that is small something that
is not very tall diminutive it's not an
easy one to say that so I will say it
again diminutive diminutive
here's another one now I know that this
word looks like minute but in fact it is
minut something that is very small
something that is very tiny can be
described as minut minut
maybe a person is explaining something
to you and they are going into every
detail all of the small details you can
say that they are giving you all of the
minut details so the very tiny things
they're very small things you might even
say that something that is minut cannot
be seen because it's so small so a very
small thing can be described as minut
Thank You sweetness says diminutive yes
a diminutive thing is something that is
very small whoa
now this is an interesting word for two
reasons one many people spell this word
incorrectly so there you can see the
word miniature miniature something that
is a small version of something else
which is large so something that is
miniature is something that is small or
a small version of something else that
is large so maybe you have a miniature
house maybe a model of a house or maybe
a model of a steam train we can say that
the steam train is miniature miniature
that means it is a small version of
something else that is very large
miniature so you might have a miniature
railway track so I used to have one of
those it's true I used to have a
miniature railway track I used to play
with a little steam train and it would
go around and around on the tracks a
miniature steam train a miniature model
something that is a small version of
something else that is normally large oh
he's another one has anyone seen Austin
Powers Austin Powers $1,000,000,000 mini
the word mini
means small so maybe something that is
smaller than it normally is maybe a
small version of something once again
very similar to miniature in fact
Minnie is the short version of miniature
so when we say Minnie we are actually
saying miniature miniature something
that is a small version of something
else
during the 1960's women would wear
miniskirts so they were skirts that were
much smaller or shorter than the normal
skirt you could see a lot of their legs
so the mini skirt in the 1960s was very
popular lots of ladies wore miniskirts
they were very short and they were quite
appreciated by the men let's just say I
don't understand
miniature says Abdul if something is
miniature it means it is smaller than a
large item so maybe you can have a
miniature car maybe a model of a car or
a toy car so a car that looks like a
full-size car but it's a small version
of it it is mini tiny small it is a
small version of something Erik says
there is a car called the mini yes a
British car I'm not sure if it's made by
Britain anymore
I think it's owned by another company
but yes the mini is a type of car it is
a very small convenient car hello Noemi
hello Noemi nice to see you here
my son has a miniature collection of
cars yes pretty good I like it I like it
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the problem is I have to be careful I
have to be very careful because if I
drink the water too quickly then my my
tooth will hurt
I've got toothache today my tooth is
hurting and I don't know why we are
looking at words connected to big and
small there are many ways of describing
big things and small things here is
another one
something that is very small can be
described as minuscule minuscule I like
that word so something that is very
small very tiny can be described as
minuscule a very small thing it is so
small you can't see it with your eyes so
something that is miniscule something
that is very very small minuscule I like
that word I remember many years ago my
parents bought a wonderful gift for me
something that it was very useful they
bought me a microscope and the
microscope is a very important thing a
very useful thing if you want to look at
very small objects maybe want to look at
some bacteria or maybe you want to have
a close look at one of your hairs you
want to see the root of your hair
perhaps you can use a microscope and the
things that you look at under a
microscope can be described as
microscopic so something that is so
small so tiny it can't be seen unless
you use a microscope so Micro means
small scope or scopic means view or see
so a small
view small thing is being looked at so
something that is very tiny very small
and it can't be seen with the naked eye
when we say the naked eye it means
without any assistance so something that
is microscopic is very very small tiny
it can't be seen with the naked eye
here's another word that we often use as
a prefix when we are talking about small
things or something that is smaller than
it normally is Micro so you might put
this before another word microcomputer
so a very small computer can be
described as a micro computer I remember
growing up in the late 1970s and
everyone was talking about micro
computers it was when computers were
starting to appear all over the place
and they were slowly getting smaller and
smaller and smaller and back then they
were described as micro computers that's
what we called them a microscopic germ
or maybe a micro organism so a very
small form of life that can't be seen
unless you use a microscope can be
described as a micro organism perhaps a
virus you can only see the virus if you
use a microscope a very powerful
microscope so a micro organism a micro
computer a micro SD card that you put in
your camera or in your mp3 player or
maybe in your smartphone so yes so the
word micro often comes before another
word it is used as a prefix before
another word micro computer
a microcosm which is a small expense in
space
so micro means something that is small
or something that is not easily seen
talking of small things talking of tiny
things things that are so small they
can't be seen
unless you look very closely something
that is atomic or maybe something that
is described as an atom so when we talk
about atoms they are the various small
things in fact they are the smallest
things that exists
besides the nucleus which is inside an
atom so something that is atomic is very
small a very small particle can be
described as atomic something very small
it was also a song by blondie in the
late 1970s it was oh here are some fun
words that we can use to describe small
things a small thing can be described as
teeny-weeny something that is
teeny-weeny a teeny-weeny dress a
teeny-weeny dog maybe the dog is very
small and very cute and you want to
describe it in a firm and happy way you
might describe it as teeny-weeny you
might also describe a child as a
teeny-weeny so something that is small
something that is not very large we can
describe as teeny-weeny I like that one
this next word is especially for all
those watching in Scotland if you are
north of the English border this is just
for you something that is we we it is
used
in Scottish to describe small so maybe a
wee child or a wee Ben Ben is Scottish
for child so a Scottish person might
describe a small child as a we ban so
something teeny-weeny something that is
we very small very tiny and this
particular word is often used in
Scotland to describe something that is
small oh I like this one Diddy something
that is Diddy is very tiny something
small something that is hard to say or
maybe something that is small and cute
can be described as Diddy dee dee
there is a rapper called P Diddy have
you heard of him Puff Daddy but now he
is called P Diddy I don't know why so
please don't ask me oh I like this one
this is my this is my last word the last
word for small that I'm going to give
you today you see we see something that
is very small something that is very
tiny something that is cute and once
again you want to describe it in a fun
and happy way something is teensy-weensy
you have at incy wincy knows you have
tinsy winsy curls in your hair
teensy-weensy I have a feeling that many
of you may not have heard of that one
before
something that is teensy-weensy we could
also say itsy-bitsy as well something
that is itsy-bitsy is small tiny
yes something that is Diddy can be
described as small tiny or under sized
something that is not very big thank you
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was so here is something that it was in
my garden it was in my garden for quite
a while but unfortunately last week we
had a big storm and the wind destroyed
this item however the question is what
was it does anyone know what this was
before it was smashed to pieces before
it was broken before the wind came along
to destroy it what was it I will give
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the answer is coming
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what was it I had quite a few answers
someone said is it your garden lamp no
is it a water bowl for the birds
no however it is connected to the birds
it is connected to the birds in my
garden okay I will now put you out of
your misery I will now take away the
mystery of this strange-looking item the
answer is coming right now it is or it
was a squirrel defender a squirrel
defender so this particular item is very
useful in the garden if you have a bird
feeder so if you put food out for the
birds this particular thing is used to
deter squirrels and prevent them from
raiding the bird feeders so this
particular thing is very useful in your
garden however unfortunately mine was
destroyed by the wind last weekend
unfortunately so there it is the answer
to today's mystery object the thing that
got destroyed last week in my garden by
the wind was a squirrel defender and
this particular thing is used to deter
squirrels the word deter very
interesting word by the way if you deter
someone it means discourage you
discourage someone from doing something
by instilling doubt or fear of the
consequences
so if you deter you discourage it can
also mean prevent so if you want to
prevent something from happening you can
say deter
whoa I just had I just had some water so
to deter someone is to discourage
someone from doing something the other
word that I mentioned there prevent
prevent means to keep something from
happening so very similar to the word
deter they are both used as verbs so to
keep something from happening or to stop
someone from doing something you prevent
the squirrels from eating all the seeds
you deter the squirrels from raiding
your bird feeder so you can see those
two words have very similar meanings but
they can be used in different ways they
can be used very differently that's
almost it for today I hope you enjoyed
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