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Catch someone off guard

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Lesson 1

The idiom in Friends

hello everyone welcome back in this video we're going to learn a common English idiom used by phebe in season 9 episode 3 of friends in this episode Mike and Phoebe are talking...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 2

Phoebe's surprised response

so Mike gives it another shot and says do you think maybe sometime I could take you out Phoebe in a funny way responds oh you just caught me off guard yeah that would be nice no...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 3

Meaning of the idiom

to be surprised when she knew he was going to do it she's joking and making it seem like she didn't expect his question even though she encouraged him to ask her out just before...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 4

Everyday examples

say the phone ringing in the middle of the night always catches me offg guard the sudden change in plans caught us off guard and we had to quickly adapt thank you for watching t...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 5

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