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hello everyone welcome back in this

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video we're going to learn seven idioms

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with friends if you want to learn more

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about English idioms I highly recommend

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reading the books English idioms in use

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they provide comprehensive explanations

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and examples to help you understand and

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use idioms effectively you can find the

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link to these books in the description

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below also don't forget to check out my

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English idioms playlist you'll have

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access to more than 100 common idioms

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accompanied by real life examples and

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quizzes let's begin and learn idioms

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with

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friends I don't know what to say we

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shouldn't have lied to

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you yeah I feel so bad is there is there

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anything I can do to make it up to

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you the idiom make it up to someone

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means to do something nice or helpful to

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apologize or show that you're sorry for

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something you did wrong or to make them

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feel better after disappointing

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them I don't know what to say we

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shouldn't have lied to

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you yeah I feel so bad is there is there

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anything I can do to make it up to

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you more

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examples I'm really sorry I couldn't

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attend your wedding but I promise I'll

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make it up to you you

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somehow I accidentally broke his

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favorite headphones and I want to make

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it up to him by buying him a new pair as

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a

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replacement I forgot our anniversary but

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I'm going to make it up to my wife by

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planning a special romantic

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dinner it's okay go ahead ask me up do

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you think maybe sometime I could take

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you out oh just got me off guard

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um the idian catch someone off guard

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means to surprise or shock someone by

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doing or saying something unexpected

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often when they are not ready for

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it it's okay go ahead ask me up do you

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think maybe sometime I could take you

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out oh just got me off guard um

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more

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examples the interviewer's challenging

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question caught me completely off guard

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I didn't know what to

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say the phone ringing in the middle of

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the night always catches me off

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guard the sudden change in plans caught

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us off guard and we had to quickly

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adapt

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I I was thinking about what you said uh

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you know about the whole sex thing and

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probably not a great idea to go down

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that road

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again the idiom go down this road means

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to choose a particular path approach or

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course of action often with potential

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risks or

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Consequences I I was thinking about what

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you said uh you know about the whole sex

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thing and probably not a great idea to

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go down that road

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again more

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examples let's consider the consequences

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before we go down this

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road once you start lying it's hard to

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turn back think twice before you go down

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that

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road before we go down that Road let's

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explore other

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options is Mike coming to dinner no it's

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my first birthday with a boyfriend and

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he has to work I get mad at him but I

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think it's a little too soon to show my

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True

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Colors the idium someone's True Colors

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refers to the real nature of a person

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particularly their character

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personality or intentions which may not

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be immediately apparent or

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evident is Mike coming to dinner no it's

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my first birthday with a boyfriend and

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he has to work I get mad at him but I

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think it's a little too soon to show my

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true

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colors more

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examples Sarah seemed friendly at first

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but she showed her True Colors by

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betraying her closest friend for

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personal

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gain the boss's True Colors were

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revealed when she unfairly treated her

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employees Jon always presents himself as

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helpful but when he refused to assist

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his friend in need his true colors as a

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selfish person came to

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light are you on

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board yes

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then problem solved Chandler will be

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running our office in

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TSA the idiom on board means someone is

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in agreement with or supportive of an

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idea proposal or plan when someone says

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they are on board it indicates that they

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are willing to participate and support

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the

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plan more examples

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great it seems like everyone is on board

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with the new marketing

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strategy the film director shared the

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concept and the production crew was on

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board to bring it to

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life after presenting the Project's

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benefits the team members were all on

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board and ready to move

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forward

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New York is

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awesome what is with you yeah I've been

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to these places before but I've never

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really seen them you

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know the idiom what is with someone or

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something is an informal way to express

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confusion or curiosity about why someone

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is behaving strangely or something is

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not as

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expected it's like asking what's going

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on with them or that and one to

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understand the reason behind their

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unusual behavior or the unusual

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situation New York is

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awesome what is with you yeah I've been

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to these places before but I've never

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really seen them you

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know more

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examples you used to be so patient but

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lately you've been losing your temper

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easily what is with with

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you the printer keeps jamming every time

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I try to print what is with this

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device she's been acting really distant

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and Moody I don't understand what is

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with

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her thank you for watching this

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