Learn English with a short story.
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Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video.
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Contents
00:00 Introduction / Tips for learning English with this story
05:16 Story begins
15:28 Explaining and teaching vocabulary from the story
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Iām pretty sure the writer of the story is a woman by the way.
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Iām in the early of 70ies and trying to fluent in English. I know itās very difficult.
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great teacher thank you a lot
Luke! Which dictionary do you use
My gosh, I don't understand British English. Help me š¢
Thank you for the nice podcast, I love it. You are perfect teacher.
This is emotional story. That is amazing how the writer hides in the story that is over man or woman, just one time, she mentioned that it is over a mom. I noticed when her children compared her with father.
I Love you Luke
I love your story, thank you so much. ā¤
Thanks a lot, very very useful content.
It isn't an interesting story. Probably, it didn't match with my taste. Anyway, thanks for your story telling. I'm learning English, it could help me learning some words from your videos.
I hope all your videos are presented with this style, with this treatment of vocabulary. I don't feel good when I have to stop the video to use the dictionary; so thank you, if you keep the style of this video. The best thing about Luke is the presentation of the vocabulary.
What about "cretin" for jerk/idiot ?
think you for you lessons,i found a lot of lessons on youtube,but short story is a better one for me than others
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Is very good this history I lisened 4 times š thank you that you are my teacher
Thank you so much Luke for your video and your time. I really enjoyed it. I'll follow you for sure ! Have a great day !
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Nice learning thorough your podcast Tks good going
I love the stories you choose. This story made me cry when I heard her husband died and she first time lost control and punched her brother in her husbandās funeral. I feel so sad for her.š¢
Very Nice Explanation !
I really love you-re video, I apreciate that you read again the story explaining some words, that really helps me
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I liked so much your channel. It's been very interesting for me to improve my English skills. I wanna say how much thankful I am. Hugs from Brasil ā¤
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Hi, dear Luke. Thank you so much for this story, it is realle greate
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Iam arabic and i need learn english ā¤
very nice, thanks
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SerĆ” que tem muita propaganda no meio? Gosto de ouvir pra pegar no sono, mas as propagandas me acordam KKK
I really enjoyed that podcast and i benefited a lot
that the second podcast i have listened in your channel, i feel my English language has improved a lot
thank you very much, you are truly a helpful person
Die Geschichte ist wunderschƶn. Dankeschƶn ā¤
Thank you a lot for a nice lesson. I love it.
Below, there are some hints for russians:
22:07 As the fourth of five she had a lot to deal with before she could get to me.
– Š¢.Šŗ. Ń Š±ŃŠ»Š° ŃŠµŃŠ²ŠµŃŃŠ¾Š¹ ŠøŠ· ŠæŃŃŠø, ŠµŠ¹ ŠæŃŠøŃŠ»Š¾ŃŃ Š¼Š½Š¾Š³Š¾Šµ ŃŠ“ŠµŠ»Š°ŃŃ, ŠæŃŠµŠ¶Š“Šµ ŃŠµŠ¼ Š¾Š½Š° ŃŠ¼Š¾Š³Š»Š° Š“Š¾Š±ŃŠ°ŃŃŃŃ Š“Š¾ Š¼ŠµŠ½Ń.
siblings – Š±ŃŠ°ŃŃŃ Šø ŃŃŃŃŃŃ
to shrug – ŠæŠ¾Š¶Š°ŃŃ ŠæŠ»ŠµŃŠ°Š¼Šø.
26:26 I just gritted my teeth and hopped along. – … and "jump" aÄŗong ? š first I thought it sounds like "I just gritted my teeth and jump along". But I found the meaning: "I was moving hopping along" – ŠÆ ŠæŃŠ¾ŃŃŠ¾ ŃŃŠøŃŠ½ŃŠ»Š° Š·ŃŠ±Ń Šø ŠæŠµŃŠµŠ“Š²ŠøŠ³Š°Š»Š°ŃŃ ŠæŠ¾Š“ŠæŃŃŠ³ŠøŠ²Š°Ń.
So, luckily she's not a masochist. š
28:17 a cripple – ŠŗŠ°Š»ŠµŠŗŠ°
29:05 my little sister Sofia was getting picked on by some boys.
– Šŗ Š¼Š¾ŠµŠ¹ Š¼Š»Š°Š“ŃŠµŠ¹ ŃŠµŃŃŃŠµ Š”Š¾ŃŠøŠø ŠæŃŠøŃŃŠ°Š²Š°Š»Šø ŠŗŠ°ŠŗŠøŠµ-ŃŠ¾ Š¼Š°Š»ŃŃŠøŠŗŠø.
30:28 I switched out her too-small uniform skirt for mine. – ŠÆ Š·Š°Š¼ŠµŠ½ŠøŠ»Š° ŠµŠµ ŃŠ»ŠøŃŠŗŠ¾Š¼ Š¼Š°Š»ŠµŠ½ŃŠŗŃŃ ŃŠŗŠ¾Š»ŃŠ½ŃŃ ŃŠ±ŠŗŃ ŃŠ²Š¾ŠµŠ¹.
33:45 When I got catcalled wolking across campus. – ŠŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š¼ŠµŠ½Ń Š¾ŃŠŗŠ¾ŃŠ±ŠøŠ»Šø, Š²Š¾ Š²ŃŠµŠ¼Ń ŠæŃŠ¾Š³ŃŠ»ŠŗŠø ŠæŠ¾ ŠŗŠ°Š¼ŠæŃŃŃ.
38:25 …shoving money at me. – …ŃŃŠŗŠ°Ń Š² Š¼ŠµŠ½Ń Š“ŠµŠ½ŃŠ³Š°Š¼Šø.
38:49 …take the goddamn money. – …Š·Š°Š±ŠµŃŠø ŃŃŠø ŃŃŃŃŠ¾Š²Ń Š“ŠµŠ½ŃŠ³Šø.
41:22 stunned – Š¾ŃŠµŠ»Š¾Š¼Š»ŃŠ½Š½ŃŠ¹
43:00 sneak into – Š·Š°Š»ŠµŠ·Š°ŃŃ ŠŗŃŠ°Š“ŃŃŠøŃŃ Š²…
45:32 jerk – ŠæŃŠøŠ“ŃŃŠ¾Šŗ
46:51 to freak out – Š²Š·Š±ŠµŃŠøŃŃ
48:20 If you didn't take out the trash like you said you would.
48:55 When you noticed I'd done your chores, you felt so bad that you'd do some of mine to make it up. – ŠŠ¾Š³Š“Š° ŃŃ Š·Š°Š¼ŠµŃŠøŠ», ŃŃŠ¾ Ń ŃŠ“ŠµŠ»Š°Š»Š° ŃŠ²Š¾Ń ŃŠ°Š±Š¾ŃŃ ŠæŠ¾ Š“Š¾Š¼Ń, ŃŠµŠ±Šµ ŃŃŠ°Š»Š¾ ŃŠ°Šŗ ŠæŠ»Š¾Ń Š¾, ŃŃŠ¾ ŃŃ ŃŠ“ŠµŠ»Š°Š» ŠŗŠ¾Šµ-ŃŃŠ¾ ŠøŠ· Š¼Š¾ŠµŠ¹, ŃŃŠ¾Š±Ń Š·Š°Š³Š»Š°Š“ŠøŃŃ ŃŠ²Š¾Ń Š²ŠøŠ½Ń..
51:44 And eventually they'd cave – Š Š² ŠŗŠ¾Š½ŃŠµ ŠŗŠ¾Š½ŃŠ¾Š² Š¾Š½Šø ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠøŃŃ
53:34 outbursts – Š²ŃŠæŃŃŠŗŠø Š³Š½ŠµŠ²Š°
53:51 sobbing – ŃŃŠ“Š°Ń
55:19 you deserve better mi amor – ŃŃ Š·Š°ŃŠ»ŃŠ¶ŠøŠ²Š°ŠµŃŃ Š»ŃŃŃŠµŠ³Š¾, Š»ŃŠ±Š¾Š²Ń Š¼Š¾Ń.
56:52 serene – Š±ŠµŠ·Š¼ŃŃŠµŠ¶Š½ŃŠµ
57:39 are the deadliest – ŃŠ²Š»ŃŃŃŃŃ ŃŠ°Š¼ŃŠ¼Šø ŃŠ¼ŠµŃŃŠ¾Š½Š¾ŃŠ½ŃŠ¼Šø
I like this way of teaching. I think that Algebra is the name of the professor.
Thank you for the video. It's very interesting. The protagonist is really female, because her child told her, she'd like yelling like dad did. So the protagonist was mom š <3