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0:00In this English lesson, I wanted to
0:02talk about English phrases we use
0:04about doing something early,
0:06doing something before
0:07everyone else does it.
0:09And I thought if I'm going to
0:10teach a phrase like that, I should
0:12teach the opposite as well.
0:14The first phrase I want
0:15to teach you today is the phrase
0:18In English, when you say you
0:19want to beat the rush, it
0:20means you want to be somewhere
0:22or do something before
0:23everyone else who wants to do
0:25that or wants to go there
0:28A good example would be this.
0:30Let's say there's something
0:31on sale at a certain store.
0:33If I want to beat the rush, I
0:35will go right when the store opens
0:38have a chance to buy that
0:39thing before they run out.
0:41I want to beat the rush.
0:42And the opposite would be this.
0:44If I went later in the day,
0:46I might miss the boat.
0:47When you miss the boat, it means
0:49you don't have an opportunity
0:50to buy the thing or whatever you
0:52were going to do because everyone
0:54else got got there before you.
0:55So to beat the rush means to get
0:57there before everyone else or to
0:59do something before everyone else.
1:01And to miss the boat means
1:02that everyone else has already
1:03been there or done that.
1:05So that's unfortunate.
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1:22The next two phrases that I
1:24want to teach you are the phrases
1:26of the game and to drag your feet.
1:28When you are ahead of the game, it
1:30means you start on something right
1:32away and you make good progress.
1:34When you drag your feet, it means
1:36you don't start right away,
1:37and when you do start,
1:39you don't work very hard at all.
1:40Imagine you're working
1:42on a project at work.
1:43Your boss assigns you
1:46to work on something.
1:47If you want to be ahead
1:48of the game, you will
1:49get started that day.
1:50Right after your boss asks
1:52you to do the project.
1:53You might go and sit down
1:55and get started because you want
1:56to be ahead of the game.
1:57Maybe your boss will ask you
1:59about it tomorrow and you want
2:01to be able to show progress.
2:02Your colleague, though,
2:03might drag their feet.
2:07They might come in the next
2:09nothing on the project.
2:10So you can either be ahead
2:12of the game, which is awesome,
2:13or you can drag your feet
2:15which isn't very nice.
2:17The next two phrases that I
2:18want to teach you are the phrases
2:22or to be two steps behind.
2:24When you are a step ahead,
2:25it means you've done more
2:27than what was expected.
2:28When you are two steps behind,
2:30it means you've done far less.
2:32Let's say you are a student
2:33and the teacher says,
2:38If you want to be a step
2:39ahead, you might read chapter
2:40three and chapter four.
2:42You would then be a step ahead.
2:44But maybe you haven't even read
2:46chapter one or two, and then you
2:48don't read chapter three either.
2:49You would then be two steps behind.
2:54So my advice to you, you should
2:55always try to be a step ahead.
2:57It's just a great advantage
2:59in the workplace and in school.
3:01And try as much as possible
3:03to never be two steps behind.
3:05The next two phrases that I wanted
3:07to teach you are the early
3:09bird gets the worm and
3:12So you could probably
3:13imagine what the early bird
3:16A bird that gets up early, that
3:18wakes up early, will find
3:19the worms that are on the ground
3:21before the other birds. In life,
3:23the early bird gets the worm
3:25means someone who is always
3:26on time or early for work
3:28might get the promotion.
3:30A student who is always diligent
3:32and does their work and is
3:33on time for class might get
3:35a reward from the teacher.
3:37So if you are early, if you are
3:39prompt, if you are on time,
3:40there are advantages to that.
3:43When you say too little too late,
3:45though, it means someone is trying
3:46really hard, but they haven't
3:48really tried hard in the past.
3:50So you might have a student or an
3:53employee who shows up for work
3:55or school late all the time, and
3:57then all of the sudden for two
3:59days, they start showing up on
4:00time.
Well, that is too little, too late.
4:03It's not the same as the person
4:05who has always been on time.
4:07So the early bird gets the worm
4:10who is prompt, someone who is
4:11on time, someone who is
4:13diligent is most likely going
4:15to get rewarded for it.
4:16And when you say too little too
4:18late, it simply means
4:20someone is trying to be like the
4:22early bird gets the worm person,
4:24but, they haven't actually
4:26been that way for most
4:27of the time, and they've just
4:29started doing it lately.
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5:52The next two phrases I want
5:54to teach you are to beat
5:55the crowd, which is very similar
5:58and to be late to the party.
6:01Let's, use an amusement
6:04If you want to beat the crowd,
6:06it's good to go to an amusement
6:08park right when it opens.
6:10The lines for every single ride
6:12will be really, really short.
6:13And it's just a great time to go
6:15if you want to beat the crowd.
6:17But if you go at, 2:00
6:19in the afternoon, you will
6:20be late to the party.
6:22There will be long lines
6:23for every single ride.
6:24It will be very, very annoying
6:26because you'll have to stand in
6:27line with all kinds of other
6:29people, usually in the hot sun,
6:31because you usually go to
6:32amusement parks in the summer,
6:35So if you want to, enjoy
6:37something like an amusement
6:39park, go early to beat the
6:40crowd, because if you go late,
6:42you will certainly be late to
6:43the party, and that's not any
6:47The next two phrases that I wanted
6:49to teach you are the phrases
6:50first come, first served,
6:51and you snooze, you lose.
6:53The second one's kind
6:54of a funny one. Right now at school
6:56because it's December.
6:58Parents sometimes drop off a tray
7:00of snacks for the teachers
7:01to eat in the staff room.
7:03But here's how it works.
7:04There are 30 people who work at my
7:06school, and sometimes the tray
7:08will only have 12 cookies on it.
7:10In that case, it is first
7:13Basically, the first people who
7:15come to the plate of cookies get
7:17a cookie, and some people don't.
7:20to the second phrase.
7:21If you don't come right away, if
7:23you don't get a cookie right
7:24away, if you snooze, you lose.
7:26And I really like this phrase
7:28because it basically means if you
7:30don't do something immediately,
7:31you will, you will pay the price.
7:33If you snooze, you lose.
7:36So whenever there is a situation
7:38where there isn't enough
7:40of something for everyone, first
7:42come, first served simply means
7:43the first people get one.
7:44And you snooze, you lose simply
7:46means you took too long,
7:48so now you don't get a cookie,
7:50you don't get a snack.
7:52So the next two phrases are
7:53the phrases to get a head
7:55start or to play catch up.
7:57Whenever you have to do something,
7:59if you start right away,
8:00you are getting a head start.
8:02You are starting before you
8:04actually need to start,
8:06but it's probably a good idea.
8:07And then if you don't get a head
8:09start, you have to play catch up.
8:11Probably the best example I can
8:12give you would be these two.
8:15One is raking leaves in the fall.
8:18It's good to get a head start.
8:19When the leaves start to fall
8:21on the ground, it's best
8:22to get a head start and start
8:24cleaning them up right away.
8:25And the second would be, when
8:27snow starts to fill your
8:29driveway, it's best to start
8:30shoveling right away.
8:32It's best to get a head
8:34snow is going to come.
8:35And then if you don't, you
8:37have to play catch up.
8:38If the leaves start to pile
8:40up in the fall, eventually
8:41the job gets harder and you
8:43have to play catch up.
8:44You have to work twice as hard to
8:46do the same job and the same thing
8:48for the snow in the driveway.
8:50As the snow fills the driveway,
8:51it gets heavier and it
8:53packs down and it gets
8:54more difficult to shovel.
8:56And so you're playing catch up,
8:57you're doing double the work,
8:59for what you would have had to do.
9:02So it's better always,
9:03in my opinion, to get a head start
9:05than to play catch up.
9:07So you might be wondering, what
9:09are two boring, normal phrases you
9:11would use in these situations?
9:13Well, you would simply
9:14use the phrase to get
9:16started right away or the phrase
9:19So when you get started right away,
9:21it simply means there's a job
9:23or task and you just start on it.
9:26You start on it right away,
9:27you start on it immediately.
9:29But sometimes, if you're like
9:31me, you tend to procrastinate.
9:33You tend to put things off,
9:35you tend to wait until
9:37the last minute to do the job.
9:39I did this a lot more as a student
9:41than I do now as a teacher.
9:42But sometimes I still tend
9:46So two boring, normal phrases,
9:48probably the ones we use the most,
9:49would be to start something
9:51right away and to procrastinate.
9:54The next two phrases are
9:55the phrases to have an edge
9:57or to be at a disadvantage.
10:00If you were going to apply for a
10:02job and you knew that someone else
10:04was applying for the same job, if
10:06you researched what that company
10:09does, if you knew a lot about the
10:11company before you went for the
10:13job interview, you would have an
10:15You would have an advantage
10:17over the other person.
10:19The other person then would be
10:21You would know more than them,
10:23they would know far less, and you
10:25would probably have a better
10:27chance of getting the job.
10:29So when you have the edge,
10:30it simply means you're better
10:31prepared for something.
10:33You're more aware of what you need
10:35to know in order to do that
10:36job or apply for that job or
10:38whatever it is you are doing.
10:39And when you are at a disadvantage,
10:41you know less or you have
10:43less experience and you're less
10:45likely to to be successful.
10:47So when you have an edge, when you
10:48have the edge, it means you are
10:50better prepared for something.
10:51When you're at a disadvantage,
10:53it means you are less prepared.
10:55Well, thank you so much
10:56for watching this English lesson.
10:58I hope you were able to learn
10:59a few more words and phrases
11:00that you can use in your
11:02next English conversation.
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11:46After all, it is getting close
11:47to Christmas and I do
11:48want to take a week off.
11:50Maybe there will be one, maybe not.
11:52But there will for sure
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