Hey guys, welcome to another video where we learn English with movies.
According to you, you love these types of videos, so we're making more.
And today we're learning with Wednesday.
If you've ever listened to Wednesday Adams talk, you've probably noticed that she doesn't sound like anyone else.
Her speech is calm, smart, darkly funny and a little unsettling.
Also, Wednesday's voice is flat, calm and emotionless.
And she's very deliberate with her words.
It's like she's carefully choosing each phrase.
There's no excitement or warmth in her tone.
It's all very controlled and confident, but also monotone.
She also loves big, precise words.
The kind that people wouldn't normally use in everyday conversation.
Instead of saying sad, for instance, she says melancholy.
Instead of saying weird, she says delightfully macabre.
Also, she doesn't use slang or filler words and she almost never uses contractions.
All of this gives her speech this formal, old-fashioned feel, because she was basically raised on Gothic novels.
She also sounds like someone who reads more than she talks.
She often references old books, Gothic poetry, or classic writers like Poe or Mary Shelley.
And all of this combined makes it difficult to understand her, especially for non-native speakers.
And that's why today we'll learn a bit of English with Wednesday.
So we'll break down a couple of scenes or more like her quotes.
We'll learn some vocabulary.
And of course, at the same time, we'll train our listening skills.
So first, let's watch them together.
I act as if I don't care if people dislike me.
Deep down, I secretly enjoy it.
Mm-hmm.
Okay, and now we have like this little compilation of her quotes or like little scenes with her.
I like being an island.
A well-fortified one surrounded by sharks.
If he breaks your heart, I'll nail gun his.
It's not my fault I can't interpret your emotional Morse code.
I have a tight deadline.
Emphasis on dead.
But someone who crochets for a hobby isn't a worthy adversary.
Careful.
That's my cold shoulder.
She's been smothering me with hospitality.
I hope to return the favor.
In her sleep.
Birthday, yes.
Happy, never.
Use the words little and girl to address me again and I can't guarantee your safety.
I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.
I don't have a phone.
I refuse to be a slave to technology.
Your followers are clearly imbeciles.
They respond to your stories with insipid little pictures.
You mean emojis?
People like me and you, we're different.
We're original thinkers, intrepid outliers in this vast cesspool of adolescence.
We don't need these inane rites of passage to validate who we are.
So, you're not going to the Raven either?
Actually, I am.
I'm part of no party under the penalty of death, do you not understand?
I think that this is a waste of time.
I see the world as a place that must be endured.
And my personal philosophy is kill or be killed.
I can eat Girl Scouts for breakfast.
Five more minutes.
I was just getting comfortable.
I personally love Wednesday TV series.
I don't know about you, but I assume that you do if you're watching this video.
And also as a non-native speaker and as someone who always thrives to improve her speaking skills in English, I'm always in awe of her talent.
And I'm always wondering like she uses the actress.
They make her say like these lines, with old-fashioned words, and they are all so fast and difficult.
How does she remember all that?
How does she not stumble over her words?
Like it amazes me.
I act as if I don't care if people dislike me.
Deep down, I secretly enjoy it.
Alrighty, so in this sentence, I act as if I don't care if people dislike me.
The phrase as if means pretending or acting in a way that's not really true.
It's like saying I'm pretending I don't care, or I'm behaving like someone who doesn't care.
So we use as if when we wanna describe how something seems or appears. even though it's not real.
For example, she talks as if she knows everything, which she probably doesn't, because nobody knows everything right.
Or he smiles as if nothing happened.
He's pretending that everything's fine, even though it's probably not.
So in this example it's like saying I pretend I don't care what people think, but honestly I love the attention.
I like being an island well-fortified one, surrounded by sharks.
I like being an island, a well-fortified one, surrounded by sharks.
She's basically saying that she likes being alone and independent.
An island here means that she's separate from other people.
She doesn't need or want to rely on anyone.
When she says a well-fortified one, surrounded by sharks, she's taking it up a notch.
It means that she doesn't just want to be alone.
She wants to make it hard for people to get close to her.
Fortified means protected, like with walls or defenses.
And sharks represent danger, the kind of people you'd keep away from.
Okay.
So in simple terms, it's like she's saying I like keeping my distance from other people and protecting myself.
I'm not easy to approach. and I like it that way.
Basically classic Wednesday.
Independent, mysterious, and a little scary.
If he breaks your heart, I'll nail gun his.
If he breaks your heart, I'll nail gun his.
This is a good one.
So to break someone's heart.
I'm pretty sure that a lot of people know the meaning of this phrase, but nonetheless it means to make someone really hurt emotionally.
And usually it means romantic pain, like cheating, leaving, or letting someone down badly.
Next we have nail guns.
Literal meaning, it's a powerful construction tool that shoots nails into wood.
In Wednesday's line.
She's not actually giving a plan.
She's using a scary, over-the-top image, a threat, to show how seriously she'll protect someone.
It's dark humor, meant to be dramatic and intimidating, not a real instruction.
So when Wednesday says if he breaks her heart I'll nail gun his, she's basically threatening revenge in her dark, dramatic way.
It's not meant to be taken literally.
But what she's basically saying, if he hurts you, I'll make him pay.
It's not my fault I can't interpret your emotional Morse code.
It's not my fault I can't interpret your emotional Morse code.
So there's a mistake in the subtitles there.
It's can't, not can't.
So basically what she's saying is don't get mad at me for not understanding your feelings.
You're not being exactly clear about them.
You know how morse code is, that old system with dots and dashes you have to decode to understand.
She's comparing that to someone who's super hard to read emotionally, at least for her.
So she's being sarcastic like hey, i'm not a mind reader.
If you want me to get your feelings, you should actually say them.
I have a tight deadline, emphasis on dead.
So she says I have a tight deadline, emphasis on dead.
So normally a tight deadline just means that you have to finish something really soon.
But Wednesday being, her dark and morbid self makes a pun out it.
So instead of just saying i'm in a rush, she's saying i have a tight deadline and it actually might involve someone being dead.
She takes a normal phrase and turns it dark, like she always does, and makes it sound spooky and dramatic.
But someone who crochets for a hobby isn't a worthy adversary.
Okay, this one's interesting, and there's a good vocabulary word here, or actually two.
So when she says, but someone who crochets for a hobby isn't a worthy adversary, she's basically throwing shade.
So she's saying that the person she's talking about like someone who crochets, you know like makes things with yarn and a hook, like scarves or blankets.
So that person doesn't seem like much of a threat or challenge to her.
An adversary means an opponent or enemy.
So not a worthy adversary means not good enough to compete with me.
So she's basically saying, please, someone whose hobby is crocheting, that's not exactly my level.
Careful, that's my cold shoulder.
Careful, it's my cold shoulder.
Well, she's just being funny here, but also totally herself, cold, sarcastic, and dramatic.
So the phrase to give someone the cold shoulder means to ignore them or act unfriendly on purpose.
It's witty, dark humor.
She's turning a common idiom into a literal, sarcastic line.
She's been smothering me with hospitality.
I hope to return the favor.
The phrase smothering me with hospitality means someone is being overly nice, clingy and too welcoming.
Like they're trying too hard to make her feel comfortable and it's annoying.
And then she says I hope to return the favor her sleep, which sounds sweet at first.
So the phrase return the favor usually means to do something nice back.
But then she twists it with her creepy, dark humor, implying she'd smother the person literally while they're sleeping.
Use the words little girl to address me again and I can't guarantee your safety.
Use the words little girl to address me again and I can't guarantee your safety.
So basically what she's saying, don't ever call me little girl again or else.
So she's warning someone not to talk down to her.
The words little girl make her sound weak, childish. and harmless, and she hates that.
And when she says I can't guarantee your safety, she's not literally threatening to hurt them, it's just her signature sarcastic style.
But she's implying.
In other words, if you disrespect me like that again, I might do something you won't like.
I find social media to be a sore, sucking void of meaningless affirmation.
So basically what she's saying here is that she thinks that social media is empty and fake.
And it just drains people and makes them crave attention, which is true.
So she's using dramatic, dark wording here, as always soul-sucking void, which means it drains your energy and happiness like it takes something out of you.
Then we have meaningless affirmations, and this means fake compliments of approval that don't really mean anything, like likes, hearts or comments.
You know, those things that people chase on social media just to feel validated.
So in normal friend style language, it's like saying social media just sucks the life out of people.
It's all fake and attention seeking.
I don't have a phone.
I refuse to be a slave to technology.
Okay, so this phrase i don't have a phone, i refuse to be a slave to technology it's pretty self-explanatory, right?
So she's basically saying that she doesn't want to depend on her phone or get obsessed with it like everyone else.
She uses that strong word slave here to mean that she doesn't want technology controlling her life, like constantly checking notifications, scrolling or needing her phone for everything.
And the word slave here doesn't mean it literally, obviously, it's used metaphorically.
It means someone who's completely controlled by something or can't live without it.
So in normal language it'll sound like I don't want to be one of those people who can't live without their phones.
Your followers are clearly imbeciles.
They respond to your stories with insipid little pictures.
You mean emojis?
Okay, this one.
Ooh.
There's some good vocabulary here.
So your followers are clearly imbeciles that respond to your stories with insipid little pictures.
So basically she's roasting in its social media following and calling them dumb and boring.
Let's break it down.
Imbeciles means idiots or really stupid people.
It's an old fashioned, harsh word.
Very Wednesday.
Insipid means dull, boring, or lacking personality.
And by saying little pictures she refers to.
So basically what she's saying is that your followers are kind of clueless.
All they do is respond with lame emojis instead of saying anything meaningful.
People like me and you were different.
We're original thinkers, intrepid outliers in this vast cesspool of adolescence.
We don't need these inane rites of passage to validate who we are.
Ooh, that's a good one.
People like me and you, we're different.
We're original thinkers, intrepid outliers in this vast cesspool of adolescence.
We don't need these inane riots of passage to validate who we are.
Well, now we need an interpretation for real.
And I wrote down what it means in other words here.
We're not like everyone else.
We think for ourselves, we're brave enough to stand out and we don't need to do what everyone else does just to feel accepted or cool.
That's what it basically means in a normal speech.
So let's break it down.
Original thinkers.
These are the people who have their own opinions and ideas, not followers.
Next, we have intrepid outliers.
Basically, in other words, brave outsiders.
So these are the people who don't fit in, but they're not afraid of that.
Next, cesspool of adolescents.
So she's basically calling teenage social life a gross mess because cesspool is like dirty water.
Basically what she's saying is that high school culture is shallow and disgusting.
Next we have inane rise of passage.
And what she means by this is just silly traditions or things teens feel pressured to do, like parties, dances or some popular stuff.
And validate who we are means to prove our worth or identity.
Part of no party under the penalty of death do you not understand?
What part of no party under the penalty of death you don't understand?
Okay well, she's being her dramatic and sarcastic self here and reminding someone that she clearly forbade a party.
And she's just exaggerating by adding under the penalty of death to sound more intense and scary.
I think that this is a waste of time.
I see the world as a place that must be endured.
And my personal philosophy is kill or be killed.
So in other words that I have written here, this means I don't think this activity is worth it.
Life isn't about fun or comfort.
It's something you have to survive.
Let's break it down. a waste of time.
So she thinks whatever's happening is pointless or useless.
Then we have a place that must be endured.
So she sees the world as something that, You have to tolerate or push through, not enjoy.
Kill or be killed.
Well, this is her dark, extreme way of saying that life is hard.
You have to be strong and fight to survive or others will take advantage of you.
I can eat Girl Scouts for breakfast.
I can eat Girl Scouts for breakfast.
Well, she's using her dark human and exaggeration again to show how tough and fearless she is.
Basically she's bragging that she's not intimidated by anyone, especially by girls who sell cookies.
So the phrase to eat something for breakfast as an idiom means to handle something very easily or to defeat someone without much effort.
It's actually a very common phrase.
Okay everybody, thank you for watching this video.
I hope you enjoyed it and i hope that it was not overwhelming, but you did get to learn something new And if you like these types of videos, please give it a like.
Let me know in the comments.
I'm honestly really enjoying these types of videos and I'm trying to make more of them because I really do believe that it is a very effective way to learn a language when you have like real life examples.
Anyways, thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one.
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Say hi.
Say hi to the people.
Hi, people.
Hi, people.
Hi, English language learners.
Say hi.
Now you say hi to the people.
My baby boy.
He doesn't like it when I hold him like this.
He doesn't like it.
But I like it.
But I like it.
I want to love you.
Accept my love.
