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I do have to say a special thank you to four new patrons, new sponsors, new investors, and I'll talk about them at the end of the podcast. Today's expression, it's simple, it's a noun, it's something that you are, I mean, you are not, I am.
Oh, we all are. A crook.
A crook. He's a crook.
Are you a crook? Don't be a crook.
A crook, C -R -O -O -K.
All right, pronunciation.
Not a crook. You are a crook.
No, no, crook. Crook, crook, crook.
A crook is somebody who steals something.
Yep, that's what it is.
A crook is somebody who steals something.
Are you a crook? Of course not.
I know. I know you're a perfect person.
You have never stolen anything in your life.
But I have a question.
If we go to your house and we look at your desk, perhaps in your desk drawer, and I'm guessing you might have a few pens, or pencils?
Did you really buy all those pens and pencils, rubber bands, paper clips, post -it notes?
Oh boy that is such an easy thing to You steal.
You go to the bank.
You go to the store.
You know, you sign your receipt, your credit card bill, and without thinking, you take the pen.
And now you have a new pen.
You stole it! You are a crook.
No, being a crook is not a good thing.
But, to be honest, sometimes we are all crooks.
And I'll be honest, when I go to my mom's house, I'm a crook.
If there's something I like, I take it.
So, Mom, if you're listening to this podcast, if you're missing something, now you know.
Your son has it. Let's check out the dialogue.
Huh? Is that my book?
Oh, yeah, I'm just borrowing it.
Is that my pen? Uh, yeah, I needed that too.
You're a crook! That's me.
Umm, I don't know. Nowadays people listen to MP3's, but do you remember the music CDs or the movies?
You know, DVDs? DVDs?
Be honest, do you have some CDs or DVDs that are actually your friends or your brothers or something and you're supposed to give it back but you still have it?
You're a crook. Did you ever take something from your brother, your sister, your mom, your dad, your husband, your wife?
Your brother or whatever?
and you didn't ask but you just took it to use just for a second but then you still you still have it yeah a book a pen you're a crook yeah are you a crook look around look around make sure everything you see that belongs to you actually belongs to you what about one of your friends do you have a friend that's a crook.
Yeah, most of us, we're good people.
We're accidental crooks.
It's not intentional.
Or sometimes it's intentional.
But really, we will return it one day.
Right? There you go.
A crook. It's a great expression.
Daily English, have fun with it.
Be careful though, at the office if you say, you're a crook.
The person might get angry.
Yeah, so be nice. say it with a smile.
or, don't say it at all.
Be careful, it is a - it can be a strong word!
Check out the dialogue 2 more times, and then, I've got a couple thank yous!
Huh? Is that my book?!
Oh, yeah. I'm just borrowing it.
Ha... Is that my pen?!
Uh, yeah! I needed that too.
You're a crook! Huh?
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Reiner et el jorge.
Oh my goodness, I hope my pronunciation is okay.
Reiner et el jorge.
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