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Today we've got a great word that you need to use.
This is a great word. The word is minute.
Minute. Can you spell it?
Minute. The spelling is M -I -N -U -T -E.
Wait a minute, is it minute like an hour, minute, second, I'll be with you in a minute.
Isn't it the same as minute?
Yes, the spelling is the same as minute but the pronunciation and the meaning are different oh boy that's right so the pronunciation is minute minute and the meaning is very very small very very tiny and we use it when we talk about chances or percentage so So the perfect example would be going to Las Vegas and playing the slot machines or the poker games.
What are your chances of winning?
What about me? I'm an English teacher.
what are Coach Shane's chances of being as rich as Bill Gates, the chances are minute.
Right now I live in the desert.
It is July 1, 2015.
What are the chances it will rain tomorrow the chances are minute very very minute I'll give you some other usages after we check out the dialogue Wow look at that car oh if I had the money that's pretty nice huh what are the chances I'll win the lottery Mineute.
Yeah, winning the lottery, your chances are very minute.
But, if you have a great business idea, then your chances are pretty good.
I'd never give up. So many people became very successful, very young, and very old.
Oh you bet, you bet, if you think that your chances are zero, that's not true.
Your chances are not minute.
Your chances of becoming successful may be buying a really nice car, if you don't have one already, your chances are very good.
They're not minute.
Now, we also use this when cooking.
So for example, let's say you're eating some cake and you notice, hm, there's a minute It's a minute taste of cinnamon. There's a very, very, very tiny taste of cinnamon in this cake.
Or let's say at night, you're sleeping and you hear something.
There's a very minute sound, a very tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny sound.
Like maybe a mouse running.
It's a cockroach. Anyway, minute.
We do use it to mean really, really, really, really tiny as in things but we especially use it when we're talking about the chances and the chances are very, very small.
We say minute. Your chance is minute.
All right, that's today's expression.
It's a great word and believe me there are many opportunities to use this word So I want you guys to try okay That's it.
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Let's master English Wow look at that car.
Oh if I had the money that's pretty nice, huh?
What are the chances I'll win the lottery?
My new Wow! Look at that car!
If I had the money!
That's pretty nice, huh?
What are the chances I'll win the lottery?
Huh, my noot!