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So today's expression is really good.
It's actually three different words, but they're so similar.
But I'm guessing that for many of you, maybe you know one word.
I doubt you know two and few of you would know all three.
So here are the words. Are you ready?
Sagi, squishy, slimy. Should I spell them?
Sagi, S-O-G-G-Y. Squishy, S-Q-U-I-S-H-Y.
And slimy, S-L-I-M-Y. Sagi, squishy, slimy.
So these are three words that are actually quite similar, especially soggy and squishy.
They're very similar, but yet they are different.
And the difference is important.
They're all adjectives.
Okay. If you know your English grammar, a word that ends in Y is typically an adjective, not always.
But these are all adjectives.
And we could use them to describe one thing.
For example, soggy sponge.
Sagi, I'm sorry, squishy sponge, a slimy sponge.
And they're very similar, but yet they're different.
So outside, you may have some grass.
And of course, you have the lawn, L-A-W-N.
You could say a soggy lawn.
You could also say a squishy lawn.
And you could say a slimy lawn.
I guess that would be possible.
And once again, they're all similar, but they are different.
So I have a dialogue that might show you the difference.
And of course, after the dialogue, I will explain.
So check out the dialogue.
Ah, more rain. My shoes are so soggy.
Oh, mine too. They're squishy.
Yeah. And slimy. Slimy.
Gross. Wash your shoes.
Uuh. Uuh. Uuh. Uuh. So again, it is July 2023, and I live in the state of Vermont.
Do you follow me on Instagram?
Well if you do, you saw my photos.
Yesterday, I uploaded actually a video.
And in the state of Vermont, we have had so much rain.
How much rain have we had?
All of July's rain, the normal month of July.
And the normal amount of rain for August.
And the normal amount of rain for September.
We have had in July already.
And today is July 18. So we've had many flooding, FL OOD, ING, many flooding problems, where I live, particularly my house, no problems at all.
But so many people have had really terrible problems.
So this conversation is perfect.
More rain. Oh my god, more rain.
My shoes are so soggy. S-O-G-G-Y.
And what soggy means is very wet.
Very wet. Okay. Not just wet, but very wet.
So the idea, if you have a soggy sponge or a soggy shoe and you hold it in the air, like you hold it up, it will drip water.
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, water will drip out of something that is soggy.
Okay. And that's the key idea.
When you imagine something that is soggy, water will drip from it.
And it's not the outside.
It's the water is inside.
So a shoe that's wet, well that can be a wet shoe.
But this shoe is so wet, it's like a sponge, S-P-O-N-G-E.
It is full of water. So when you hold up the shoe, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, water, drips out of the shoe.
Okay. Does that make sense?
The other guy says, mine too, my shoes are soggy too.
They're squishy. Now if you think about it, if your shoes are wet, right?
And then you walk in the shoes, they'll go, they're squishy, the water, squish, squish, squish is out.
When you step on the shoe, water, pah, comes out, right?
The idea of squishy, squishy.
So imagine, do you know the fruit, a grape, GRE-P-E, or even an orange, the fruit orange?
If you squeeze a grape, if you hold a grape, does water come out?
No. If you hold an orange, does water come out?
No. But if you squeeze a grape, or if you squeeze an orange, does water actually juice come out?
Yes. This is the idea of squishy.
So soggy, completely full of water, and if you hold it up, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, water comes out, squishy.
If you hold it up, no water comes out, but if you squeeze it, then water.
It comes out. And then the first guy says again, yeah, and slimy.
Slimy. SLI-M-Y. If something is slimy, it's probably very soggy, and it's probably very squishy, and it is slippery.
Slimy would be slippery.
So imagine a snail, SN-A-I-L, or even a fish.
Have you ever held a fish?
If you try, if you get a fish out of the water, and you try to hold the fish, it'll slip out of your hands.
And then on your hands, there's like some gross stuff that's really slippery.
That's called slime, SLI-M-E.
So I have shoes. You do too, right?
I think you do. And if they get wet, they're wet, right?
But if your shoes are wet and slimy, oh man, that means your shoes are really slippery.
Really gross. They're really dirty.
Man, what, you need to clean your shoes.
Gross. And that's the situation.
So slimy is not good. Slimy is usually gross.
It's disgusting. It's dirty.
It doesn't feel good. For sure, slimy means slippery.
That's the idea. Okay? By the way, gross, the spelling, GROS means disgusting.
So there you go. Three great words, and they're very similar, but at the same time, they're very different.
So make sure you use the words correctly, because if you say the wrong word, then the other person might misunderstand or even get angry.
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Check out the dialogue two more times, and together, let's master English.
Ah, more rain. My shoes are so soggy.
Oh, mine too. They're squishy.
Yeah. And slimy. Slimy.
Gross. Wash your shoes.
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
More rain. My shoes are so soggy.
Ugh. Mine too. They're squishy.
Yeah. And slimy. Slimy.
Gross. Wash your shoes.
