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Here we go again, learn how to articulate a repetitive situation in English.
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Hey there, Michelle.
How's it going? Good, Lindsay.
How are you? Good. Michelle, is there anything in your life that you feel is very repetitive?
repetitive anything specific oh man um yeah i would say that getting my kids ready for school in the morning is very repetitive and um the i need to make a change i think i need to go to sleep earlier and then i need to wake you know some people they wake up before their kids they have an hour before their kids wake up and who does that for me yeah really for me i wake up and it's I'm immediately thrown into the lion's den.
I can't imagine. It's just like immediately like heart racing.
We gotta go. We gotta, you know, everybody, everything's going crazy.
So I would say that's kind of a repetitive feeling.
And, you know, I think I need to do something about it so that I don't wake up with such a it's such an intense situation.
That's legitimate. I Okay.
I can say nothing to that because that's very intense.
And yeah, especially maybe it's the stress that's a little repetitive for you too.
Right. Yeah. The stress is repetitive.
Yeah. Yes, definitely.
What about you, Lindsay?
What's something repetitive?
Well, now it seems like a breeze, right?
It feels like a breeze compared to that.
Whenever we go skiing, the traffic is very repetitive.
It's I never thought that I would face skiing traffic because I grew up in New Hampshire.
We drove back roads to the mountains.
But now that I live in Colorado, you have to get up at 5 .30 in the morning on Saturdays, and then you start up the hill on I -70, and all of a sudden, here we go again.
Right? Traffic, traffic, traffic.
Traffic. It just doesn't mix.
No, traffic is, I mean, yeah, traffic is, that is stressful.
I mean, it's annoying.
So today we're going to answer a listener question.
question. This is from Masami1 asked this on YouTube.
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Here's Masami's question.
Hey, All Earth English family, I love you so much. Well, thank you i have a question for you would you please explain the situations where here we go again is used i've noticed it has various meanings depending on the intonation facial expression and tone of voice thank you so much oh yeah uh this is like another good one gosh we've had such good listener questions yes lately fantastic yes yeah i got so excited when i get to plan one of these They're so much fun.
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So Michelle, would you say that you use this expression in any way?
Here we go again. Yeah, I would.
I would say so. What about you yeah i mean the example i just used about ski traffic for sure oh yeah turn the corner look up the hill and there's a huge parking lot in front of us right of cars here we go again right i always like that when um when people say parking a lot about a lot of traffic um it's funny yeah i always like that i remember when i used to work at a radio station um they had they would do the traffic reports and i remember this one announcer would always say he would shout out you know the highway name and he would say parking parking lot yeah that is kind of fun i agree i
like that it's kind of cool sounding yeah yeah yeah oh another thing that i just thought of that could be really repetitive is really bad airport uh infrastructure you know like bad security lines slow security uh delays and that kind of thing specifically at certain airports right now in on the US are really, really bad.
Did you fly into Newark airport when you, oh, no, no, you didn't, okay, you were just, did you drive down to Maryland this past weekend?
Okay, okay. No, yeah, I know.
But, I know Newark is crazy right now.
So, I'm glad, I'm glad I don't have any flights coming up from there.
So, but, yeah, so here we go again, it means something is about to happen that is, or is starting to happen that is repetitive or predictable.
predictable, and it could be used more in a sarcastic way, but it could also be more genuine, but I think it's a little less likely.
To me, this is more, here we go again, a little bit with an attitude.
Exactly. Something is winding up, something you're expecting to see because you've seen it before.
It's a little negative, right, for sure, I think most of the time.
Let's give our listeners more examples, more context.
context okay so let's see so um one context would be two people in an argument or in an argument and one uses a talking point they always bring up yeah and the other one might give a little bit of an eye roll and say here we go again that's what you always say yeah and this tends to happen with couples right they they have their style their attachment styles are different and what they learned in their family as children how to fight kind of with their partner they learn certain things and then they bring back old stories and old things that come up push right here we go again you've been using
that excuse since we were kids right yeah exactly okay here's an example of a positive one two friends are excited to take their annual trip to the Bahamas together nice and they're about to get on the plane so this one would be would be a positive exception here here we go again it's gonna be so much fun so there there are examples where you could see this in a positive way, right?
Yeah, and there are, but again, I would say this is a little less likely.
What do you think? I agree.
I think probably 90 % of the time, you're going to hear this in a way of someone saying, oh, something bad's happening.
It's happened before.
I know what to expect.
Yeah, right. Right.
Exactly. Or here's another way it might be.
So two coworkers have been having tech issues with the internet at work they thought it was fixed but then they get a pop -up again with the same problem they might say here we go again internet's down yeah I've been having ever since I got a new laptop in jail why it's supposed to be an upgrade for my previous laptop but it's just here we go again it happens all the time it's so weird yeah yeah yeah right yeah and and the intonation intonation is very important here right so when you're using it in that sarcastic kind of way how do you say it here we go again all right there's a real emotion in my
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all right Michelle so do you think it's rude to say this I mean I personally think you don't want to be the Debbie Downer all the time right right of course not but I think when it is that's true I also do think it can grow connection right we we know this we've been through this together before here we go again right if you're using it with somebody else you also might kind of say it to yourself right when you're if you're driving that car even if you're by yourself yourself.
And, you know, you run into that traffic, you might say, Oh, here we go again.
Right. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I, yeah, of course you don't want to be the Debbie downer.
Um, but sometimes a little bit of that is good for connection.
Yeah. I like what you said there.
I mean, in the example where it's you and someone else against someone or against a scenario, right.
That could build connection for sure.
Maybe, uh, you don't like your boss and you're very close to your co -worker maybe your boss is kind of like a mansplainer or a womansplainer and they talk forever and then you might whisper to your you're in a meeting and they they wind up they start to do the thing that they always do you might just kind of wink at them and say here we go again all right under your breath or something be careful there but be careful be very careful Be careful.
But yeah, so it is that knowledge of, you know, something that is repetitive and being aware of it and seeing if there are opportunities for you to use it in a way that builds that connection.
Let's talk about some similar ideas, some similar ways we might use this idea.
What's the first one, Lindsay?
This one I love too.
Buckle up. Buckle up.
I always say, I say this I say buckle up buckle in I don't know why it's like my trademark I say this sometimes like yeah it doesn't really make a ton of sense but I just say it right buckle up buckle in here we go right um it's just saying you know get ready for something that might not be easy this thing coming might be intense might be hard might be stressful right right so get ready it might be is just kind of wild like buckle up it's going to be a wild ride can't wait for our oscar watching party see right it's so that seemed like it was going to be something about something bad but maybe
it's just you guys so these big you know parties and the oscars maybe there's like a big rivalry or there's a very highly competitive in that certain year buckle up right get ready for for it.
Yeah. It reminds me of when I studied abroad or lived in different parts of the world, like in Europe, I was not ready for how late stuff starts in my life.
I'm sure you maybe too Michelle.
I think in the US we're used to just going home at 2AM at the latest. But people go out at 12 midnight or 1AM.
So at the beginning of that night, you might say, come on, buckle up.
It's going to be a long night.
That's a great example.
Yes, exactly. Or this one is also more like, this is predictable, right?
So right on schedule, right?
Yeah. Yeah. Right on schedule, he starts to complain about the weather.
So if you have someone that tends to do things at certain times, right?
You're like, I know this guy.
I know what he does.
This is what he's doing again.
Again. Yep, yep. Or not this again.
So it just we're kind of complaining that we've heard this before, right?
We know that this has happened.
So not this again, we have to find some way to keep the cable from going out.
Yeah. And this is cool because it shows that you know someone or you know something well, a scenario and you have an awareness of whether it's good or bad.
So maybe if someone is new in the office, you use this to signal what's likely to happen whether it's good or bad, right?
Yeah, definitely. So yeah, it's all about that awareness.
So should we do a role play?
Yeah. So here we are friends.
Are we shoe shopping at a shoe store here?
Yes, we are. Okay, here we go.
None of these are comfortable.
Here we go again, Michelle.
Can't you find something?
I'll try these. Not this again.
they're comfortable in the toes but the back is too tight Oh peter's calling right on schedule probably wants me to do all the shopping for the summer block party Oh boy buckle up it's that time of year again yeah this is interesting right so here oh here we go again Michelle or what am i saying what am I saying about your set if we bench you can infer that we've been shoe shopping together before right or that we've been shopping together before and I am very picky or this doesn't work I'm it sounds like I'm very like Goldilocks yes exactly you're a hard person to shop with because you're picky
exactly and then you say I'll try these oh not this again they're comfortable in the toes but the back is too tight so not this again this feeling happens all the time when I try to find a good pair of shoes this is very me I am very I I don't have have great feet.
And I have a hard time finding comfortable shoes.
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
This was inspired by real life situation.
Good to know. And then Pete calls, right?
And I say, oh, Pete is calling right on schedule, probably wants me to do the shopping for the summer block party.
And maybe the block party, for example, is like in three hours, right?
Yeah, we're saying he doesn't he doesn't leave much time right or he's always oh can you do this like that he he he doesn't follow through on what his job is right yes exactly and then i said oh boy buckle up it's that time of year again so i'm saying get ready oh we have these parties oh we're gonna we have to there's a lot we have to do and he's gonna be chaotic it doesn't necessarily it's gonna be mean it's gonna be bad it just means it's going to be maybe intense or busy right at the summer time all the parties that are coming, right?
Yeah. Yeah. Interesting.
Exactly. All right.
Guys, pick out episode 2430.
Study up on this impressive vocabulary.
I love that. That would be the next one to check out.
And Michelle, where should we leave our listeners today?
Oh, man, this is such a good question.
I think that this expression is very versatile.
It's fun. It shows that you you have this special awareness of a person or a situation.
Yes. And so it's great for connection.
But again, you got to be careful with it if you're using it in a negative way about someone.
Yes. So really a lot to think about here.
Lindsay, anything you want to leave our listeners with?
Yeah, I mean, I just love this question.
I love this topic because it's real life.
It's showing you guys how to articulate your thoughts, right?
These are real life human experiences, experiencing something again that maybe didn't go so well.
We're experiencing these things, and I know for our listeners, Michelle, a lot of our listeners want to make sure they can express their true feelings and thoughts in English.
This is an episode to do that, okay?
Absolutely. All right, Lindsay, that was fun, and can't wait to see you on the next episode.
All right, talk soon.
Here we go again. All right, bye.
All right, bye. Bye.
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