Easy English expression, rehashed.
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Today, it's actually a word, and it's a pretty cool word.
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Today's podcast has an interesting word.
It is brouhaha. brouhaha b -r -o -u -h -a -h -a and the pronunciation again brouhaha brouhaha now what does this interesting word mean well if you check the dictionary it will say maybe excitement or confusion or maybe turmoil.
But actually a very common meaning for brouhaha is a fight.
There was a fight. So there was a big brouhaha means there was a big fight.
So this is actually a very common expression in sports.
So you can talk about a baseball brouhaha, or a football brouhaha, or there was a brouhaha at the bar last night.
There was a big fight.
Have you ever been in a brouhaha?
I hope not. If you were, I hope you won.
Let's check out a dialogue.
did you stay till the end of the game no I left at halftime you're lucky a huge brouhaha broke out were you okay I barely escaped oh that sounds scary so the two guys went to a game maybe it was a baseball game I don't know but the one guy left at halftime so at halftime maybe it was a soccer game or a football game or a basketball game, he left, but after he left, there was a huge brouhaha, a brouhaha broke out, here's another phrasal verb, and to break out means started in this case, a brouhaha broke out, but the guy was lucky, he escaped, which means he didn't get hurt, he was a lucky guy.
Yeah, brouhaha's can be pretty scary.
One time I was walking in the city of Seoul, South Korea.
It was at night, maybe 10, 1030.
And suddenly, as I was walking down the street, a huge brouhaha broke out.
There was a big fight and people came out onto the street and they were fighting i even saw broken beer bottles well what did i do i ran away yeah i was scared i did not want to be involved in a big brouhaha and i hope you are never involved in a big brouhaha either sometimes watching a brouhaha on tv is kind of fun as long as nobody gets seriously hurt okay so once again today's word is brouhaha b -r -o -u -h -a -h -a and the common meaning of the word is a fight and we usually say there was a big brouhaha got it you guys listen to the dialogue two more times and i'm out of here did you stay till the end
of the game no i left at halftime You're lucky.
A huge brouhaha broke out.
Were you okay? I barely escaped.
Did you stay till the end of the game?
No, I left at halftime.
You're lucky. A huge brouhaha broke out.
Were you okay? I barely escaped.
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