Easy English Expression, rehashed.
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Today's expression is very good.
How does strike you?
How does that strike you?
How does So how does something something strike?
S-T-R-I-K-E.
Now, what this means is, what do you think of... What is your first impression of...
So when you see my new hairstyle, what do you think?
What's your opinion?
What is your impression?
How does my new hairstyle strike you?
It's a great expression.
But why do we say strike?
S-T-R-I-K-E.
Now, if you look in the dictionary, to strike as a verb means to hit.
And that's the idea.
As soon as you see me and you see my new hairstyle, boom!
What do you think?
When you see my new hairstyle, do you like it?
Do you love it?
Do you hate it?
What do you think?
That's the idea.
Does that make sense?
It's a very good expression.
And we've got a very good example in the dialogue.
Check it out.
Which one?
When she said...
Too nuanced for you.
What?
Oh, that's so arrogant.
All right, this conversation is tricky.
How did Harf, Harf's recent comment...
So Harf is this woman who works for the State Department.
She works in the U.S. government.
Well, she said something, and in America, everybody was talking about it.
So how did Harf start?
Her name is her family name.
Her last name is Harf.
How did Harf's recent comment strike you?
When Harf said that, what did you think?
So which comment?
What did she say?
We don't know.
So the guy says...
Which one?
Which comment?
What did she say?
And he explains, N-U-A-N-C-E-D
Don't check the dictionary.
What this means is I'm too smart for you.
I'm much more intelligent than you.
That's what she said.
She said that to everybody who criticized her and everybody was criticizing her, which means she is the most intelligent person in the United States.
I'm not joking.
It's terrible.
The guy says, what?
That's so arrogant.
Oh, arrogant is a good word.
A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T
Check out your dictionary for those words and these expressions.
But it's such a great expression.
How does... strike you?
What do you think?
So, for you...
Can you think of something shocking or interesting or surprising or beautiful that you saw in the news or a newspaper?
Yeah.
Did you buy a new shirt?
Or ladies, maybe a new dress or some new shoes.
You could say, how do these new shoes strike you?
What do you think of these new shoes?
Did you get a new haircut?
How does my new haircut strike you?
What is your first impression?
It's a great expression, and I want you to try to use it, okay?
Do your best.
Make your own example.
Check out the dialogue two more times.
How did Harf's recent comments strike you?
Huh, which one?
When she said, I'm too nuanced for you.
What?
Oh, that's so arrogant.
How did Harf's recent comments strike you?
Huh, which one?
When she said, I'm too nuanced for you.
What?
Oh, that's so arrogant.
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